89 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-50 Easthampton NTH.253
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Bay State Village
Address: 89 Riverside Drive
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: c. 1910
Source: Atlases and Directories
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: wood shingles
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Barn
Major Alterations (with dates):
Shed roofed porch added, ca. 1980.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.574 acres
Setting: This house has a row of mature spruce
trees aligned on its east and north sides to create a heavily-
shaded lot.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [89 RIVERSIDE DRIVE ]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.253
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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 Queen Anne style house that follows a design seen in at least three other locations in Northampton. A popular style, it
provided interesting interior spaces without extravagant expense. The house is two-and-a-half stories in height and has a side-
gable roof that extends on the east to first story level to create a corner porch that abuts a cross-gable on the east façade. The
porch identifies the house as late Queen Anne as it is supported not on turned posts but on shingled arches. A second story
porch was provided by recessing its floor into the descending main roof. At the first story on the east façade is a three-sided bay
window next to the porch. The house has a polygonal dormer on its south elevation and windows with Queen Anne multi paned
sash are also seen on the south elevation. The house has vertical muntin sash as well, a feature of the Queen Anne.
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.
This house was among the last to be constructed on Riverside Drive on the lots bought and sold by the several mills for their
employees. It is on the road leading to the Baystate Mills (Riverside Drive), and housing for workers at the Baystate Mills,
Warner’s Silk Mill, and the Paper Mill make up much of the housing stock of Bay State Village. Those lots closer to the mills
were developed earlier and this was at a greater distance, so was less desirable. Some of the housing was built by the
companies for their employees, others were built by employees on land bought from the companies. It would be the latter
category into which this non-standard house was constructed.
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.