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45 Pine Street Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Topographic or Assessor's Map Recorded by: Bonnie Parsons Organization: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Date (month / year): April, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 23A-170-001 Easthampton NTH.211 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 45 Pine Street Historic Name: Temperance Hall Uses: Present: Two-family house Original: Organizational Hall Date of Construction: 1884 Source: integral date stone Style/Form: High Victorian Gothic Architect/Builder: William Fenno Pratt, Northampton, Architect Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: brick/brownstone Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: See 47 Pine Street Major Alterations (with dates): Windows replaced and enclosed, deck added, ca. 1990 Condition: good/fair Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.224 acres Setting: This building is south-facing and is in a neighborhood mix of residential and institutional buildings. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [45 Pine Street] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 NTH.211 ___ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. Temperance Hall is a relatively uncomplicated building in plan and elevation. It is a two-story building under a hipped roof with a cross-gable on its south façade. The cross gable has a rondel window centered in its field above the name and date stones. The eaves of the roof have a row of modillion blocks at the cornice to add visual interest to the exterior. Adding polychrom y is the use of tarred bricks whose black color accents the window lintels and the stringcourses that encircle the building at first and second story levels. Windows of the first story are segmentally arched and those of the second story are arched. Replacement sash has altered their historical appearance. The building is three bays wide and its center bay has a large, front-gabled porch ornamented with a trefoil motif. The entry to the building is a replacement storefront system of glass. 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 1976: “Temperance Hall, known today as Annunciation Hall, was designed by W.F. Pratt, a noteworthy architect in the Florence area. At the time of its conception in 1884, Florence held the lead in building construction; eighteen dwellings having been erected in this single year. The impetus for the construction of such a building can be attributed to the Father Matthew Temperance Society. This organization sought a place where society meetings, dances and the like could be held. It pondered an atmosphere conducive for the betterment of morals as well as an increase of simple fun and pleasure. The Easter Ball held in April of 1887 was perhaps a direct result of the latter. We can surmise that Temperance Hall rendered a great service to the Florence Catholics as well as the rest of the village. It is also significant as the site of early prohibition agitation.” 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. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [45 Pine Street] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 NTH.211 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district Contributing to a potential historic district Potential historic district Criteria: A B C D Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________ The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. This property would contribute to a Florence Center Historic District. The potential historic district of Florence Center is significant as the commercial, residential, institutional center of the village that developed from 1657 when it was set off as Northampton’s “Inner Commons” as agricultural land and 1681 when the first sawmill was erected at a falls on the Mill River. The agricultural and industrial village developed through the 18th and 19th centuries around industry on the Mill River, agriculture on the alluvial flood plain and the Strong Tavern and later Cottage Hotel at the intersection of Main and Maple Streets. It is significant for the silk industry that flourished through the Civil war as an alternative to slave-picked cotton and for the establishment of the Northampton Association for Education and Industry, a utopian community that existed 1843-1847. Association members after its close continued in Florence their principles of equality by running the Underground Railroad through the village and harboring fugitive slaves. It is significant as the home of Sojourner Truth. 19th century industry in the Center included the Florence Sewing Machine Company, which built its own housing. Architecturally the Center is significant for the range of Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick Style, French Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style homes, for its commercial blocks and library in the Revival styles of the late 19th century. Gothic Revival and Italianate style churches are architect-designed in high style versions. The potential district has integrity of workmanship, design, feeling, association, and materials.