25 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-108 Easthampton NTH.1027
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 25 Munroe Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1874-1875
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: wood
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Asphalt sided circa 1970s, asphalt siding removed circa
2010
Gothic window in front gable was removed
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.34 acres
Setting: House sits very close to the street in an
established residential neighborhood of mostly former single
family homes. House sits on one of the larger lots in this
neighborhood.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [25 MUNROE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1027
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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 Italianate style home with a front gable roof and a shallow cross gable roof on its western elevation.
This house was being renovated at the time of this writing in 2010. In 1980, the home was covered by asphalt shingle siding,
and the home has clapboard siding in 2010. The front gable originally had a small gothic style window in the gable field but this
was replaced with a 1/1 sash window sometime after 1980. The house is three bays wide and has full-length front porch that
includes its original chamfered posts. The balustrade, however, has been removed. The windows are replacements and it is
unknown if the flat stock surrounds are original to home. The eastern elevation of the house has a three-sided bay window. The
western elevation has a shallow two story wing that is one bay wide. The house has a center ridgeline brick chimney. There is a
two story rear ell and its eastern elevation has been substantially remodeled with contemporary windows. Attached to the rear of
the house is a two-story barn. Before both houses were renovated, this house is almost an identical match to its neighbor at 29
Munroe Street.
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.
David M, Clapp, a South Street farmer and member of a family which had first settled on South Street in 1713, owned land
between what was originally Franklin Avenue (now Munroe Street) and Columbus Avenue. His homestead stretched easterl y
from South Street over the brow of the Mill River terrace into the Meadows. After his death, his daughters Harriet and Jane
acquired the property. Lots were sold on the south side of Munroe Street in the 1870s. By 1873, one house had been
constructed on this street at 37 Munroe Street. In September of 1873, the Clapp family sold a lot to Charles Farr, a local
carpenter. Mr. Farr probably built this house and is listed as living here in 1874. In 1885 he bought another lot from Clapp’s
daughters and built a new house at 13 Munroe Street; however by 1895, he had returned to 25 Munroe Street.
Sean P. Gaffney owned this house in 2010 as well as the house at 29 Munroe 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: bl. 306-p.75, 590-24, 590-114
Northampton Directory 1873-74, 1875-76, 1885-86, 1895-96