15-17 Munroe 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: Jayne Bernhard-Armington
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): June, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
38B-105 Easthampton NTH.1025
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 15-17 Munroe Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Three family
Original: Two family
Date of Construction: 1895-1896
Source: Atlas & Directory
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: asbestos shingles
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Two bay garage with pyramidal roof
Major Alterations (with dates):
Asbestos siding, mid 20th century
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.28 acres
Setting: House sits very close to the street in an
established residential neighborhood of mostly former single
family homes. House has a few shrubs in the small front
yard.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [15-17 MUNROE ]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1025
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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 Colonial Revival style two-family home with a side gable roof. This two-family house form was
quite common in Northampton. At opposite ends of the front façade are large two-story bays that are topped by large
pedimented gables. The bays have chamfered corners with brackets at the eaves, which is stylistic carry-over from the Queen
Anne period. A one-story hipped roof porch extends across the full width of the front façade and its center is marked by a
pediment whose tympanum is decorated with an ornate, low-relief swag. The porch has Tuscan columns, solid frieze, and a
balustrade with “ship’s wheel” pattern interspersed between groups of balusters. Windows are 2/1 sash and the original windows
are covered by metal storm windows. Two center chimneys rest on the ridge line of the roof. On the southwestern elevation of
the home is a two-and-a-half story ell and there is a one-story porch at its most western corner. The house is now sided with
asbestos shingles, but it still retains a slate roof. The house rests on a brick foundation. There is a two bay pyramidal roofed
garage is to the rear of the house.
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.
In February 1895, Harriet L. Clapp, heir to the D. Munroe Clapp estate, sold a lot to Mr. Newton and Mrs. Chabot. During the
next year this large double residence was built. Mrs. Chabot lived next door at 19 Munroe St. and undoubtedly rented her half of
the house. Mr. Newton was employed as a clerk downtown and is first listed as living at 15 Munroe St. in the 1896-97 directory.
Alvin and Gloria Coz owned the house in 1980 when the house was first inventoried and Gloria Conz continues to own the
house at the time of this writing.
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.
Northampton Directory: 1895-96, 1896-97
Registry of Deeds: Bk. 474-p 316, 761-193