Elm Street 310.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-84 Easthampton NTH.489 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 310 Elm Street Historic Name: Earle
Apartments Uses: Present: Apartments Original: Apartments Date of Construction: 1911-1913 Source: Deeds & Street directory Style/Form: Italian Renaissance Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: granite Wall/Trim: brick, granite, metal Roof: not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved:
no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.445 acres Setting: This is the only apartment building of its size on Elm Street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [310 ELM STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.489 ___ 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. The Earle Apartment building is a four-story building under a flat roof. It has a rough-faced granite
block on the first story of the north façade, and red brick upper three stories on all elevations. Granite appears on the windows’ sills and lintels on all elevations, but as watertable
and beltcourse on only the principal north façade. A wide eaves and ornamented cornice of pressed pressed metal top the building’s north façade. Two rounded bays flank the central entry
at ground level, an entry that is composed of a square portico on columns that support a full classical entablature beneath a solid railing balustrade. The building’s north façade is
framed in rusticated Renaissance Revival brick pilasters that also frame the rounded bays. Windows are replacement 1/1 sash. The building has a six-bay depth followed by open rear wooden
porches for the apartment units as was customary in the early 20th century. 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: “This apartment house was built in 1911 for Frank Woodward at a cost
of $25,000.” 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,
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: Bk.655-P.214