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South Street 111.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 38B-023 Easthampton NTH.2184 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 111 South Street Historic Name: George F. Harlow House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1916 Source: Atlas, Directory, Daily Republican. Style/Form: Shingle Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: wood shingle Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.27 acres Setting: The house is raised about ten feet above the street line by a small hill and is almost completely screened by evergreens. House sits in a residential neighborhood of former single family homes that have been converted to buildings with two or more residential units. INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [111 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 NTH.2184 _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-and-a-half story Shingle style home with deeply sloped side gable roof. Shingle style features include the wood shingle cladding, large shed roof dormer with eyebrow center, irregular steeply pitched roof line, six over one windows, large recessed porch with massive tapered wooden piers and one story bay window on the southern and northern elevations. The house is raised about ten feet above the street line by a small hill and is almost completely screened by evergreens. 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 house was built during 1916 for George Harlow at a cost of $6,000. Harlow had a store on Center Street in Northampton, which sold furniture, carpets and stoves.” Current owners are Frederick and Esta Busi, who have owned the house since before 1980. 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 Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860. 1915 Atlas. Northampton Directory: 1915-1922. Springfield Daily Republican Jan. 1, 1917.