Massasoit Street 81.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 24C-98 Easthampton NTH.299 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 81 Massasoit Street Historic Name:
Peter Murphy House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1885 Source: visual evidence Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Siding applied and windows replaced, ca.
2005 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.207 acres Setting: This is a west-facing house on a slightly raised lot.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [81MASSASOIT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH. 299 _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. This is a two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style house under a side-gable roof. Its proportions
are those of a house built at the end of the 19th century. The house has a front-gabled pavilion centered on its three bay façade and an angled bay window of two stories on its south
elevation. The center entry is through the pavilion. There are two interior chimneys on the roof ridge. A full-width porch on slender turned posts crosses the west façade. It has jigsaw-cut
railings and continuous arched brackets at the eaves for an arcaded effect. The vinyl siding obscures details that would enhance the character 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 1870, Peter Murphy, a mason, bought lot no. 26 from Henry Maynard’s subdivision plan for Massasoit Street. This plan had been filed the year previous. Mr. Murphy
made this his homestead and his house is shown on the 1873 atlas. However, through visual analysis of the present house and building outline comparison on the 1873, 1884, and 1895 atlases,
it would appear that this house was constructed in the late 1880’s or early 1890’s.” BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Hampshire Massachusetts, New York, 1873.
Hales, 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. 454-P. 217, 276-449
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [81MASSASOIT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH. 299 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. The Murphy House would contribute to a potential historic district that extends north of Northampton’s primary corridor,
Elm Street, encircling and encompassing the primary feature of that landscape, Round Hill. The potential historic district is significant for its 19th century development from a few
gentlemen’s farms to a neighborhood dense with the homes of its most prominent residents and educational institutions that shaped the character of Northampton for several hundred years
to the present. Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the mix of high style late Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne style houses, the Colonial Revival
and Tudor Revival styles of the 20th century that were often architect-designed by the region’s most well-known designers. The Murphy House is a fair example of the Queen Anne style
despite its vinyl siding and would contribute to the historic district. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship, feeling, setting, design and materials.