North Main Street 84.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 17C-262 Easthampton NTH.127 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 84 North Main Street Historic
Name: Clarissa and Calvin Torrey House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1886-1888 Source: Registry of Deeds, Atlas, and
Directory Style/Form: Queen Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates):
Windows replaced and siding added, post-1980. Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.259 acres Setting: this is a north-facing house on a residential section of Route
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INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [84 NORTH MAIN STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.127 ___ 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 Torrey House is a good example of the popular gable-and-wing house form of the mid-to late-19th
century. It is one-and-a-half stories in height and the front-gable section is three bays wide with a full-width porch across its north façade. The wing is two bays wide and also is
preceded by a porch. Both porches have post supports with solid brackets at their eaves. Two dormers have been inserted at the angle of the gable and the wing. One is front-gabled and
the other is a shed roof dormer and both were added to provide space on the second floor. An unusual detail that is also space-providing is the angled bay window on the second story
above the north porch roof. The house has been vinyl sided and its original 2/2 wood windows have been replaced with 2/2 vinyl windows. The house has a separate garage. 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 1872, John Eager bought a ¼ acre lot on North Main Street for $500. This was the old ‘road to Williamsburg,’ and in the section between Bridge Road and the center
of Florence, the street runs close to the terrace drop-off into the Florence Meadows through which the Mill River runs. During the last third of the 19th century, this street became
lined with modest residences of the Florence working class. Mr. Eager, who never seems to have lived in Northampton, did not develop this lot and sold it in 1886 for the same $500 to
Calvin and Clarissa Torrey. The 1888 Directory lists Mr. Torrey on North Main Street and describes him as a boot and shoe merchant on North Maple Street in Florence.” 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. 405-P. 63, 293-409, 264-255