Elm Street 153.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 31B-163 Easthampton NTH.645 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 153 Elm Street Historic Name: Jewett
Homestead Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1786 Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 8/3/71 Style/Form: Federal Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: stone Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes
| | Date Acreage: 0.275 acres Setting: House sits on a slight rise in the landscape and is sheltered by a mature maple tree.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [153 ELM STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.645 ___ 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 conservative Federal style house, two-and-a-half stories in height under a side-gable
roof with a saltbox profile, the latter being more frequently built in the Georgian stylistic period 1750-1776. The house is five bays wide and three bays deep. Foundations are low which
was more characteristic of the Georgian than Federal, but there are two interior chimneys, an arrangement that only appeared after the Revolution. The house has a trabeated door surround
with fluted pilasters and a dentilled entablature. Second floor windows are set close to the eaves and sash is 6/6, which was generally the custom in the Federal period. As one of the
few saltbox profile houses remaining in Northampton, this house is an important part of its architectural history. 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 1970: “Timothy Jewett (1763-1852)
came to Northampton ca. 1786. He was a member of the Hampshire Regiment in Shay’s Rebellion. He built a distillery (cider mill) and spinning wheel and spindle shop, later a fabric coloring
business. The distillery was demolished in 1857. Timothy left half the house to his third son, Ansel, and one half to his daughters. It was known as the Ansel Jewett House. Ansel died
in 1872. There were then several changes of ownership. In 1882, it was occupied by Ansel’s widow and daughters. In 1935, it was purchased by Miss Hester R. Hoffman, a poet and artist.
She restored the interior, gardens, and outbuildings. In 1964, Miss Hoffman sold it to the Mary A. Burnham School and they sold it in 1968 o Mrs. Charles Oak. Professor Charles MacSherry
of the Smith College Art Department lived in the house for some time and referred to it as ‘the oldest complete house still standing in Northampton.’” 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.