293 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-7 Easthampton NTH.451
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 293 Elm Street
Historic Name: Lewis J. Dudley House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: C.1891-1895
Source: Deeds and maps
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.292 acres
Setting: Set behind a wrought iron fence, this house
occupies a corner lot.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [293 ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.451
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
Although it has had its windows replaced, this house is one of the best-preserved of the Queen Anne style houses on Elm
Street. It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof, and is three bays wide. A cross-gable on the east and a
three-story tower topped by a finial on the west add complexity to its rectangular plan. A wrap around porch crosses the south
façade and turns on to both east and west elevations. Portions of the porch on the east and west have been enclosed. It res ts
on turned half-length posts on high pedestals and has a spindle frieze. A pediment over the porch entry is gold-painted. A jetty
in the south gable is sided with a lattice pattern, and immediately above it are barge boards that rest at corners on consoles.
Typical of Queen Anne exteriors, the house has bands of clapboards and shingles separated by stringcourses.
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: “Heirs of Andrew Wood, who lived at 289 Elm Street, sold land at the corner of Massasoit Street; first to
Oren B. Smith, and Smith sold to Lewis J. Dudley on June 3, 1891. Dudley, a prominent figure in Northampton, built the house
soon after that date; it appears on the Map of Northampton 1895. In 1918, the property was sold by the Trustees of Lewis
Dudley to Frances T. Krause. The Krause heirs, E.H. Hobbie and Francis A. Reynolds, sold to Dr. David Koffman in 1974.”
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; 1805/121 1974, 741/534 1918, 442/43 1891, 418/321 1888