Riverside Drive 139.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 30B-59 Easthampton NTH.436 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 139 Riverside Drive Historic Name:
Jonathan Baldwin House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1862-1865 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboard/vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Carriage barn Major Alterations (with dates): Vinyl added to
eaves and windows replaced, ca. 2000. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: Acreage: 0.63 acre Setting: This house faces southeast on a relatively wide lot in an area
of workers’ houses.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [139 RIVERSIDE DRIVE] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.436 ___ 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. The Baldwin House is a two-story house with a front-gable roof and cross-gables on the north and
south and a one-story ell on the west. The house is two bays wide and has a wraparound porch that crosses its east façade and turns on to the south, to end at the cross-gable. It has
sturdy turned porch supports and scroll-cut brackets at the eaves in Queen Anne fashion, so was a later addition or alteration to the modest Italianate style house. The main block of
the house is two bays deep. The carriage barn that is on the south side of the house is a relatively rare survival and reminds us what the neighborhood looked like before the turn-of-the-century
when most houses had carriage barns on their lots. 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: “In 1862, Oscar Edwards bought lots nine and ten of J. H. Lyman’s plan for the area bounded
by Warner Street, Hinckley Street, Riverside Road and Federal Street. The total price was $128. Seven years later, he sold both lots and a dwelling house to Jonathan Baldwin for $1600.
Mr. Edwards, a local druggist, doesn’t seem to have lived here, but probably had the house built for lease. Mr. Baldwin, a cutler at the Clement Cutlery, did live here until the early
1890’s.” 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. 264-P. 347, 208-144, 204-156, 197-322