Lyman Road 78.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-053 Easthampton NTH.1084 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 78 Lyman Road Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Two family residence Original: Single family residence Date of Construction: 1883-1885 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder: Exterior
Material: Foundation: Brick Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Windows replaced after 1980 Condition: Fair Moved: no
| x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.23 acres Setting: 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] [78 LYMAN ROAD ] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1084 __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 a front gable roof. Although the main
block of the house is three bays wide and two bays deep, there is a side wing on the eastern elevation towards the front and a large two-story rear wing on the western elevation of the
home, which together forms an atypical layout for an Italianate style home. Slim corner boards rise to meet a wide frieze at the cornice line. All windows have replacement one over one
sashes, however the house has retained the window surrounds with projecting cornices on consoles. The narrow front entry features this same entablature. Within the front gable field
is a rounded one over one sash window with architrave surrounded and hooded lintel. The exterior façade is in need of repair. On the western elevation a double string course separates
the two stories of this home. The 1980 photo of this home does not show this ornamentation so it is unknown if the other sides of the home had this feature at one point. The western
elevation of the roof has a gabled dormer. There is a frontward facing side entry at the side wing and then a rear entry further along this same facade. The house has an attached one-story
frame 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. This simple two and a half story house was built during the early 1880's. Russell Roberts bought a large lot of land on the north side of High St. (now Lyman
Rd o) at the brow of Fort Hill. Mr. Roberts lived at 68 High St. and sold the land at the brow of the hill to Emeriah Roberts, a Northampton jeweler. Emeriah, in turn, split the lot
and sold the western part to Alphonso Witherell five days later. Mr. Witherell was a letter carrier and was first listed at the "foot" of High Street in 1885. By 1887 this had become
78 High St. 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. 1886-87. 1887 -88, 1895-96. Registry of
Deeds: Bk: ?96-P ?67.