15 Edwards Square
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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
31B-118 Easthampton NTH.623
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 15 Edwards Square
Historic Name: Louis Young House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1898-1915
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder: Chester White, builder, attr.
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.07 acres
Setting: House is set on a side street that is built up of
mainly 19th century houses.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [15 EDWARDS SQUARE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.623
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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 fine example of the Queen Anne style houses that Chester White built during the late 19th century in Northampton. The
attribution to White is made from the common and idiosyncratic elements with which he designed his houses. The house is two-
and-a-half storied under a front-gable roof. It has a corner tower with a pyramidal spire. On the roof of the spire are
characteristic Chester White triangular dormers that are entirely glazed, and beneath the cornice of the square tower is a row of
closely spaced brackets that are also characteristic of White’s work. The main block of the building is two bays wide with a
large, fixed-light window that White used at the houses he is documented as building at 222 and 149 Bridge Street, among
others. The house has a hipped roof porch across the west façade and it rests on fluted posts with a row of closely spaced
brackets at the eaves. There is a Queen Anne window in the tower with multiple light panes and there is a three-sided bay
window on the south elevation. The main roof eaves are ornamented with barge boards decorated with a diamond pattern.
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: “During the 1890’s, Charles Stevens bought the Whitney estate on King Street. In 1898, he filed a
subdivision plan for Edwards Square. The short, L-shaped street was named after Jonathan Edwards, the famous Northampton
theologian of the mid-18th century, who maintained a homestead on King St. on this site. During the early 20th century Louis
Young, a Main street barber, is listed as living here.”
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.