39 Garfield Avenue
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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
17C-76 Easthampton NTH.87
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 39 Garfield Avenue
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: vacant
Original: single-family house
Date of Construction: c. 1915
Source: Atlas & Directory
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboard
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
In process of restoration, 2010
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 4.021 acres
Setting: This house sits on a rise in the landscape and
faces east.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [39 GARFIELD STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.87
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This is a unique Colonial Revival style house in Northampton. It is one-and-a-half stories in height under a hipped roof with
shallow cross-gables on south, east and north. It has a Colonial Revival style porch on fluted posts that wraps around from east
and across the south. The porch has no railings, so becomes an open verandah. The house is three bays wide and four bays
deep and its windows have architrave surrounds topped with projecting cornices on consoles in a classical design used in such
monumental buildings as John M. Greene Hall on Elm Street. There are two secondary entries to the house on the south
elevation. Sash in the house is a combination of 6/1 and 2/2.
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: “Garfield Avenue first shows up on the 1915 atlas and this cottage was probably constructed soon
afterwards.”
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.