43 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-113 Easthampton NTH.1032
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 43 Munroe Street
Historic Name: William Leary House
Uses: Present: Single family
Original: Single family
Date of Construction: 1912-1914
Source: Registry of Deeds & Directory
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Wood shingles
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
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] [43 MUNROE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1032
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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 with gambrel roof. The front façade has atypical formations for a Colonial
Revival style gambrel roof home. The second story of the front façade features two wall dormers that are separated by a
recessed double window. Above this window is a shed roof dormer with triple windows. The upper stories of the home are wood
shingle sided while the first story is clapboard sided, adding visual interest to the façade. A one story porch with low-pitched
hipped roof extends across most of the front façade. The porch has paired columns that rest on piers covered by wood shingles.
The first floor of the front façade is divided into three sections. A large three-sided bay comprises the outer two sections and the
center section consists of a double leaf entry door. Windows on the home are three over one sash but they are partially hidden
behind metal storm windows. The house currently has one chimney on the western end of the roof and there likely was matching
chimney on the eastern elevation at one point.
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: “In 1912, Harriet Clapp sold one of the last remaining lots on Munroe Street to William Leary. Munroe
Street, originally named Franklin Avenue, had been laid out in the early 1870’s and lots had been developed since that time.
William Leary was employed by the T.F. McGrath & Company, leaf tobacco dealers on Pleasant Street, and is first listed as
living on Munroe Street in 1914.”
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. 678-P. 512