122 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
17A-211 Easthampton NTH.76
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 122 North Maple Street
Historic Name: Mrs. Wealthy Darrow House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1867-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: no style
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding applied and windows replaced, ca. 2005
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.441 acres
Setting: This is an east-facing house on a quiet,
residential street.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [122 NORTH MAPLE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.76
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This is a two-story house under a front-gable roof. It is three bays wide and four bays deep, has a two-story ell on the west, and
a one-story addition in the angle between the house and ell on the north elevation. Originally the house was Italianate in style
and one remaining stylistic detail is the oculus window on the east gable field. A second feature is the wide eaves overhang with
thinly boxed eaves. The house also has a through-cornice dormer on its north elevation, a feature that appeared during the
Italianate style. Entry into the house is beneath a portico on turned posts, a later addition to the house, as is its vinyl siding in
clapboard and shingle patterns.
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 is one of the early houses built on North Maple Street. In 1867, G. F. Miller filed a subdivision plan
for the northern half of the street. This coincided with the opening of the Williamsburg Railroad, which passed through Florence
and had a freight house and depot on the southern end of North Maple Street near Main Street.
The house first appears on the 1873 atlas, and is the property of a Mrs. Wealthy Darrow.”
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. 246-P. 151