15 Day Avenue
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Photograph
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-74 Easthampton NTH.389
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 15 Day Avenue
Historic Name: William and Anne Keating House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1887-1889
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added and windows replaced, ca. 2000.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.171 acre
Setting: This is a south-facing house on a street of
mainly 19th century houses.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [15 DAY AVENUE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
NTH.389
___ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This is a modest house stylistically, as are many of its neighbors, and its strongest Italianate feature is the arched window in its
gable field. It is two-and-a-half stories high under a front-gable roof. The house is three bays wide and the equivalent of five
bays deep for a long, rectangular plan. It has a full-width porch across the south façade that rests on posts and has a square
baluster railing. Windows and doors have simple flat-stock surrounds and window sash is replacement vinyl 1/1. With these
alterations, there is little stylistic detail remaining, but the house contributes to its 19th century neighborhood.
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: “In 1886, Myron Day filed a subdivision plan for his street and residential lots on both sides. Later that
same year, Henry and Dena Warner bought lot no. 9 for $350. The lot remained undeveloped however, and they sold it to
Benjamin Cook and his son, Benjamin Cook, Jr., for $400 in 1887. The Cooks were prominent developers in Northampton and
the son had just finished his stint as the city’s first mayor. In 1889, lot no. 9, with this house, was sold to the Keatings for $1700.”
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. 426-P. 276, 413-349, 405-51, 403-61