Florence Road 506.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph 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 30C-49 Easthampton NTH.445 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 506 Florence Road Historic Name: Uses:
Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: late 19th century Source: visual evidence Style/Form: no style Architect/Builder: Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Sided, windows altered ca. 1990 Condition: good/fair Moved: no | x
| yes | | Date Acreage: 3.72 acres Setting: This is a west-facing house on a busy roadway. It It is set back from the road.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [506 FLORENCE ROAD] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.445 ___ 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 one-and-a-half story house with a side-gable roof to which is attached a front-gable.
In the angle of the two sections of house is a tower. A porch traverses the front-gabled section. It rests on columns and has a brick stoop. The vinyl siding and window replacements
obscure any details of architectural significance. 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: “Florence Road, originally known as South Street, first appears on the 1854 Hampshire
Co. Map as a connecting route between Florence and Easthampton. The road begins at a junction with West Street (now Ryan Road) at the middle crossing of the Mill River in Florence, and
heads south to a junction with Easthampton Road (now Wilson Road) near the Easthampton line. Only a few farms were scattered along this road until the 20th century and more particularly
after the Second World War, when suburban development lined this street with houses.” 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.