23 Olive 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-249 Easthampton NTH.1070
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 23 Olive Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two Family
Original: Single Family
Date of Construction: 1868-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Brick
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Brackets on porch posts.
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.23 acres
Setting: House sits close to the street in an established
neighborhood of late 19th century early 20th century homes.
Mature trees surround home and neighboring houses.
Olive Street
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [23 OLIVE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1070
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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 house with a front gable roof. This home is three bays wide and two bays deep and
is clapboard sided. The front façade, which faces north, features a full-width hipped roof porch with turned posts and balustrade.
The carved brackets on the posts are a post-1980 addition to the home. The front entry door is an Italianate style glass and
panel door with narrow paired arched windows. Windows on this house have two over two sashes and have architrave
surrounds. Vinyl storm windows cover the home’s original windows. The gable field features a small arched two over two sash
window. On the western elevation of the home, there is a shallow two story wing. The house also has a small brick chimney
along the ridge of the roof at its center.
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 1868, Lewis and Charles Edward and James Ellsworth, all farmers who lived on South Street filed a
plan to open Olive Street. This would be the second street to run southeasterly from South Street atop the terrace. The first,
Fort Street, was originally known as Old Springfield Road and extended over the bluff, down into the meadows and eventually
led to Springfield. Olive Street was originally only opened atop the terrace; in the early 20th century a connection was made with
Fort Street. By 1873, nine houses had been built on Olive Street. In 1873, Charles Parker, a carpenter, is listed at this house.”
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. 252-P. 89 & 331