203 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, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
16B-52 Easthampton NTH.53
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 203 North Main Street
Historic Name: Frederick E. Campbell House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1873-1875
Source: Atlas & Directory
Style/Form: gable-and-wing in form
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding applied, windows replaced, porch posts replaced,
fenestration altered.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.403 acres
Setting: This house faces south on a major
highway bordered by mid-late 19th century houses.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [203 NORTH MAIN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.53
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This house in form follows a pattern that was used by many of the house builders on North Main Street. It is a two-and-a-half
story house under a front-gabled roof, with a one-and-a-half story wing on its east under a side-gable roof. This makes it gable-
and-wing in form. The house has been completely vinyl sided and its windows replaced, so it has lost most of its 19th century
character. It has a full-width porch on thin posts that crosses the south façade of both main block and wing. The wing has a
through-cornice dormer on its south façade. A new window has been inserted on the first story of the wing’s south façade.
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 1872, Frederick Campbell bought lot no. 6 of Charles Warren’s subdivision plan for the north side of
North Main Street in Florence for $300. Frederick was one of the three Campbell brothers from Plainfield, Massachusetts to buy
adjacent lots on North Main Street during the early 1870’s. His house does not appear on the 1873 atlas, but he is listed here in
the 1875 directory, and is described as a painter.”
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. 395-P. 267