39 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-112 Easthampton NTH.1031
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 39 Munroe Street
Historic Name: Luther G. Stearns House
Uses: Present: Single family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1894-1895
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Attached two-story carriage house
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.17 acres
Setting: House sits close to the street on a corner
lot in a residential neighborhood of turn of the century
homes.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [39 MUNROE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Continuation sheet 1
NTH.1031
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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 early Colonial Revival style home with a pyramidal roof. The slate roof features a hipped roof
dormer with paired casement windows on the northern and eastern slopes and a small eyebrow dormer on the western slope of
the roof. There is a one story porch with low-pitched hipped roof that extends across the full width of the front façade. The porch
has Tuscan columns and balustrade with square balusters. Windows on the home have six over one sash on the upper floor and
one over one sash on the first floor. Window surrounds are flat stock with a drip edge. Adding visual interest to the front façade
is rondel style window. On the eastern elevation of the home is a two story bay with a paneled trim separating the first and
second stories of the bay. On the southwestern elevation of the home is a shallow rear wing. Attached to the rear of the hom e is
a two-story carriage 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.
From Form B of 1980: “Luther Stearns was listed as a concrete paver when he had this house built in 1894-1895.”
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: Bk. 470-P.95