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AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02116 FORM NO. 257 Iown North Adams MRA Address_311-321 River Street Historic Name Hathaway Tenement PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number SKETCH MAP Show property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate al1 buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection. Indicate north. Use: Presentapartments Original tenements DESCRIPTION: ca. 1850 Date Source 1853 map, 1885 history Style_Greek Revival -vernacular Architect Unknown Exterior wall fabricclaphoard Outbuildings none Major alterations (with dates) Porches added between 1908-1914. Original sash replaced, same period Moved No Date N/A Approx.
acreage less than one acre Recorded by Betsy Friedberg Setting The north side of River Street is Organization Mass, Historical Cormission eccupied by tenements of a variety of ages DateJuly, 1985 and sizes On the south side of the road is the Hoosac River and ten large 19th North Adams Quadrangle century mills are sited on the opposite bank. UTM References: 18/653980/472939(staple additional sheeks bere) OCT 25 1985 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the conmmity.) The Hathaway Tenement is two stories high with a gable roof. It is divided into six apartments, with porches marking both front and rear entrances, The distinguishing architectural features are the Greek Revival cornice with returns in each gable end, and the Arts and Crafts-style porches.
This building.is the only known intact example of a pre-Civil War row house for factory workers still standing in North Adams. A twin of this building, constructed on the adjoining lot to the west, was extensively enlarged and remodeled around 1900. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) This building is one of the few surviving structures in North Adams to be associated with the city's early manufacturing history. River Street was laid out from Eagle St. to a point just west of this site in 1836. In the following ten years, several mills were built along this road near the north branch of the Hoosac River. This section was the heart of the city's growing industrial base.
One of the early mills stood on the west side of Brown Street where the present late 19th century brick mill structure now stands. In 1874, Nathaniel G. Hathaway and Sylvander Johnson purchased that mill from Brown, Harris & Co. Between 1847-1853, Hathaway and Johnson enlarged their holdings, developing the Brown Street mill into a small community with a company store and dwellings. Most of the property comprised an area between the river and the cemetery. It also included a small parcel across the river on the north side of River Street. Iwo identical tenement houses were erected on this site. At that time the Johnson Company followed the tradition of New England mill communities in which the owners liver near their properties, as did the workers. Hathaway retired early from the partnership and moved into this building.
By 1869, he was living in one of the apartments with his wife, who continued to live here after his death. Under Johnson, the Brown Street mill prospered and expanded. New mill buildings were constructed, leaving only this tenement as survivor of the original Johnson & Hathaway enterprise. (continued below) BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) History of Berkshire County, Mass., Map of North Adams, Mass., John & Thomas Slater, Hoboken, NH, -1853 Map and Business Directory of North Adams, MA, E.P. Brown, 1869 Insurance maps, 1908, 1914, Sanborn Map Co., Pelham, NY Atlas of the Towns of No. Adams, Adams, and Williamstown, D.L. Miller, NY, 1894 Historical Significance con'td: By 1894, T. F. Loftus, owner of the Berkshire Monument Works (and later a real estate agent) was owner of both row houses. In 1904 he owned just this building.
It was probably he who remodeled the property, adding the sam11 porches on both sides, as well as new window sash. - 10M - 7/82 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity : Form No: K 257 Property Name: Hathaway Tenement Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Criteria for Evaluation The Hathaway Tenement retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship, The only pre-civil War multifamily workers' housing surviving in North Adams, the building fulfills Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number MB No.
1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 celved date entered Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Page 2 /z Name State North Adams MRA Bershire County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 11. Hathaway Tenement Babored in National Register 12. Johnson School Entered in the Motional Register Date/Signature fReeper AuemByeo 0/20/05 Attest f Keeper XelmByaa 10/25/85 13. Johnson Manufacturing Company Attest fKeeper Entered Ix National Rogisben Xuemu Byua 10/25/20 14. Norad Mill Entered in the National Register 15. Sherman, William B., Farm Attest foKeeper Attest /Keeper HkeeouBgan N/25/0. Entered in the National Register 16. Sykes House Betared 1n tla Vational Regieter Attest &Reeper AlmeBgun21/25/6s Attest 17. Wells House fKeeper DelunaBzanl 10/25/85 intered in the National Register Attest 18. Phelps House Keeper S.Rumen Attest 19. Keeper Attest 20.
Keeper Attest 85003415 WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Hathaway Tenement (North Adams MRA) Bershire County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample -request Working No. SEP/1 2 1985 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/3/82 Date Due: 10/10 83 Action: -LACCEPT 10/27/83 10-25-8 Intered in the -RETURN Nutional Register - REJECT - Federal Agency: -appeal NR decision Recom./Criteria. Reviewer Discipline Date _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? yes no 7. Description Condition excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one J unaltered -altered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Status Accessible Present Use Check one -original site - moved date 8. Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national state local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 13. Other - Maps - Photographs -Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to _ Signed - Date - Phone: _ Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Hathaway Tenement House 311-319 River St. North Adams, Mass.
Southest view Photo by R.Reed, 1983 Negative at NAHC 13 120 Ha thaway Tenement 311-321 River Street North Adams MRA North Adams Assessors' Map, ca.1915 1'-40° TREET 293.31 118./7 4392 1971 2652 6icr -OG 2542 05 -05 =78 1007 22- 2761 - OC 2246 -05ac -2> ac 53 2950 ST - 06 5752 vo HOUsE 587 HAthAWA 40.3 64É 6 -36a 15,724 40.72 LOFTUS 27 17 12/09 21.3 9 EMPLE 79.- 126z 56- 12/ 122 36.78 133 4896 ~//ac 139.2 153 g 17550. - Co - LO 7 442 44 4680 52,68,63, 56. 6 8 V 725- 682 BROWAST Hathaway Tenement 311-321 River Street North Adams, Mass. North Adams MRA Sketch Map