35 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-146 Easthampton NTH.1049
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 35 Columbus Avenue
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1895-1915
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
One bay garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.2 acres
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] [35 COLUMBUS AVE.]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1049
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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 Colonial Revival home built between 1895 and 1915. The asymmetrically massed home is under a
cross gabled roof with a projecting pedimented gable with molded cornice and wide frieze facing the street. A replacement
window in the gable field is framed with classical entablature. The clapboard sided house has a partial-width front porch with low
hipped roof that wraps around to eastern elevation of the home. The porch has paired Tuscan columns that rest on high brick
piers, a wide frieze, a balustrade of square balusters, and a lattice apron. A smaller porch with shed roof is located directly
above the front entry, but was enclosed at some point in the 20th century erasing its original architectural features. The northwest
corner of the front façade is clipped and, defined by corner boards, loosely forms a two story three-sided bay. The house has
some original one over one sash windows that are covered by metal storm windows. Windows are framed by simple flat stock
surrounds with drip edge lintels and sills. Two decorative multi-colored, multi-glazed windows are located above one another on
the first and second floors near the angle formed by the main block of the house and the eastern cross-gable. There is a brick
chimney at the intersection of the gables at the center of the home. The house rests on a high brick foundation and is covered
by a slate roof. The property includes a one bay garage to the rear of the house.
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, “This house was built around the turn of the century on lot 9 of the Columbus Avenue subdivision. The
plan was filed in 1892, but few houses were constructed on the western side of the street in the early years.”
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.
1915 Atlas
Registry of Deeds: Book 449-P.410