Island Road 96.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 46-55 Easthampton NTH.1107 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Oxbow Address: 96 Island Road Historic Name:
Old Mt. Tom Schoolhouse Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Schoolhouse Date of Construction: 1905-1915 Source: Directory and Atlas Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Replaced entry, windows replaced, ca.
1990-2005. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.344 acres Setting: This building faces north towards the Connecticut River.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [96 ISLAND ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1107 ___ 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 one-and-a-half story brick building on a high basement. It has a hipped roof with wide
overhangs, one center chimney and a single, centered, triangular dormer on each elevation. The building is nine bays wide and the equivalent of five bays deep and windows are segmentally
arched. The original sash with muntin patterns of 4/4 and 6/6 has been replaced with 1/1 sash. The building’s style is Colonial Revival deriving from its hipped roof and symmetrical
fenestration. 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 brick building was originally built as the Mt. Tom Schoolhouse early in the 20th century. The Ox Bow area was increasing in population
through the expansion of the Mt. Tom Sulphite Co. into a larger industrial complex. The school replaced a smaller building in the Smith’s Ferry section of Northampton (now Holyoke) and
was in use until at least 1930.” 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.