Maplewood Terrace 117.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, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 23D-163 Easthampton NTH.262 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State Address: 117 Maplewood Terrace Historic
Name: Frank and Margaret Kober House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Date of Construction: 1884-1895 Source: Atlases Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.551 acres Setting: This is a west-facing house whose land sloped down to the east.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [117MAPLEWOOD TERRACE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.262 ___ 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 house under a front-gable roof with a two-and-a-half story cross
gable wing on its south elevation. It has an ell on the east with a glassed-in side porch. The main block of the house is three bays wide with a side hall entry and it has a full-width
porch on posts across its west facade. This is probably the most common house form in Northampton, but here it is given large proportions with large 2/2 sash windows, which identify
the construction date of the house as late 19th century when admitting ample air and light to the interior was sought. The house has been well-maintained and stands as a preservation
model on the street. 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: “Maplewood Terrace was laid out along the eastern slope of Baker’s Hill as a residential street in the late 1860’s.
As elevation provides a commanding vista southerly to the Mount Tom and Holyoke Ranges which flank the Connecticut River.” The 1895 atlas places Mrs. Cabor in this house but that name
does not appear in the census. Rather, the name Kaber does appear on this street in the 1900 census. Frank and Margaret Kaber were German immigrants who were retired by 1900 and had
living with them their daughter Susie who was an inspector in a cutlery factory, daughters Emma, Rosa and Mary, all three of whom had been born in Massachusetts. Emma was a cleaner in
a cutler factory, Rosa was a winder in a silk factory and Mary was a winder in a braid factory. Aside from the German Kabers, this neighborhood was made up predominantly of Irish immigrants.
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.