Holyoke Street 42.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 32C-249 Easthampton NTH.2163 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 42 Holyoke Street Historic
Name: Isaac H. Graves House Uses: Present: Two family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: 1858-1860 Source: Map & Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Asbestos shingles Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Detached garage Major Alterations (with dates):
-Two-story side porch addition on western elevation, circa 1880s -Asphalt shingles, circa 1970s Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.40 acres Setting: House sits back
from the street in a residential neighborhood of former single family homes that have been converted into multiple residential units.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [42 HOLYOKE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2163 ___ 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 Italianate style home that is side gabled with cross gable on the
street façade. It is set back from the street and is oriented west, with its principal entrance facing Hawley Street. This is an unusual orientation for this style of home, which suggests
that the home’s original front entrance may have been covered over. Although the home is now clad clad in asbestos shingle and saw the addition of a large double height porch with Queen
Anne style posts, brackets, and balustrade, important details of the Italianate style remain. The most prominent Italianate feature is the wide, overhanging eaves ornamented by over-scaled
modillion blocks resting on a wide band of trim. On the southern elevation of the home is a one-story, three-sided bay window with dentil row. Most of the original two over two sash
windows are present but are hidden behind vinyl storm windows. There is a substantial two-story ell on the northern elevation of the home. The home has two chimneys. The first is on
the center ridgeline of the main block of the house and the second is on the center ridgeline of the rear ell. 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: “Willard Lyon obtained two acres east
of the Connecticut Rail Road Company’s tracks in 185?. He promptly began selling lots on both sides of the “newstreet.” This area was a quickly developing as a small industrial center
as a result of the completion of the railroad from Springfield to Northampton in 1845.” 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: Bk. 288-P. 110, 216-171, 305-252, 178-452, 156-28, & 148-261