North Main Street 221.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 16B-48 Easthampton NTH.50 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 221 North Main Street Historic
Name: Charles Clark House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1922-1930 Source: Directories Style/Form: Craftsman/Colonial
Revival Bungalow Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: concrete Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.233 acres Setting: This is a south-facing house set on a long narrow lot that slopes down towards the north. The view to the south
is open and unobstructed across a large estate.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [221 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.50 ___ 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 the only bungalow on the stretch of North Main Street that is purely residential. It is
one-and-a-half stories in height and has an unusual gambrel roof that is Colonial Revival in origin, but added to an overall Craftsman house. It is the bungalow form known as a “front-dormer”
bungalow and has a broad, front-gabled dormer centered on its roof. The dormer has exposed rafters and does the main roof of the house on its south façade, a Craftsman style feature.
The gambrel roof extends on the south to create a deep porch that is screened in and supported on battered posts above fieldstone piers. A brick chimney on the east elevation passes
through the eaves of the roof. Following a convention favored in the Colonial Revival style, the first story of the house is clapboard-sided and the second story is shingle-sided. A
secondary entry is located on the east elevation. It is an enclosed portico. Windows in the house are replacement 1/1 vinyl sash. It is interesting to note that this house follows the
plan and elevation of a number of houses on the grounds of the Veterans Hospital, so may have been the result of a stock plan used there. 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 appears to have been built during the 1920’s for Charles Clark, the chief engineer at the U.S. Veterans Hospital in Leeds.” 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.