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1MainStreetMACRIS Inventory No:NTH.186 Historic Name:Richards, Herbert S. House Common Name: Address:1 Main St City/Town:Northampton Village/Neighborhood:Florence Local No:23A-086-001 Year Constructed:1905 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s):Queen Anne Use(s):Multiple Family Dwelling House; Single Family Dwelling House Significance:Architecture Area(s): Designation(s): Building Materials(s): Roof: Asphalt Shingle; Slate Wall: Copper; Granite; Wood; Wood Clapboard; Wood Shingle; Stone, Cut Foundation: Concrete Unspecified; Granite; Stone, Cut The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. 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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): March, 2010 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 23A-86 Easthampton NTH.186 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 1 Main Street Historic Name: Herbert S. Richards House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1905 Source: Springfield Daily Republican Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: stone, concrete Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles, granite blocks Roof: slate, asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Ell added on north, ca. 1960. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.132 acres Setting: This house occupies a corner lot in a mixed neighborhood of residential and commercial properties. RECEIVED AUG 19 2011 MASS. HIST. COMM. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [1 MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 NTH.186 ___ 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. The Herbert Richards House is a two-and-a-half story Queen Anne style house under a side-gable roof with a centered cross- gable on its south façade, which heralds the coming Tudor Revival style. The cross-gable on the south façade is steeply pitched and has at its eaves returns a curved siding pattern suggesting the outline of a Tudor Revival style barge board. At the southeast corner of the house is a round, two-story tower with a slate-covered, conical roof topped by a copper finial. A two-story bay window on the east elevation and an added one-and-a-half story ell on the north elevation add to the complexity of the building’s plan. A full-width porch crosses the south façade overlapping slightly the tower and echoing the round tower with a round corner. The porch has a hipped roof that rests on Doric half-columns on quarry-faced granite block piers. The porch has a pediment over its stairs and piers are connected by railings with square balusters. The house is sided in clapboards on the first story and shingles on the second story. 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 house occupies a prominent corner site on Main Street in Florence opposite a small park. The house was built in 1905 for Herbert Richards, and replaces an earlier house. Early owners of the property, including Mr. Richards, operated a meat market in a small frame building next westerly along Main 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. 593-P. 39, 503-199, 437-339 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston *. iviap. uraw sKetcn ot building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. In Area no. Form no. 23A-86 p Northampton ess I Main St. U.S. Richards House sent use residence tent owner ription: 1905 Spfld. Daily Republican Durce Architect Exterior wall fabric shingle and vinyl siding Outbuildings (describe) Other features Altered floor sided rjate m^ %0th c. Moved — Date 5. Lot size: One acre or less x Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street 6. Recorded by g- Lonergan Organization Date June 1980 (over) 37M-7-77 Nth. i ^(_5 7. Original owner (if known)_ Original use Herbert Jj. Richards residence Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_ 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development x Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) This house occupies a prominent corner site on Main St. in Florence opposite a small park. The house was built in 1905 for Herbert Richards, and replaces an earlier house. Early owners of the property, including Mr. Richards operated a meat market in a small frame building next westerly along Main St. The house feature a two story tower with conical roof and finial at the southeastern corner, and has a two-story bay window with domical roof on the eastern side. A one-story porch with gabled entrance, Tuscan columns atop composite stone piers and simple balustrade covers the facade of the house. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) 1895 and 1915 Atlases. Northampton Directory: 1895-96, 1897-98, 1900, 1905 and 1915. Spfld. Daily Republican Jan. I, 1906. Registry of Deeds: Bk.593-P.8l, 586-39, 503-199, 437-339.