North Main Street 72.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):
February, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 17C-260 Easthampton NTH.125 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 72 North Main Street Historic
Name: John C. Black House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1880-1884 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Shed Major Alterations (with dates): Siding added and
windows replaced, ca. 2005 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.277 acres Setting: This is a north-facing house in a purely residential section of North Main Street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [72 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.125 ___ 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 house represents one of the most common house forms in Northampton during the late 19th century.
It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof, a plan that allowed it to fit on a relatively narrow lot but extend to the rear for an ample size. The house is three
bays wide and has a full-width porch under a hipped roof across the north façade. The porch is supported on posts. There is a cross-gable bay on the west elevation and on the south elevation
is a two-and-a-half story ell with a roof deck and exterior stairs added. Although it may originally have had more ornament, what remains today of its Italianate style is the attic arched
window on the north façade. The vinyl siding and replacement windows have meant lost details. 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 1880, John Black, engineer employed
at the Florence Sewing Machine Co., bought a large lot of land fronting on North Main Street and extending westerly over the terrace drop off to the Mill River. Within the next few years
Lilly Street was put through at the edge of the terrace and Mr. Black sold a number of residential lots. This house was built for his own residence and he lived here into the 20th century.”
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: Bk. 856-P. 149, 355-161, 337-468