75 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-106 Easthampton NTH.89
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 75 High Street
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: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.237 acres
Setting: This is a south-facing house in a
neighborhood of late 19th century residences.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [75 HIGH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.89
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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 relatively simple Queen Anne house one-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof. It has a cross-gable bay
on the east elevation and a one-and-a-half story ell on the north. The house is two bays wide and has a full-width porch under a
hipped roof that is supported on turned posts with brackets at the eaves. The roof eaves are thinly boxed and do not make
returns. The most notable feature of the house is a copper-roofed, arched hood above a side entry on the west elevation. It has
trellised supports and adds considerable visual interest to 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.
This house was late to be built on High Street, after 1895, at a time when the larger estates in Florence on the hill that High
Street traversed were being broken up and new lots built upon for workers’ housing.
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.