North Maple Street 54.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-138 Easthampton NTH.95 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 54 North Maple Street Historic
Name: Watson Wilcox House Uses: Present: Two-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: 1867-1873 Source: Map and Atlas Style/Form: Italianate Architect/Builder:
Exterior Material: Foundation: parged brick Wall/Trim: clapboards Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Studio Major Alterations (with dates): Windows replaced ca. 2000 with
vinyl Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.375 acres Setting: This east-east-facing house sits on a slightly raised lot in a dense, residential neighborhood.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON] [54 NORTH MAPLE STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.95 ___ 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 one-and-a-half story house with a front-gable roof and represents housing for the developing
middle class of Northampton. It is three bays wide and its side hall entry is sheltered by a flat-roofed, Italianate hood on carved consoles with pendants. This is one of the most common
house forms in Northampton but stands out from many by the extra detail of its elaborate entry hood. The house is clapboard sided and has parged brick foundations and a slate roof indicating
the high quality of its initial construction. It was given additional floor space with a one-story bay window on the north elevation and a one-story ell on the west that has a one-story
wing on its north elevation. Window sash has been replaced with vinyl 1/1. 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 small Victorian cottage was probably built in the late 1860’s.
The Williamsburg line of the New Haven and Northampton Railroad was opened in 1867, and a freight house and depot were erected on North Maple Street. This spurred industrial development
in the area north of Main Street in Florence. The house first appeared on the 1873 atlas and was owned by Watson Wilcox, who was listed in the directory as Express Agent and Telegraph
operator. Mr. Wilcox maintained this residence through the end of the 19th century.” 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