South Street 145.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-045 Easthampton NTH.2191 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 145 South Street Historic
Name: John Metcalf House Uses: Present: Single family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: circa 1908 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Colonial Revival
/Four Square Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Concrete block Wall/Trim: Wood shingle & concrete block 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] [145 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2191 _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 Colonial Revival style house is two stories tall with hipped roof and large hipped dormers.
It has a Four Square plan being four bays wide and two bays deep, which was popular house plan at this time. The first floor is constructed of rock-faced concrete block, while the second
floor and dormers are clad with wood shingles. A one-story hipped roof porch with pedimented entrance, doubled Tuscan columns on concrete block pedestals and balustrade of square balusters
extends across the façade. The front entry is skewed slightly to the right and is unelaborated. Windows on the house are mostly six over one sash. The house has a center chimney. 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 1908 for John Metcalf at a cost of $4500. Mr. Metcalf was the head of Metcalf & Company, a printing firm located on Crafts
Avenue in Northampton.” Ernest and Mary Rose Paul owned house in 1980. House sold in 2003. Paul and Pamela Zgrodnik bought house in 2007. 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. 1915 Atlas Registry of Deeds: Bk 631-P. 277, 521-349. Northampton Directory: 1900 and 1915. Springfield Daily Republican, December
28, 1908.