50 Maynard 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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
31A-172 Easthampton NTH.508
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 50 Maynard Road
Historic Name: Isaac Stone/Charles Maynard House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1860-1873
Source: Map & Atlas
Style/Form: Gothic Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: parged brick
Wall/Trim: stucco, vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Stucco added, ell added, porches added, ca. 1920
Condition: good
Moved: no | | yes | x | Date 1920s
Acreage: 0.172 acres
Setting: This is a west-facing house on a densely-built up
suburban street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [50 MAYNARD ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
NTH.508
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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 gable-and-wing form house in the Gothic Revival style. The steeply-pitched, front-gable section of
the house is two bays wide and its eaves are ornamented with a heavy barge board with center turned pendant. As the
originally wood-sided house has been stuccoed, its entry surround is no longer fully visible and is further obscured by an added
porch hood on wrought iron posts. Window surrounds, however, have projecting capped lintels and windows have 2/2 sash.
The north wing of the house is also two-and-a-half stories in height and has a secondary entry with a matching porch hood on
wrought iron posts. It has barge boards in its gable end. There is a one-story wing on the south and an east ell that has had a
second story vinyl-sided.
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: “Maynard Street was opened in 1922 through the Charles Maynard homestead on Elm Street. About half
of the houses were built during the 1920’s, with most of the rest being built after WWII. This was Maynard’s Elm Street house
and was moved to this site when the street was laid out. It was probably at this time that the house was stuccoed, allowing the
house to ‘blend in.’ The house first appears on its Elm Street site on the 1873 atlas. At that time, it was owned by Isaac Stone, a
lawyer. Mr. Maynard, a prominent local industrialist, acquired the property about 1890.”
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 Bk. 6-P. 58