Locust Street 216.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 23B-48 Easthampton NTH.239 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 216 Locust Street Historic
Name: Converse House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1868-1878 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Gothic Revival
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): vinyl siding applied over
brick, 1980-2005; windows replaced ca. 2000; porch enclosed pre-1980. Condition: Moved: no | | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.37 acres Setting:
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [216 LOCUST STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.239 ___ 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 Converse House was one of the brick Gothic Revival houses that were built in the 1880s (see
10 Allen Place, 11 Allen Place, 13 Finn Street) in Northampton and which collectively contribute to its late 19th century architectural richness. Well-built, it has a steeply-pitched,
slate roof that is side-gable with a centered cross-gable. The use of the cross-gable was a popular feature of both Gothic Revival and Italianate style houses in Northampton at the turn-of-the-centur
y. The house is three bays wide and one bay deep and has a one-and-a-half story ell on the south elevation. The north façade is obscured by an enclosed porch. Between 1980 and about
2005, the house was vinyl-sided thereby obscuring its Gothic Revival brickwork. Its windows were replaced with vinyl 1/1 sash, which further detracts from the integrity of the house.
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: “In 1868, a subdivision was filed for a sizeable edition to the Florence village plan. This was for the land between South Main Street and
Locust-Main Streets, bounded on the east by the terrace drop-off for Broughton Brook. By 1873, nine houses had been built. This was the only brick house built and was also the first
one to be built on Locust Street.” On the map of 1873 it is called the Converse house. 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. 249-P.110