57 Holyoke Street
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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
32C-208 Easthampton NTH.2152
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 57 Holyoke Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single Family Residence
Original: Single Family Residence
Date of Construction: c. 1850s
Source: 1854 & 1860 Map
Style/Form: Greek Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Cement covered/unknown
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
- Vinyl siding covers Tuscan entablature with corner
pilasters, circa 1990.
- Vinyl Replacement windows, circa 1990
- Cement covered foundation
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.14 acres
Setting: House sits on a corner lot close to both streets in
a residential neighborhood of former single family homes
that have been converted into multiple residential units.
Hedges function as a fence along the lot.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [57 HOLYOKE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2152
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
A one and one-half story side hall Greek Revival style house with one story rear ell. The house is three bays wide and two bays
deep. The house has lost much of its architecturally distinguishing features such as its Tuscan entablature with corner pilasters
and six over six sash windows. The house is now covered in vinyl siding and has replacement metal windows. The house retains
its original brick center ridgeline chimney on the main block, but it has since lost the brick center ridgeline chimney on the rear
ell.
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.
This small Greek Revival residence was probably built in the early 1850s for Willard Lyon. He obtained two acres from Anne
Clarke in 1853. Clarke’s homestead was located on the east side of lower Pleasant street and was crossed by the railroad
tracks. The two acres were east of the tracks. In 1855, Lyon sold a much smaller piece of land (the current premises) with a
dwelling house thereon to Henry M. Shepard. Shepard was a tenant in the house at the time of the sale.
The Balise family owned the house in 1980 if not prior and continue to own the house into the present.
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: Book 225-P. 514, 198-109, 198-108, 162-85, 148-261