Linden Street 11.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 25C-209 Easthampton NTH.409 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 11 Linden Street Historic Name: Robert
W. Lyman House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: 1893-1895 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt and slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no
| x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.277 acres Setting: This house faces north on a quiet side str
eet.INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [11 LINDEN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.409 ___ 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 Queen Anne style house that was constructed more for large size
than for architectural detailing. It has a front-gable roof in whose gable field is a three-part window composition intended to suggest a Palladian window, which would be a Colonial
Revival style feature. However, the rest of the house’s features are strongly Queen Anne. There is a cross-gable bay on the west elevation adding complexity to the floor plan and a one-story,
angled bay on the north façade. The façade also has a shed-roofed porch on chamfered posts with brackets at its eaves crossing half of the façade and wrapping on to the west elevation.
A smaller version of this porch is located on the east elevation, serving as a portico for a secondary entry. The house has 2/2 wood sash and 1/1 replacement vinyl sash in windows with
lintels formed of hoods resting on brackets. This house is among the best-maintained houses on Linden Street. 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: “Linden Street was opened in 1893
through the North Street homestead of Mrs. William Allen. By 1895, six of the present seven houses had been built. The northern side of the street was developed in the early 20th century.
Market Street (the northern part of which is now known as North Street) was one of the first streets laid out in Northampton. Homesteads were long and narrow, extending easterly to the
land set aside for the cemetery. During the 119th century, six streets were opened easterly from this colonial street, and the neighborhood was built up. This house first appears on
the 1895, and is owned and occupied by Robert Lyman, the register of deeds for Hampshire County.” 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. 457-P. 129