32 East Center Street
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FORM B − BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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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
11A-18 Easthampton NTH.31
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Leeds
Address: 32 East Center Street
Historic Name: George P. Warner House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1873-84
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Carriage barn
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.483 acres
Setting: This house is set on a hill on a raised lot in a
mixed neighborhood of 19th and 20th century houses. It has
a rural village aspect.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [32 EAST CENTER STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.31
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This is a striking house both for its placement in the landscape and for its state of preservation as a vernacular Italianate house.
It is a gable-and-wing house with a two-and-a-half story front-gable section and a one-and-a-half story wing. The gable section
is three bays wide and contains the main entry to the house. The entry has a trabeated surround to which was added a
pediment, probably at the turn of the century. It has half-length sidelights. There is an arched Italianate window in the gable
field and windows have modest hooded lintels on brackets. The wing is crossed by a full-width porch on Italianate posts on high
pedestals and there are ornamental trusses at the eaves. The wing is 4 bays long and its windows and a secondary entry also
have hooded lintels.
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 is one of the early houses built on East Center Street during the 70’s or 80’s. The street was part of
the subdivision developed by Nonotuck Silk Co. in the 1870’s. The company, which had a large factory in the village of Leeds
on the banks of the Mill River, sold residential lots or built houses to be leased to its employees. The owners of the two other
industries in the village, Northampton Emory Wheel Co. and the Mill River Button Co., also bought lots to build houses on. This
house is shown on the 1884 Atlas as belonging to George P. Warner, president of the Mill River Button Co. By 1895 ownership
had changed to Alfred Addis, an employee of Nonotuck Silk Co.”
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.