Prospect Street 219.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-017-001 Easthampton NTH. Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 219 Prospect Street Historic Name:
Grace and W. Clyde Noble House Uses: Present: Single-family house Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: ca. 1900 Source: map of 1895 Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes
| | Date Acreage: 0.048 acres Setting: This house is located on a small lot on a busy but tree-shaded street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [291 Prospect Street] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH. ___ 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-story house under a front-gabled roof with wide eaves. It is three bays wide and the equivalent of four
bays deep. There is a one-story wing/secondary entry on the east elevation. The windows of the first floor of the house’s south façade are nearly full-length and there is a rondel window
in that gable field. The Colonial Revival style house has a hipped roof porch that rests on Doric columns. Window sash has been replaced by 1/1 vinyl but original surrounds remain that
are capped. This is one of several modest, front-gabled houses that are found on Prospect Street. 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. Clyde Noble was raised in Florence and stayed to marry and occupy
this house by 1919. He worked for the Northampton Gas and Electric Company as a salesman while Grace raised their daughter Margaret. By 1930 the Nobles had been replaced by Edward and
Mary Rumse. Edward worked in the Twin Shoe Stores Company as their manager and secretary and Mary was at home with the couple’s four children. In 1940 the house was occupied by R. J.
Dauphinoise and his wife Margaret. R. J. was a car repairman. 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.