South Street 289.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-58 Easthampton NTH.2196 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 289 South Street Historic
Name: Joseph Grife House Uses: Present: Single family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1928 Source: Building Permit Style/Form: Craftsman/Bungalow Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard and shingle Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no | x |
yes | | Date Acreage: 0.166 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] [289 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2196 __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 one-and-one-half story bungalow with a jerkin head roof. This house exhibits features
from the Shingle, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman styles and therefore is transitional in style. The gambrel roof form with its almost full-width shed roof dormer on the frontward slope
of the roof is a Colonial Revival feature. Another Colonial Revival feature is the three-part window window on the northern elevation. The Craftsman style appears with the use of battered
brick piers for the porch supports. The house originally had more Craftsman features such as exposed rafters and a front porch, but the home was altered after 1980 and the eaves were
boxed and the porch was enclosed. so the Craftsman features was altered after 1980 and prior to this Prior to 1980, the house had The main Shingle style feature is the shingle cladding
on the half-story and front dormer. The house has two brick chimneys one of which goes through the cornice on the southern elevation. Windows on the home are six over one and four over
one sash and are partially hidden beneath metal storm windows. The house has a secondary entry on the northern 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 1980: “This one-and-a-half
story bungalow was built during 1927 for Joseph Grife at a cost of $7000. The directory lists Joseph Grife, owners of Grife’s Department Store on Main Street and Oscar Grife, a lawyer,
as both living here.” 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.