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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):
April, 2011 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 23A-20 Easthampton NTH.167 Town: Northampton Place: (neighborhood or village) Florence Address: 13 Park Street Historic Name:
Haven House Uses: Present: Single-family residence Original: Single-family residence Date of Construction: ca. 1860, 1900 Source: Registry of Deeds and Directories Style/Form: Queen
Anne Architect/Builder: Exterior Material: Foundation: brick Wall/Trim: clapboards, shingles Roof: asphalt Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Garage Major Alterations (with dates): See
Architectural Description Condition: good Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: 0.418 acres Setting: This house occupies a broad lot on a residential street.
INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [13 PARK STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 1 NTH.167 _x__ 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 William Haven House began as a south-facing Cape Cod form house, one-and-a-half stories in
height under a side-gable roof. It is one of two such houses on the east side of Park Street, the other being 21 Park Street. Circa 1900 the house was altered by the addition of a number
of Queen Anne elements. On the south roof two dormers were added: a hipped roof dormer with a band of three windows and a front-gabled dormer with a second band of three windows. The
windows in the dormers have transoms with vertical lights in Queen Anne fashion. On the north side of the main block of the house there is a through-cornice, front-gabled dormer centered
on that elevation. The first story on the south façade has a center entry but rather than the two windows that would originally have flanked the entry at each side, there is now only
one at each side and they do not match, following the Queen Anne preference for asymmetry. On the west side of the entry is a large segmentally arched window with a leaded transom above
a fixed light. On the east is a triple window composition in a shallow oriel window that has a shed roof. The west elevation contains three oriel windows, each of different design, a
unique elevation in all of Northampton. A gazebo Queen Anne porch wraps across half of the south façade and ends on the west elevation. It has a pedimented entry, turned posts whose
shafts are cut in a complicated surface pattern and are linked by a railing of turned spindles, beads and reels. At the cornice line of the porch roof is a frieze with a single turned
piece centered between each post. A wing extends from the east elevation of the house. It consists of a one-and-a-half story, two-bay connector followed by a taller, two-story section
under a hipped roof. The connector’s roof on the north elevation extends to first story level and has a Stick Style paneled exterior. Siding on the house is clapboards on the first story
and shingles on the upper story. The fanciful design of the Queen Anne elements suggests the building’s alterations were architect-designed. 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 1858, William Haven bought lot no. 1 of Edwin Eaton’s ‘Village Lots’ with buildings and other improvements for $1000. Henry Haven, who had bought the property from the heirs
of William Haven in 1870, but lived on the other side of Park Street, is listed at this house in the 1900 directory. The remodeling was done to reflect his position as treasurer and
general manager of Florence Furniture Company.” 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. 283-P. 409, 282-139,
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INVENTORY FORMB CONTINUATION SHEET [NORTHAMPTON ] [13 PARK STREET] MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation
sheet 2 NTH.167 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: Individually eligible Eligible only in an historic district Contributing to a potential
historic district Potential historic district Criteria: A B C D Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G Statement of Significance by _____Bonnie Parsons___________________ The criteria
that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. This property would contribute to a Florence Center Historic District. The potential historic district of Florence Center
is significant as the commercial, residential, institutional center of the village that developed from 1657 when it was set off as Northampton’s “Inner Commons” as agricultural land
and 1681 when the first sawmill was erected at a falls on the Mill River. The agricultural and industrial village developed through the 18th and 19th centuries around industry on the
Mill River, agriculture on the alluvial flood plain and the Strong Tavern and later Cottage Hotel at the intersection of Main and Maple Streets. It is significant for the silk industry
that flourished through the Civil war as an alternative to slave-picked cotton and for the establishment of the Northampton Association for Education and Industry, a utopian community
that existed 1843-1847. Association members after its close continued in Florence their principles of equality by running the Underground Railroad through the village and harboring fugitive
slaves. It is significant as the home of Sojourner Truth. 19th century industry in the Center included the Florence Sewing Machine Company, which built its own housing. Architecturally
the Center is significant for the range of Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick Style, French Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style homes, for its commercial blocks and library
in the Revival styles of the late 19th century. Gothic Revival and Italianate style churches are architect-designed in high style versions. The potential district has integrity of workmanship,
design, feeling, association, and materials.