30-42 Hampton 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
32C-57 Easthampton NTH.936
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 30-42 Hampton Avenue
Historic Name: Worker’s Housing
Uses: Present: Seven-family residence
Original: Seven-family residence
Date of Construction: 1884-1895
Source: 1884 & 1895 Atlases
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: brick, vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Brick veneer added, windows replaced, bay windows added
post-1975.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.213 acres
Setting: This building is on the margins of Northampton’s
commercial center sharing the street with parking lots,
restaurant and other commercial buildings.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [30-42 HAMPTON AVENUE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.936
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
Between 1975 and 2010 this row of workers’ housing was altered considerably on the exterior. As it was originally, it is
continues to be a two-and-a-half story building with a side gable roof on which are seven shed roof dormers and seven
chimneys. The row house is divided into seven units. What has been changed is that a brick veneer has been applied to the
formerly clapboard exterior, porches have been removed and adjacent to the entries for each unit oriel windows have been
installed. Vinyl siding has been applied to the dormers and to the chimneys and the door surrounds and doors have been
replaced. All the windows of the units have been replaced with 1/1 sash. While much of the19th century architectural
significance of this building has been lost, its form remains.
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 1975: “This wooden frame building is one of several units of worker’s housing built near the center of
Northampton in the later nineteenth century.”
The original owners are listed as Edward Bailey and G. L. Loomis
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.