24 Madison Avenue
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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-158 Easthampton NTH.1058
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 24 Madison Avenue
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single family residence
Original: Single family residence
Date of Construction: 1910-1915
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Shingle style
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Wood shingle
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Enclosed porch (1980-2010)
Replacement windows (1980-2010)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.26 acres
Setting: House sits in a quiet residential neighborhood
and at the end of a dead end street of single family homes
or former single family homes that have been converted into
multi-family housing.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [24 MADISON AVENUE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1058
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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 Shingle style house with a gambrel roof. Characteristic of the Shingle style, this house has shingle cladding,
windows in bands of three that are twelve over one sash, a pent roof separating the first and second stories of the home, a full
width shed roof dormer at the second story level and an eyebrow dormer at the attic story level. The main block of the house is
symmetrically arranged with a pedimented front entrance with Tuscan columns at the center of the front façade. The front
entrance features elaborate classical detailing that includes a leaded elliptical fanlight, leaded sidelights, and paneling.
Unfortunately, one of the home’s most distinguishing features has been lost since the home was first inventoried in 1980.
Incorporated under the main roof of the home on the eastern elevation had been a two-story porch that offered views of the
Connecticut River Valley. The porch was enclosed after 1980 by an extension of the asphalt roof on the second story and
shingle siding on the first story and this enclosure throws off the home’s original symmetry. The home’s chimney, located on the
eastern elevation, had been an exterior through-cornice chimney, but now it is fully within the interior of the home. Other
changes include new windows although they have retained the twelve over one sashes.
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: “A plan for Madison Avenue was filed in 1910. By 1915, all six houses which are standing today had
been completed. This house is located on the northern side at the easterly end of the short street. Its location gives it a
commanding vista over Northampton’s meadows to the Holyoke Range across the Connecticut River.”
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: Plan Book 1-P.141