South Street 189.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-78 Easthampton NTH.1006 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 189 South Street Historic
Name: Edward and Sophia Clapp House Uses: Present: Five-family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: c. 1850 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Greek Revival
/Italianate Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition:
Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.415 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] [189 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1006 _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 front gable roof with eaves that make full returns. This house no
longer exhibits strong characteristics of either the Greek Revival or Italianate styles which would have been prevalent during the time when this home was constructed. The house is four
bays and eight bays deep. Form B of 1980 noted “Originally this house was only four bays deep. The rear four bays seem to have been added between 1895 and 1915, according to the local
atlases.” The house also has a low-lying foundation. The house has a side hall entry covered by a pedimented portico that is supported by square columns. The portico appears to hide
a trabeated surround. The tympanums of the front gable and portico gable have flush boarding. Some of the windows on the home have retained their original two over two sashes while the
remaining windows have replacement sashes. The southern side of the house used to have two entrances with hipped roof porches, but these have been removed and replaced with second story
decks. The house has two chimneys—one on the main block of the home and the other on the ell. The property includes a two-story Italianate style barn with center wall gable and multiple
bays. 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: “Edward and Sophia Clapp acquired this parcel of land in 1852, and the 1854 map shows this house. Originally this house was only four
bays deep. The rear four bays seem to have been added between 1895 and 1915, according to the local atlases.” 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.