Prospect Street 111.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: Bonnie Parsons Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month /year):
April, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31B-014-001 Easthampton NTH. Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 111 Prospect Street Historic Name:
T. Griffen House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1850 Source: Maps of 1860 and 1873 Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder:
J. T. Holton, builder, attributed Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
Wing added, and windows replaced 1990-2000. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.202 acres Setting: This house faces west behind a white picket fence.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [STREET ADDRESS] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 _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-a-half story, Greek Revival style house with a front-gable roof. It is three bays wide and the equivalent
of four bays deep and has a one-and-a-half story ell on the west to which is attached on the south elevation a one-and-a-half story wing. The west façade has a recessed, side-hall entry
that has narrow pilasters supporting below a narrow cornice. The house has narrow cornerboards but a wide frieze beneath the eaves, a feature of the Greek Revival style. There is an
added secondary entry on the main block of the house on its south elevation. It is a one-story, shed roofed addition to the house with a secondary door. The house is clapboard sided
and has 1/1 replacement windows. As Greek Revival style houses go in Northampton this is a relatively modest version of the style. 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. Prospect Street was laid out in
the original distribution of Proprietors lots in the 17th century and its east side allocated to Proprietors. This house was in place by 1860 and was occupied by J. D. Holton, a carpenter
and joiner. In 1873 it was the home of T. Griffen. Griffin (spelling changed) is still in the house in 1895. In 1910 the house was numbered 113 and was home to Warren Beatwood who had
been replaced by 1930 by Mrs. Margaret Atwood who was a practitioner, indicating a Christian Scientist practitioner. Archie Phillips was in the house in 1940 and was apparently retired.
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.