41 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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This property has been demolished
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Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons
Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Date (month / year): March, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
23A-79 Easthampton NTH.185
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 41 Main Street
Historic Name: Enoch Jewett House
Uses: Present:
Original:
Date of Construction: 1816
Source: History of Florence, Mass. by Charles
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Acreage: 0.168 acres
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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [41 MAIN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.185
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
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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 1976: “The Enoch Jewett House, built in 1816, is foremost significant as being one of the first of the half do zen
homes erected in the center of Florence. It served then as an impetus for further community development in the early 19th
century.
Mr. Jewett, an early industrialist in Florence, was engaged in the manufacture of shuttles for the woolen factory at
Shepherd’s Hollow (now Leeds). He also operated a tap and faucet business and repaired wheels as well. He came to
purchase land on wither side of Broughton’s Meadow for the purpose of building a dam. The ensuing water power was
channeled in a small shop which he built for production of warp bobbins and spools for the various woolen and silk mills.”
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.