Holyoke Street 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 32C-208 Easthampton NTH.2152 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 57 Holyoke Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Single Family Residence Original: Single Family Residence Date of Construction: c. 1850s Source: 1854 & 1860 Map Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior
Material: Foundation: Cement covered/unknown Wall/Trim: Vinyl Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): -Vinyl siding covers Tuscan entablature
with corner pilasters, circa 1990. -Vinyl Replacement windows, circa 1990 -Cement covered foundation Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.14 acres Setting: House sits
on a corner lot close to both streets in a residential neighborhood of former single family homes that have been converted into multiple residential units. Hedges function as a fence
along the lot.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [57 HOLYOKE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.2152 ___ 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. A one and one-half story side hall Greek Revival style house with one story rear ell. The house
is three bays wide and two bays deep. The house has lost much of its architecturally distinguishing features such as its Tuscan entablature with corner pilasters and six over six sash
windows. The house is now covered in vinyl siding and has replacement metal windows. The house retains retains its original brick center ridgeline chimney on the main block, but it has
since lost the brick center ridgeline chimney on the rear ell. 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 small Greek Revival residence was probably built in the early 1850s for Willard Lyon. He
obtained two acres from Anne Clarke in 1853. Clarke’s homestead was located on the east side of lower Pleasant street and was crossed by the railroad tracks. The two acres were east
of the tracks. In 1855, Lyon sold a much smaller piece of land (the current premises) with a dwelling house thereon to Henry M. Shepard. Shepard was a tenant in the house at the time
of the sale. The Balise family owned the house in 1980 if not prior and continue to own the house into the present. 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: Book 225-P. 514, 198-109, 198-108, 162-85, 148-261