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South Street 97.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): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31D-208 Easthampton NTH.2003 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 97 South Street Historic Name: Henry R. Rowley House Uses: Present: Five unit residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: 1863-66 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Vinyl Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: 1 ½ story Gothic Style carriage house with 2 wall gables and cupola Major Alterations (with dates): Vinyl siding Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.35 0.35 acres Setting: House sits fairly close to the busy South Street /State Route 10. 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] [97 SOUTH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 NTH.2003 __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 Italianate style house is a two-and-a-half stories in height with pedimented front gable. The house is three bays wide and three bays deep with side hall entry. The gable field has an arched louver. The house has been covered in vinyl and the original windows have been removed so most of the home’s original stylistic features no longer remain. The house has an Italianate flat flat roof porch that extends across the full width of the front façade. The porch has square posts and balustrade of square balusters. Characteristic of the Italianate style, the first story windows on the front façade are elongated to the porch floor. The house has a large brick chimney along the ridge of the roof. There is a large two-story rear ell with enclosed first and second story porches on the southern elevation. The rear of the property includes a one-and-one-half story Gothic style barn with two front wall gables and a cupola with flaring conical roof. This barn has been converted into residences. 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 was built in the early 1860s for Henry Rowley.” BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Beers, F. W. County Atlas of Hampshire Massachusetts, New York, 1873. Hales, John G. 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. 435-P 459, 328-477, 323-289, 269-143, 236-257, 212-129, 204-299. Northampton Directory: 1873-74, 1885-86.