Hampton Avenue 30-42.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 32C-57 Easthampton NTH.936 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 30-42 Hampton Avenue Historic Name:
Worker’s Housing Uses: Present: Seven-family residence Original: Seven-family residence Date of Construction: 1884-1895 Source: 1884 & 1895 Atlases Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick, vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Brick veneer added, windows replaced,
bay windows added post-1975. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.213 acres Setting: This building is on the margins of Northampton’s commercial center sharing the
street with parking lots, restaurant and other commercial buildings.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [30-42 HAMPTON AVENUE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.936 ___ 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. Between 1975 and 2010 this row of workers’ housing was altered considerably on the exterior. As
it was originally, it is continues to be a two-and-a-half story building with a side gable roof on which are seven shed roof dormers and seven chimneys. The row house is divided into
seven units. What has been changed is that a brick veneer has been applied to the formerly clapboard exterior, porches have been removed and adjacent to the entries for each unit oriel
windows have been installed. Vinyl siding has been applied to the dormers and to the chimneys and the door surrounds and doors have been replaced. All the windows of the units have been
replaced with 1/1 sash. While much of the19th century architectural significance of this building has been lost, its form remains. 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 1975: “This wooden
frame building is one of several units of worker’s housing built near the center of Northampton in the later nineteenth century.” The original owners are listed as Edward Bailey and
G. L. Loomis 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.