Gothic Street 49.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-237 Easthampton NTH.696 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 49 Gothic Street Historic Name: Abiel
Eastman House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1860’s Source: Atlases & visual evidence Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Abiel Eastman, builder, attr. Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
Porch added, ca. 1900. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.178 acres Setting: This is a west-facing building on a street with a mix of commercial, residential and
institutional buildings.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [49 GOTHIC STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.696 ___ 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 Northampton’s numerous Italianate style houses. It is two stories in height under
a flat roof with very wide eaves to make it look like a villa with a wide frieze. It is three bays wide and the main block is one bay deep. It has a two-story ell on the rear or east.
The main block has a full-width porch that was either added or altered during the Colonial Revival period as it has a pedimented roof, square posts for supports and solid shingle railings.
It crosses the west façade that has a center entry and windows with projecting, crown molding lintels. Sash in the house is 2/2. The rear ell appears to have had a side porch on the
north elevation that was glass enclosed. 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: “This two-story, flat-roofed house was most likely built during the 1860’s by Abial Eastman, a
carpenter. Mr. Eastman is shown as the owner of this house on the 1873 Atlas. Gothic Street received its name from the ‘Gothic Seminary’ which had been built in the mid 1830’s. The street
was one of several, including State Street, Masonic Street, and Center Street that were laid out in the 1830’s and 1840’s to provide more building lots for the expanding town. A number
of fine residences remain from the second third of the 19th century on Gothic Street, but not, unfortunately, the seminary.” 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. 136-P. 81