300 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-82 Easthampton NTH.487
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 300 Elm Street
Historic Name: Frederick Macomber House
Uses: Present: Apartments
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: c. 1890-1895
Source: 1895 Map of Northampton
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Former carriage barn, now residence.
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: fair
Moved: no | | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.155 acres
Setting: House is located in a residential area on the main
thoroughfare of Northampton.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [300 ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.487
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style house is typical of a large number on Elm Street in that it has a hipped roof from
which project the bays, towers and cross-gables that characterize the Queen Anne style. The hipped roof is pyramidal and has
cross gables on north façade, east and west elevations as well as two interior chimneys, one of which is ornamented with a
contrasting brick panel. On the west, the cross gable becomes a three-sided bay below the eaves line, so its chamfered corners
are topped by curved consoles. On the east the cross gable’s attic level consists of an unusual triangular screened porch, which
may have served as a sleeping porch. The house has Queen Anne multi-paned windows on the first floor and a wrap around
porch that crosses the north façade and turns on to the east elevation. The porch rests on turned posts with high pedestals. It
has a pedimented entry and is framed by paired posts. On the east the porch has a stacked second story under a shed roof.
The house has a rear ell of two stories and contains at first floor level on the east elevation a second screened porch.
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: “In 1890, Frederick Macomber, a local banker, purchased several lots from George Jewett after the
Jewett property was plotted in 1887. Between 1890 and 1895, when the house appears on the Map of Northampton 1895,
Macomber built a large residence for himself. The property was sold by his heirs in 1922 and later acquired by Harvey Antil
(1939), who converted the house into apartments and the barn into a two family house. In 1973, Antil sold to David Pinchette,
who has established the office for his construction company in the house, retains residence, and rents the apartments.”
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: 1874/139 1976, 1700/157 1973, 944/214 1939, 933/198/496/500 916/411 882/360 1932, 879 875/532
784/117/181 1922, 436/31/33 1890, 489/89