Maple Street 40-46.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 23A-41 Easthampton NTH.174 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 40-46 Maple Street Historic
Name: Cutler, Plympton & Co. Uses: Present: commercial, residential Original: commercial Date of Construction: 1865, 1873-1884 Source: History of Florence and Atlases Style/Form: no
style Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Building extended
on north post-1895. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.215 acres Setting: This This is an east-facing building that occupies a corner lot in central Florence.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [40-46MAPLE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.174 ___ 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 an east-facing building that is in two sections. What appears to be the original section
of building is the south portion, a two-story building with a flat roof and a parapet wall on its east elevation – a typical elevation for a 19th century commercial building. It has
a first floor storefront with two glass store windows flanking a recessed entry, the whole sheltered by a porch on posts. This section of the building is two bays wide and four bays
deep. The porch extends beyond the original south section of the building to cross the north section, which is two-and-a-half stories in height under a side-gable roof on which are two,
front-gabled dormers. This north section of the building on the first story is eight bays wide and it has a second story porch that has been enclosed and rests on the roof of the full-width
porch. It has three entries –two to the upper stories and one to a first story storefront. The main entry to the upper stories is a double-leaf door beneath a transom light. This is
an additive building that fits well into the mixed commercial/residential neighborhood in which it is located. 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: “In 1865, William Godfrey and L. K.
Baker erected a small building on the corner of West Centre and Maple Streets, and moved their store from the old cotton factory boarding house to this new building. Henry F. Cutler
bought a half-interest in the business in 1866 and later formed Cutler, Plympton, & Co. They carried groceries and dried goods.” 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. 314-P. 439, 234-417, 212-237, 181-247, 164-94