22 East Street
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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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
38B-131 Easthampton NTH.1041
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 22 East Street
Historic Name: Edward M. & Martha M. Rolfe House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1894-95
Source: Reg. of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Carriage barn
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.115 acres
Setting: This house with its carriage barn is one of a
number of properties in this 19th century neighborhood that
retains its original outbuilding.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [22 EAST STREET ]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1041
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Edward Rolfe House with its fine carriage barn is a well-preserved Queen Anne style property. The house is two-and-a-half
stories in height with a side-gable roof that has a transverse gable bay projecting from its north façade. In the angle of the two
sections of the building is a two-and-a-half story square tower with a pyramidal roof. A three-sided bay window at the second
story of the north façade rests above a full-width porch. The porch has turned posts supports and scroll-cut brackets at the
eaves. It has a Chippendale style railing connecting the posts. There is a second transverse gable bay on the west elevation. It
has a three-sided bay window at the first story. There is also an ell on the south elevation which adds to the plan of the fairly
compact 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: “East St. was extended southwesterly from Munroe St. to Fort St. in the early 1890’s at the time of the
Columbus Ave. subdivision. Edward Rolfe, a painter and paper hanger in business with James Pierce (Pierce & Rolfe: painters,
paper hangers and dealers in wallpaper, paints, oils, etc.), had this house built in 1894-95. At the same time Pierce had a house
built on the lot next north.”
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.167-P.70