Paradise Road 38.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, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31A-259 Easthampton NTH.563 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 38 Paradise Road Historic Name: Sarah
A. Peck House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1887 Source: Springfield Daily Republican Style/Form: Shingle Style Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: wood shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x
| yes | | Date Acreage: 0.23 acres Setting: This house sits above Paradise Pond on its east and the Smith College Quadrangle on its west.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [38 PARADISE ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.563 _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. The Sarah A. Peck House is a good example of the Shingle Style, which is quite rare in Northampton.
It is a two-and-a-half story house under a steeply-pitched, front-gable roof. On the west façade, the roof eaves make full returns to form a shingled pent roof separating the second
story and attic levels. The exterior of the house is entirely of wood shingles that cover the exterior with no cornerboards in a skin-like fashion. The house is a relatively modest two
bays wide and two bays deep and has a side entry on the west façade that is sheltered by a pedimented portico on posts with braces at the eaves. A narrow jetty separates first and second
stories. There is a shed roof dormer on the south side of the roof while on the north is a cross-gable bay with a saltbox profile roof. A multi-paned stair window rises through two stories
on the north as well. 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: “Paradise Road was opened by J.C. Ward in 1867, but there was little development on the street until the latter
part of the 1880’s. In 1887, there were four ‘cottages’ constructed, including this house. The house was built for Mrs. Sarah A. Peck, the widow of A. Perry Peck, at a cost of $2000.
Mrs. Peck’s family included two daughters, one of whom, Sarah P. Peck, taught at Smith College and purchased the property in 1889. In 1925, Smith College acquired the property, and had
maintained its residential usage.” 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. 815-P. 521, 400-131, 407-237,
244-400
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [38 PARADISE ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.563 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.