Munroe Street 46-48.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-101 Easthampton NTH.1022 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 46-48 Munroe Street
Historic Name: Uses: Present: Two family Original: Two family Date of Construction: c. 1895 Source: Atlas & Directory Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation:
Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: One story garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.16
acres Setting: House sits close to the street in a residential neighborhood of turn of the century h
omes. INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [46-48MUNROE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1022 __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 late Queen Anne style home with a side gabled roof and paired
front gables. The front façade is divided into three sections. The two outer sections consist of large two-story paneled bays that are capped by pedimented gables. The middle section
consists of the front entry and is marked by a pediment at the center of the shed roof porch. porch. The one-story shed roof porch is supported by turned posts and has a spindle frieze
and balustrade comprised of turned posts. Beneath the porch is a decorative apron. Paired brick chimneys are located on the southern slope of the roof. Windows on the house are one over
one sash and are framed by simple flat stock surrounds. This house is clapboard sided and has an asphalt roof. Behind the home is a one-bay garage with a flat roof and double leaf doors.
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: “This large double house was built around 1895. The 1895-96 local directory lists Timothy and James McGrath as both residing here. The McGrath
brothers repaired carriages and operated a blacksmith shop in the center of Northampton at 19 Armory Street.” 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.