Henshaw Avenue 28.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-168-001 Easthampton NTH.656a Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 28 Henshaw Avenue; officially
23 Round Hill Road Historic Name: A. Lyman Williston Ink Factory Uses: Present: Smith College Management Program CenterOriginal: ink factory Date of Construction: 1881-1882 Source: Hampshire
Gazette Style/Form: Mission Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: concrete Wall/Trim: stucco Roof: not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with
dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 1.28 acres Setting: Building is set in the middle of its lot back from both Henshaw Avenue and Round Hill Road.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [28 HENSHAW AVENUE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.656a __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. The Williston ink factory is a two-story, stucco building with a flat roof that is surrounded by
a parapet roof whose curved profile is based on Mission style architecture. It is and L-shaped building with a main block that is four bays long and a south wing that is three bays long.
The main block has at its outer bays of the first story, single-leaf doors and in the three inner inner bays it has three glass and wood paneled storefronts. The wing has a door in the
angle and two 6/1 sash windows. Further features from the Mission style are the stucco exterior and the rear wall chimney that rises through the parapet roof. The Mission style was not
particularly popular in Northampton and the building’s original function as a factory may have led to this style to differentiate the building from its residential neighbors. 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 1987: “A. Lyman Williston built, on the rear of his property at 35 Round Hill Road, this stucco building to which he moved the Payson Indelible Ink Factory,
founded in 1839 and originally on King Street. From 1882 until 1961, Payson Ink was manufactured in this building by succeeding members of the Williston family, well-known in Northampton
and Easthampton for many contributions to civic and private philanthropies, notably the Williston School. It was sold in 1961 to the Burnham School and adapted for use as a classroom
building. When Burnham moved to Greenfield, this property was purchased by the Clark School for the Deaf and used as an audiological laboratory and clinic from 1968 to 1984. In 1984,
it was purchased by Smith College, renamed Tilly Hall, and adapted for use as the Smith Management Center and the Ada Comstock Scholars Center.” 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. 2488-P. 20 1984, 1532-745
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [28 HENSHAW AVENUE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.656a National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district Contributing to a potential
historic district Potential historic district Criteria: A B C D Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________ The criteria
that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. The Williston Ink Factory would contribute to a potential historic district that extends north of Northampton’s primary
corridor, Elm Street, encircling and encompassing the primary feature of that landscape, Round Hill. The potential historic district is significant for its 19th century development from
a few gentlemen’s farms to a neighborhood dense with the homes of its most prominent residents and educational institutions that shaped the character of Northampton for several hundred
years to the present. Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the mix of high style late Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne style houses, the Colonial
Revival and Tudor Revival styles of the 20th century that were often architect-designed by the region’s most well-known designers. The Williston Ink Factory is a rare example of the
Mission style. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting, design and materials.