230 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-55 Easthampton NTH.55
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 230 North Main Street
Historic Name: Arthur S. Warner House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1911
Source: Directory & Springfield Daily Republican
Style/Form: Tudor Revival
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: not visible
Wall/Trim: stucco, shingles
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Two garages
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 2.85 acres
Setting: This is a north-facing house that occupies
a large lot at the end of the Mill River. It is set back a good
distance from the street and is surrounded by trees on three
sides.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [230 NORTH MAIN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.55
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Arthur Warner House is Tudor Revival in style house that is two-and-a-half stories in height and both stucco and shingle
sided. It has a side-gambrel roof with a cross-gambrel bay on the north façade to which is attached a two-story polygonal stair
tower whose polygonal roof has exposed rafters. There is a one-and-a-half story wing on the west elevation and a one-story
shed roofed porch on the east elevation. The house is given great visual complexity by its asymmetry and overlapping gables.
On the north façade adjacent to the stair tower is the main entry beneath a pergola supported on stucco columns. Above the
entry the upper slope of the main gambrel roof extends to second story level to create a two-story section of the house, two bays
wide. On the roof of the west wing, a shed roof dormer is similarly created by the extension of the upper slope of the gambrel
roof. While the main body of the house is stucco-sided, its gable ends are wood shingle sided down to ground level, where so
exposed. Windows in the house are asymmetrically placed and include single sash as well as bands of sash. Mostly the sash is
6/1 and the stair tower has a fixed, multiple-light window, but there are also bands of windows, typical of the style. Further
research might identify the architect of this well-designed house.
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: “This large stucco and shingle residence was built in 1911 for Arthur Warner, a descendent of Joseph
Warner, ‘the first man to erect a permanent dwelling house in Florence.’ The house stood on the south side of North Main
Street, then known as the road to Williamsburg, not too far north of 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.