Paradise Road 36.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-258 Easthampton NTH.562 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 36 Paradise Road Historic Name: Wakeman
House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1930 Source: Smith College Archives Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder:
Karl Scott Putnam, Architect, Northampton Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.459 acres Setting: This house faces west overlooking the Smith College Quadrangle
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [36 PARADISE ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.562 ___ 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 house is representative of the work of the architect Karl Scott Putnam who closely followed
colonial architectural precedent when designing Colonial Revival style buildings. The Wakeman House is a two-story house under a hipped roof with two interior chimneys. It is five bays
wide and has a center entry with an elaborate door surround that Putnam modeled after the Connecticut River Valley door. The surround is trabeated with pilasters on paneled pedestals
supporting a full entablature with a pulvinated frieze. Above the entablature is a pediment in high relief. The Connecticut River Valley doorway is a Georgian period feature, so the
Wakeman House is a subcategory of the Colonial Revival – the Georgian Revival. Windows in the house have 12/12 sash, foundations are low and the narrow eaves are ornamented with a row
of fine dentils. Windows on the first story have crown molding lintels while those of the second story have architrave surrounds. The house has a one-story wing on the north and an attached
one-story garage on the south. 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: “During the late 1860’s, Paradise Road was laid out by J.C. Ward for residential purposes. Development
was slow though, and the 1873 atlas shows only three houses, including one for Mr. Ward on the site of this house. The Ward house was demolished for this house sometime after 1930. This
house is from designs of Karl Putnam, Northampton’s most prominent architect of the 20th century. It was built for Smith College and first occupied by the Wakeman family. Most recently,
the house has been used for the College chaplain.” 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.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [36 PARADISE ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.562 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.