North Maple Street 163.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-186 Easthampton NTH.73 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 163 North Maple Street Historic
Name: Horace Dibble House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1879-1883 Source: Registry of Deeds Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: slate and asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Carriage barn Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved:
no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.481 acres Setting: This house occupies a raised corner lot and faces west.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [163 NORTH MAPLE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.73 ___ 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 Horace Dibble House is one of the best-preserved houses on North Maple Street, and one of the
only houses that retains its large, well-maintained carriage barn. The house is two-and-a-half stories in height under a front-gable roof. This is the most common house form found on
the street. Like the Italianate house at 132 North Maple Street, it is three bays wide and its first floor windows are full-length. The house has a cross-gable wing on the north and
a two-and-a-half story wing on the east. The roof makes returns in the gables and a wide frieze runs beneath the boxed eaves. Window surrounds have wide drip mold lintels and sash is
2/2. The west façade is crossed by a full-width porch whose posts rest on high, panelled pedestals. Ornate brackets decorate the porch eaves. 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 2 ½ story house was built for Horace Dibble about 1880. He had acquired lot 15 and half of lot 13 from G.F. Miller’s subdivision plan. By 1884, however, the property was
owned by Elizabeth Marble.” 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