North Maple Street 116.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 17A-210 Easthampton NTH.75 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 116 North Maple Street Historic
Name: J. Van Slyke House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: circa 1870 Source: 1884 Atlas of Northampton Style/Form: French
Second Empire Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates):
West porch enclosed Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.572 acres Setting: This is an east-facing house that occupies a wide lot on a residential street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [116 NORTH MAPLE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.75 ___ 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 one of the more ornate of the French Second Empire style houses in Northampton, though
it is relatively small in scale. It is a one-and-a-half story house whose second story windows extend through the lower slope of a mansard roof. The roof arches over each of the windows
in an uncommon fashion that allows the upper story to be nearly full-height. The main block of the the house is L-shaped in plan and in the angle made by the two house sections is a
three-story tower beneath a mansard roof. A full-width porch on turned posts crosses the east façade and turns on to the south elevation where it ends at the tower to shelter the main
entry. The house has a one-story wing at the southwest corner, which appears to have been a porch that was later enclosed. There is an angled bay window on the south elevation as well
as an added exterior wall chimney of concrete blocks. Brackets of varying sizes ornament the roof eaves as they flare beyond the exterior walls, as they arch over the windows and as
they extend above the porch. The ornament extends to first floor windows with crown moldings supported on a row of small brackets. This combination of features is repeated over the main
entry as well. The highly individual architectural features of this house make it unique in Northampton. 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 1976: “Today, General William P. Hurley
resides here. He has occupied the dwelling for a number of years.” 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.