345 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
24C-46 Easthampton NTH.282
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 345 Elm Street
Historic Name: Hugh McConnell House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1915-1922
Source: Atlas & Directory
Style/Form: Italian Renaissance
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: concrete
Wall/Trim: stucco
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.236 acres
Setting: House is on a corner lot with Childs Park on is
northwest.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [345 ELM STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The McConnell house is a modified Italian Renaissance style with a two-story, stuccoed elevation under a simple hipped slate
roof with a center chimney and wide eaves overhangs. The roof extends at the southwest corner to shelter a two-story pavilion
that contains the main entry to the house. The entry is preceded by a shed roof portico with ¾ height stucco walls that have a
row of turned balusters beneath the eaves. At the southeast corner of the five bay façade is a one-story, screened porch on
stucco piers beneath a shed roof. Between the entry portico and the screened porch is a band of five casement windows at the
first floor and three windows with 8/8 sash at the second floor level. Bands of four casement windows appear at the second f loor
level above the entry and the porch. The east elevation has a large recessed and glazed opening with pairs of full-length French
doors below two bays of window bands. This is the only house of its style on Elm Street.
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 1980: “This large stucco house was built around 1920, most likely for Hugh McConnell, vice-president of
Easthampton Mfg. Co., who is listed here in the 1922 directory. It occupies a prominent corner location on Woodlawn Ave.,
which had been laid out in the early 20th century through a portion of the Watson estate. This estate was later donated to the
city and became Childs Park.”
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.