Lilly Street 28.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-284 Easthampton NTH.139 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 28 Lilly Street Historic
Name: Walter Coleman House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1880-1884 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: French
Second Empire Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboard Roof: wood shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.25 acres Setting: This house faces north on a quiet residential street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [28 LILLY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.139 _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 one of two French Second Empire houses on Lilly Street. The well-preserved clapboard-sided
house is one-and-a-half stories in height under a mansard roof that is wood shingle covered. It is two bays wide and has a wing projecting from its west elevation that is one bay wide
and two bays deep. There is a one-story ell on the south elevation. A rounded porch extends across half of the north façade and crosses the angle between the main block of the house
and the wing. It rests on slender turned columns and has modest brackets at its eaves. The porch has an elegantly cut porch apron that follows the curve of its roof. On the north façade
an angled bay is adjacent to the main entry to the house, which has a simple, flat stock surround. 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 house was built during
the 1880’s. Alfred Lilly, a prominent industrialist and philanthropist in Florence, had opened Lilly Street in 1880. By 1884, most of the street was lined with houses. This house is
shown and is listed as being owned and occupied by Walter Coleman. Mr. Coleman was the Northampton manager of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, located on Main Street
in Northampton Center.” 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. 359-P. 390
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [28 LILLY STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.139 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.