126 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-212 Easthampton NTH.77
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Address: 126 North Maple Street
Historic Name: Frederick Moore House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1867-1873
Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas
Style/Form: Italianate/Queen Anne
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick, concrete block
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Attached garage
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added, windows replaced, porch enclosed, n.d.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.595 acres
Setting: This house faces east on a quiet
residential street of 19th c. houses.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [126 NORTH MAPLE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.77
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Moore House is one-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof that is steeply pitched. It has a one-and-a-half
story wing on the south in front of which is a porch that has been enclosed. The house also has a one story ell on the west with
an attached garage. The house has a full-width porch across its east façade. The porch is supported on square posts with high
impost blocks and ornamental brackets at the eaves. The porch is the remaining Italianate feature of the house. Windows are
vinyl replacements and the house is vinyl sided.
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 one-and-a-half story cottage first appears on the 1873 atlas as property of Frederick Moore, a
farmer. It was built after 1867, when G.F. Miller filed his subdivision plan for the northern half of North Maple Street.”
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