Munroe Street 25.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 38B-108 Easthampton NTH.1027 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 25 Munroe Street Historic
Name: Uses: Present: Two family Original: Single family Date of Construction: 1874-1875 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation:
Brick Wall/Trim: wood Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Asphalt sided circa 1970s, asphalt siding removed circa 2010 Gothic window in front
gable was removed Condition: Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.34 acres Setting: House sits very close to the street in an established residential neighborhood of mostly former
single family homes. House sits on one of the larger lots in this neighborhood.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [25MUNROE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1027 _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 and a shallow cross
gable roof on its western elevation. This house was being renovated at the time of this writing in 2010. In 1980, the home was covered by asphalt shingle siding, and the home has clapboard
siding in 2010. The front gable originally had a small gothic style window in the gable field but this was replaced with a 1/1 sash window sometime after 1980. The house is three bays
wide and has full-length front porch that includes its original chamfered posts. The balustrade, however, has been removed. The windows are replacements and it is unknown if the flat
stock surrounds are original to home. The eastern elevation of the house has a three-sided bay window. The western elevation has a shallow two story wing that is one bay wide. The house
has a center ridgeline brick chimney. There is a two story rear ell and its eastern elevation has been substantially remodeled with contemporary windows. Attached to the rear of the
house is a two-story barn. Before both houses were renovated, this house is almost an identical match to its neighbor at 29 Munroe 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. David M, Clapp,
a South Street farmer and member of a family which had first settled on South Street in 1713, owned land between what was originally Franklin Avenue (now Munroe Street) and Columbus
Avenue. His homestead stretched easterly from South Street over the brow of the Mill River terrace into the Meadows. After his death, his daughters Harriet and Jane acquired the property.
Lots were sold on the south side of Munroe Street in the 1870s. By 1873, one house had been constructed on this street at 37 Munroe Street. In September of 1873, the Clapp family sold
a lot to Charles Farr, a local carpenter. Mr. Farr probably built this house and is listed as living here in 1874. In 1885 he bought another lot from Clapp’s daughters and built a new
house at 13 Munroe Street; however by 1895, he had returned to 25 Munroe Street. Sean P. Gaffney owned this house in 2010 as well as the house at 29 Munroe Street. 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: bl. 306-p.75, 590-24, 590-114 Northampton Directory 1873-74, 1875-76, 1885-86, 1895-96