Olive Street 45-47.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-254 Easthampton NTH.1072 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 45-47 Olive Street
Historic Name: Uses: Present: Three family residence Original: Two family residence Date of Construction: 1868-1873 Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Cement covered Wall/Trim: Clapboard Roof: Asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Vinyl windows (post 1980) Condition:
Good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.24 acres Setting: House sits close to the street in an established neighborhood of late 19th century early 20th century homes. Mature trees
surround home and neighboring houses.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [45-47 OLIVE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.1072 __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 story home with a side gable roof. It is five bays wide and two bays deep. It is
a very modest example of the late Italianate style. The corners of the home are defined by wide boarding. The home also has a hipped roof front porch with carved brackets and turned
posts to shelter the double entrance. In addition, the home has retained some of its two over two sash windows with drip edge lintels and sills. The remainder of the windows are vinyl
replacements. The house has two small brick chimneys located on the ridge at opposite ends. On the southern elevation of the home, there is a two story rear ell. 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 double house was built on Olive Street shortly after it opened in 1868. Olive Street was the first street strictly for subdivision opened by Lewis and
Charles Edwards, and James Ellsworth, all South Street farmers. In 1873, this house was owned by George Ellsworth, another South Street farmer.” Daniel Edwards has owned this house since
1992. 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. 252-P. 89 & 331