13 Lexington 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
30A-42 Easthampton NTH.424
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State
Address: 13 Lexington Avenue
Historic Name: G. Hillenbrand House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1867-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Side porch enclosed, windows replaced and altered, ca.
1900-2000.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.145 acres
Setting: This house faces west and occupies a
corner lot on a residential street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [13 LEXINGTON AVENUE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.424
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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 one-and-a-half story house under a front-gabled roof, a simple plan and elevation that was used frequently in
Northampton during the last quarter of the 19th century for workers’ housing. Typical of that housing, it retains a slate roof. The
house is three bays wide and the equivalent of four bays deep and has a one-story ell on the east whose side porch has been
enclosed. There is a full-width porch on the west façade that bears most of the Queen Anne stylistic elaboration of the house. It
has a pedimented entry and is supported on thin posts on high pedestals. There are ornamental brackets at the eaves above
capitals on the posts.
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: “In 1879, George Hillenbrand, a Bay State Cutler, acquired lot #40 and this house for $1500. This was
part of the residential subdivision filed by the Bay State Hardware Company in 1867, and the house was constructed between
this date and 1873, when it shows on the atlas with Mr. Hillenbrand’s name attached.”
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: Bk. 352-P. 431, 240-190