11 Linden 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
25C-209 Easthampton NTH.409
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 11 Linden Street
Historic Name: Robert W. Lyman House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: 1893-1895
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt and slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.277 acres
Setting: This house faces north on a quiet side
street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [11 LINDEN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.409
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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 two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style house that was constructed more for large size than for architectural detailing. It
has a front-gable roof in whose gable field is a three-part window composition intended to suggest a Palladian window, which
would be a Colonial Revival style feature. However, the rest of the house’s features are strongly Queen Anne. There is a cross-
gable bay on the west elevation adding complexity to the floor plan and a one-story, angled bay on the north façade. The façade
also has a shed-roofed porch on chamfered posts with brackets at its eaves crossing half of the façade and wrapping on to the
west elevation. A smaller version of this porch is located on the east elevation, serving as a portico for a secondary entry. The
house has 2/2 wood sash and 1/1 replacement vinyl sash in windows with lintels formed of hoods resting on brackets. This
house is among the best-maintained houses on Linden Street.
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: “Linden Street was opened in 1893 through the North Street homestead of Mrs. William Allen. By 1895,
six of the present seven houses had been built. The northern side of the street was developed in the early 20th century. Market
Street (the northern part of which is now known as North Street) was one of the first streets laid out in Northampton.
Homesteads were long and narrow, extending easterly to the land set aside for the cemetery. During the 119th century, six
streets were opened easterly from this colonial street, and the neighborhood was built up.
This house first appears on the 1895, and is owned and occupied by Robert Lyman, the register of deeds for Hampshire
County.”
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. 457-P. 129