39 Lyman Road
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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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): June, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
38B-086 Easthampton NTH.1013
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 39 Lyman Road
Historic Name: Horace Lamb House
Uses: Present: Two family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: Circa 1870
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Wood
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Window shutters were added after 1980.
From 2004 to 2006, the owner replaced the front porch
steps, footings and windows.
Condition: good
Moved: no | | yes | x | Date 1870s
Acreage: 0.14 acres
Setting: House on a corner lot that fairly close to both
roads. House among other stately single family or former
single family homes. Residential neighborhood contains
mature trees throughout.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [39 LYMAN ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1013
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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 home in the Italianate style under a front gabled roof. A shallow two story gabled pavilion extends
off the western elevation of the home. Extending off the southern end of the main block of the house is a two story rear ell
addition followed by a one story addition—both with minimal stylistic features. The main block of the house has overhanging
eaves that are supported by paired brackets located in the wide frieze beneath the eaves. A modified palladium style window
with single glazes is located in the gable field. Windows on the first floor display heavy cornices while windows on the second
floor have segmental arches. Window shutters were added after 1980. An additional classical feature of this home is the
pilasters that define the corners of this building. The house has a front porch that extends across the front façade. The porch has
a low-pitched hipped roof with wide frieze board supported by square columns with decorative capitals and low balustrade with
square balusters. From 2004 to 2006, the owner replaced the front porch steps, footings and windows. On the eastern elevation
of the main block of the house is a three-side one-story bay with pyramidal roof supported by paired brackets. On the eastern
elevation of the rear ell addition, there is a screened side porch on both the first and second floors. The house has three brick
chimneys in total—two on the main block of the house and one on the two story ell. The clapboard sided home rests on a brick
foundation and has an asphalt roof.
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, “Lyman Road, originally known as High Street, was laid out in 1870 by Charles G. and Alfred
Starkweather. The street ran easterly from South Street through their family homestead. By 1873, three houses had been built
on the street, and one house had been moved from South Street. Horace Lamb, owner of a wire factory on Clark Avenue,
bought a lot on the street in 1869, and had his house built soon thereafter. The property remained in the Lamb family well into
the 20th century.”
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.
Northampton Directory: 1873-74
Registry of Deeds: Bk. 261-p.380, 275-100, 275-133 and 275-155