North Main Street 104.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, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 17C-265 Easthampton NTH.130 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 104 North Main Street Historic
Name: Charles P. Worth House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family house Date of Construction: 1870-1873 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: Queen Anne
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Ell added, n.d. Condition:
good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.346 acres Setting: This is a north-facing house that occupies a broad corner lot and has a side yard that is tree-shaded.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [104 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.130 ___ 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 Worth House in concept is not much different than its neighbor to the east being one-and-a-half
stories in height under a front-gable roof, but it has had a number of compatible additions that have increased its size and visual interest. On its north façade, which is three bays
wide, the house has an angled bay window adjacent to a side hall entry. The house has a side-gable on its roof with a two-story angled bay window attached to it. The lower of the two
bays is larger and the second floor bay window has a tall, polygonal half-roof. On the same elevation is a leaded glass stair window in the form of an oriel window at the second story
level. There is a blind window on this elevation as well on the first story. To the main block of the house were added a two-story, followed by a one-story ell under gabled roofs. 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 1870, Charles Worth, a carpenter, bought one-third of an acre fronting on North Main Street. He probably built this house himself and it’s shown
on the 1873 atlas. After his death in the early 1880’s, his widow sold the property to Harry Otis, who was the superintendent of the Northampton Emory Wheel Co. and a prominent local
politician. He later rose to become secretary and treasurer of the Company, as well as being president of the Norwood Engineering Co.” 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. 411-P. 259, 272-8