72 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-137 Easthampton NTH.1044
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 72 Columbus Avenue
Historic Name: Will N. Doane House
Uses: Present: Single family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: c. 1895
Source: Atlas and Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard & shingle
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
One bay garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.4 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] [72 COLUMBUS AVENUE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1044
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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 slate pedimented roof. The house has a shed roof porch with
gabled front entrance that wraps around to the eastern elevation of the home. The porch has turned posts, balustrade with fin e
balusters, and ornately cut brackets. The porch gable and the front gable field are ornamented by fish scale shingling. The tall
and narrow windows in the gable field are a 1970 era alteration to the home. Overall, the home has one over one sash windows
with flat stock surrounds and drip edge lintels and sills. On the northwest elevation, there is a two-story oriel rising from the
second story to the attic story level and further back there is a one story wing with side gable roof. On the eastern elevation,
there is a shallow two-story wing capped by a gable roof that is two bays wide. The property also includes a one bay garage with
a slate front gable 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 across part of the Clapp family’s South Street homestead. In
1895, Will Doane purchased lot no. 24 on the subdivision plan. Mr. Doane was manager of the Merrick Lumber Company in
town, and is first listed at this address in the 1895-1896 directory.”
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: Bk. 449-P. 410, 476-118