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North Maple Street 126.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 17A-212 Easthampton NTH.77 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Address: 126 North Maple Street Historic Name: Frederick Moore House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1867-1873 Source: Registry of Deeds and Atlas Style/Form: Italianate/Queen Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick, concrete block Wall/Trim: vinyl Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Attached garage Major Alterations (with dates): Siding added, windows replaced, porch enclosed, n.d. Condition: good Moved: Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.595 acres Setting: This house faces east on a quiet residential street of 19th c. houses. INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [126 NORTH MAPLE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 NTH.77 ___ 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 Moore House is one-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof that is steeply pitched. It has a one-and-a-half story wing on the south in front of which is a porch that has been enclosed. The house also has a one story ell on the west with an attached garage. The house has a full-width porch across its east façade. The porch is supported on square posts with high impost blocks and ornamental brackets at the eaves. The porch is the remaining Italianate feature of the house. Windows are vinyl replacements and the house is vinyl sided. 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: “This one-and-a-half story cottage first appears on the 1873 atlas as property of Frederick Moore, a farmer. It was built after 1867, when G.F. Miller filed his subdivision plan for the northern half of North Maple Street.” 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. 1884. Walling, Henry F. Map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, New York, 1860. Registry of Deeds: Bk. 246-P. 151