Lyman Road 61.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 39A-060 Easthampton NTH.1090 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 61 Lyman Road Historic
Name: Edward C. Gere House Uses: Present: Single family Original: Single family Date of Construction: 1880-1884 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Italianate /Stick Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage circa 1918 Major Alterations (with dates): -Rear porch, 20th century
-third story walkout porch, circa 1990 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.28 acres Setting: House sits on a corner lot fairly close to Lyman Road. House among other
stately single family or former single family homes in a well-established residential neighborhood, which contains mature trees throughout.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [61 LYMAN ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1090 __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 Italianate style home with architectural features from the preceding
Stick Style. The house has a slate front gable roof and shallow two-story wings on its eastern and western elevations to form a cross-shaped plan. The front roof gable features an arched
king post truss and the side gables have modified king post trusses, which is Stick Style characteristic. The remainder of the house is Italianate. Beneath the roof eaves is a bracketed
cornice. On the eastern elevation, the roof line breaks to include a peaked wall gable beneath which is an arched four over two sash window. The front porch is decidedly Italianate with
a flat roof, paired square posts with impost blocks and pedestals. Windows on the home are mostly two over two sash and pedimented with architrave surround. A third story walkout porch
was added to the eastern wing sometime after 1980. It may have been added in 1989 as a sign on the glass on the upper porch states this year as well as the year 1881. There is also an
oriel on the first story of this elevation. The property also includes a 1918 garage. 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 house was built during the early 1880's for
Edward Gere, son of Henry Gere, the long-term editor of the Hapshire Gazette. Edward was was connected with the newspaper throughout his career, and became co-proprietor with his brother
Collin H. Gere after his father stepped down in 1910. Edward retained this position until his death in 1925. This residence was also owned by him until that date. In 1880, he had obtained
lot 5 of the Starkweather subdivision. This had been opened up from South Street in 1870. Early development was on the eastern half of the street, set back over 300 feet from South Street
and near the brow of the river terrace overlooking Northampton’s famous meadows. The street quickly attracted solid, middle-class residents who were enthralled by the setting. “ Sign
on third story walkout porch reads 1881. 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. Northampton Directory: 1885-86, 1905, 1915. The Northampton
Book, edited by Tercentenary History Committee, 1954, pp 377-82.