Adare Place 14.pdf
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FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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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
24C-8 Easthampton NTH.274
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 14 Adare Place
Historic Name: Wayne Manning House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1922-1930
Source: Directory
Style/Form: Craftsman Bungalow
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: brick, stucco, shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.129 acre
Setting: House is east-facing on a short, dead end,
residential street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [14 ADARE PLACE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
NTH.274
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Wayne Manning House is a fine example of a Craftsman bungalow, the horizontal lines of its one-and-a-half stories set it
closely into the landscape, and its materials local and fashioned with a hand-made appearance. The Craftsman style eschewed
the overabundance of machine-made décor found on the Queen Anne style and aimed for a return to the hand-crafted. The
bungalow form came from India and was a favored form as its interior was open and lent itself well to 20th century family use.
Here the side-gable roof with a centered dormer extends to form a deep porch that is supported on stubby stucco piers. The
piers are battered, or are wider at the bottom than at the top, and the wide eaves of the roof extend on stepped rafter ends that
were a feature of the Craftsman style. On the south elevation an exterior chimney rises through the eaves. The house uses
mixed materials with brick on half or the first story below shingles. Many bungalows were repetitively built with simplified details,
but this house was stylistically well-designed, and one-of-a-kind.
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: “Adare Place was laid out during the 1920’s as a short residential street between Prospect Street and the
Williamsburg branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Ten of the present twelve houses were built by 1930
including this one. The first known owner and occupant was Wayne Manning, an assistant professor of Botany at Smith
College.”
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.