Corticelli Street 25.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. ORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220MORRISSEY
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 22B-25 Easthampton NTH.146 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 25 Corticelli Street Historic Name: Uses:
Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1860-1873 Source: Map and Atlas Style/Form: Queen Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material:
Foundation: not visible Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Windows replaced ca. 2005 Condition: good
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.254 acre Setting: This is a west-facing house on a bluff above the Mill River.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [25 CORTICELLI STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.146 ___ 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. This is one of the common forms for modest sized housing that appeared in Northampton in the mid
to late-19th century. It is one-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof. It is three bays wide and four bays deep and across the west façade is a Queen Anne porch on turned
posts with brackets at the eaves. The date 1873 is early for the Queen Anne style, so the porch may have been added later. There is a shed roof wing on the north elevation and a raised
dormer on the south roof elevation that raises the house to two stories on this side. Below it is an angled bay window of one story that has full-length windows. A one-story ell is on
the east or rear of the house, so additions have increased the originally small size of the house considerably. 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: “Prospect Street was
laid out around 1860 on top of the sloping west bank of the Mill River. A fine view of the Florence meadows could be obtained from this point. By 1873, most of the street had been developed
with small cottages.” 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. 188-P. 398 and 399, 202-89 and 90
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [25 CORTICELLI STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.146 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 house would contribute to a potential historic district, the Corticelli Street Historic District. Historically, this
street of houses was constructed to serve the workers of Florence in the Silk Mills, the Florence Sewing Machine Company, and the Florence Manufacturing Company. A narrative of their
occupants is a narrative of immigrants, laborers and their families that made up the 19th and 20th century history of Florence. Architecturally, this house is significant as a fine example
of the quality of workers’ housing in Florence and of the housing built by workers themselves in the latest styles with plenty of decorative features. Between 1860 and 1884 the Gothic
Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne styles were applied to virtually the same form building. The district has integrity of workmanship, materials, feeling, setting, association, and design.