38 Fruit Street

This house was built in the late 1820's and first used as a rental property. Fruit Street was described as a "new road lately opened by Daniel Stebbins" in 1828. Thus, this is one of the first houses constructed on the street. The facade, three bay wide, features a pedimented gable with heavy cornice and an off-center entranceway, which is of particular interest. Pilasters and a full entablature frame a door which appears in several other Northampton residences (210 Elm Street and 26 Union Street.), raising the possibility of a single builder or, perhaps, a craftsman who worked on all of the entranceways.

Fruit Street and Conz Street were opened off of South Street in the mid 1820's. These were the first streets to be developed off of South Street, and along with Union and Cherry Streets, which were opened off of Market Street, represent the first major subdivisions in Northampton center.

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