North Main Street 185.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, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 16D-16 Easthampton NTH.64 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 185 North Main Street Historic
Name: Charles W. Merry House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1872-1873 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form:
Italianate Architect/Builder: Charles Merry, Builder, attributed Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations
(with dates): Siding added, windows replaced, ca. 2005 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.417 acres Setting: This house faces south towards the Mill River and Route
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INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [185 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.64 ___ 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. One of the earlier houses on North Main Street, this is a two-and-a-half story house with a front-gable
roof and a two-and-a-half story wing on the east, as well as a two-and-a-half story ell on the north for a T-shaped plan. The main block of the house is three bays wide and has a side
hall entry sheltered by an added, front-gabled portico on posts. Windows have replacement 1/1 sash and simple drip mold surrounds. The wing is three bays wide and has a porch across
its north façade that has a shed roof supported on Italianate fluted posts and respondent fluted pilasters. A portion of the porch has been enclosed. There is a third entry to the house
in the ell and it has a shed roof portico. Construction of the house with its boxed eaves that make returns and the building’s tall proportions give it a post-1850 appearance. 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: “in 1872, Charles Merry, a carpenter, acquired lot no. 3 on Charles Warren’s subdivision plan for the north side of North Main Street in Florence
for $250. Mr. Merry probably constructed this house himself, and is listed as living here in the 1873 directory.” 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. Registry of Deeds