124 North 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, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
16D-25 Easthampton NTH.70
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 124 North Main Street
Historic Name: James Perry House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1864-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: Gothic Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Windows replaced ca. 2005.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.514 acres
Setting: Thi8s is a north facing house and to its
south is the Mill River.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [124 NORTH MAIN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.70
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Perry House is a fine example of a Gothic Revival style house in gable-and-wing form. The front-gabled section is one-and-
a-half stories in height, has a steeply pitched roof with wide eaves and a broad raking frieze. In the gable field is a Gothic
Revival style quatrefoil ornament above a single bay composed of a triple window composition with three equally-sized but
narrow 1/1 sashes. At the first story a side hall entry is adjacent to an angled bay window. The wing, also one-and-a-half stories
in height has a centered, shed roof dormer on its roof. At the first story it has a centered entry in an enclosed, front-gabled
portico with a blind bay on its east and a fixed light window on its west. The clapboard-sided house has replacement 1/1 sash.
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: “In 1864, James Perry bought ½ an acre fronting on North Main Street from Bela Gardner for $200. Mr.
Perry was a painter and his house first appears on the 1873 atlas.”
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. 4330P. 510, 231-275