93 Massasoit Street
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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
24C-101 Easthampton NTH.301
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 93 Massasoit Street
Historic Name: Peter Maynard Rental House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1884-1895
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Vinyl siding added, ca. 2005
Condition: good
Moved: no | | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.25 acres
Setting: This house faces west at the north end of
Massasoit Street.
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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, late Queen Anne style house with a front-gable roof and a wing of two-and-a-half stories on its
south elevation for an L-shaped plan - the most common plan among the houses on Massasoit Street. Queen Anne ornament is
minimal on the house and its proportions are large, which are often the features of late Queen Anne style. The main block of
the house is three bays wide and has a generous porch that crosses the west façade, turns and follows the south elevation
before crossing the west façade of the wing. This porch has jig-saw cut railings that duplicate those of Mr. Murphy’s other two
houses at 81 and 83 Massasoit Street. The wing has a one-story bay window on its south elevation under a simple shed roof.
Unlike earlier Queen Anne style bay windows, this one is not angled and has no paneled base, but is simple and geometric in its
design. Two chimneys are located on the roof and have ornamental brickwork that is likely to have been the work of the mason-
builder Peter Murphy.
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 1869, Henry Maynard filed a subdivision plan for Massasoit Street. By 1873, 12 houses had been
built, but then no further development occurred until the mid-1880’s. In 1892, Peter Murphy bought two lots for $150. Mr.
Murphy was a mason and builder, and owned several properties on this side of Massasoit Street, near Prospect Street. This
house first appears on the 1895 atlas.”
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. 454-P. 25, 363-291
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [93 MASSASOIT STREET]
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National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form
Check all that apply:
Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district
Contributing to a potential historic district Potential historic district
Criteria: A B C D
Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G
Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________
The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here.
The Maynard Rental House would contribute to a potential historic district that extends north of Northampton’s
primary corridor, Elm Street, encircling and encompassing the primary feature of that landscape, Round Hill. The
potential historic district is significant for its 19th century development from a few gentlemen’s farms to a
neighborhood dense with the homes of its most prominent residents and educational institutions that shaped the
character of Northampton for several hundred years to the present.
Architecturally the potential historic district is significant for the mix of high style late Gothic Revival, Italianate, and
Queen Anne style houses, the Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival styles of the 20th century that were often architect-
designed by the region’s most well-known designers. The Maynard Rental House is a good example of the Queen
Anne style and would contribute to the historic district. This potential historic district has integrity of workmanship,
feeling, setting, design and materials.