41 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-087 Easthampton NTH.1014
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 41 Lyman Road
Historic Name: Horace Lamb barn
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Barn
Date of Construction: circa 1880
Source: Registry of Deeds, visual evidence
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick & cement
Wall/Trim: Brick
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
- Converted to a residence, mid 20th century
- One story wing addition on northern elevation, circa
2002
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.14 acres
Setting: Building among stately single family or former
single family homes. Residential neighborhood contains
mature trees throughout. Building appears stylistically out of
character with surrounding homes due to its brick cladding
and small height.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [41 LYMAN ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1014
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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-story Italianate brick barn with asphalt gable roof broken by a peaked wall gable in the northern slope of the roof.
This building was converted from a barn to a residence at some point prior to 1976. The building underwent extensive
remodeling in 2002. At this time, the owners added a large one story wing that extends off the northern elevation of the main
block, which substantially increased the living space. Windows on the main block are segmentally arched and are mostly 2/2
sash, which complements the Italianate style home at 39 Lyman Street that the building once belonged to. Beneath the peaked
wall gable is a paired segmentally arched window that is 1/1 sash. There is a tall brick chimney on the southern slope of the roof.
All other historic details have been covered by the construction of the new addition. As a barn or residence, this building appears
stylistically out of character with surrounding homes due to its brick cladding and small height.
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 1976, “A well built brick barn, now a residence, once part of the homestead of Horace Lamb who lived at the
adjacent home at 39 Lyman Road. Lamb built a bracketed residence on the corner of, Lyman Road and East Street about 1870,
having purchased the land from Alfred Starkweather, a major landowner on Fort Hill who in the 1870s sold tracts of land off
South Street. The area to the rear of the colonial homesteads was developed as Munroe, East, and Columbus Streets.”
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, Hampshire County: 949.136, 784.197, 275.100, 254.375, 254.379