100 North Maple 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
17C-18 Easthampton NTH.83
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 100 North Maple Street
Historic Name: Charles L. Graves House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1867-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.585 acres
Setting: This house faces east on a residential
street of 19th c. houses.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [100 NORTH MAIN STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.83
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Graves house originally began as an Italianate style building, and remaining from that initial design are bracketed hoods on
its windows. However, it also takes its stylistic designation from the fine, full-width Queen Anne style porch that crosses its east
façade. It is a two-and-a-half story house under a front-gable roof, but in comparison to its neighbor at 96 North Maple Street
with the same form but which was built later, it has more compact proportions and a smaller ell on the west. The one-and-a-half
story ell gains height for its second floor by three, through-eaves dormers on its north elevation. The main block of the house is
three bays wide and has a side-hall entry. The porch has a low hipped roof with a pediment over the stair entry. It has
ornamental turned posts, turned balusters in its railing and a turned spindle frieze. Scroll-cut brackets ornament the eaves.
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: “North Maple Street was developed residentially during the mid 1860’s. The coming of the railroad in
1867 opened up an entire new area between Main Street and Bridge Road in Florence. This house first appears on the 1873
atlas as property of Charles Graves, a farmer.”
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