150 Maplewood Terrace
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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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
23D-156 Easthampton NTH.261
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State
Address: 150 Maplewood Terrace
Historic Name: Richard O’Brien House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1869-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: raised Cape
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: not visible
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding applied and vinyl windows installed, ca. 2000
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.53 acres
Setting: This house is set on a lower slope of
Baker’s Hill.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [150 MAPLEWOOD TERRACE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.261
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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 one-and-a-half story raised Cape house under a side-gable roof with a center chimney. It is three bays wide, however,
its center entry has been closed-in, in preference to a main entry in one of the two, one-story, south wings of the house.
This was a house form that became popular after the mid-19th century as it gave additional attic space for living over the
traditional Cape Cod form. Although once they were built in a fair number, this is one of the few left in Northampton.
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: “Richard O’Brien, a mason, bought a little more than an acre of land on the eastern slopes of Baker’s Hill,
fronting on Hinckley Street, for $293.75 in 1869. The sale was made subject to a right of way 33 feet wide ‘in continuation of
road already located south of the premises.’ This was Maple Street (now Maplewood Terrace), and Mr. O’Brien built his house
west of the proposed road. By 1873, Maple Street had been cut through to Hinckley Street, dividing Mr. O’Brien’s lot into two
sections.”
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. 279- P. 271, 208-271