1-7 Glenwood 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
25A-136 Easthampton NTH.375
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 1-7 Glenwood Avenue
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Four-family residence
Original: Four-family residence
Date of Construction: 1895-1915
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Panel Brick
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: brick, brownstone
Roof: not visible
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.257 acres
Setting: This building faces north on a residential street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [1-7 GLENWOOD AVE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.375
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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 two-story, four-family, brick building with a flat roof, on which are two tall chimneys. It is probable, but not documented
that the roof has been altered. The building is six bays wide on the first floor, the four center bays being door openings topped
by square transoms, flanked by two outer bay windows that are segmentally arched. They have replacement 1/1 sash. The
building is divided into stories by ornamental brickwork that characterizes the Panel Brick style, which is the masonry equivalent
of the Queen Anne. There are corbelled bricks at the cornice and below the cornice above the second story windows are
recessed panels. Between first and second stories is a corbelled stringcourse and a broad beltcourse surrounds the building at
the level of the watertable. There is a low hipped roof that precedes the four doors on the south façade. It has square posts
with scroll-cut brackets at the eaves. The building is six bays deep and at the north corners on each lateral elevation are two-
story porches on posts with scroll-cut eaves brackets. Both east and west elevations also have three-sided bay windows.
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: “Northampton is primarily a city of one-family and two-family frame houses. This two-story, four-family
apartment block was built around the turn of the century. Charles Crouch, a local contractor and builder, had filed a subdivision
plan in 1898. This plan was for lots on both sides of a new street, called Glenwood Avenue, off of Bridge Street. Glenwood
Avenue was opened through the old Bridge Street homestead of Mrs. Charles Lyman.”
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. 512-P. 150 &151