Williams Street 30.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 32C-268 Easthampton NTH.2166 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 30Williams Street Historic
Name: William Strong House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: 1854-1860 Source: Maps Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Several barns to the rear of the home in connected house-barn plan. Major Alterations
(with dates): Vinyl siding and windows (1980s) Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 1.33 acres Setting: House faces west on a quiet residential street of mid to late
19th century homes. House sits at the edge of the residential neighborhood and behind the home is an open field. Mature trees and shrubbery can be found throughout the property.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [30WILLIAMS STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.966 ___ 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 Greek Revival style home with pedimented roof and cross gable on
the southern side. The house has been covered in vinyl siding and has vinyl windows, but the historic proportions and some stylistic features remain. The principal block of the house
is three bays wide and four bays deep. The last two bays on the southern elevation of the home project slightly from the principal block of the house and are covered by the cross-gable
pedimented roof. A three sided bay window extends from this projection on the southern elevation. A hipped roof porch extends across the full width of the front façade. The porch has
a solid frieze, tapered columns and balustrade with square balusters. Windows on the home have been replaced with one over one sash. The front gable field retains its Greek Revival style
oculus. There are several additions to the rear of the home in connected house-barn plan. Extending from the eastern elevation of the principal block of the house is a two story ell
followed by a small barn to a large gabled barn. 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 land is part of the Lt. Nathaniel Strong homestead which was established on Hawley
Street circa 1700. Until the mid 19th century, there were no streets between Hawley and the Venturer’s Field section of the meadows, and the Strong family farmed many acres here. After
Joseph Strong’s death in 1860, most of the homestead passed into the hands of General Benjamin Cook. However, two sons retained small portions for their homestead. Daniel’s was on Hawley
Street and William’s was described as rear of Hawley Street. William Strong’s house first appears on the 1860 map, set back by itself from Hawley Street, but by 1873, Williams Street
had been laid out, and connected Pomeroy Terrace to the old Hockanum Road. Most of the development of Williams Street was due to the large silk mill on the lower end of Hawley Street.
This parcel, however, remained a farm, and continues to operate today.” 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.