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91 Round Hill Road Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Topographic or Assessor's Map Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month / year): April, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 24D-342-001 Easthampton NTH. Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 91 Round Hill Road Historic Name: Uses: Present: Single-family house Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: 2008 Source: Assessor’s Records Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: stone Wall/Trim: Shingles/stone Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.354 acres Setting: This house sits on a well-landscaped lot on the crest of Round Hill. It faces west. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [91 Round Hill Road] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 NTH. ___ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This is a contemporary version of the Colonial Revival style. It is one-and-a-half stories in height under a pyramidal hipped roof from which project cross gables. On the west façade four staggered, cross-gables project. On the south a hipped roof, cross- gable projects, which is two stories in height. A one-story hipped roof portico is attached. Materials on the exterior of the building are used in a contemporary fashion. Closest to the road is a dressed fieldstone wall with granite sills and lintels. It serves the integral, two-bay garage. The balance of the exterior is sided in wood shingles. Window lintels in the wood shingled section have splayed lintels with an interpretation of Federal style keystones. Window sash is 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. This house was constructed in 2008 and is the most recent houses to be built on Round Hill. Katherine and Dana Carpenter own this and the house at 95 Round Hill Road. Dana E. Carpenter is a financial advisor. 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.