51-53 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-113 Easthampton NTH.193
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 51-53 Maple Street
Historic Name: C. E. Gould House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: c. 1890
Source: atlas of 1895
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: shingles, clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.23 acres
Setting: This is a west-facing house that occupies a
corner lot in a mixed residential-commercial neighborhood.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [51 MAPLE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.193
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Charles E. Gould House is a fine example of the Queen Anne style referred to as “Free Classical” with its decorative
features adopted from a number of different periods of English architecture. It is a two-and-a-half story house under a front-
gable roof. It is three bays wide and the equivalent of four bays deep and has a two-story ell on the east. There is a porch on
turned posts that wraps from the north, across the west and the south elevations of the main block and a porch on the south
elevation of the ell. The eaves of the porches and of the main block of the house are decorated with rows of closely-spaced
brackets. The eaves make full returns to form a pediment in the front-gable and the field has bands of various-patterned
shingles and an oriel window. The main porch has connected arch braces and a spindled frieze as well as a railing with turned
balusters. This building shows the visual activity that was a principle of the Queen Anne style.
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: “There has been a house on this site since the late 1860’s, but this is not the house unless it was totally
remodeled late in the 19th century. Most likely, this house was built around 1890 and first owned by Charles Gould,
superintendent of the wood department at Florence Machine Company, and later the superintendent of the Northampton Water
Works. However, a Mr. C. E. Gould also lived on the other side of Maple Street further north, so the ownership issue is
confusing.” In 1900 Charles Gould was treasurer of the Electric Light Company. He lived on Maple Street with his wife Mary
and their two daughters Mary and Bertha. The older daughter, Mary, was a treasurer in a savings bank.
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. 453-P. 175 and 209, 398-115, 352-393, 245-255, 241-217, and 238-243