76 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-157 Easthampton NTH.101
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 76 High Street
Historic Name: Samuel Brigham House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1860-1873
Source: Maps & Atlas
Style/Form: Late Greek Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Carriage barn
Major Alterations (with dates):
Rear porch added, ca. 1970; replacement windows installed
after 1980.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.312 acres
Setting: This is a north-facing house on a flat lot
with a few trees on its south margin.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [76 HIGH STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.101
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Brigham House is a modest late Greek Revival style house. It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof
and has a rear ell of two stories that has a side porch on its east elevation, creating a long, rectangular plan. The main block of
the house is three bays wide and the equivalent of four bays deep, and its side hall entry is Greek Revival in style. It is a broad
entry with wide pilasters supporting a full entablature and enclosing full-length sidelights. Windows now have replacement 1/1
sash, when originals were 6/6. The clapboard sided house sits on low brick foundations. The remaining carriage barn
contributes to the historical integrity of the property.
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: “High Street was laid out parallel to Main Street in Florence, north of Williamsburg division of New Haven
and Northampton Railroad, during the late 1860’s. The railroad line had opened in 1867, connecting the industrial villages along
the Mill River to the main north-south railroad in downtown Northampton. This line spurred industrial development north of Main
and North Main Streets in Florence, as well as corresponding residential development.
The house first appears on the 1873 atlas and was owned and occupied by Samuel Brigham, a gardener.” Miss F.
Brigham is its owner in 1895.
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.