North Maple Street 106.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-17 Easthampton NTH.82 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 106 North Maple Street Historic
Name: Sylvester White House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1882-1884 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: no style
Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): House sided, windows replaced,
porch enclosed partially and all porch posts replaced, ca. 1950-2005. Condition: good Moved: no no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.512 acres Setting: This house faces east on a quiet residential
street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [106 NORTH MAPLE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.82 ___ 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 gable-and-wing house that originally was Queen Anne in style but
has lost much of its stylistic character due to alterations. The gable section of the house is three bays wide and has a side-hall entry behind a full-width, hipped roof porch on replacement
posts. There is an angled bay window on the south elevation. The wing is three bays long and and has a partially enclosed porch across its east façade. The porch posts of the wing have
also been replaced. The vinyl-sided house has a slate roof with a chimney in each section. 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, Sylvester White bought a small lot
of land on North Maple Street for $275. This house first appears on the 1884 atlas and Mr. White is described as a box maker in the local directory.” 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. 368-P. 422