227 Bridge Street
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FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
25C-240 Easthampton NTH.413
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 227 Bridge Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: two-family house
Original: single-family house
Date of Construction: 1835-1840
Source: maps of 1831 and 1856
Style/Form: Greek Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl and shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
House sided and windows replaced ca. 2000.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.388 acres
Setting: This house is at the top of a ridge that runs
parallel to the Connecticut River and its lot slopes down to
the east and the flood plain.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [227 BRIDGE 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.
The Lyman House is a large version of the Greek Revival style house, as it is two-and-a-half stories, five bays wide and four
bays deep under a front-gable roof whose eaves make full returns to form a pediment. More commonly a front-gable Greek
Revival style house in Northampton is three bays wide and gains its space through ells, but the slope of the lot may have
influenced this particular elevation. The house has been vinyl-sided and shingles remain in the pediment; windows are
replacement 1/1 sash so much of the building’s historical detail has been lost. There is a three-sided bay window on the north
and a hipped portico on posts – both of which are later additions to the house. Panelled pilasters frame the door opening.
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 the 1975 Form B, “A number of simpler Greek Revival residences are located on Bridge Street and served as farmhouses
in the 19th century when the prime agricultural land, “the Meadows”, was actively farmed.”
1860: L. Lyman or J. L. Munyon
1873-L. Lyman
1884 B. E. Cook
1885 1895 F. R. Ruder
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.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [227 BRIDGE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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