Conz Street 51.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Topographic or Assessor's Map Recorded by: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 32C-114-001 Easthampton NTH.2141 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 51 Conz Street
Historic Name: Thomas Rust House Uses: Present: Four unit residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: 1826 Source: Gazette, 8-3-1906 Style/Form: Late Greek Revival
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Stone Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Asphalt tile Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Circa 1901 garage Barn Major Alterations (with dates):
Replacement windows, circa 200a Condition: Fair Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.33 acres Setting: House sits close to the busy Conz Street—a major local and regional thoroughfare.
Lot has a few trees and shrubs. House among other former single family homes that have been converted into multi unit housing.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [51 CONZ STREET ] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2141 ___ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much
space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate
the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This is a two-and-a-half story late Greek Revival style home with pedimented gable to the street.
The tympanum is clad with flush board siding while the rest of the home is clapboard sided. This house was remodeled in the mid 1800s to exhibit features of the popular Italianate style,
which was not an uncommon endeavor for homeowners to undertake, and probably had exhibited more features of the Greek Revival style at the time of its construction. An Italianate style
one-story porch with low-pitched hipped roof, paneled posts and solid clapboard balustrade was added to the front façade. The windows on the front façade were elongated from the original
size which is seen elsewhere on the house. Windows elsewhere are smaller in size as is typical with a late Greek Revival style home. Additional Italianate features include side hall
entry door with glazing and two story three-sided bay with Italianate style arched windows on the southeastern elevation of the home. On the northwestern elevation, the frame of the
home narrowly extends outwards approximately halfway down. Window sash on the house is one over one which appears to have been an alteration made after 1980 from when it had been six
over six sash. There is a two story rear ell that with stacked full-width porch on the southeastern elevation of the home. There is a brick chimney on the center ridgeline of the principal
block of the home. The home rests on a stone foundation and is topped by an asphalt tile roof. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with
local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. From Form B of 1980: “In 1826 Theodore Rust and Ansel Wright
bought two acres of land adjoining the “meadow in Lickingwater” for $450. This land was at the end of Maple Street (now Conz St.) just before the gate leading to the meadows. The new
owners each established their homestead on this parcel, and in 1828 split the land in half. Misters Wright and Rust were co-partners in a small Main Street grocery. This had been established
in 1823 and contained the first soda fountain ever used in Northampton. The firm continued until 1848. They we also involved in several other businesses at this time, including a soap
factory and market garden on Fruit St. They were also the first ice dealers in Northampton.” Richard Bart owned the house in 1980 and continues to own it to this day. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or
REFERENCES Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Hampshire Massachusetts, New York, 1873. Hales, John G. Plan of the Town or Northampton in the County of Hampshire, 1831. Miller, D. L. Atlas
of the City of Northampton and Town of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, 1895. Walker, George H. and Company. Atlas of Northampton City, Massachusetts, Boston,
1884. Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860. Registry of Deeds: Bk. 58-P. 556 and 54-457