Elm Street 79.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-201 Easthampton NTH.674 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Northampton Center Address: 79-95 Elm Street
Historic Name: Cutter and Ziskind Houses Uses: Present: Smith College Dormitory Original: Smith College Dormitory Date of Construction: 1956-1957 Source: Smith College Archives Style/Form:
International Style Architect/Builder: Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill Exterior Material: Foundation: concrete Wall/Trim: concrete, brick Roof: built up roofing Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 2.69 acres Setting: Dormitory occupies a large lot that extends across the block between Prospect
Street and Henshaw Avenue and is part of the Smith College campus.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [79-95 ELM STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.674 ___ 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 three-story dormitory is composed of two identical, flat-roofed blocks connected by an encircling
wall that laces through their open first stories. The blocks are Cutter House and Ziskind House constructed in the International Style. Each block has two stories that rest on white
concrete piers at the first floor level. Behind the piers and set back from their surface are the HVAC equipment and several enclosed rooms. The blocks are three bays wide and 9 bays
deep. Second and third stories have glazed bays separated by white concrete and on the street elevations a center glazed bay is flanked by two brick-enclosed bays within the framework
of the white concrete structure. The glazed bays consist of an aluminum frame with two fixed light windows above a row of six hoppers, below which are four opaque glass panels. The geometry
of the two blocks is based on a single rectangular module that serves for an enclosed and open bay. Entry to the dormitories is on the west elevation and is a recessed glazed bay. There
is no ornament but the white geometry of the blocks, the transparent glass and blank brick bays. 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 1977: “Cutter House was completed in 1957, along
with its its adjacent twin, Ziskind House. These two dormitories were the first examples of modern architecture in the International Style to be built on the Smith Campus. Cutter House
is named for distinguished author Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow (Mrs. Dwight Whitney Morrow) B.L. 1896, L.H.D. 1937 Smith; L.H.D. 1933 Amherst, L.L.D. 1935 New Jersey College for Women,
Litt. D. 1940 Princeton, L.L.D. 1940 Lafayette, L.H.D. 1940 New York University, and Dr. the More Humane Lettters 1942 Colby College. In addition, Mrs. Morrow served as President of
the Smith Alumnae Association 1917-1920, Trustee 1926-36, 37-47, 47-50; Chairman of the Board of Trustees 1948-50; and Acting President 1939-1940.” 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.