71 Pine 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): May, 2011
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
23A-165-001 Easthampton NTH.210
Town: Northampton
Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence
Address: 71 Pine Street
Historic Name: Henry H. Bond House
Uses: Present: Single-family residence
Original: Single-family residence
Date of Construction: ca. 1870
Source: atlas of 1873
Style/Form: Italianate
Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: vinyl
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Barn attached
Major Alterations (with dates):
Siding added, windows replaced with vinyl, ca. 2005.
Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: 0.613 Acres
Setting: This house is set back from the street on its lot
and is shaded by mature trees.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [71 Pine Street]
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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 an Italianate style house that aimed to follow the form of an Italian villa with a two-story main block under a flat roof with a
set-back square tower of three stories on its west elevation. It has a two-story ell followed by a one-story ell and an attached
barn on its north elevation for a long, rectangular plan. The house is four bays wide at its first story level and is crossed by a
verandah on thin posts across the main block and the tower on their south facades. First floor windows are full-length, as was
common during the Italianate style period. The three-story tower has a hipped roof. The vinyl siding and vinyl replacement
windows detract from the historic character of the house by obscuring many of its details.
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 the Form B of 1976, “Its owner was Henry Herrick Bond, a lawyer whose interest was maintained not only in his own
profession but wherever his efforts might serve the Florence community in a positive fashion. Samuel Hill’s establishment of the
Homestead Fund to aid the mechanics of Florence to secure homes was committed to Bond’s care and direction.”
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] [71 Pine Street]
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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NTH.210
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.