78 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-167 Easthampton NTH.507
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 78 Maynard Road
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1922-1930
Source: Registry of Deeds & Directory
Style/Form: Italian Renaissance
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: stucco
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.172 acres
Setting: This house faces west on a built-up
residential street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [78 MAYNARD ROAD]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.507
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
78 Maynard Road is architecturally unique in Northampton, though other examples of the Italian Renaissance style exist. The
house is two stories in height under a low-pitched, hipped roof. Its façade is symmetrical, as it is three bays wide, and it is three
bays deep for a square plan. The stucco-covered house is Italian Renaissance in style, a style that flourished in the 1920s. It
has a center entry under a barrel vaulted hood on consoles – an identifying feature of this style - and first floor windowson the
west façade, typical of the style, are full-length with paired, 4/4 sash within an architrave surround. Beneath each pair of
windows is a molded shelf to support window boxes. At the second story level the three bays consist of two out bays of 6/1 sash
and a centered, Italianate arched window whose sash is recessed into the stucco wall. The house has a one-story stucco wing
wall about 4 feet wide and 6 feet high extending from its northwest corner and it has an arched pedestrian opening beneath a
hipped roof. On the south elevation is a one-story, glassed-in porch with bands of multi-light sash. On that same elevation at
the house wall is an exterior wall chimney that laces through the eaves.
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 Road was opened in 1922 through the Charles Maynard estate on Elm Street. This was the
last of the streets extending westerly from Elm Street to be laid out, and consequently has the most recent examples of
residential architecture. Approximately half of the houses were built during the 1920’s, with most of the rest built after WWII.”
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