48 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
39A-058 Easthampton NTH.1088
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 48 Lyman Road
Historic Name: Thomas H. Todd House
Uses: Present: Single family residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: 1902-1905
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Stone
Wall/Trim: Stucco & wood shingle
Roof: Asphalt shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Decorative celestrial porch frieze, circa 2000s
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.44 acres
Setting: House among other stately single family or former
single family homes in a well-established residential
neighborhood, which contains mature trees throughout.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [48 LYMAN ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1088
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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 home under a front gable roof with matching shallow cross gables on the east
and west elevations for a T-shaped plan. The roof eaves technically make partial returns, but the cornice continues across the
front gable creating a pediment. A three part window in the gable field has a straight lintel with crown molding. The first floor of
the home is stucco clad while the second story and third stories are shingle clad. On the first floor, there is a three sided bay at
the southeastern corner of the front façade and one the eastern façade, creating a jetty-like suspension for the upper two stories.
The cornice lines, wall cladding, and jetty serve to visually separate the three levels of home. Across the southwestern corner of
the front façade is a partial width stacked porch that wraps around to the western elevation. Under the porch are two sets of
small, paired windows with diamond paned lights. The porch has square pilasters, railing with square balusters and decorative
arched tracery, and a decorative celestial patterned frieze—a modern alteration. Above the front entry porch is an enclosed
second story porch with metal hipped roof. Windows on the home have flat stock surrounds and have 2/2 replacement sash
windows. A single brick chimney rests in the center of the home along the ridge. On the eastern elevation of the home is a one-
story addition which appears to have been originally constructed as a sun porch, but has since been enclosed. Property includes
a circa 1940s garage.
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 early 20th century house was built for Thomas Todd, co-owner of Todd & Co., a dry and fancy
goods concern on Main St. Mr. Todd bought a portion of Silas Cooley's homestead, formerly Alfred Starkweather's house at 36
Lyman Road, in 1902. This is one of the later houses on the street, originally known as High St, and laid out in 1870 by Charles
G. and Alfred Starkweather. The houses built on the north side of the street backup to the Fort Hill estate, Northampton's most
exclusive residential tract. Fort Hill is a river terrace which is surrounded on three sides by the old bed of the Mill River.”
Richard Wagner and Ruth Folchman purchased the house in 1994. The two completed renovations to the second and third
floors of the house in the mid 2000s.
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. 562-p 316