267-271 Main 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
31D-115 Easthampton NTH.2255
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 267-271 Main Street
Historic Name: Daley’s Building
Uses: Present: commercial, residential
Original: commercial, residential
Date of Construction: 1887
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette
Style/Form: Queen Anne/Panel Brick
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: not visible
Wall/Trim: brick/pressed metal, cast stone
Roof: not visible
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Storefronts altered multiple times.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.044 acres
Setting: This building faces south on the most
northerly commercial block of downtown Northampton.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [267-271 Main Street]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.2255
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
Daley’s Building is the most elaborate building on this block of commercial buildings. The other buildings are three stories in
height, so the Daley’s Building at four stories under a flat roof rises above them in height to dominate the block. The red brick
building is seven, slightly recessed bays wide between two outer piers. The upper margin of the window plane is laid with a
decorative row of bricks. On the second and third stories the windows are segmentally arched and in the fourth story they are
round arched. All the windows have light sandstone lintels with keystones and footed sills. Sandstone stringcourses connect
the lintels of all three stories. Sash in the windows is replacement 1/1 with Queen Anne leaded, stained glass transoms above
them. The pressed metal cornice crowning the building has identical brackets to its two flanking buildings’ cornices, but in
addition is has a semi-circular pediment centered with the raised lettering “Daley’s Building 1887”. On the first story the building
has a single commercial space with contemporary fixtures and materials.
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 1975: “This series of five brick blocks was built on upper Main Street late in the 1880’s. The lot was empty prior
to this time. The Edwards Church had been rebuilt on the corner of Main and State Streets in 1874. About 1886, the lot was
first considered for commercial development when a four story brick block was contemplated at the corner of Main and Masonic
Street. Although these plans were abandoned, several other blocks had been built by late 1886, and the Daley Block is
inscribed with the date 1887. The block adjoining Edwards Church was first known as Higbee Block; lawyer J.B. O’Donnell
owned #2 & #4 and sold them early in 1887.”
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.