Columbus Avenue 29.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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date
(month /year): June, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 38B-145 Easthampton NTH.1048 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 29 Columbus Avenue
Historic Name: Charles H. Eustis House Uses: Present: Single family Original: Single family Date of Construction: 1892-93 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Replacement windows (circa 1970s) Skylights (post
1980) Remodeled side porch (post 1980) Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.14 Setting: House among other large single family or former single family homes in a well-established
residential neighborhood of turn-of-the century homes, which contains mature trees throughout.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [29 COLUMBUS AVE ] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1048 _X__ 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 two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style home with a front gable roof. The full-width front
porch across the three bay front façade has chamfered posts, carved brackets and balustrades which are decorative features of the Queen Anne Style. Also characteristic of the Queen Anne
Style is the three-sided bay window on the eastern elevation. The windows on the home have been replaced, but the flat stock surrounds are original. The gable field has a decorative
three-part window. The front door is made of stained glass. The original side porch on the eastern elevation has been remodeled resulting in a partially enclosed-partially screened side
porch with side entry. The house is clapboard sided, rests on a brick foundation, and is topped by a slate roof. Since the house was first inventoried in 1980, skylights have been added
to the roof. 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, “Columbus Avenue was laid out in 1892 as a residential subdivision. It extended southeasterly from South Street through part of the
Clapp family homestead to the bluff overlooking the meadows. This was one of the first houses to be built and was first owned by Charles Eustis, a foreman at the Hampshire Gazette.”
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. Registry of Deeds: Book 449-P, 410, 456-437. Northampton Directory 1893-94.