Riverside Drive 291.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 30B-43 Easthampton NTH.435 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 291 Riverside Drive Historic Name:
William Holiday House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1867 Source: deed research Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick/stone Roof: not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Windows replaced, porch added and glazed,
vinyl siding added, ca. 1990 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.413 acre acre Setting: This house occupies a corner lot on a raised plot of land. It faces south
and towards the Mill River.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [291 RIVERSIDE DRIVE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.435 ___ 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 an Italianate style house with a flat roof, widely overhanging eaves on paired brackets
meant to appear like an Italian country villa. While most Italianate style houses in the 1850s-1870s were in frame construction, this was intended to be a grander house and was constructed
in the more expensive brick. The added porch and altered windows obscure much of the house’s original appearance, but remaining in addition to the roof and eaves are the segmentally
arched windows with stone lintels and the squared bay window on the east elevation, a feature that became very popular during the Italianate style period as a means of letting more light
and air into the house. 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 1975: “William Holiday bought a half an acre lot from the Bay State Hardware Company in 1867. This was lot three on Bay
State Hardware Company’s 1867 plan for the development of Main Street (now Riverside Drive), High Street (now Lexington Avenue), and Maple Street (now Liberty Street). These streets
are situated on the lower slope of the south side of Baker’s Hill near the manufactory. In many instances, the Company had houses built and rented them to its employees. This probably
didn’t happen here as this is a more substantial house than the others in the area. William Holiday was a millwright and occupied the house until 1890 when he sold it to Christian Markle.
Markle is listed as an inspector for the Northampton Cutlery Company (the successor to the Bay State Hardware Co.) in the local directory.” 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. 432-P. 84, 241-53