205 Elm 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
31A-38 Easthampton NTH.467
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 205 Elm Street
Historic Name: Elmer H. and Anna G. Copeland House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1922
Source: Owners
Style/Form: Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: not visible
Wall/Trim: brick
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.602 acres
Setting: House is set back from the street slightly
more than its neighbors in a residential neighborhood.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [205 ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.467
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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 Georgian Revival style, which is a refinement of the Colonial Revival. It is a two-and-a-half story
brick house under a side-gable roof with an end wall chimney on the west and an interior chimney behind the ridge on the east.
The house is three bays wide and three bays deep and there is a brick beltcourse between stories. Three front-gable dormers
are spaced across the roof, their upper sash with curved muntins as was used during the Georgian colonial period. The dormers
are framed with pilasters in particularly fine attention to detail. Windows on the first floor have 8/8 sash and those of the second
floor have 6/6 and on the first floor lintels are splayed brick. On the second floor windows are placed against the eaves. The
house has an elaborate Georgian-inspired entry. A broad trabeated door surround with a copper covered cornice has pilasters
supporting an entablature with a wide frieze that has a strigil pattern. The trabeated surround encloses leaded sidelights and a
paneled door that is sheltered by a barrel-vaulted portico. The portico is pedimented and has a frieze with a repeated strigil
pattern. The level of architectural detail of this house is uncommon for Northampton and suggests an architect was responsible
for its design.
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 1977: “Land purchased in 1921 from Fanny Clark. Dr. Copeland and family moved from their former residence
at 168 Elm (house later demolished) into this house, which they built in 1922. After Dr. Copeland’s death the rooms which had
been his office were incorporated into the living rooms.” The house at 168 Elm Street was not demolished, rather it was moved
to 7 College Lane.
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: 771/487 1921, 1597/548 1971