74 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-054 Easthampton NTH.1085
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 74 Lyman Road
Historic Name: Azro T. Crossley House
Uses: Present: Two-family home
Original: Single family home
Date of Construction: 1884-91
Source: Atlas & Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.25 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] [74 LYMAN ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1085
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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 Queen Anne style home with a jerkin head roof oriented to the side. The frontward facing roofline is broken by
a wall dormer beneath which is a very shallow entrance pavilion. The gable field is ornamented with fish scale shingles and a
small rondel. All of the gable fields have small rondels and clad with fish scale shingles. A one-story, shed roof porch extends
across the front and continues along the eastern side. The shed roof is a recent alteration as Form B from 1980 showed this
home with a hipped roof porch. The porch has square posts and stick-like brackets as well as an "H" pattern balustrade, which
also appeared on the home in 1980. One story, three-sided bays are on both the eastern and western sides of the facade. The
house has elaborate paired brick chimneys along the roofline of the home. Windows on the home are one over one sash and
they have flat stock surrounds with drip edge lintels. There is a large two story flat roof former carriage house attached to the
rear of the home.
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: “In 1884 Azro Crossley bought this lot on the north side of High Street (now Lyman Rd.) for $475. Mr.
Crossley was a lawyer and only lived here a short time. In 1891 he sold the house and lot.”
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 189-P 93, 439-7, 518-283.
Northampton Directory: 1885-86.