Prospect Street 415.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):
March, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 24A-103 Easthampton NTH.265 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 415 Prospect Street Historic Name:
George F. Jager House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: ca. 1895 Source: Atlas and Directory Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: asphalt and slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Windows replaced
ca. 2000 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.571 acres Setting: This house is set near the intersection of several main streets.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [415 PROSPECT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.265 ___ 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. The John Jager house is a two-and-a-half story, Queen Anne style house with a front-gable roof.
It has a lively exterior surface due to the combination of shingles in the gable ends and clapboards on the main body of the building. A wrap around porch extends across the south and
turns on to the east elevation. It has turned posts, turned baluster railings and a spindled frieze – – all of which contribute to the surface interest of the building. At first story
level, the house is only two bays wide on the south façade: a simple, side door entry adjacent to a large 1/1 sash window. Like its neighbor at 397 Prospect Street, the house has a row
of dentil molding that ornaments its full eaves returns and its eaves rake in the gable end. 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: “The Jager family is first known to have lived
on this site in 1860. John Jager was employed by the Baystate Hardware Company and his house is shown on the map of that year. After his decease, his widow and three sons lived here.
By 1895, the widow had died and two of the older sons had built new houses on the homestead, apparently demolishing the older house in the process. This house was occupied by George
Jager.” 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.