High Street 76.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 17C-157 Easthampton NTH.101 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 76 High Street Historic Name:
Samuel Brigham House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1860-1873 Source: Maps & Atlas Style/Form: Late Greek Revival Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Carriage barn Major Alterations (with dates): Rear porch added, ca.
1970; replacement windows installed after 1980. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes yes | | Date Acreage: 0.312 acres Setting: This is a north-facing house on a flat lot with a few trees
on its south margin.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [76 HIGH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.101 ___ 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. The Brigham House is a modest late Greek Revival style house. It is two-and-a-half stories in height
under a front-gable roof and has a rear ell of two stories that has a side porch on its east elevation, creating a long, rectangular plan. The main block of the house is three bays wide
and the equivalent of four bays deep, and its side hall entry is Greek Revival in style. It is a broad entry with wide pilasters supporting a full entablature and enclosing full-length
sidelights. Windows now have replacement 1/1 sash, when originals were 6/6. The clapboard sided house sits on low brick foundations. The remaining carriage barn contributes to the historical
integrity of the property. 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: “High Street was laid out parallel to Main Street in Florence, north of Williamsburg division of New Haven and
Northampton Railroad, during the late 1860’s. The railroad line had opened in 1867, connecting the industrial villages along the Mill River to the main north-south railroad in downtown
Northampton. This line spurred industrial development north of Main and North Main Streets in Florence, as well as corresponding residential development. The house first appears on the
1873 atlas and was owned and occupied by Samuel Brigham, a gardener.” Miss F. Brigham is its owner in 1895. 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.