Market Street 71-73.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, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 32A-46 Easthampton NTH.2019 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 71-73 Market Street Historic Name:
Marcus Moody House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1830 Source: Registry of Deeds and visual evidence Style/Form: Greek
Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: parged brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
Windows replaced, house converted to two-family, 20th c. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.101 acres Setting: This house occupies a corner block and faces west
in a residential neighborhood.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [73MARKET STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2019 ___ 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 Moody House is a two-and-a-half story house with a front-gable roof. The eaves of the roof
make full returns in the gable end to create a Greek Revival pediment and in the tympanum of the pediment is an arched Italianate window. This is one of the more common house forms built
in the 1830-1850s in Northampton and this is a fairly modest version. The house is however, only two bays wide, though one of the bays contains the two doors. The two entries are sheltered
by a flat roofed portico on Italianate style posts. Cornerboards are narrow and window surrounds are flat stock. It is possible that this house dates later (ca. 1850) than map research
would indicated, given its Italianate style features. 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 apparently dates from the 1830’s and is first mentioned in an 1836 deed
as the residence of Marcus Moody. In that year, the property was sold to Enos Parsons, a ‘hair-dresser,’ who later became one of 19th century Northampton’s leading lawyers. Mr. Parsons
lived here until 1845, at which time the house and lot were sold to Henry Childs, co-proprietor of Bridgeman and Childs, ‘the largest book and publishing house in the western part of
the state.’ Mr. Childs remained here until 1866 and it is possible that the house was originally built for him, replacing the earlier residence. After passing through three quick owners,
the property was purchased by Josephus Crafts, a ‘broker,’ in 1870. Mr. Crafts maintained this house as his homestead for the rest of the 19th century.” 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. 268-P. 37, 252-70, 251-383, 239-229, 106-234, 79-296, 11-563