10 Henshaw Avenue
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FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.
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
31B-197 Easthampton NTH.670
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 10 Henshaw Avenue
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: gone
Original: School dormitory
Date of Construction: c. 1900
Source: visual evidence
Style/Form: Shingle Style
Architect/Builder:
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Condition:
Moved: no | | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.167 acres
Setting:
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [10 HENSHAW AVENUE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.670
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
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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: “This large shingle style structure is presently used by Smith College as a dormitory; it is located on
Henshaw Avenue to the rear of Sessions Houses, inventoried as the Hunt and Pierson Houses, and is typical of shingle style
residences built in Northampton at the turn of the century.
It is probable that the structure was built prior to 1915; the 1915 Sanborn Insurance Maps indicate a dormitory on the
site. The parcel known as 10 Henshaw Avenue was in private hands, however.”
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.