Riverside Drive 89.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 23D-50 Easthampton NTH.253 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State Village Address: 89 Riverside Drive
Historic Name: Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: c. 1910 Source: Atlases and Directories Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: wood shingles Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Barn Major Alterations (with dates): Shed roofed porch added,
ca. 1980. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.574 acres Setting: This house has a a row of mature spruce trees aligned on its east and north sides to create a heavily-shaded
lot.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [89 RIVERSIDE DRIVE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.253 ___ 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 Queen Anne style house that follows a design seen in at least three other locations in
Northampton. A popular style, it provided interesting interior spaces without extravagant expense. The house is two-and-a-half stories in height and has a side-gable roof that extends
on the east to first story level to create a corner porch that abuts a cross-gable on the east façade. The porch identifies the house as late Queen Anne as it is supported not on turned
posts but on shingled arches. A second story porch was provided by recessing its floor into the descending main roof. At the first story on the east façade is a three-sided bay window
next to the porch. The house has a polygonal dormer on its south elevation and windows with Queen Anne multi paned sash are also seen on the south elevation. The house has vertical muntin
sash as well, a feature of the Queen Anne. 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. This house was among the last to be constructed on Riverside Drive on the lots bought and sold by the several mills
for their employees. It is on the road leading to the Baystate Mills (Riverside Drive), and housing for workers at the Baystate Mills, Warner’s Silk Mill, and the Paper Mill make up
much of the housing stock of Bay State Village. Those lots closer to the mills were developed earlier and this was at a greater distance, so was less desirable. Some of the housing was
built by the companies for their employees, others were built by employees on land bought from the companies. It would be the latter category into which this non-standard house was constructed.
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.