3 Leonard 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
11A-36 Easthampton NTH.37
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 3 Leonard Street
Historic Name: Brian Moran House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1873-1884
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added ca. 2000. South wing added, n.d.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 1.86 acres
Setting: This property is at the end of a dead end
with a view to the south of the valley.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [3 LEONARD STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.37
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Moran House is the most common house form taken during the Italianate style period. It is two-and-a-half stories in height
two-story ell under a front-gable roof. It is three bays wide and two bays deep and there is a one-and-a-half story ell on the east
as well as a two-story wing on the south that was a later addition. The house has a full-width arcaded porch across its west
façade. The shed roof of the porch rests on posts. Windows have has their sashes replaced with 1/1. An oculus window in the
gable field is an Italianate feature. Eaves of the roof are relatively wide and thinly boxed, which is characteristic of houses built
in the 1870s in Northampton.
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 is located on a spur of Leonard Street that originally continued southerly to Florence Road.
The 1794 map shows the road to Williamsburg looping westerly from its current location. By 1831, the short-cut had been
constructed and the southern half of the loop was abandoned. The northern half of the loop was a connector between the
village of Leeds and Haydenville Road north of the center, also appears on the 1831 map.
By 1873, four houses were located on Front Street, the only development of this hill area other than the two mill owners’
houses at the south-western drop-off, which dated from 1812. During the 1870’s, the Nonotuck Silk Company began a
subdivision north of Front Street in this early phase. Bryan Moran, a farmer, is listed here on the 1884 Atlas.”
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.