164 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
30B-71 Easthampton NTH.438
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 164 Riverside Drive
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: c. 1920
Source: Registry of Deeds, 719.468
Style/Form: eclectic
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: concrete
Wall/Trim: stucco, novelty siding
Roof: metal
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Outbuilding turned and connected to house by stucco
connector, metal roofs applied, n.d.
Condition: good
Moved: no | | yes | x | Date ca. 1950
Acreage: 0.37 acres
Setting: This house is set close to the street and its lot
extends to the south and slopes down to the south east.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [164 RIVERSIDE DRIVE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.438
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This building has been altered in so many ways it is hard to find its original sections. On the north is what appears to have been
a one-and-a-half story California bungalow with staggered front-gabled roofs with exposed rafters and brackets. The roofs rest
on stucco-covered piers at the street side. From the east elevation of the bungalow an attached, two-story wing extends to the
south where it joins a front-gabled, novelty-sided portion of building that was once a carriage barn. The connector is stucco-
sided and has a cross-gabled dormer on its roof. All the roofs have been done in standing seam metal. The novelty-sided
section of the building, the former carriage barn, is two-stories in height and projects from the connector to make a C-shaped
plan for the whole.
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 1975: “In 1916, the property was transferred and no structures were mentioned in the deed. It is probable that
the bungalow was built shortly following the sale of the land. A small summerhouse on the property would appear to date from
the 1910’s.
The twentieth century residence is located on Riverside Drive over the Mill River. To the east and west are located
nineteenth century mill complexes which capitalized on the swift running river’s waterpower. Also to the west are numerous
units of worker’s housing erected by industrial concerns.”
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.