The Manse (Northampton, Massachusetts)

The Manse

The Manse 54, Prospect
Location Northampton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′20″N 72°38′12″W / 42.32222°N 72.63667°W / 42.32222; -72.63667Coordinates: 42°19′20″N 72°38′12″W / 42.32222°N 72.63667°W / 42.32222; -72.63667
Built 1744
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Georgian, Other
NRHP Reference # 76000263[1]
Added to NRHP October 14, 1976

The Manse is a historic church manse at 54 Prospect Street in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is a two story wood frame structure, with a gambrel style roof and twin interior chimneys. Three dormers pierce the steep slope of the gambrel, the center one with a rounded arch roof, the outer two with hip roofs. A square cupola rises at the center of the roof. The house was built in 1744 on the site of the seventeenth century foundation of Rev. Solomon Stoddard's original parsonage house (built 1684). Stoddard was the pastor of the first church in Northampton and the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, a leading force in the First Great Awakening. Other notable residents include Josiah G. Holland, writer and founder of Scribner's Monthly, and Dr. Benjamin Barrett, a prominent local politician.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for The Manse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-18.


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