300 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
16A-2 Easthampton NTH.48
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 300 North Main Street
Historic Name: John F. Warner House
Uses: Present: Single-family house
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: 1868
Source: Sheffield’s History of Florence
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Windows replaced, ca. 2005; entry doors replaced.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 2 acres
Setting: This house is on what are now the grounds of
Look Park and their connection is indicated by a wrought
iron fence on brick piers that surrounds both the house and
the park.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [300 NORTH MAIN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.48
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Warner House is a well-preserved example of the Italianate style. It is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable
roof with paired brackets at the eaves and has a two-and-a-half story wing on the west for a gable-and-wing plan. In addition
there is a two-and-a-half story ell on the south. The main block of the house is three bays wide and four bays deep. Its sidehall
entry has a pedimented lintel and all the window surrounds also have pedimented lintels, a favored Italianate feature. The entry
door and its original sidelights have been replaced by a stock door and sidelights. First floor windows of the north façade of the
main block are full-length with 2/2/2 sash. Windows elsewhere in the house are also 2/2. There is a porch on posts across the
north façade of the wing. It has solid railings, which are a later alteration. Windows in the wing on the second floor have
pedimented lintels and they project into the frieze beneath the eaves that are also supported on paired brackets. There is an
angled bay window on the east elevation of the 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 house was built for John F. Warner in 1868, and replaced the old homestead of his
grandfather which had been built in 1778 and was the first permanent dwelling house erected in Florence. The Warner family
had been so large that Florence area went by the name of the ‘Warner School District’ in the early 19th century.
Today the house serves as the residence of the superintendent of Look Park.”
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.