274 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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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
25C-64 Easthampton NTH.387
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 274 Bridge Street
Historic Name: Daniel Martin House
Uses: Present: single-family house
Original: single-family house
Date of Construction: 1895-1915
Source: atlases and directories
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder: Chester White, attr.
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.132 acres
Setting: Set close to Bridge Street in alignment with its
neighbors. This is a mainly residential street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] 274 BRIDGE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.387
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Martin House is a rather severe version of the Colonial Revival style. It is one of several Colonial Revival style houses with
minimal ornament in the neighborhood and closely resembles the house at 222 Bridge Street built by Chester White. It is two-
and-a-half stories in height under a pyramidal hipped roof. It is three bays wide and three bays deep for a square plan. Two of
the bays of the east façade project as a shallow pavilion and the third bay contains a large, single-glazed window at the first floor
level. There is an oriel window on the south elevation and it has a row of brackets at its eaves and a shingled lower surface. A
one-story porch crosses two of the façade bays. It has Italianate style posts and railings of geometric bracing and is the most
ornamental feature of the house. On the roof are unusual glazed, triangular dormers that have brackets at their sill level. These
dormers as well as the shallow pavilion of the façade are repeated at 222 Bridge Street. Cornerboards on the house are
relatively thin and the frieze beneath the eaves is ornamented with a filet molding.
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 Form B of 1980, “The first known owner was Daniel Martin, a policeman.”
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.