13 Arlington Street
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FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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Topographic or Assessor's Map
Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: PVPC
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
24C-144 Easthampton NTH.309
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 13 Arlington Street
Historic Name: John and Emily Huxley House
Uses: Present: two-family residence
Original: single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1871-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds and atlas of 1873
Style/Form: no style
Architect/Builder: John Huxley, attributed
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Roof raised, porch added, house sided and windows
replaced as part of conversion to two-family house.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.302 acres
Setting: This house rests on a slightly raised lot, faces
south and is shaded by a large oak tree.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [13 ARLINGTON STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This house was altered in its conversion to a two-family so that its original appearance is no longer discernable. It has lost its
character and has no remaining stylistic features of significance. It is a vinyl-sided, three-story house with a front-gable roof. A
two-story porch has been added to its façade. There is a two-story wing on the east and perhaps the only remaining historical
feature on the exterior, though an addition after construction of the house, is a Queen Anne style stained glass stair window on
the east elevation of the main block.
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.
According to a Form B prepared in 1980, “A subdivision plan for Arlington Street was filed by W. T. Clement in 1871. This new
street was to connect Franklin and Massasoit Streets through an S-curve. That same year John Huxley bought lots number 10
and 11 for $600. Mr. Huxley was a carpenter and probably built this house himself. It first appears on the 1873 atlas and served
as Mr. Huxley’s homestead.”
In 1880 John and Emily Huxley were living in Northampton with their children Frank and Alice and Emily’s father Elijah
Montague. At that point, John was a junior carpenter, but by 1893 John had become a full-fledged carpenter and the family was
in this house on Arlington Street. In 1895 John began listing himself as a builder/carpenter suggesting that he was investing in
properties or building houses for others and Alice was teaching at the Center Grammar School, while Frank had moved to 19
Arlington Street but worked with his father as a carpenter/builder.
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. 1873-74 and 1895-96.
Registry of Deeds. Book 280, Page 283; Book 284, Page 271.