118-120 North 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: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
25C-2 Easthampton NTH.380
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 118-120 North Street
Historic Name: Aubrey B. Munyan
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Possibly two-family house
Date of Construction: 1892-1895
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboard, shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.233 acres
Setting: This house occupies a corner lot on a section of
North Street with a number of other Queen Anne style
houses.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [118 NORTH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.380
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This fine example of the Queen Anne style has been carefully restored since it was inventoried in 1980. It is two-and-a-half
stories under a front-gable roof, its volume made picturesque and complex by a three-story corner tower under a polygonal roof
at the southeast corner, by a three-story, cross-gable bays at the southwest corner and on the north, and by a two-story ell on
the west. A wraparound porch crosses the east façade and continues on the south elevation until it abuts the three-story bay
window. It then picks up again across the south elevation of the ell. It is a stacked porch on the east with a second story
portion, one bay wide above the paired main entries to the house. There is a pediment above the stairs on the first story and the
second story of the porch is front-gabled. The porches have turned posts, a Chippendale pattern railing, and a fine turned frieze.
The exterior siding of the house is made to be picturesque with clapboards on the main walls and shaped shingles in the gable
ends. Windows in the house have 1/1 replacement sash. Suggestive that this house was originally two-family is the pair of
Queen Anne, multi-paneled doors that sit side-by-side on the east façade.
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: “This large Queen Anne styled residence was built for Aubrey Munyan, an engineer with the Boston and
Maine Railroad. In 1892, Mr. Munyan bought this lot from Edward Strong. Mr. Strong was a farmer and owned a large
homestead west of here on North Street. During the late 1880’s, he began selling lots along the northern side of the street for
residential development. By 1895, five houses had been constructed, including this one.”
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. 446-P. 445, 331-264