Columbus Avenue 47.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-148 Easthampton NTH.1051 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 47 Columbus Avenue
Historic Name: Herbert and Alan Marsh House Uses: Present: Single family Original: Single family Date of Construction: 1900-1902 Source: Registry of Deeds and Street Directory Style/Form:
Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition:
Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.13 acres Setting: House among other large single family or 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 ] [47 COLUMBUS AVE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH 1051 _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-story Colonial Revival home. The house is topped by a slate roof with pedimented
gable dormers that feature a decorative bas-relief design in the typanums. A full-width one story porch with hipped roof extends across the front façade and a pedimented gable with bas-relief
design calls attention to the location of the front entry. The porch had been enclosed when the the house was first included on Northampton’s Inventory of historic homes, but the enclosure
has since been removed. The porch now shows classical details including fluted square columns, a wide frieze with dentil row, balustrade, and lattice apron. The house was also sided
with asbestos shakes in the mid 20th century but these have since been removed and replaced with clapboard siding. Windows on the house are two over two sash, but they are hidden beneath
metal storm windows. A large picture window with leaded transom is located on the front façade and a stained glass window on the western elevation marks the location of the staircase
landing between the second and first floors. There is also a one-story bay is on the southeastern elevation of the home. 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: “In 1892, a subdivision
plan was filed for Columbus Ave. This street was opened through a portion of the Clapp family’s South Street homestead. In 1900, Herbert Marsh purchased the lot for $500. He and Albert
Marsh, both of whom were clerks at a grocery on State Street, are first listed as living here in the 1902 Street Directory.” 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.