110 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-16 Easthampton NTH.81
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 110 North Maple Street
Historic Name: Dwight and Annie Huxley House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family house
Date of Construction: 1884-1890
Source: Atlas and Directory
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding applied, ca. 2005.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.491 acres
Setting: This house faces east on a quiet
residential street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [110 NORTH MAPLE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.81
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Huxley House is a two-and-a-half story house under a front-gable roof, which is the most common house form on North
Maple Street. It is three bays wide and has a cross-gable wing on the north and a two-story ell on the west. In the angle
between the wing and the ell is a one-story addition. The house has large proportions and crossing its east façade is a full-
width, Queen Anne style porch with posts supporting the hipped roof and with scroll-cut brackets at the eaves. The porch
railings have square balusters. Window sash in the house is 2/2.
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, Annie and Dwight Huxley bought half an acre of land fronting on North Maple Street for $350.
The house was not immediately built and does not appear on the 1884 atlas. However, by 1890, the Huxleys are listed here in
the directory. Mr. Huxley is described as a machinist for the Nonotuck Silk Co.”
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.
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