38 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-10 Easthampton NTH.30
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 38 Leonard Street
Historic Name: David Schillare House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1873-1874
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate, asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Side porch enclosed partially, ca. 1900; rear porch added,
ca. 1950.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.666 acres
Setting: This is an east-facing house set on a tree-
shaded, raised lot at a curve in the road.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [38 LEONARD STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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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 Queen Anne style house that is the best-preserved 19th century houses in its neighborhood. Set on a knoll, the
clapboard-sided house is one-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof. It has a two-story ell on the west whose roof
ridge rises above that of the main block of the house. Following the ell on the west is a one-story screened porch. The main
block of the house is three bays wide and the equivalent of three bays deep. It has a sidehall entry and a full-width porch on the
east. The porch has a hipped roof that rests on posts with fine, scroll-cut brackets at its eaves. Windows on the east façade at
the first story are ¾ length and in the gable is a pointed window, a common feature in Queen Anne style houses in Northampton.
A one-story angled bay is located on the south elevation of the main block. There is a side porch on the south elevation of the
ell. It has been partially enclosed but a post remains with a bracket at the eaves identical to those of the east porch. On the
south façade are two small, through-frieze, knee-high windows at the second story level. This house represents well, the level
of construction achieved for the newly-forming middle class of Northampton 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 1980: “This is another of the modest Victorian houses built in the subdivision atop the hill overlooking Leeds
village. The Nonotuck Silk Company began selling residential lots in the 1870’s. By 1884, approximately 25 houses had been
built on the four streets that comprised the subdivision. David Schillare, an employee of the Nonotuck Silk Company, 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.