Myrtle Street 38.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, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 31B-31 Easthampton NTH.600 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 38 Myrtle Street Historic Name: Eliza
Tunnicliff House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1872-1873 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.108 acres Setting: This house faces north on a corner lot, on a short, residential street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [38MYRTLE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.600 ___ 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. The Tunnicliff House is an Italianate style house, two-and-a-half stories in height. It has a front-gable
roof that is slate-covered and has a center chimney on it ridge. The house is three bays wide with a side hall entry and two full-length first floor windows, which are a feature of the
Italianate style. The house has a one-and-a-half story ell on the south elevation and a one-story wing across the east elevation. A wrap around porch crosses the north façade and turns
to the west elevation. It rests on Italianate posts beneath a broad cornice and has scroll-cut ornamental railings. The roof eaves are also wide and thinly boxed and make returns in
the gable end. This house is the best-preserved of the Italianate style houses 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: “In 1871, Dawson and Warner bought two
acres of land between State Street and King Street. The next year, they filed a subdivision plan for Pearl Street (now Myrtle Street) and the north side of Summer Street. On most of
the lots, houses were erected and leased to tenants, however, here they sold a lot to Eliza Tunnicliff, a dress maker, for $700. By 1873, this house was built.” 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. 295-P. 153, 291-426 and 427, 277-15, 276-445 and 446