302 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-83 Easthampton NTH.488
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 302 Elm Street
Historic Name: William K. & May Staab House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1901
Source: Deeds, street directory
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.306 acres
Setting: This house is in a neighborhood of residential
buildings and is adjacent to one of the only apartment
blocks on the street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [302 ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.488
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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 house is a fine example of the Colonial Revival style and its careful attention to details at the same
time that it adapted to modern requirements. The house has a truncated hipped roof on which are a single tall chimney and
large centered dormers on the roof slope. To gain variety, the dormers on the side elevations have pedimented gables, but th e
dormer on the principal façade is enriched with a Swan’s neck pediment. The house is five bays wide and three bays deep at the
second story and a wrap around porch rests on columns and its roof is topped by a stepped balustrade between paneled posts.
The design of the balustrade is repeated on the porch railings. On the first story 20th century windows flank the center entry for a
simple three bay width. The windows are triple-composition – large windows that admitted much more light to the interior than
the Georgian antecedents did. The entry is very wide with broad sidelights of leaded glass.
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: “The land was a part of the Jewett property plotted in 1887. This lot, among the many purchased by F. A.
Macomber in 1890, was sold to W.K. Staab in 1901. The house was built that year and occupied by the Staabs until 1911. It
was then occupied by Alice Kirkpatrick and later George Spear. It was purchased by Raymond in 1935. Alice Kirkpatrick, who
lived in the house from 1912-1914, was a professor at Smith College.”
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: 918/99 1936, 720/514, 665/34 1911, 549/87 1901, 436/31 & 33 1890