North Main Street 202.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 This building is no longer extant. 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 16D-004 Easthampton NTH.56 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address:
202 North Main Street Historic Name: Bela Gardner House Uses: Present: Original: Date of Construction: 1868 Source: Registry of Deeds, Atlas, and Directory Style/Form: Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: Wall/Trim: Roof: Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Moved: no | | yes | | Date Acreage: 1.01 acres Setting:
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [202 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.56 ___ 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. 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: “During the early 1860’s, Bela Gardner, a farmer,
bought seven acres of land on the southern side of North Main Street in Florence. His land extended extended westerly over the terrace drop-off and into the meadows to the Mill River.
This was prime agricultural land. The street had long been known as the road to Williamsburg, but hadn’t been developed until the 1860’s. In 1867, the Williamsburg division of the New
Haven and Northampton Railroad opened. This connected the mill villages of Williamsburg and Northampton to the main north-south line in the center of Northampton. The tracks ran parallel
to and just north of Main and North Main Streets in Florence and a depot was established on North Maple Street. This purred development in Florence, which until that time had been located
between Main Street and the Mill River. Mr. Gardner established his homestead on North Main Street in the mid 1860’s and over the next two decades sold homestead lots fronting on the
street. His house was described in the 1873 directory as being situated at the end of Main Street.” 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