Main Street 207-211.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 31D-136 Easthampton NTH.775 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Northampton Center Address: 207-211 ½ Main
Street Historic Name: Rust’s Block Uses: Present: Commercial, residential Original: Commercial Date of Construction: 1867 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
William Fenno Pratt Exterior Material: Foundation: not visible Wall/Trim: brick/brownstone Roof: not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Storefronts
changed over time. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.035 acres Setting: This building is on a corner lot, the last in a row on the north side of Main Street in
downtown Northampton.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [207-211 ½MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.775 ___ 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. Architect William Fenno Pratt designed this building in the mid-19th century commercial style that
was based on the Italianate palazzo with a strong cornice above regular, symmetrical fenestration, the whole façade framed as if by classical piers. The building is three stories in
height under a flat roof with a broad, corbelled cornice line. The six bays of the façade are set within a recessed plane that has a row of corbelling across its upper margin. The windows
of second and third stories have straight-head brownstone lintels that are footed and brownstone sills that are also footed. Now glazed with 1/1 sash, they would more likely have had
6/6 sash in 1867, adding to the visual activity of the façade. The first story is now divided into two storefronts separated by an entry to the upper stories. Above the entry is a brownstone
block carved with the name of the building. The storefronts are late 20th century creations based on recessed center entries with flanking glass store windows, the most common assembly
for commercial storefronts on Main Street. 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 1975: “The building stands on the old homestead of Joseph Lyman. Owners of the property to 1867 were
Samuel Samuel F. Lyman, Hannah E. Brewer, Frances Brewer, Joseph Lyman, Eliza Henshaw, Thomas Jones, Joseph L. Jones, William G. Jones, Susan Lesley, and Catherine R. Delano. The building
was sold in 1870 by Theodore and Charles Rust, who had bought the property in 1867 for $2500. -C. Keith Wilbur The Rust Block was designed by William Fenno Pratt.” 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, Hampshire County