Elm Street 197.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-39 Easthampton NTH.468 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 197 Elm Street Historic Name: Ebenezar
Clark House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1730-1780 Source: biographical material on Ebenezar Clark at Forbes Library.
Style/Form: Georgian/Federal Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations
(with dates): Chimney removed; chimney added; foundations replaced? Ca. 1850-1950 Condition: good Moved: no | | yes | ? | Date unknown Acreage: 0.373 acres Setting: House occupies a
large lot in a residential section of Northampton.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [197 ELM STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.468 ___ 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. Only a structural evaluation and/or dendrochronology of this two-and-a-half story house’s structural
members could verify the 1730 date attributed to it. That date would make it a First Period style house, a structure that characteristically would have a steeply pitched roof, center
clustered chimney, low stone foundations and jetties or gable end overhangs. None of these characteristics is present. The house has a side-gable roof and a 20th century end wall chimney,
moderately high brick foundations and the regular fenestration that was in use after 1750 and onward. The house is five bays wide and three bays deep and narrow windows set close to
the eaves that were often found between 1750 and 1776 in the region. Sash is 6/6, a configuration that appeared after 1776. The center door surround has a dummy fanlight over ¾ length
sidelights and a paneled door, both Federal features that were post-Revolutionary in date. Clearly, the house had been altered over time and its brick foundations may indicate that it
was moved to this location in the 19th century. Its present appearance could be more accurately described as Federal. 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: “This house was built
in 1730 by Ebenezar Clark. The old church and town records were kept here for many years. Mr. Jared Clark, a deacon of the First Church and one of the first members of Edwards Church,
lived here for eighty-five years. Later it was owned and occupied by Prof. Hankins and his family.” 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.