102 High 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
17C-151 Easthampton NTH.100
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 102 High Street
Historic Name: Elijah Nutting House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1860-1873
Source: Map & Atlas
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder: Elijah Nutting, builder, attributed
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates): siding added, windows
replaced and side porch enclosed, converted to two-family,
ca. 1970.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.242 acres
Setting: This house is north-facing in a
neighborhood of late 19th century residences.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [102 HIGH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.100
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Elijah Nutting House has been vinyl sided, its windows replaced, and several porches have been enclosed, all of which has
obscured many of its original Italianate style features, but the house does retain several important stylistic details. It is two-and-
a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof and has a two-story wing on the east for a gable-and-wing form. The main block
of the house is three bays wide with a side hall entry and two, full-length Italianate style windows on the first story. The house
has a full-width porch across its north façade supported on chamfered posts with brackets at the eaves. In the gable field is an
attic window with a shallow hood lintel. A second porch originally crossed the north elevation of the wing and crossed to the
main block of the house – a treatment that is still visible on its neighbor at 95-97 High Street. It has been filled in and enclosed
on the first story of the wing and an addition has been made at the second story above the porch on the main block of the 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 house first appears on the 1873 atlas, where it is listed as being owned by Elijah Nutting. Mr.
Nutting is described as a carpenter in the 1873 directory and probably built the house himself. High Street was laid out about
the time of the opening of the Williamsburg to Northampton Railroad in 1867. The tracks ran parallel to Main and North Main
Streets in Florence and a depot was established on North Maple Street. This opening spurred industrial and residential
development north of Main Street in Florence, which until that time had been completely contained between Main Street and the
Mill 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.