Olive Street 26.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-239 Easthampton NTH.1068 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 26 Olive Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Single family Original: Single family Date of Construction: 1868-1873 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder: Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Four bay barn Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage:
0.27 acres Setting: House sits close to the street in an established neighborhood of late 19th century early 20th century homes. Mature trees surround home and neighboring houses.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [26 OLIVE AVENUE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1068 _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 story modest Italianate style house with a slate front gable roof. The home is three
bays wide and three bays deep and has clapboard siding. The home has a side hall entry that is sheltered by a front porch that extends across the full width of the front façade. The
porch has Tuscan columns and a balustrade. The glass and panel front door is encased by a full entablature. The windows with their architrave surrounds and projecting lintels are similar
to windows found on Italianate style homes in Northampton. Some of the home’s original two over two sash windows are extent. On the western elevation of the home, there are two rondels
at the second story level. Also on this elevation, there is a one story wing that is two bays wide and three bays deep. The home’s center brick chimney is located along the ridge of
the roof. This property includes a large four bay barn with truncated hipped roof. The bays have double leaf doors on hinges. 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: “Olive Street
was laid out in 1868 across the Edwards family homestead on South Street. By 1873, nine houses had been constructed with this house being one of the two located on the northern side.
In 1873, Cyrus Noble, a tinsmith, is listed here.” 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. 252-P.
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