North Main Street 209.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 16B-51 Easthampton NTH.52 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 209 North Main Street Historic
Name: Daniel Darker House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1871-1872 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Siding added, ca. 2008 Condition: good Moved: no
| x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.445 acres Setting: This is a south-facing house with an unobstructed view to the south.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [209 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.52 ___ 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. Unlike most of the vinyl-sided houses on North Main Street and elsewhere in Northampton, this house
has been sided so as to leave its trim visible. The siding has been applied without the addition of vinyl pieces that have no counterparts in the original clapboard exterior, or they
are so narrow as to be unobtrusive. This is a two-and-a-half story house with a front-gable roof. roof. The roof has a cross-gable on its east side and a two-and-a-half story wing on
its west for an L-shaped plan. It appears to have a one-story ell on the north. The main entry to the house is in the angle made by the main block and the wing. It is a small porch on
an Italianate chamfered post. Angled bay windows are located on the north façade of the main block and on the east elevation. There are Italianate rondel windows in the gable fields
of the north façade and the east cross-gable. 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 1871, Daniel Darker bought lot no. 7 of Charles Warren’s subdivision plan for the north side
of North Main Street in Florence for $200. The next year he sold the premises to Erastus Munson of Whately for $1400. The house is shown on the 1873 atlas with Mr. Munson as the owner,
but, according to the directories, he never lived here.” 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