Hubbard Avenue 18.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 25A-71 Easthampton NTH.368 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 18 Hubbard Avenue Historic Name: Uses:
Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1900-1915 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior
Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Siding added, windows replaced, ca. 2000. Condition:
good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.121 acres Setting: This house is on a quiet side street near the Connecticut River and the Coolidge bridge.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [18 HUBBARD AVENUE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.368 ___ 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 Colonial Revival style house that follows many of the stylistic conventions of the early
20th century but whose designer provided an unusual feature as well. It is a two-and-a-half story house under a pyramidal hipped roof, a form that was most common in Northampton during
the last decade of the 19th century. Common as well are the cross-gables on the north façade and east elevation, which added volume to the interior of the house, and the entry porch
on turned posts with brackets at its eaves. The unusual feature is the second story porch carved out of the north cross-gable rather than the much more common stacked, second story porch.
While the building is vinyl-sided, which obscures its age and stylistic details, its Colonial Revival origins are present in the molded surrounds of the segmentally arched porch openings
on the second story with a keystone at their centers, and the Palladian window composition in the north cross-gable at attic level. Windows in the house are replacements, which further
causes loss of character. 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 large, 2 ½ story house was built early in the 20th century on a lot in J.W. Hubbard’s subdivision. This subdivision
was located north of Bridge Street and included the present day Hubbard Avenue and Marshall, Swan, and Crosby Streets. The plan was first filed in 1891, but was amended in 1900. By 1915,
7 houses had been constructed, with 5 of them being on Hubbard Avenue. Today, the subdivision is complete. John W. Hubbard lived on Bridge Street and his homestead included all of the
land subsequently divided.” 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. 439-P.390 & 391, 535-110 & 111