Lilly Street 17.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-276 Easthampton NTH.133 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 17 Lilly Street Historic
Name: William A. and Phebe Cunningham House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1850 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form:
Raised Cape Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: concrete Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Attached garage Major Alterations
(with dates): Condition: good Moved: no | | yes | x | Date ca. 1890 Acreage: 0.263 acres Setting: This house occupies a corner lot and faces west on a residential street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [17 LILLY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.133 __x_ 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 a house form that became popular in western Massachusetts after mid-19th century, the raised
cape. By extending the height of the wall studs and thereby raising the roof, the house achieved additional headroom in the attic to create a second floor for additional sleeping space.
The house is five bays wide and one bay deep and there is a one-story, shed roof ell on the northwest and a one-and-a-half story ell section on the northeast to which is attached a garage.
These ell additions were presumably made after the house was moved. Sash in the house is 6/6, which is consistent with its pre-1860 date. The center door surround has been altered and
a new version of a trabeated surround has been applied. 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 small cottage first appears on this site on the 1895 atlas. It was owned
and occupied by Frederick Stockwell II, an employee of the Florence Machine Company. However, it is reported that the house was moved from Park Street, when a new house was constructed
for Albert Shumway (no. 63) about 1890. Park Street is shown as a connecting route on the 1831 map, but wasn’t developed until E.W. Eaton’s plan of 1846-47 for ‘Village Lots’ on Park,
Maple, Pine Pine and West Center Streets. This house probably dates from that period.” The house on Park Street on the 1860 map was owned by W. A. Cunningham. On the federal census for
1860 William and Phebe Cunningham were living in Northampton and William was a laborer. They owned their own house in that year. 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. 116-P.360
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [17 LILLY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.133 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 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.