Paradise Road 16.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):
April, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31A-324-001; 31A-324-904 Easthampton NTH.587 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 16 Paradise Road
Historic Name: Kneeland Estate outbuilding, attr. Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: possibly outbuilding of estate Date of Construction: ca. 1895 Source: Northampton Street
Map Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: Karl Scott Putnam in 1929 Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary
Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): 1929 altered to Colonial Revival Condition: good Moved: no | | yes | x possibly | Date ca. 1895 Acreage: 2.6 acres Setting: This house
is set above Paradise Pond and faces west towards the Smith College Quadrangle.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [16 PARADISE ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.587 _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-story, Colonial Revival style house under a side gable roof with an off-center chimney.
It is three bays wide and two bays deep and has a two-story east ell and a one-story wing on the north. On the west façade the first floor windows have 12/12 sash and the considerably
smaller second story windows have 8/8 window sash. The center entry is framed by an arched arbor with lattice sides. The main block of this house was a popular style for small houses
of the 1920s. 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 1979: “The origin of this little house is concealed in a larger property acquired by Smith College in 1919 from Frederick N. Kneeland, who
deed a considerable property, including his own residence at 8 Paradise Road. This building which appears on the site for the first time on the 1895 map may have been built from an outbuilding
on the Kneeland estate, possibly moved to this site either before or after it was converted. It was rented by the College as a faculty residence after 1919. In 1929, Miss Mary Ellen
Chase, novelist and member of the faculty, rented the building from the College and arranged for a considerable restoration or remodeling at her own expense. These changes were designed
and implemented by Karl Putnam, well-known local architect and Professor of Architecture at Smith College.” 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: Plan Book 4-P. 56 1919, Book 744-P. 179 1919
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [16 PARADISE ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.587 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. This property would contribute to a potential historic district that would encompass the residential/institutional side
streets laid out on the south side of Elm Street in Northampton Center between Main Street on the east and the west boundary of Childs Park on the west. This potential historic district
is significant according to criteria A and C and would have local significance. These residential residential streets are significant according to criterion A for their reflection of
the development of Northampton from the mid-19th century as a relatively affluent community that supported several private schools for young women, which prepared them after 1875 for
attendance at Smith College, and the Clarke School where deaf students were given an education that thoroughly prepared them for the hearing world. The residences in this area made a
shift from gentlemen’s estates to accommodation of the growing middle class in Northampton during the 19th century with businessmen, scholars, teachers, doctors, and retired farmers.
According to criterion C this district would be significant for the range of historical styles that it includes. Gothic Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial
Revival styles are all well-represented within a landscape of individual large lots, and streetscapes that were laid out and developed at one time.