High Street 102.pdf
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. FORM 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 17C-151 Easthampton NTH.100 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 102 High Street Historic
Name: Elijah Nutting House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1860-1873 Source: Map & Atlas Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Elijah Nutting, builder, attributed Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): siding
added, windows replaced and side porch enclosed, converted to two-family, ca. 1970. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.242 acres Setting: This house is north-facing
in a neighborhood of late 19th century residences.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [102 HIGH STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.100 ___ 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 Elijah Nutting House has been vinyl sided, its windows replaced, and several porches have been
enclosed, all of which has obscured many of its original Italianate style features, but the house does retain several important stylistic details. It is two-and-a-half stories in height
under a front-gable roof and has a two-story wing on the east for a gable-and-wing form. The main block of the house is three bays wide with a side hall entry and two, full-length Italianate
style windows on the first story. The house has a full-width porch across its north façade supported on chamfered posts with brackets at the eaves. In the gable field is an attic window
with a shallow hood lintel. A second porch originally crossed the north elevation of the wing and crossed to the main block of the house – a treatment that is still visible on its neighbor
at 95-97 High Street. It has been filled in and enclosed on the first story of the wing and an addition has been made at the second story above the porch on the main block of the house.
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 first appears on the 1873 atlas, where it is listed as being owned by Elijah Nutting. Mr. Nutting is described as a carpenter in
the 1873 directory and probably built the house himself. High Street was laid out about the time of the opening of the Williamsburg to Northampton Railroad in 1867. The tracks ran parallel
to Main and North Main Streets in Florence and a depot was established on North Maple Street. This opening spurred industrial and residential development north of Main Street in Florence,
which until that time had been completely contained between Main Street and the Mill River.” 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.