Olive Street_27-31-33.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM A -AREA MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220MORRISSEY
BOULEVARD BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Assessor’s Sheets USGS Quad Area Letter Form Numbers in Area 38B-250 38B-251 38B-252 Easthampton Y NTH.1071 NTH.2260 NTH.2261 Town: Northampton
Place (neighborhood or village): South Street Name of Area: Olive Street Present Use: Single family Construction Dates or Period: 1868-1873 Overall Condition: Good Major Intrusions and
Alterations: Asphalt and vinyl siding, vinyl windows. Acreage: 0.6 acres Recorded by: Jayne Bernhard-Armington Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month/year): June
2010 Topographic or Assessor's Map _X__ see continuation sheet
Continuation sheet 1 __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, structural
and landscape features and evaluate in terms of other areas within the community. These houses are three of the seven constructed by 1873 on the southern side of Olive Street. These
homes are all two stories in height and have front gable roofs. They are all three bays wide and three bays deep. These homes sit close to the street in an established neighborhood of
late 19th century early 20th century homes. The vinyl sided house at 27 Olive Street shows modest features of the Italianate style. Wide boarding is used to define the corners of the
home. The house features a full-length hipped roof front porch with chamfered posts and low balustrade. The home has two over two sash windows with architrave surrounds. On the eastern
elevation of the home, there is an Italianate style paneled bay. On the western elevation of the home, there is a shallow one story wing that is one bay wide and one bay deep. This house
has an asphalt roof. (Image is below) The clapboard sided house at 31 Olive Street also shows modest features of the Italianate style with a full length hipped roof porch with chamfered
posts. Windows on this home are six over one sash with drip edge lintels and sills. Upper windows are original to the home but the lower windows are replacements. This house has an asphalt
roof. (Image on front page) The house at 33 Olive Street is sided with asphalt shingles which make it difficult to discern its original historic features. The home has a gabled front
entry portico with slightly chamfered posts. First story windows are six over six sash while upper windows are one over one vinyl replacements. This house has a slate roof and a center
chimney along the the ridge. The property includes a one bay front gable garage. (Image is below) HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Explain historical development of the area. Discuss how this relates
to the historical development of the community. From Form B of 1980: “In 1868, Olive Street was opened off of South Street. This was the first street specifically opened for subdivision
off of South Street, atop the terrace. The only other street that extended southeasterly, Fort Street, ran over the bluff into the meadows and was originally known as Old Springfield
Road. By 1873, nine houses had been constructed on the street, with seven of them on the southern side.” 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. 27 Olive Street 33 Olive Street