29 Columbus Avenue
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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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): June, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
38B-145 Easthampton NTH.1048
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 29 Columbus Avenue
Historic Name: Charles H. Eustis House
Uses: Present: Single family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1892-93
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Replacement windows (circa 1970s)
Skylights (post 1980)
Remodeled side porch (post 1980)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.14
Setting: House among other large single family or former
single family homes in a well-established residential
neighborhood of turn-of-the century homes, which contains
mature trees throughout.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [29 COLUMBUS AVE ]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1048
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This is a two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style home with a front gable roof. The full-width front porch across the three bay
front façade has chamfered posts, carved brackets and balustrades which are decorative features of the Queen Anne Style. Also
characteristic of the Queen Anne Style is the three-sided bay window on the eastern elevation. The windows on the home have
been replaced, but the flat stock surrounds are original. The gable field has a decorative three-part window. The front door is
made of stained glass. The original side porch on the eastern elevation has been remodeled resulting in a partially enclosed-
partially screened side porch with side entry. The house is clapboard sided, rests on a brick foundation, and is topped by a slate
roof. Since the house was first inventoried in 1980, skylights have been added to the roof.
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, “Columbus Avenue was laid out in 1892 as a residential subdivision. It extended southeasterly from South
Street through part of the Clapp family homestead to the bluff overlooking the meadows. This was one of the first houses to be
built and was first owned by Charles Eustis, a foreman at the Hampshire Gazette.”
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: Book 449-P, 410, 456-437.
Northampton Directory 1893-94.