Prospect Street 67.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 31B-102 Easthampton NTH.619 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 67 Prospect Street Historic Name:
Joseph Pickett House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1928-1930 Source: Directory and Permit Style/Form: Spanish Eclectic
Style Architect/Builder: Karl Scott Putnam, architect Exterior Material: Foundation: concrete Wall/Trim: stucco Roof: clay tile Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with
dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.419 acres Setting: This house occupies a rather narrow lot and is buffered from the street by a thick hedge and shaded
by a mature tree.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [67 PROSPECT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.619 __ _ 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 house represents a rare departure for architect Karl Scott Putnam from his New England historical
revival bias to a Spanish revival architecture. Although there are other examples in Northampton, this may be the only version by Putnam. It is a two-story, stuccoed house with a flat
roof edged by red tiles. As was common with this style, the plan of the house is L-shaped and in the angle of the two sections of the house is a red-tile-roofed portico. The entry has
a round arch architrave surround and an arched foyer window. Windows are paired and their sash is 6/1. On the first floor centered on the wing is a three-part window. The house has an
exterior wall chimney and an interior chimney. 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: “This house was built in 1929 for Joseph Pickett at a cost of $20,000. Mr. Pickett was the president
and treasurer of the Northampton Commercial College, an institution founded in the 1890’s by his father. The College trained and furnished stenographers and office assistants and served
as an agency for the sale, rental, and repair of typewriters and adding machines.” 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.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [67 PROSPECT STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.619