Hancock Street 15.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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 32C-232 Easthampton NTH.2157 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 15 Hancock Street Historic
Name: Peter Sobtky House Uses: Present: Two family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: 1886-1895 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no
| x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.16 acres Setting: House faces north onto a quiet residential street. House located in a residential neighborhood of mid to late 19th century homes. Shrubs
and plantings line the foundation of the home. Mature trees are located on the edge of the property.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [15 HANCOCK STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2157 _X__ 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 two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style house that is “L” shaped. Characteristic of a Queen
Anne style house, the house has a complex roof form. The frontward portion of the “L” features a front gable roof with fish-scale shingles in the gable field and a three-sided bay with
hipped roof on the first story. On the eastern elevation of the house is a two-story oriel, marking the location of the inner stairwell. Extending from the front façade around a portion
of the western elevation of the home in the crook of the “L” is a one-story screened porch with turned posts, carved brackets and decorative carved balustrade. On the western elevation
of the home is a two-story three-sided bay. The house appears to have retained its original one over one sash windows, which are partially hidden behind storm windows. The house also
has a high brick foundation. A large four bay barn that is two stories in height sits directly behind the house. It is asphalt sided and has an asphalt roof. 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: “Hancock Street was opened in 1873 across Ebenezar Hancock’s Hawley Street homestead, but lots were only available on the northern side of the street. In 1886, lots were
made on the southern side of the street through subdividing Harrison Apthorp’s Hawley Street homestead. By 1895, the four houses that line the southern side of the street today had been
built. Nos. 11 and 15 are interesting variations on a single pattern. In 1895, this house was owned and occupied by Peter Sobtky, a Main Street clothier.” Owned by Sophie Gonzales in
2010 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. 404-P.131