Elm Street 206.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-69 Easthampton NTH.477 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 206 Elm Street Historic Name: Aaron
Breck House Uses: Present: Three-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1800 Source: visual evidence Style/Form: Federal house Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: stone Wall/Trim: asbestos shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Ell and stacked porch added
after 1900. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.185 acres Setting: Bounded by a white picket fence, this house occupies a corner lot in a residential neighborhood
of later 19th and early 20th century houses.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [206 ELM STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.477 ___ 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 Federal style house that is five bays wide and two bays deep and
sits on low stone foundations. Typical of many Federal houses it has two interior chimneys rather than a center chimney although they are much smaller than would have been originally,
so represent a shift to furnace heating rather than fireplaces. The house has a two-and-a-half story ell on the south that has a 20th c. stacked porch on its east elevation. The center
entry to the house on the north façade consists of a trabeated surround of pilasters supporting an entablature and to this surround has been added a portico on braces, dating from the
1890s-1900. Sash in the windows, which would originally have been 6/6, is now 2/2. 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 1976: “In 1819, Aaron Breck bought three parcels of land from
Increase Clark, including a two acre parcel which was half of Clark’s homestead on the road ‘leading from Northampton to Chesterfield” (now known as Elm Street). Mr. Breck probably had
this house constructed soon there after and used it for his homestead. In 1856, he sold his homestead to his son and moved to King Street. The son built 196 Elm Street for his own residence
and probably leased the old homestead. About 1890, the property was bought by Charles Crouch, Northampton’s most prolific builder, and Kensington Avenue was opened between the two houses.”
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. 358-P. 410, 167-325, 47-609