South Street 144.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-90 Easthampton NTH.1016 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 144 South Street Historic
Name: Col. Elisha Strong Homestead Uses: Present: Two family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: circa 1800 Source: Courthouse deeds Style/Form: Greek Revival/Italianate
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no
| x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.15 acres Setting: House sits close to the busy South Street/Route 10. House is 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] [144 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1016 __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 story house with side gabled roof that is transitional in style from the Greek Revival
to Italianate stylistic periods. For the most part, the house exhibits features of the Italianate style. The main Greek Revival feature is the wide frieze that make full returns in the
gables to create a pediment. The symmetrical five-bay facade is set off and the central entrance entrance is covered by an Italianate style portico with hipped roof and paired square
posts on pedestals. The windows on the house have two over two sashes that are now partially hidden behind metal storm windows. The windows are capped by projecting cornices, which is
seen throughout Northampton on Italianate style homes. The northern and southern sides of the house are one bay wide and pedimented, with a small rondel contained within the pediment.
A two-story addition projects from the rear of the house. The main block of the house has two interior brick chimneys and a brick foundation. 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
1970: “South Street is one of Northampton's earliest roads and has the largest number of pre-19th century houses. The street, originally on the western side of the Mill River, was first
permanently settled around 1700, and has quickly built up with homesteads. The southern side of the street had lots which extended back over the terrace bluffs and down into the meadows.
It would appear as if this house was built in the early 19th century. In 1807 Eleakim Clapp sold this land to Horace Graves, a printer. The next year Mr. Graves sold the property to
Nathaniel Parsons, who later left the property as a legacy to his daughter, Sarah Parsons Janes. The Janes family maintained this homestead until the early 20th century.” 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. 1831 Town Nap. 1854 County Maps. 1915 Atlas