16 Munroe Street
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FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Photograph
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-094 Easthampton NTH.1019
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 16 Munroe Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: c. 1870
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder: probably W. F. Pratt
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Vinyl
Roof: Unknown
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Two bay garage with attached shed
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.3 acres
Setting: House faces south to the street in an established
residential neighborhood of former single family homes.
House has a few shrubs and trees on the property.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [16 MUNROE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1019
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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-story Italianate style home with very low-pitched hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves. It is almost identical to
its next door neighbor at 20 Monroe Street. Although the house has been vinyl sided, it retains its historic proportions. The house
plan is in the form of a “L”. In the crook of the “L” is a one-story porch with low-pitched roof. The Italianate style porch is
supported by square columns with impost blocks and that rest on pedestals. The porch’s frieze board as well as the three-sided
front entry have been covered over in vinyl making it difficult to discern any additional noteworthy features. On the eastern
elevation of the home is a three-side bay. The home appears to have retained its original two over two sash windows which are
now partially hidden behind metal storm windows, but the windows has lost their projecting cornices. The house has retained its
iron grate ventilators along the vinyl frieze. The house has a two-bay brick garage with front-gable roof which is connected to a
one-bay wooden shed/garage with double leaf doors on hinges.
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 1975: “This Victorian residence was built on land to the rear of South Street about 1870. Similar in style to the
adjoining H.M. Smith residence designed in 1869 by W. F. Pratt, the dwelling appears on the Atlas of 1873. Franklin (Munroe),
East, and portions of High (Lyman) Streets were opened in 1870 and residential development occurred in the area to the rear of
the old colonial homesteads on South Street.”
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, Hampshire County, 275.100