9 Greeley Avenue
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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
16D-7 Easthampton NTH.58
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 9 Greeley Avenue
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1895-1915
Source: Atlases
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate, asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Wing added on south ca. 1970
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.558 acres
Setting: This house faces south east and is located at the
end of a dead end road overlooking the Mill River.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [9 GREELEY AVE]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.58
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
Like the overwhelming majority of Queen Anne houses in Northampton, this example has a hipped roof. It has cross gables on
the south and east and a wrap around porch that covers both south façade and east elevation. The porch rests on posts with
brackets at its eaves. Windows have 1/1 sash under lintels with projecting cornices. The house is clapboard sided, but there
are shingles in its gable ends, as was the fashion for the Queen Anne style. A one-story wing on the west is a later addition.
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 house was built around the turn of the century on a short, dead end street off North Main
Street in Florence. The house is located at the edge of the Mill River terrace and has a sweeping view of the Florence meado ws
which extend north and south on both sides of the river.”
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.