Island Road 152.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 46-41 Easthampton NTH.1105 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 152 Island Road Historic Name: George
L. Wright House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1860 Source: Maps & visual evidence Style/Form: no style; altered form
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick, concrete Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Two garages, shed. Major Alterations (with
dates): Roof raised, ell added, sided and all windows replaced by vinyl, porch extended, post 1980. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 3.341 acres Setting: This is
an east-facing house that sits on a large lot with apple trees to the south.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [152 ISLAND ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1105 ___ 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 house has been so altered that its original appearance has been lost since 1980. It is one-and-a-half
stories in height under a front-gable roof. It has a two-story addition on the west that rises above the original roofline. The south elevation of the roof of the main block of the house
has been raised so that the roof is no longer symmetrical. The windows have been re-sized sized and replaced and the house vinyl-sided. The porch that formerly crossed the east façade
has been extended to the south façade as well and placed on a concrete foundation. 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: “This small cottage first appears on the 1860 map as the
property of George L. Wright. Mr. Wright was a farmer and owned a fair amount of acreage on what was then known as Hockanum Island. Originally, this area had been part of Hadley, but
in 1840, flood waters of the Connecticut River cut through the slender neck of the Ox Bow and made this an island on the western side of the river. Through a silting process and the
construction of earthworks for the Connecticut River Railroad, this island became connected to Northampton at its northeasterly end. The 1860 map shows two houses within the Ox Bow,
both owned owned by farmers taking advantage of the rich soil.” 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.