Gothic Street 76.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-188 Easthampton NTH.665 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 76 Gothic Street Historic Name: Asahel
A. Abell House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: c. 1839 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick, vinyl, clapboards Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Rear two-story ell added with
exterior stairs. Condition: good Moved: no | | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.317 acres Setting: This is an east-facing house on a corner lot bordered by a picket fence.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [76 GOTHIC STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.665 ___ 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 an unusual Greek Revival style house with a two-story porch across its front-gabled façade.
The brick house is two-and-a-half stories in height and the main block is three bays wide and the equivalent of four bays deep. It has paneled corner pilasters and its pediment rests
on a two-story porch that has four paneled posts at both first and second story levels. Second story story posts are connected by a square baluster railing. The pediment above the porch
is vinyl-sided but in its field is a single, pointed window of Gothic design. The house has a center entry and first floor windows are elongated. The rear ells are clapboard-sided. 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 1839, Asahel Abell, a local carpenter, purchased a half acre of land from the trustees of the Northampton Female Seminary. In the deed the land
is described as that on which Mr. Abell ‘recently erected a dwelling house.’ Mr. Abell and his brother Ansell operated a combination saw and planning mill on lower Pleasant Street during
the 1840’s, but little else is known of their business practice. In 1842, Ansell sold the homestead on which both he and his brother were living, to his brother.” 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. 227-P.81, 205-278, 170-459, 96-329, 84-13