80 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
17C-261 Easthampton NTH.126
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 80 North Main Street
Historic Name: Frederick E. Chase House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1882-1884
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: French Second Empire
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: aluminum/clapboards
Roof: asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Ell with garage added, ca. 1970
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.259 acres
Setting: This is a north-facing house on a
residential section of Route 9.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [80 NORTH MAIN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.126
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Chase House is a good example of the smaller, French Second Empire house and is one of a modest number in Florence.
It is two stories in height, three bays wide and the equivalent of three bays deep. It has a full-width porch across its north façade
with chamfered posts and brackets at its eaves and its asphalt roof – vinyl-sided in 1980 – has been shingled in a pattern that
replicates many of the slate patterns these houses first had. Two dormers project from the north façade roof. There is an
angled bay window on the east elevation to add to the volume of the interior. An ell with a first story garage was added to the
south elevation of the house after 1980.
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 1882, Frederick Chase bought a ¼ acre lot on North Main Street in Florence for $400. Mr. Chase was
a mason and worked with his father Elijah Chase in Florence. This house was built shortly thereafter as it appears on the 1884
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. 374-P. 354, 355-161