75 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-153 Easthampton NTH.1054
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 75 Columbus Avenue
Historic Name: Arthur G. Tidd House
Uses: Present: Single family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1905-1915
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Cast stone
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Small front gable shed
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.18 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] [75 COLUMBUS AVENUE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1054
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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 two-and-a-half story American Foursquare in the Colonial Revival style. The home has a hipped roof with a through-
cornice hipped roof dormer on the front slope and a brick chimney at its center. The corners of the home are accentuated by
narrow fluted pilasters and a wide frieze runs along the cornice. Typical of homes from this era, the house has a full width front
porch. The porch has a low-pitched roof, fluted square columns, balustrade with fine square balusters, and a lattice apron. The
house has vertical six over one sash windows that are somewhat hidden behind metal storm windows. Next to the front entry,
there is large picture window. On the western elevation of the home, there is a shallow wing that is one bay wide. The property
also includes a small front gable shed.
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: “Arthur Tidd purchased lot no. 27 of the Columbus Avenue subdivision in 1905. The subdivision had
been filed in 1892, and development had begun immediately. By 1895, seven houses had been built on the northern side of the
street, while only two had been constructed on the southern side. Lots on the southern side of the street, east of East Street
were not developed until after the turn of the century. Lot 27 is the southeasternmost lot in the development and is located at
the brow of the old Mill River terrace. The meadows stretch easterly from here to the Connecticut River.
Arthur Tidd was employed as a carpenter for Smith College in 1905, but subsequently began a jobbing business on his
own. He is listed as a carpenter and a builder in the early 20th century directories, and probably built his house during this
period.”
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, 593-271