64 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-056 Easthampton NTH.1086
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 64 Lyman Road
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single Family Residence
Original: Single Family Residence
Date of Construction: circa 1900
Source: Atlas and Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard, Wood shingle
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Circa 1930 garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: fair
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.22 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] [64 LYMAN ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1086
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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 Colonial Revival style home that is square in form with a truncated hipped roof. On the frontward
facing slope of the roof is a shed roof dormer and on the western slope of the roof is a hipped roof dormer. Typical of early
Colonial Revival style homes, the house uses shingling to emphasize a shallow second story jetty. In addition there is a two
story pedimented bay on the eastern elevation of the home. A one-story porch with low hipped roof porch extends westerly from
the two story bay and wraps half way around to the western side. Characteristic of Colonial Revival style porches, the porch has
rounded columns and a balustrade with square balusters. Next to the front entry is a large picture window. Some of the windows
on the house are six over one sash while others are one over one sash metal replacements. In addition there are some paired
six over one sash and one over one sash windows. Windows all have flat stock surrounds. Since the house was first inventoried
in 1980, the home has lost its decorative roof balustrade. The property includes a circa 1930 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.
In 1895 Estella Graves, the widow of Dwight Graves, sold E. Cyrus Miller this lot on High St. (now known as Lyman Rd.). Mr.
Graves and his partner Silas Cooley had bought all of the land on the north side of High Street in 1881. Both of them lived on the
street, and the rest of the land was sold off as homestead lots. In 1897 Isaac Bridgeman bought this same lot from Mr. Miller,
with no house mentioned in the deed. The 1900 directory lists Mr. Bridgeman, a teacher, as living here.
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.
1915 Atlas
Registry of Deeds: Bk 500- P 35 and 61.