45-47 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-254 Easthampton NTH.1072
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 45-47 Olive Street
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Three family residence
Original: Two family residence
Date of Construction: 1868-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Cement covered
Wall/Trim: Clapboard
Roof: Asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Vinyl windows (post 1980)
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.24 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.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [45-47 OLIVE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.1072
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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 story home with a side gable roof. It is five bays wide and two bays deep. It is a very modest example of the late
Italianate style. The corners of the home are defined by wide boarding. The home also has a hipped roof front porch with carved
brackets and turned posts to shelter the double entrance. In addition, the home has retained some of its two over two sash
windows with drip edge lintels and sills. The remainder of the windows are vinyl replacements. The house has two small brick
chimneys located on the ridge at opposite ends. On the southern elevation of the home, there is a two story rear ell.
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 double house was built on Olive Street shortly after it opened in 1868. Olive Street was the
first street strictly for subdivision opened by Lewis and Charles Edwards, and James Ellsworth, all South Street farmers. In
1873, this house was owned by George Ellsworth, another South Street farmer.”
Daniel Edwards has owned this house since 1992.
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