101 Riverside Drive
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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, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
23D-49 Easthampton NTH.252
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State Village
Address: 101 Riverside Drive
Historic Name: Henry Boynton House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1863-1867
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Italianate with Queen Anne porch
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Cross-gable added on south and attached garage added,
ca. 1980.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.325 acre
Setting: This house occupies a corner lot and
faces east towards the Mill River.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [101 RIVERSIDE DRIVE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Henry Boynton House was an Italianate style house of one-and-a-half stories under a front-gable roof to which was added a
Queen Anne style porch some time in the 1880s or 90s. The addition of a Queen Anne porch was a not-uncommon practice in
Bay State Village and can be seen at a number of different houses. The east façade of the house extends one bay to the north
at the first story level to accommodate an entry and there is a picture window adjacent to it. A north wing of one-story under a
shed roof was also added to the house and on the south elevation a cross-gable and a through-cornice dormer were added.
The clapboard-sided house has shingles in its gable peaks and sash is replacement 1/1 vinyl.
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 the form B of 1970, “This one and a half story, L-shaped cottage is located at the intersection of the roads leading to the
Bay State Mills (Riverside Drive) to Warner’s silk mill (Federal Street), and to the paper mills (now also known as Federal
Street). Henry Boynton acquired one-third of an acre in 1863 for $600. In 1867 George Boynton and his wife Sarah were living
in this house. G. Boynton was employed by the Bay State Hardware Company. “
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.