Liberty Street 61.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 30A-52 Easthampton NTH.426 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State Address: 61 Liberty Street Historic
Name: Towhill House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1895 Source: Atlas and Directories Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles, vinyl Roof: asphalt. Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Eaves vinyl-sided,
ca. 2000. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.358 acres Setting: This This house is located near the top of a hillside on Liberty Street on a lot that slopes down
towards the south.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [61 LIBERTY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.426 _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 Towhill House like its neighbors at #s 14 and 15 is a two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style
house under a front-gable roof. It has a cross-gable bay on its south elevation and a one story ell under a shed roof on its east elevation. The house is clapboard sided on first and
second stories and has shingles in its gable fields. Stringcourses separate the stories and the materials. It is three bays wide on the west façade and has a wrap around porch from the
west to the south elevation. In the gable field of the west façade is a pointed arch window, a feature that is sometimes seen on other contemporary Northampton houses. 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 house was built on lot #23 of the Bay State Hardware Company’s subdivision plan. Patrick Towhill, an employee of the Northampton Cutlery Company (successor
to the Bay State Hardware Company) is shown as owning lots #19, 21, and 23 on the 1884 atlas. The house was probably built during the early 1890’s.” 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. 240-P. 190
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [61 LIBERTY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.426 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. This property would contribute to a Bay State Village Historic District as the home of families who worked in the local
cutlery factories that dominated the industry of the village from the middle of the 19th century into the 20th century. Architecturally the house is a fine example of the Queen Anne
style.