North Main Street 230.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 16B-55 Easthampton NTH.55 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 230 North Main Street Historic
Name: Arthur S. Warner House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1911 Source: Directory & Springfield Daily Republican Style/Form:
Tudor Revival Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: not visible Wall/Trim: stucco, shingles Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Two garages Major Alterations (with
dates): Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 2.85 acres Setting: This is is a north-facing house that occupies a large lot at the end of the Mill River. It is set back
a good distance from the street and is surrounded by trees on three sides.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [230 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.55 ___ 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 Arthur Warner House is Tudor Revival in style house that is two-and-a-half stories in height
and both stucco and shingle sided. It has a side-gambrel roof with a cross-gambrel bay on the north façade to which is attached a two-story polygonal stair tower whose polygonal roof
has exposed rafters. There is a one-and-a-half story wing on the west elevation and a one-story shed shed roofed porch on the east elevation. The house is given great visual complexity
by its asymmetry and overlapping gables. On the north façade adjacent to the stair tower is the main entry beneath a pergola supported on stucco columns. Above the entry the upper slope
of the main gambrel roof extends to second story level to create a two-story section of the house, two bays wide. On the roof of the west wing, a shed roof dormer is similarly created
by the extension of the upper slope of the gambrel roof. While the main body of the house is stucco-sided, its gable ends are wood shingle sided down to ground level, where so exposed.
Windows in the house are asymmetrically placed and include single sash as well as bands of sash. Mostly the sash is 6/1 and the stair tower has a fixed, multiple-light window, but there
are also bands of windows, typical of the style. Further research might identify the architect of this well-designed house. 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: “This large
stucco and shingle residence was built in 1911 for Arthur Warner, a descendent of Joseph Warner, ‘the first man to erect a permanent dwelling house in Florence.’ The house stood on the
south side of North Main Street, then known as the road to Williamsburg, not too far north of here.” 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.