69 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-063 Easthampton NTH.1091
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 69 Lyman Road
Historic Name: Edwin Cook House
Uses: Present: Single family home
Original: Single family home
Date of Construction: 1883-1884
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Metal
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
- Part of porch enclosed before 1980 in the 20th
century
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.16 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] [69 LYMAN ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1091
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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 Italianate style home with a front gable and cross gable on western elevation. The house is framed
by slim pilasters and overhanging eaves that make partial returns. The house features a one story porch that wraps around to
the shallow two-story side wing on the western elevation. Typical of the Italianate style, the porch has low-pitched hipped roof
and square posts with impost blocks and pedestals. The balustrade has cut-out pattern more seen on Queen Anne style homes
so this balustrade may have been a later addition. The front entry, which has partial length sidelights, was enclosed at some
point in the 20th century. Windows on the home are replacements with one over one sashes. Windows all have architrave
surrounds and projecting lintels. Both gable fields have arched windows and hooded lintels. The house has a large two-story ell
on its rear southern elevation. There is one large brick chimney along the ridgeline of the 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: “This house was built in 1883-84 for Edwin Cook, who was employed by W.F. Prindle, a “stove dealer,
plumber, steam and gas fitter.” Mr. Cook obtained lot G of Alfred and Charles G. Starkweather’s subdivision plan for High Street
(now Lyman Road). The Starkweather’s subdivided their family’s homestead, which began on South Street and ran easterly
over the brow of the Mill River terrace and into the meadows. The eastern half of the homestead became developed with about
15 substantial single family homes. The setting was mostly wooded and almost rural in character. This quality was maintained by
the undeveloped quality of the meadows and the Fort Hill Estate, Northampton’s most exclusive residential tract, which abutted
the High Street Plan on the north.”
House was converted to a two-family residence at some point. It was converted back to a single-family residence in 1995
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 376-p.488, 275-100
Northampton Directory: 1885-86