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North Main Street 68.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 17C-259 Easthampton NTH.124 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 68 North Main Street Historic Name: Chester Damon House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1885-1888 Source: Registry of Deeds and Directory Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): Siding added and windows replaced, ca. 2005; exterior chimney added ca. 1970. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes yes | | Date Acreage: 0.352 acres Setting: This is a north-facing house set back from the street in alignment with its neighbors. INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [68 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 NTH.124 ___ 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 a two-and-a-half story house that has a front-gable roof and a cross-gable bay window on the east and a shallow bay on the west. The bay window was introduced during the Italianate style period and quickly became a standard feature form many new houses and was added to many existing houses. The house has a two-story ell on the south with a side porch on the east that is is supported on Italianate posts with brackets at the eaves. It has a second story that has been enclosed. The house is three bays wide and has a side hall entry. Windows have been replaced with 1/1 sash except for the attic window in the north façade that is an arched Italianate window. With the application of vinyl siding and vinyl windows, the house has lost a lot of its character, but in form it adds to the number of Italianate houses that make up North Main Street in Florence. 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: “North Main Street has existed since the 18th century as ‘Williamsburg Road,’ but did not really begin to be developed until the last third of the 19th century. By 1900, houses lined both sides of the street from the center of Florence to Bridge Road. Most of these houses remain, and with only a small account of 20th century infill, the street retains its character.” 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. 392-P. 313