Elm Street 302.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: Bonnie Parsons Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month /year):
March, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31A-83 Easthampton NTH.488 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 302 Elm Street Historic Name: William
K. & May Staab House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1901 Source: Deeds, street directory Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved:
no | | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.306 acres Setting: This house is in a neighborhood of residential buildings and is adjacent to one of the only apartment blocks on the street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [302 ELM STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.488 ___ 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 two-and-a-half story house is a fine example of the Colonial Revival style and its careful
attention to details at the same time that it adapted to modern requirements. The house has a truncated hipped roof on which are a single tall chimney and large centered dormers on the
roof slope. To gain variety, the dormers on the side elevations have pedimented gables, but the dormer on the principal façade is enriched with a Swan’s neck pediment. The house is five
bays wide and three bays deep at the second story and a wrap around porch rests on columns and its roof is topped by a stepped balustrade between paneled posts. The design of the balustrade
is repeated on the porch railings. On the first story 20th century windows flank the center entry for a simple three bay width. The windows are triple-composition – large windows that
admitted much more light to the interior than the Georgian antecedents did. The entry is very wide with broad sidelights of leaded glass. 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 1977:
“The land was a part of the Jewett property plotted in 1887. This lot, among the many purchased by F. A. Macomber in 1890, was sold to W.K. Staab in 1901. The house was built that year
and occupied by the Staabs until 1911. It was then occupied by Alice Kirkpatrick and later George Spear. It was purchased by Raymond in 1935. Alice Kirkpatrick, who lived in the house
from 1912-1914, was a professor 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. Registry of Deeds: 918/99 1936,
720/514, 665/34 1911, 549/87 1901, 436/31 & 33 1890