33-37 Eastern 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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
32C-237 Easthampton NTH.2160
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 33-37 Eastern Avenue
Historic Name: Mr. Knight Apartments
Uses: Present: Apartments
Original: Apartments
Date of Construction: 1884-1895
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: parged brick
Wall/Trim: asbestos shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added and windows replaced, porch supports
replaced, ca. 1960-2000.
Condition: fair
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.103 acres
Setting: This apartment block occupies a corner lot in a
section of the City that is largely residential.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [33-37 EASTERN AVENUE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2160
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This rowhouse has lost a good deal of its Queen Anne character due to the siding and other alterations, but it retains its Queen
Anne form. It is one of at least six such blocks in Northampton that follow similar Queen Anne designs, though their materials
vary from frame to brick. The building is two-and-a-half stories in height under a side-gable roof with a jerkin head on the west
end. The building like its neighbor at 1-23 Eastern Avenue is asymmetrical with a polygonal tower at its northeast corner and
with its façade that alternates two-story shed roof porches with transverse gable bays. The second stories of the porches have
half-length Doric columns that rest on solid railings and the first floor has replacement wrought iron posts. There are hipped roof
dormers above the porches. Windows in the transverse gable bays are paired and sash in the building is a mixture of 2/1 and
replacement 1/1 vinyl sash. Smaller and less ornate than its neighbor, this building nevertheless conveys much of the Queen
Anne style.
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 the Form B of 1980, “This Queen Anne styled rowhouse is one of two on the southern side of Eastern Avenue.” It is
designated on the atlas of 1895 as belonging to a Mr. Knight.
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.