South Street 279.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-60 Easthampton NTH.2198 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 279 South Street Historic
Name: Arthur Noble House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1870 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: No style
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: One bay garage 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] [279 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2198 __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 house with front gable roof. This is a modest and straightforward
house that is three bays wide and two bays deep. Form B of 1980 notes that the current window in the gable field is a “modern” window but does not identify the style of the original
window. A hipped roof porch extends across the full width of the front façade. The porch has a solid balustrade and square posts. Windows on the house are six over six replacement sash
with flat stock surrounds. On the ridge of the roof, at its center, is a small brick chimney. There is one-and-one-half story rear ell with deeply sloped roof to the first story on the
southern elevation. The property includes a one-bay gabled garage. 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: “In 1873, Arthur Noble bought this house and lot from Linus Noble for $2000.
The 1868 directory lists Arthur as boarding with Linus Noble on South Street. From this it would seem the house was built between 1868 and 1873, however this house may have been moved
from Linus Noble’s lot for the building of a double tenement house about this time.” BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Hampshire Massachusetts, New York, 1873.
Hales, John 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. 304-P. 311