Prospect Street 129.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 24D-184-001 Easthampton NTH. Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 129 Prospect Street Historic Name:
E. Cornwell House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction : ca. 1850 Source: map of 1860 Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage attached on north Major Alterations (with dates): . exterior
chimney added, replacement sash installed, porch added and pavilion added., ca. 1900-1990 Condition: good Moved: no | x| yes | | Date Acreage: 0.18 acres Setting: Like a number of its
neighbors this house faces south on its lot
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [129 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 one-and-a-half story Greek Revival style house that has a side-gable roof. It is Cape
Cod in form with an added pavilion on its south façade and two wings on the east slope that are at a lower elevation than the main block. From the Greek Revival remain the wide cornerboards
and wide frieze at the eaves. The house is three bays wide and two deep and the pavilion is off center on the main block occupying the easternmost bay of the south facade. In the angle
between the house and the pavilion is a small porch that shelter entry to the house. 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 in place from the settlement of Northampton though
it was farmland until the middle of the 19th century. In 1860 the house is present and though its owner’s name on the maps of 1860 and 1873 is illegible, in 1884 it is E. C. Cornwell.
From 1910 through 1919 the house was occupied by Thomas Marden who was a gardener. He was replaced in 1930 by Mary Gale a widow and Harriet Warner who did not work. The latter two women
remained in the house through 1940. 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.