Old South Street 70.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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31D-221 Easthampton NTH.2004 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 70 Old South Street
Historic Name: Alvin W. & Mabel D. Clapp House Uses: Present: Business /office Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1893-95 Source: Atlas and Registry of Deeds Style/Form:
Queen Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboard Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Two story carriage house with cupola Major Alterations
(with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.43 acres Setting: House House sits fairly close to the busy Old South Street. Property in a transitional area that
now includes businesses, apartments and condominiums in former single family homes. House sits on a well-landscaped lot.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [70 OLD SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2004 ___ 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 home with slate hipped roof. True to the Queen
Anne style, the roof line and façade include many projections, bays, dormers and porches. Most striking is the front porch with its pedimented front entrance with decorated tympanum,
Tuscan columns, and balustrade. The front porch broadens out to a two story gazebo at its western end. end. The first story of the gazebo is paneled while the second story is ornamented
with decorative swags. The gazebo is topped by a balustrade with paneled newel posts. There is also a two story bay window with polygonal roof near the front entrance. Windows on the
house are of varying size and have basic flat stock surrounds and one over one sash windows. Characteristic of the Queen Anne style, there is a picture window on the front façade that
looks out onto the porch. On the eastern elevation of the home, there is a shed roof porch with Tuscan columns, balustrade and apron that matches the front porch. A long wooden stairway
extends from the porch to the driveway. To the rear of the house is a two-story carriage house with cupola. 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 1893, Alvin Clapp, co-owner of
a Main Street meat market, bought the Bliss homestead at the corner of South and Fruit Streets and had his home erected on the western part.” The House is currently owned by Jacobs &
Jacobs LLC who run a home restoration and additions business. They renovated the house in 2004 to make the first and second floors suitable for their business offices. 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 457-P. 215