16 Hampton Terrace
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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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): June, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
39A-067 Easthampton NTH.1095
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 16 Hampton Terrace
Historic Name: Calvin Coolidge House, “The Beeches”
Uses: Present: Single family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1914-1915
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette, 4/1/1930
Style/Form: Tudor Revival style
Architect/Builder: Murphy & Dana of NY
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Unknown
Wall/Trim: Wood shingle
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 2 acres
Setting: House sits far back from the terminus of Hampton
Terrace offering seclusion to this former Presidential home.
House is located in an established residential neighborhood
of late nineteenth century homes. The property is contained
by a stone fence with gates.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [16 HAMPTON TERRACE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1095
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Beeches is a unique home for Northampton, not only for its historical association but also for its application of the Tudor
Revival style, which was not widely used in Northampton at least at this size. The Beeches is a large two-and-a-half story Tudor
Revival style home in a basic “L” shape plan. Characteristic of high style examples of the Tudor Revival style, this home has a
steeply pitched roof, through-cornice steeply pitched dormers, massive stone chimneys, wood shingle siding, and second story
jetty. The front entry to the home is defined by a turreted portico. Windows are in singles, doubles, or triples and are located
asymmetrically on the façade. Windows are either six over six sash, or six over nine sash or casement style. On the
northeastern elevation of the home, there is a screened porch on the second story level.
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 1976: “The Beeches was the home of Calvin Coolidge following his presidency. The Coolidge family lived there
from 1930 to 1937, at which time Mrs. Coolidge moved to Washington Street. The former president died in 1933.
Coolidge began his legal career in Northampton in 1897 and at that period boarded with various families on Round Hill
and King Street. In 1907, Coolidge began to rent a dwelling on Massasoit Street; the family remained there through 1930, two
years after Coolidge’s presidency, when the steady stream of sightseers prompted the move to the more secluded Hampton
Terrace.
Between 1899 and 1928, Coolidge served as a city councilor in Northampton, mayor (1909), state senator (1911),
governor (1918) and vice president (1920). He began his presidency on August 2, 1923, when Warren G. Harding died.
Coolidge himself was elected in 1924.
The 16-room residence was built in 1914-1915 for Dr. Henry MacCracken, a professor of English at Smith College; it
derived its name from eighty beeches planted on the large property. The home was designed by the New York firm of Richard
Henry Dana and Henry K. Murphy.”
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.