Gothic Street 63_65.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-214 Easthampton NTH.681 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 65 Gothic Street, formerly 63 Historic
Name: Henry Brown House Uses: Present: Two-family house Original: single-family house Date of Construction: 1866-68 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
possibly W. F. Pratt, architect, Northampton Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt with solar collectors Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations
(with dates): Building rehabilitated ca. 2008. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.245 acres Setting: This is a west-facing house on a street of mixed commercial,
institutional and residential use.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [63 GOTHIC STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.681 ___ 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 fine example of an Italianate style house with a front-gable roof rather than the flat
roof form also built in Northampton. It is two-and-a-half stories in height and has cross-gable bays on north and south and a rear ell of two-and-a-half stories. The roof has wide eaves
the make partial returns on the west façade. In the gable field is an arched Italianate window. In the cross-gables are rondel windows. Elsewhere in the house windows have straight lintels
with projecting crown-molding lintels. First floor windows, though not full-length are elongated and sash is 2/2. The house is three bays wide and the side hall entry is sheltered by
a porch on chamfered posts. Wide cornerboards frame the various sections of the house and a deck has been added to the south elevation of the rear ell. 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: “In 1865, Henry Brown acquired a lot of land on Gothic Street for $900. The Gazette, in 1886, stated that ‘Capt. Henry A. Brown, our wide awake painter, is about to erect
a $4000 house on Gothic Street… Mr. Pratt furnishes the plan.’ Mr. Pratt is William F. Pratt, Northampton’s most prominent and prolific architect of the mid 19th century. However, Mr.
Brown sold this property to John Draper for $1600 and a $500 Mortgage in 1867, so it is somewhat questionable if the planned Pratt house was ever erected.” 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. 343-P.547 and 477, 312-181, 287-135, 257-117, 244-144, 230-155