26 Park 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, 2010
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
23A-13 Easthampton NTH.160
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 26 Park Street
Historic Name: Miss Adeline Bowers House
Uses: Present: Two-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: 1854-1860
Source: Maps
Style/Form: no style
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Two wings added, ca. 1900; vinyl siding, vinyl windows,
side deck, ca. 2005.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.553 acres
Setting: This house faces east on one of
Florence’s main residential streets.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [26 PARK STREET]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.160
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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 one-and-a-half story house under a front-gable roof to which were added a wing on the north and a wing on the south –
both one-and-a-half stories in height. The original house would have looked much like its neighbors at 32 and 36 Park Street.
The main block is three bays wide on the east façade with a side hall entry. Vinyl siding covers the original siding and win dow
details. The wing on the north extends beyond the plane of the main block of the house and it has an angled bay on its east
façade. A wrap around porch on thin turned supports extends from the north wing, across the east façade and the south until it
ends at the projecting south wing. The south wing has an angled oriel window on its south elevation, a recent addition. This
house has lost a good deal of its character by the application of vinyl to its exterior. In its original form it typified the small rental
house of the mid-19th century.
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 sprawling cottage is one of two owned by Miss Adaline Bowers on the 1860 map. Lots had been
laid out by E.W. Eaton in 1846-1847 for residential development along what later became Park, Maple, Pine and West Center
Streets. Most of Park Street was developed early and with substantial lots. On the western side of the street, five cottages were
built prior to 1860 just south of the cemetery. In 1860, two were owned by Miss Bowers and three by Isaac Parsons. By 1873,
all five had been sold to individual owners.”
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. 283-P. 87, 242-289, 220-31