116 Franklin 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-125 Easthampton NTH.303
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 116 Franklin Street
Historic Name: Henry Maynard House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1884-1895
Source: atlases
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.213 acres
Setting: This house is set on a narrow lot at the north end
of a quiet, residential street.
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This house, like its neighbor at 108 Franklin Street, is a good example of a house built for rental purposes. Although the t wo
houses differ in design, they are both modest, have no added rooms or spaces and with a utilitarian base they are made more
attractive by porches. The house is two bays wide and the equivalent of three bays deep. It has a front-gable roof whose eaves
are thinly boxed and make no returns. Sash in the house is 2/2. There is a porch that wraps across the narrow east façade and
down the south elevation to a side entry. It has square posts, brackets at the eaves and a pediment marking the stairs. Railings
are made up of square balusters. The house has two short ells on the west of one-story each.
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 small house is one of nearly a dozen built during the late 19th century on Franklin Street for Henry
Maynard. Mr. Maynard had opened up Massasoit Street in 1869 and sold lots for residential development or had houses built
for lease. Franklin Street is the street next easterly and Mr. Maynard was very active in the development here also. The house
originally owned by Mr. Maynard were leased to tenants and then sold to the owners at a later date.”
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.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [116 FRANKLIN ST]
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National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form
Check all that apply:
Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district
Contributing to a potential historic district Potential historic district
Criteria: A B C D
Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G
Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________
The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here.
The Maynard House would contribute to a potential historic district that extends north of Northampton’s primary
corridor, Elm Street, encircling and encompassing the primary feature of that landscape, Round Hill. The potential
historic district is significant for its 19th century development from a few gentlemen’s farms to a neighborhood dense
with the homes of its most prominent residents and educational institutions that shaped the character of Northampton
for several hundred years to the present.
Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the mix of high style late Gothic Revival, Italianate, and
Queen Anne style houses, the Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival styles of the 20th century that were often architect-
designed by the region’s most well-known designers. The Maynard House is a modest example of the Queen Anne
style that would contribute to an historic district. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship, feeling,
setting, design and materials.