Hawley Street 58.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 32A-167 Easthampton NTH.2067 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 58 Hawley Street Historic
Name: William Butler House Uses: Present: Four-unit residence Original: Single Family residence Date of Construction: c. 1800 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Federal Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Stone Wall/Trim: Vinyl Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage:
0.184 acres Setting: House faces west onto Hawley Street on what is now a corner lot. Up Up and down the western side Hawley Street, parallel to the railroad tracks, are commercial,
office, and industrial businesses. The eastern side of Hawley Street is predominantly comprised of residential uses. This house sits at the western edge of a turn of the century residential
subdivision. Shrubbery and plantings line the foundation of the home and mature trees can be found in the rear.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [58 HAWLEY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2067 _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 Federal style home with side gabled roof. The home is five bays
wide and four bays deep. At the center of the front façade is an entrance portico with open triangular form and classical entablature and it is supported by unfluted columns on high
pedestals. The elegant front entrance is framed by fluted pilasters and has a fanlight. The home has two brick chimneys that are equally spaced along the ridgeline of the principal block
of the house. The twelve over twelve sash windows are vinyl replacements and the house is now covered in vinyl. There is a large two-story addition to the rear of the home. On the northern
elevation of the rear ell, there is a side entrance covered by a hipped roof porch with simple entablature and tapered columns. On the southern elevation of the rear ell, there is a
two-story porch of no architectural distinction that provides access to the second floor. The house has a brick foundation and 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
1975 & 1980: “The house was probably built near the end of the 18th century. William Butler obtained 1 ¼ acres ‘with the house thereon standing’ in 1803. He possibly rebuilt at this
time, but most likely the house dates back to the last two decades of the 18th century when the property was owned by Quartus Pomeroy. William Butler, a printer from Hartford, Connecticut,
settled in Northampton in 1786. He was the first of three Butlers who settles in the town. In the same year, he established the Hampshire Gazette, the oldest continuously published newspaper
in Massachusetts, and one of the oldest in the country. He also established a paper mill on the Mill River about the same time. This was one of the first in western Massachusetts, and
was operated by him until 1817. From 1817 to 1836, his younger brother Daniel operated the mill. In 1815, owing to ill health, William sold the paper. Simeon Butler, William’s cousin,
continued the other facets of the Butler business: a job printing office, a book bindery and a book store. The house continued in the Butler family through most of the 19h century.”
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Hampshire Massachusetts, New York, 1873. Hales, John 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. 20-P. 596, 18-117, 13-327, 11-184 and 407, 2-177