School Street 34-36.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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31D-180 Easthampton NTH.797 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 34 – 36 School Street
Historic Name: Lewis Clapp /Edwin Pomeroy House Uses: Present: Two unit residence Original: Two unit residence Date of Construction: circa 1860 Source: Maps & visual evidence Style/Form:
Italianate Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Attached outbuilding Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.236 acres Setting: Property has almost a zero setback from the street. Property sits on a quiet street and is surrounded by former
single family homes that have been converted for multi-residence use.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [34-36 SCHOOL STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.797 ___ 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 one-and-a-half story modest Italianate style house that was originally constructed as
a double cottage with near identical eastern and western elevations, which include a front gable roof with a central wall gable on the northern elevation and Italianate style hipped
roof porches with square posts and rails. The paired window in the gable field of the central wall gable is another telling mark of the Italianate style. The front entrance to each cottage
is located on the southern side of the porch. The house is crowned by a slate roof and rests on a brick foundation. House retains clapboard siding. The house has two interior chimneys—one
for each cottage. The house retains its original window drip edge surrounds but has replacement windows that are now 6/6 sash. Each side of the house has a rear ell extending from the
southern elevation. In addition, the rear ell of the western half of the house has a side wing. 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: “This small double cottage first appears
on the site on the 1873 atlas, and was owned at that time by Lewis Clapp and Edwin Pomeroy, millers who owned the grist mill at the end of the street on the banks of the Mill River.
However, the 1860 map does show a number of structures in this general area, all owned by A. Peck and Company, the owners of the Grist Mill.” 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.