Crescent Street 226.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: Bonnie Parsons Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month /year):
March, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31A-51 Easthampton NTH.474 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 226 Crescent Street Historic Name:
James Abbott-Herbert Loomis House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Two-family residence Date of Construction: 1922-1930 Source: Street directories Style/Form: Craftsman
Bungalow Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: cement blocks Wall/Trim: shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.294 acres Setting: This house occupies a corner lot at the intersection of two residential streets.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [226 CRESCENT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.474 _x__ 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 one of the rare examples of a house that was built as a two-family that was later converted
to a single-family. It is a Craftsman style bungalow two-and-a-half stories in height under a side-gable roof that extends on the west façade to create a deep porch. A shed-roof dormer
crosses most of the west roof, effectively creating a full second story. The three-bay porch has been enclosed with windows in the two outer bays and a blind bay in the center. The bay
openings to the porch were pointed originally and have been retained although the bays have been enclosed. The house is wood shingle sided and on its north and south elevations it has
oriel windows off-center on its second story and slightly projecting bay windows on the first story. A pent roof divides the second story from the attic level on both north and south
elevations. A new window composition has been installed in the south gable at attic level. Window sash in the house is 6/1. Due to its shingled depth and corner exposure, this Craftsman
bungalow has much of the appeal of the early Shingle Style houses. 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: “Crescent Street was laid out in 1886 midway along the slopes of Round Hill.
It quickly became one of the most fashionable street to build upon in the city. Development was mostly during the first third of the 20th century. This corner house was built during
the mid 1920’s and is an interesting example of a double house within the Bungalow mode. In 1930, James Abbott, a salesman for Packard, Hudson and Essex Motor Cars at McGrannis Motor
Sales on King Street, and Herbert Loomis, director of Smith’s Agricultural School, were listed at this address.” 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.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [226 CRESCENT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.474 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district Contributing to a potential
historic district Potential historic district Criteria: A B C D Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________ The criteria
that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. The Abbott-Loomis House would contribute to a potential historic district that extends north of Northampton’s primary corridor,
Elm Street, encircling and encompassing the primary feature of that landscape, Round Hill. The potential historic district is significant for its 19th century development from a few
gentlemen’s farms to a neighborhood dense with the homes of its most prominent residents and educational institutions that shaped the character of Northampton for several hundred years
to the present. Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the mix of high style late Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne style houses, the Colonial Revival
and Tudor Revival styles of the 20th century that were often architect-designed by the region’s most well-known designers. The Abbott-Loomis House is a fine example of the Craftsman
style bungalow. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting, design and materials.