82 Jackson 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
24A-83 Easthampton NTH.263
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 82 Jackson Avenue
Historic Name: Jeremiah Twohy House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: c. 1885
Source: Registry of Deeds, 407.470
Style/Form: Panel Brick
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: brick, wood shingles, brownstone
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Carriage barn
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.262 acres
Setting: This house sits on a raised lot facing east. It is in
a neighborhood of mainly 20th century infill housing.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [82 JACKSON STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.263
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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 Panel Brick style house, the masonry version of the Queen Anne. It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-
gable roof with cross gable bays on the north and south elevations and a gabled bay window attached to the east façade. The
gable fields are shingled to add visual appeal to the surface of the building. A porch on turned posts with brackets at the eaves
and an ornamental railing wraps from the east façade around to the south elevation. The brick building earns its Panel Brick
designation with the corbelling that forms the lintels of the segmentally arched windows and forms a panel between first and
second stories on the east bay then becomes a stringcourse that encircles the building. Some of the windows in the house are
1/1 replacements, but a Queen Anne style window with a multi-light transom remains. With its carriage barn, this house is a
reminder of the appearance of Jackson Street at the end of the 19th century.
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 brick residence was built on Jackson (Hinckley) Street sometime after 1882 when Otis Maynard sold
the parcel of land on which it stands to Jeremiah Twohy. Jackson Street was developed in the mid-nineteenth century and
contains numerous dwellings whose simplicity and variety of outbuildings suggest an agricultural background.”
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.