Maplewood Terrace 150.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-156 Easthampton NTH.261 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State Address: 150 Maplewood Terrace Historic
Name: Richard O’Brien House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1869-1873 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: raised
Cape Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: not visible Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Siding applied
and vinyl windows installed, ca. 2000 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.53 acres Setting: This house is set on a lower slope of Baker’s Hill.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [150MAPLEWOOD TERRACE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.261 ___ 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 one-and-a-half story raised Cape house under a side-gable roof with a center chimney.
It is three bays wide, however, its center entry has been closed-in, in preference to a main entry in one of the two, one-story, south wings of the house. This was a house form that
became popular after the mid-19th century as it gave additional attic space for living over the traditional Cape Cod form. Although once they were built in a fair number, this is one
of the few left in Northampton. 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: “Richard O’Brien, a mason, bought a little more than an acre of land on the eastern slopes of Baker’s Hill,
fronting on Hinckley Street, for $293.75 in 1869. The sale was made subject to a right of way 33 feet wide ‘in continuation of road already located south of the premises.’ This was Maple
Street (now Maplewood Terrace), and Mr. O’Brien built his house west of the proposed road. By 1873, Maple Street had been cut through to Hinckley Street, dividing Mr. O’Brien’s lot into
two sections.” 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. 279-P. 271, 208-271