Lyman Road 39.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-086 Easthampton NTH.1013 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 39 Lyman Road Historic
Name: Horace Lamb House Uses: Present: Two family Original: Single family Date of Construction: Circa 1870 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Wood Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Window shutters were added after 1980. From 2004
to 2006, the owner replaced the front porch steps, footings and windows. Condition: good Moved: no | | yes | x | Date 1870s Acreage: 0.14 acres Setting: House on a corner lot that fairly
close to both roads. House among other stately single family or former single family homes. Residential neighborhood contains mature trees throughout.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [39 LYMAN ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1013 _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 home in the Italianate style under a front gabled roof. A shallow
two story gabled pavilion extends off the western elevation of the home. Extending off the southern end of the main block of the house is a two story rear ell addition followed by a
one story addition—both with minimal stylistic features. The main block of the house has overhanging eaves eaves that are supported by paired brackets located in the wide frieze beneath
the eaves. A modified palladium style window with single glazes is located in the gable field. Windows on the first floor display heavy cornices while windows on the second floor have
segmental arches. Window shutters were added after 1980. An additional classical feature of this home is the pilasters that define the corners of this building. The house has a front
porch that extends across the front façade. The porch has a low-pitched hipped roof with wide frieze board supported by square columns with decorative capitals and low balustrade with
square balusters. From 2004 to 2006, the owner replaced the front porch steps, footings and windows. On the eastern elevation of the main block of the house is a three-side one-story
bay with pyramidal roof supported by paired brackets. On the eastern elevation of the rear ell addition, there is a screened side porch on both the first and second floors. The house
has three brick chimneys in total—two on the main block of the house and one on the two story ell. The clapboard sided home rests on a brick foundation and has an asphalt 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, “Lyman Road, originally known as High Street, was laid out in 1870 by Charles G. and Alfred Starkweather. The street ran easterly from South Street
through their family homestead. By 1873, three houses had been built on the street, and one house had been moved from South Street. Horace Lamb, owner of a wire factory on Clark Avenue,
bought a lot on the street in 1869, and had his house built soon thereafter. The property remained in the Lamb family well into the 20th century.” 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. Northampton Directory: 1873-74 Registry of Deeds: Bk. 261-p.380, 275-100, 275-133 and 275-155