Prospect Street 105.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-015-001 Easthampton NTH. Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 105 Prospect Street Historic Name:
T. Parsons House Uses: Present: Single-family house Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: ca. 1750-90 Source: map of 1794 Style/Form: altered Georgian Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: parged stone Wall/Trim: shingles Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Ell and chimney attached, n.d., entry
hood added, siding added, n.d.; center chimney removed Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.163 acres Setting: This house is set close to the street in alignment with
neighbors. Its lost slopes down to the east.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [105 Prospect Street] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH. _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 under a steeply pitched, side-gable roof. The house rests
on parged foundations , is rustic shingle sided and has an asphalt roof whose center chimney has been removed. The house is four bays wide and two deep and has a two story ell on the
east with an exterior chimney. Although the house is sided, its early date is signaled by its four bay west façade, whose asymmetry is characteristic of some 18th century houses, as
is the steep roof pitch. Windows are relatively large for an 18th century date, but they are set close to the eaves at the second story. The off-center entry has an added small hood
on brackets suggesting a 19th c. date. The entry itself is rather tall and narrow suggesting a post-Revolutionary date. 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 first appears on the map
of 1794 though that map does not identify houses and owners. The first map on which the house appears is that of 1831 and is unnamed in 1860. In 1873 it is the house of T. Parsons and
remained in that ownership through 1895. By 1919 the house was occupied by John Gleasner who was a plumber. He was followed in 1930 by Smith College professor Merle Curti. In 1940 Professor
John Duke and Dorothy Duke occupied the house. Duke was also a Smith College faculty member. 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. Northampton Street Directories 1919-1940 U.S. Federal Censuses 1900-1930 Walker, George H. and Company. Atlas of Northampton City, Massachusetts, Boston,
1884. Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860.