94 King 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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
31B-158 Easthampton NTH.641
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Northampton Center
Address: 94 King Street
Historic Name: Dr. L.Raymond Marin House
Uses: Present: Office building and single-family
residence Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1909
Source: Springfield Daily Republican
Style/Form: Queen Anne/Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added and all windows replaced, ca. 2005.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.12 acres
Setting: This large building occupies a corner lot on a
major thoroughfare in Northampton Center.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [94 KING STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.641
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Marin House, like many houses built during the first decade of the 20th century in Northampton, combined architectural
elements of both the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. In form it is largely a Queen Anne building with a hipped roof
from which project cross-gables on the south and east, an ell on the west, as well as an attached, three-story polygonal tower at
the southeast corner of the building and a hipped wing on the east. It is this asymmetry combined with variety of volumes that
gives the building its Queen Anne designation. A porch on Colonial Revival fluted posts wraps from the east around to the south
elevation. Behind and above the porch are windows with diamond panes and Colonial Revival style vertical muntins in lozenge
pattern. The application of vinyl siding has made the historical nature of the building less apparent.
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 1980: “This house was built at a cost of $6000 in 1909 for L. Raymond Marin, a local physician.”
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.