Columbus Avenue 57.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-150 Easthampton NTH.1052 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 57 Columbus Avenue
Historic Name: George N. Drury House Uses: Present: Single Family Original: Single Family Date of Construction: 1898 Source: Registry of Deeds and Directory Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Clapboard & wood shingle Roof: Slate & asphalt (porch) Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with
dates): Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.146 Setting: House among other large single family or former single family homes in a well-established residential neighborhood
of turn-of-the century homes, which contains mature trees throughout.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [57 COLUMBUS AVE ] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH 1052 __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-and-a-half story Colonial Revival home with front gable roof and rear cross gables.
The front roof eaves make partial returns and the gable field is ornamented with decorative shingles. The front façade is dominated by a one story wraparound porch that has a conically
roofed gazebo at its western corner. The porch has Tuscan columns and a high shingled base, which is pierced in several areas by narrow rectangular slits. The home’s original 1/1 sash
windows are covered by storm windows and have architrave surrounds with drip edge lintels and sills. Flanking the front entry door is a high square window on the eastern side and a large
picture window with leaded transom on the western side. On the western elevation of the home is a two-and-a-half story bay topped by a gable roof. The home’s brick chimney rests along
the ridge line of the slate roof. The foundation of the house was not visible, but it is likely brick since the rest of the homes in this area of Northampton have brick foundations.
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: ‘This 2 ½ story house was built in 1898 for George Drury, a steward at the “Northampton Lunatic Hospital.” Columbus Ave was laid out in 1892
and lots were were sold immediately. This house has a commanding corner at the southeast corner of Columbus Ave and East Street.” This house was owned by Marsha Elefterakis in 2010,
who owned the home when this house was first inventoried in 1980. 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.