82 Parsons 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): May, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
25C-176 Easthampton NTH.400
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 82 Parsons Street
Historic Name: Andrew Hyde House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1896
Source: Atlas, Directory & Springfield Daily
Republican Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Corner porch glass-enclosed, ca. 1980.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.174 acres
Setting: This building faces east towards the
Bridge Street Cemetery and is set on a slightly raised lot
behind a row of hedges.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [82 PARSONS STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.400
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Hyde House is a Queen Anne style, gable-and-wing form house. It is one-and-a-half stories in height under a gabled roof
and its exterior is divided into bands of clapboards and shingles separated by stringcourses. In the angle between the front-
gabled section and the wing is a corner porch that has been class-enclosed. On the front-gabled section is a one-story angled
bay centered on its south façade. In the wing a cross-gable is centered on the south elevation adding height to the interior.
There is a one-story ell on the rear of the house. Windows in the second story are paired and have 1/1 sash. This house is
representative of the housing of the rising middle-class in Northampton at the end of the 19th century.
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 house was built in 1896 for Andrew Hyde at a cost of $3000. Mr. Hyde was a violin maker, who had
a small ‘factory’ in a wood frame building in the rear of his house. Parsons Street was originally known as Pine Street and has
existed as a path along the western bound of the cemetery for a long time.”
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.