43-47 Maple 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
23A-56 Easthampton NTH.177
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 43-47 Maple Street
Historic Name: Oran Storer House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: c. 1860
Source: visual evidence
Style/Form: altered Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick and concrete
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Carriage barn
Major Alterations (with dates):
Porch enclosed on wing; siding added, windows replaced,
exterior stairs added, first floor windows enclosed, post-
1980.
Condition: fair
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.386 acres
Setting: This is a west-facing building in a neighborhood
of commercial and residential buildings.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [43-45 MAPLE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.177
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This building has lost much of its character in the past 35 years due to alterations that are listed on the front of the form. It has,
however, retained a number of its key stylistic features. The house is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof
with a one-and-a-half story wing on the south and a two-story wing on the north. The main block of the house has wide eaves in
Italianate style that are supported on paired brackets and second story windows have shed roof lintels supported on brackets. In
the gable field at attic level is a Palladian window composition with pointed openings. This section of the house is three bays
wide with two doors and a window on the first floor sheltered by a full-width porch on Italianate style chamfered posts, which
extends across the north wing as well. The first floor fenestration has been significantly altered by closing in one window that
was full-length to suit commercial use on the interior and altering a second window to become a doorway. The south wing
originally had a porch across its west façade. It has now been enclosed. The building is vinyl sided and its windows have been
replaced as well with vinyl.
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: “In 1864, Oran Storer, a machinist, bought a large lot on Maple Street from Samuel L. Hill for $650. Two
years later, he sold the northern half of the lot, on the corner of the ‘Concrete House Road’ for $600, and kept the southern half
for his own homestead. Other 19th century owners of the Mr. Storer’s property were Dr. Edward Gaylord, a physician, and
Stephen Fuller, an insurance agent.”
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.
Registry of Deeds: Bk. 361-P. 235, 220-185