73 Florence 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
11C-39 Easthampton NTH.42
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 73 Florence Street
Historic Name: John and Charlotte Cordery House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1870-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds & Atlas
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Converted from single-family to two-family and now back to
single-family post 1870-2010.
Condition:
Moved: no | | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.38 acres
Setting: House is located on a rear lot reached by a long
driveway.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [71 FLORENCE ST.]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.42
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This two-story, Italianate style house has a side gable roof with a centered cross-gable. The roof has wide, thinly boxed eaves
and in the gable fields are Gothic style pointed arches. The house is five bays and the equivalent of three bays deep and in the
center bay of the east façade is a pair of doorways leading to the two halves of the house. The asphalt shingle roof shows
covered openings where once were a pair of chimneys and a porch has been lost and replaced on the east by a deck. Windows
are 1/1 replacements. The house is under restoration currently.
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: “John and Charlotte Cordery bought an acre of land from John Tunnicliff in 1870. The land was situated in
the rear of Tunnicliff’s homestead on Florence Street, and backed up to the railroad between Northampton and Williamsburg.
John Cordery is listed as a farmer in the local directory.” According to the current owner, the house was bought by the Corticelli
Silk Company and converted to a two-family house as were a number of houses in the area when the Company needed housing
for its workers.
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. 276-P. 402