South Street 160.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): April 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 38B-121 Easthampton NTH.1035 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 160 South Street Historic
Name: Captain Preserved Clapp House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c.1790 Source: visual evidence Style/Form: Federal
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Aluminum Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Chimney (circa 1900) Aluminum
siding (circa 1960) Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.19 acre Setting: 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] [160 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1035 _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 Federal style home with side gable roof. It is five bays wide and two bays
deep. Some of the house’s original stylistic features were lost when aluminum siding was place on the home. At the center of the five bay front façade is the front entrance which has
a trabeated surround that encloses three-quarter length sidelights and is topped by a pediment. Characteristic of turn of the eighteenth century homes, windows sit close to the eaves.
The house has six over six sash windows that are somewhat hidden behind metal storm windows. The house has a small brick chimney along the ridge line that is slightly off center, which
probably replaced a much larger chimney at one time. The large exterior chimney at the center of the southern elevation was probably placed on the home after 1900. 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 1976: “This is one of several 18th century houses built on South Street. The street was first permanently settled in the late 17th century and remains today primarily
a residential street. Captain Roger Clapp was the first member of the Clapp family to establish a homestead on South Street, doing so on the northern side of the street in 1713. There
has been a member of this family on the street ever since. The house was probably built for Azariah Clapp, third son of Asahel Clapp and grandson of Captain Roger Clapp. Azariah was
born during the 1750’s and probably established his homestead at the time of his marriage to Esther Tileston (c. 1780). At his death in 1819, the property was left to his son, also named
Azariah. The property remained in the Clapp family until about 1900 when the second Azariah’s widow, Elizabeth D. Clapp, passed away.” 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. 588-P. 429, 43-266