North Main Street 80.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-261 Easthampton NTH.126 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 80 North Main Street Historic
Name: Frederick E. Chase House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1882-1884 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form:
French Second Empire Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: aluminum/clapboards Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates):
Ell with garage added, ca. 1970 Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.259 acres Setting: This is a north-facing house on a residential section of Route 9.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [80 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.126 ___ 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 Chase House is a good example of the smaller, French Second Empire house and is one of a modest
number in Florence. It is two stories in height, three bays wide and the equivalent of three bays deep. It has a full-width porch across its north façade with chamfered posts and brackets
at its eaves and its asphalt roof – vinyl-sided in 1980 – has been shingled in a pattern that replicates many of the slate patterns these houses first had. Two dormers project from the
north façade roof. There is an angled bay window on the east elevation to add to the volume of the interior. An ell with a first story garage was added to the south elevation of the
house after 1980. 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 1882, Frederick Chase bought a ¼ acre lot on North Main Street in Florence for $400. Mr. Chase was a mason and
worked with his father Elijah Chase in Florence. This house was built shortly thereafter as it appears on the 1884 atlas.” 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. 374-P. 354, 355-161