292 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-80 Easthampton NTH.485
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 292 Elm Street
Historic Name: Samuel E. Thompson House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1889-90
Source: Deeds & street map
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added and windows replaced ca. 1990.
Condition: fair
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.199 acres
Setting: The house occupies a corner lot in a
neighborhood of late 19th early 20th century homes. This
house is surrounded by a picket fence.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [292 ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.485
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Thompson house is a Queen Anne style house that has been covered with vinyl siding so that many of its stylistic details
have been lost or obscured. Remaining is its Queen Anne form of a two-and-a-half story, front-gabled house. It has cross
gables on east and west and a three-sided bay of two stories adjacent to a stacked, two-story porch with a front-gabled roof on
the north facade. Sash in the house is replacement 1/1. Two tall chimneys rise from the roof.
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 in this are was surveyed and divided into lots in 1887 by Hammond and Sullivan, who opened
Forbes Avenue from Elm at this date. S.E. Thompson bought lot 10 in 1889 and built his house soon after.”
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: 1761/3 1974, 1277/334 1958, 961/209 1941, 957/401 1941, 896/146 1934, 805/98 1924, 796/505 1923,
484/445 1896, 428/362 1889