South Street 278.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-289 Easthampton NTH.1077 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 278 South Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1751 Source: visual evidence Style/Form: Federal Architect/Builder: Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Connected barn Major Alterations (with dates): Front porch (mid 19th century) Condition: Good Moved:
no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.309 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] [278 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1077 __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 side gabled house with connected barn plan. This home is a conservative
example of the Federal style with a center chimney which is a holdover from the Georgian period. The 1751 construction date given by Form B of 1976 should be researched further. The
house is five bays wide and two bays deep and framed by corner pilasters and narrow frieze. At the center of the roof is a massive brick chimney. The front entry has a wide trabeated
surround that encloses narrow two-light sidelights. The front portico with hipped roof has turned posts with decorative braces and spindle frieze and balustrade of turned posts. This
porch was added to the house around the middle of the 19th century. Windows on the home are six over six replacement sash but they have their original architrave surrounds. The windows
on the second story sit close to the eaves. On the northern elevation of the home is a shallow one-story wing and there is an even smaller shallow wing on the southern elevation. 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: “South Street was one of Northampton’s early highways and still exhibits a large number of colonial style dwellings. The structure at 278 South Street
faces an an earlier saltbox at 283 South Street. Two early dwellings—less well maintained—are located at the corner of Hampden and South Streets.” 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.