Hawley Street 94.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-234 Easthampton NTH.2159 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 94 Hawley Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Four-unit residence Original: Single family home Date of Construction: c. 1823 Source: visual evidence Style/Form: Federal/Greek Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior
Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Wood shingle Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: In ground pool Major Alterations (with dates): Replacement windows (2000s) Condition:
Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.748 acres Setting: House faces west onto Hawley Street on a large double corner lot. 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.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [94 HAWLEY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2159 ___ 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-story home that is transitional in style from the Federal style to the Greek Revival
Style. The home has a Federal style pyramidal roof with Belvidere of unknown date although it was likely added later to the home. The home is topped by a cupola with flared pyramidal
roof. The principal block of the house is five bays wide and five bays deep. At the center of the five-bay front façade is a Greek Revival style entrance portico with classical entablature
supported by paired fluted columns. The pyramidal roof above the portico appears to be a post 1980s alteration. The slightly recessed front entrance is elaborated with sidelights, pilasters,
and fine classical moldings. The entrance of this home is very similar to the house at 50 Hawley Street. A one-story bay window with pyramidal roof is located on the southern side of
the home. There is a two-story rear ell followed by a one-story ell off the northeast corner of the house. The window surrounds appear to be original to the home, but the one over one
sash windows are modern alterations. The house has two brick chimneys on the interior of the home one of which is much larger than the other. The house has a stone foundation and an
asphalt roof. The house currently has wood shingle cladding but it originally had flush board siding. The house sits on a very large double corner lot. Granite steps lead to the front
entrance. 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 1970: “A large, imposing house set on the outside of Hawley Street’s curve, this residence dominates the middle section of the street. Hawley
Street was one of the first streets in Northampton and homesteads were established here during the 17th century. A brook ran along the western side of the street, limiting residential
development to the eastern side. Many of these homesteads remained in the same family for generations, and it wasn’t until the early 19th century that there was much subdivision of the
original lots. This property was in the Dickinson family from some time in the 18th century until 1864. In 1812, James Dickinson, a merchant who was already living on the property, obtained
1 1/3 acres with buildings for $500. The grantors, Frederick and Charles Dickinson were selling the homestead of their late father, Josiah Dickinson, and reserved the right of their
mother to use the premises. It was probably after her death that James Dickinson either substantially remodeled and enlarged the old house, or built a new one. After Mr. Dickinson’s
death, the property passed to George P. Dickinson, who maintained the property until 1864. At that time it was bought for $4300 by Daniel Kingsley, a merchant tailor. Mr. Kingsley lived
here until the early 1880’s. In 1883, his heirs sold the property to John P. Thompson. Mr. Thompson was proprietor of the Northampton Empire Laundry and lived here until the 1920’s,
when the current owners purchased the place.” 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 Atlas of Northampton City, Massachusetts, Boston, 1884. Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860. Registry of Deeds: Bk. 778-P.
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