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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-204 Easthampton NTH.109 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 55 Main Street Historic Name:
E. L. Smith House Uses: Present: commercial Original: single-family residence Date of Construction: c. 1855 Source: 1860 Map Style/Form: eclectic Architect/Builder: Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Siding applied and windows replaced, ca. 2000. Condition:
good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.095 acres Setting: This is a south-facing house in Florence’s commercial center.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [55MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.109 ___ 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 E. L. Smith House is a one-and-a-half story house with a front-gable roof. It is three bays
wide and two bays deep and has a side porch on Queen Anne style turned posts with brackets at the eaves. The façade of the house has a side hall entry that is recessed, a feature of
the Greek Revival style whose impact has been reduced by the vinyl siding now covering it. First story windows on the south façade are elongated, a feature of the Italianate style that
began around 1850. Windows in the house that formerly had 6/6 and 9/9 sash have been replaced by 1/1 sash. With its Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne features, this house is eclectic
in style, which was often the case after the mid-19th century when so many options were available to builders. 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 Greek Revival styled cottage
was built during the middle of the 19th century. The first known owner and occupant was E. L. Smith, who is shown here on the 1866 map. A business advertisement on the same map lists
Mr. Smith as a carpenter and joiner, so perhaps he built the house himself.” 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.