Round Hill Road 45.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-064-001 Easthampton NTH. Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 45 (35 according to assessors) Round
Hill Road Historic Name: Bell Hall-The Family Center Uses: Present: Administrative Offices Original: Administrative Offices Date of Construction: ca. 1980 Source: Style/Form: Contemporary
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: concrete Wall/Trim: brick Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 2.68 acres Setting: This building sits on the south side of Round Hill. Land slopes away to the east and south.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [35/45 Round Hill Road] 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 brick and concrete building that is two stories in height under a flat roof. It is in three sections. The
south wing is 11 bays long, the center section is 10 bays long and the north wing is ten bays long and is only one story in height. There are four entries to the building on the west
façade. The major entry is preceded by a pedimented porch on posts with faux half-timbering in its gable field. The building has metal sliding, 1/1 windows. It is without particular
architectural distinction. 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. Bell Hall, also known as The Family Center is the Clarke School’s primary building now that it is selling off many of its other campus
buildings. It is named after Alexander Graham Bell who served on the School’s early Board of Directors. 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.