North Main Street 217.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-50 Easthampton NTH.51 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 217 North Main Street Historic
Name: Luther H. Warner House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1884 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Late Italianate Architect/Builder:
William and Luther Warner, Builders, attributed Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with
dates): Windows replace, ca. 2000 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.468 acres Setting: This is a south-facing house whose lot slopes down to the north slightly.
It has an unobstructed view to the south.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [217 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.51 ___ 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 two-and-a-half story house has an unusual plan. It has a front-gabled roof with a cross-gabled
bay on the east and a two-and-a-half story wing behind the bay on the east elevation, for an F-shaped plan. The main block is three bays wide with a side-hall entry and the entry surround
and the window surrounds have Italianate hood lintels on brackets. Sash is replacement 2/1. A porch wraps from the north façade to the cross-gable bay on the east and then picks up again
to cross the wing. It is supported on Italianate chamfered posts and has solid, scroll-cut brackets at the eaves. An Italianate arched window is located in the north façade’s gable field.
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 1884, William Warner sold his son Luther the south end of his homestead on the north side of North Main Street in Florence ‘with new house
upon the same’ for $1800. Father and son were carpenters and probably built this house themselves. William Warner was probably the grandson of Joseph Warner, ‘the first man to erect
a permanent dwelling house in Florence.’ His 300 acre property lay on both sides of North Main Street then known as the road to Williamsburg.” 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