Pomeroy Terrace 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):
May, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 32A-233 Easthampton NTH.2111 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 36 Pomeroy Terrace Historic Name: St.
John’s Episcopal Church rectory Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1885-1886 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Stick Style
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: asphalt, copper Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.536 acres Setting: This house sits on a ridge above the Connecticut River flood plain on the east. It faces west.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [36 POMEROY TERRACE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2111 _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 one of the finest examples of the Stick Style in Northampton. It is two-and-a-half story
house under a pyramidal hipped roof. To add complexity there are cross-gables on the west façade and at the southeast corner of the house and the eaves in each of these gables have ornamental
bargeboards based on King Post trusses. A stacked porch on the south elevation has been glazed on the first story but its turned supports and brackets remain as does its shingled spandrel.
At the second story level the porch is one bay wide, has a shed roof resting on squat turned posts, and has ornamental brackets at the eaves and a jigsaw-cut railing. In the spandrel
of its roof is a coffered pattern. Pattern, and change of pattern characterize the Stick Style exterior. Here, stringcourses divide the exterior between stories and beneath the windows
form panels. The first two stories are clapboard sided, and at the attic level gable fields are shingled, as is the frieze beneath the roof eaves. The panels beneath the windows are
ornamented with an embellished crossbucks. A copper-roofed oriel window projects from the west façade while a copper-roofed angled bay adds to the south elevation. This is a particularly
well-maintained house. 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 1885, David Crafts and Edwin Clapp bought lot 5 of the Samuel Wright estate subdivision. Within a year, this
house had been erected and was serving as a rectory for St. John’s Episcopal Church. Mr. Crafts and Mr. Clapp wanted to retain ownership until their nets costs of $5715.25 (which included
$1300 for the land) had been repaid. This took until 1889, when the church took ownership. In 1893, the property was sold to Dr. William Spencer, a local dentist, who maintained his
residence here.” 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. 463-P. 147, 424-279, 401-9, 394-43
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [36 POMEROY TERRACE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.2111 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. St. John’s Episcopal Church rectory would contribute to a potential Pomeroy Terrace historic district that developed south
and east of the Bridge Street Cemetery from the second third of the 19th century as Northampton’s finest residential district. Original residents here were merchants, retired farmers,
lawyers, and other professions. As the century progressed the adjacent streets were laid out for the growing middle class with railroad personnel joining clerks, teachers, and others.
Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the fine examples of the 19th century architectural styles from the Greek and Gothic Revivals, Italianate, Queen Anne
and Colonial Revival styles. The district includes significant examples of the work of Northampton architect William Fenno Pratt. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship,
feeling, setting, design and materials.