163 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-186 Easthampton NTH.73
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 163 North Maple Street
Historic Name: Horace Dibble House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1879-1883
Source: Registry of Deeds
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: clapboards
Roof: slate and asphalt
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Carriage barn
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.481 acres
Setting: This house occupies a raised corner lot
and faces west.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [163 NORTH MAPLE STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.73
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Horace Dibble House is one of the best-preserved houses on North Maple Street, and one of the only houses that retains its
large, well-maintained carriage barn. The house is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof. This is the most
common house form found on the street. Like the Italianate house at 132 North Maple Street, it is three bays wide and its first
floor windows are full-length. The house has a cross-gable wing on the north and a two-and-a-half story wing on the east. The
roof makes returns in the gables and a wide frieze runs beneath the boxed eaves. Window surrounds have wide drip mold
lintels and sash is 2/2. The west façade is crossed by a full-width porch whose posts rest on high, panelled pedestals. Ornate
brackets decorate the porch 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: “This 2 ½ story house was built for Horace Dibble about 1880. He had acquired lot 15 and half of lot 13
from G.F. Miller’s subdivision plan. By 1884, however, the property was owned by Elizabeth Marble.”
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