South Street 244.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-270 Easthampton NTH.1074 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 244 South Street Historic
Name: Clapp House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1860 Source: visual evidence Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Brick Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Front porch (early 20th century) Windows replaced
(post 1980) Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.23 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] [244 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1074 _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 brick Italianate style house with a front gable roof. On the northern
elevation, there is a two-story side wing with gable roof and on the eastern elevation there is a two story rear ell, which gives the home a modified cross plan. Both gables have two
over arched windows within the gable field. Characteristic of the Italianate style, the house has overhanging eaves that make partial returns. On the front of the house and extending
to the northern elevation is a hipped roof porch with projecting cornice, solid frieze, balustrade with square balusters, and a lattice apron. The porch roof is supported by square fluted
columns that are in pairs or triples, and they rest on brick pedestals. Form B of 1980 notes that the front porch was added to the home in the early 20th century. The front entrance
has sidelights and a transom, but they are somewhat hidden behind metal storm door. Above the front door is a granite lintel. Windows on the home are replacement one over one sash, but
they have their original granite lintels and sills. On the southern elevation of the home is a shallow two story bay with clapboard paneling. The bay has recessed corners on the first
story and a square second story supported by brackets. This feature was executed on other Italianate style homes in this area of Northampton. There are also three brick chimneys on the
house. 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 dates from the mid 19th century. The 1854 map shows a house owned by Mrs. Clapp near this site, in 1860 there are two houses
owned by the Clapp family and by 1873, there are three houses owned by the Clapp family on this parcel.” 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.