209 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
16B-51 Easthampton NTH.52
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 209 North Main Street
Historic Name: Daniel Darker House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1871-1872
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added, ca. 2008
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.445 acres
Setting: This is a south-facing house with an
unobstructed view to the south.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [209 NORTH MAIN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.52
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
Unlike most of the vinyl-sided houses on North Main Street and elsewhere in Northampton, this house has been sided so as to
leave its trim visible. The siding has been applied without the addition of vinyl pieces that have no counterparts in the original
clapboard exterior, or they are so narrow as to be unobtrusive. This is a two-and-a-half story house with a front-gable roof. The
roof has a cross-gable on its east side and a two-and-a-half story wing on its west for an L-shaped plan. It appears to have a
one-story ell on the north. The main entry to the house is in the angle made by the main block and the wing. It is a small porch
on an Italianate chamfered post. Angled bay windows are located on the north façade of the main block and on the east
elevation. There are Italianate rondel windows in the gable fields of the north façade and the east cross-gable.
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 1871, Daniel Darker bought lot no. 7 of Charles Warren’s subdivision plan for the north side of North
Main Street in Florence for $200. The next year he sold the premises to Erastus Munson of Whately for $1400. The house is
shown on the 1873 atlas with Mr. Munson as the owner, but, according to the directories, he never lived here.”
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