310 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-84 Easthampton NTH.489
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 310 Elm Street
Historic Name: Earle Apartments
Uses: Present: Apartments
Original: Apartments
Date of Construction: 1911-1913
Source: Deeds & Street directory
Style/Form: Italian Renaissance Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: granite
Wall/Trim: brick, granite, metal
Roof: not visible
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.445 acres
Setting: This is the only apartment building of its size on
Elm Street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [310 ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.489
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Earle Apartment building is a four-story building under a flat roof. It has a rough-faced granite block on the first story of the
north façade, and red brick upper three stories on all elevations. Granite appears on the windows’ sills and lintels on all
elevations, but as watertable and beltcourse on only the principal north façade. A wide eaves and ornamented cornice of
pressed metal top the building’s north façade. Two rounded bays flank the central entry at ground level, an entry that is
composed of a square portico on columns that support a full classical entablature beneath a solid railing balustrade. The
building’s north façade is framed in rusticated Renaissance Revival brick pilasters that also frame the rounded bays. Windows
are replacement 1/1 sash. The building has a six-bay depth followed by open rear wooden porches for the apartment units as
was customary in the early 20th century.
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: “This apartment house was built in 1911 for Frank Woodward at a cost of $25,000.”
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: Bk.655-P.214