I I Marlborough I ] 7 _---'

Transcription

1 FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission I Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts I I Marlborough I ] 7 _---' ighborhood or village) _ 197 Stow Road Uriah Eager House dweuing dwelling late 18th century.'~ _<>3rior Material: i;","'.- \,mdation '(~ Iffrim fieldstone and granite synthetic siding asphalt shingle /' ildings/secondary Structures small,..g~hjc-end barn w modern garage doors; long wagon shed. Major Alterations (with datesj.l; nilllc since C4 ]900 (see p 2 )_ Condition _ fai_r _ Moved [X] no [ ] yes Date N_I_A _ Acreage 4 73 acres ~~corded by Anne Forbes Setting Faces SOllth)' side to street, over open Organization for Marlboro Hjst C..omm Date 6/22/95 I lawn with small orchard I.alge development of new wood-frame houses under construction ACroSS Stow Road

2 BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. In spite of its synthetic siding and its nineteenth-century updating, this house is one of Marlborough's few intact examples of a large "double-pile", side-gabled farmhouse of the late eighteenth century. The twin ridge chimneys, (which may have been rebuilt at some point to a narrower profile), indicate the arrival in that era of the central through-hall, four-room plan. A long one-story ell of uncertain date extends to the east. Much of the house's detailing is the result of a series of updates during the nineteenth century. The earliest visible renovations, dating to the Greek Revival period, were probably done under Moses Barnes' ownership in the 1830's-to '40's. They appear to include the 6-over-6-sash windows with molded pediments, the wide comer pilasters with molded caps, and the wide frieze, with architrave, under the molded, boxed cornice. The house is five- by two bays, and the center entry has a four-panel door with the full-length sidelights typical of the Greek Revival. Additions of the Queen Anne period, probably made during the 1890's, include the wide door hood at the main entry, and the porch along the west end. Both are supported on lathe-turned posts, with square-doweled frieze screens and small, sawcut brackets., ( Some outbuildings on the property, including a huge barn that once stood directly across the street, have been demolished. A large gable-end barn was standing just east of the house as late as HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [ ] see continuation sheet Explain 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. i i Visual evidence indicates that this house dates to the end of the eighteenth century. If that is the case, it probably would have been built for farmer Uriah Eager, II, who lived from 1740 to He married Triphosa Bush in One of Marlborough's Revolutionary soldiers, he saw action in Rhode Island, and was probably the Uriah Eager who, as an Ensign with Capt. Howe's company, marched to Cambridge on April 19, In 1803, as was typical of that time, this farm is shown under the ownership of both Uriah and his son, Moses Eager. Born in 1772, he married Sarah Stratton in They eventually moved to Weston, possibly shortly after Uriah's death in The next owners of the house may have been Moses' older sister, Rebecca, and her husband, Lovewell (Lovell) Barnes, ( ), whom she married in He was one of the more successful businessmen in Marlborough in his day, and rose to the rank of Colonel in one of the local militias of the early nineteenth century. Among their thirteen children, their eldest son, Moses Barnes (b. 1789), was the next owner. He married Hepzibeth Hapgood in I By 1875 the property belonged to J.S. Ingraham, who owned it into the 1890's. acquired the farm in about 1897, and lived here for at least thirty years. Edmund Sowerby BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [] see continuation sheet Maps and atlases: 1803, 1830, 1835, 1856/57, , Bigelow, Ella. Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough, Mass Bigelow, James. "Photographs and Descriptions of Some Old Houses in Marlborough" Hudson. Marlborough Vital Records. Marlborough Directories and Real Estate valuations. (1 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

3 I FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Areats) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission I Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts (Marlborough I ~ 636, 637 Ma rlborougb neighborhood or village) _ '. 547 Stow Road : Name Samuel Hunting House dwelling riginal dwejjing late 18th C, with la1e.i..- update maps; visual assessment rm Federal. updated to Greek Revival...,:... and Queen Anne vernacular Architect/Builder unknown Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet If space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation granite WallfIrim synthetic siding Roof asphalt shingle Outbuildings/Secondary Structures -large claphoard bam.. ca 19QO.1W..o...snLflJler, later barns, garage, shed, well Major Alterations (with dates) SlID roomal_ NW corner, picture windo\!l on N end olell..=201b century _ N Condition fair Moved [X] no [ ] yes Date N/A I Acreage acres n"'.corded by Anne Forbes Setting Amid woods, fields, and stone walls urganization for Marlboro J-Jist Comm Guyed drive to S ; pair of mature deciduous Date 61?7195. trees at front

4 BUILDING FORM ARCHITEcruRAL DESCRIPTION [X] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This property is not only one of "Marlborough's few remaining working farms, but preserves the! character of an evolving farmstead as well, with an assortment of barns, sheds, and utility buildings 1 clustered near the roadside farmhouse. The farm's present function as a turkey farm, as "Mello Lane ( Turkey Farm", continues a long tradition of poultry-raising on Stow Road. This house, which may have begun as a late-eighteenth-century "half-" or "three-quarter-house", is a 2 1I2-story, four- by three-bay, side-gabled structure, with a one-story ell bisecting the northwest front corner. A tum-of-the-century porch on lathe-turned posts wraps around the main facade and south gable-end to a one-story southeast corner bay. The porch also retains turned braces and balusters. Two tall, narrow chimneys rise from the roof, one placed off-center just behind the main ridge, the other {Tomthe ridge of the ell. Much of the architectural trim here, including a boxed cornice with an echinus molding, dates to what was apparently an update during the Greek Revival period. Other detailing shows characteristics of more than one period. (Cont.) HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain 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. In spite of its largely Greek Revival appearance, maps indicate that this house was probably built by farmer Samuel Hunting, and was standing by Samuel Hunting, (b. ca. 1741), the first of the name in Marlborough, came here from Needham in 1769 with his wife, Elizabeth. During the Revolution, he served in both the Marlborough Militia and the Continental Army. Little else is known about him; he died in Other Huntings lived in the vicinity, as well; by 1830 a house belonging to John Hunting was standing across the road. The next known owner of this house was a member of the Stow family, shown as J. Stow on the maps of 1830 and Just which Stow this was should be traceable through future deed research. (Many members of the large Stow family, for whom the road is named, lived in the vicinity, which, along with at least the lower section of Concord Road, was part of the large farm accumulated by Simon Stow [ ]). This farm changed hands several more times before the present day. By the middle of the nineteenth century, it had been acquired by Charles Stevens. He lived here until at least 1875, and is listed on real estate valuations as owning a fann of 92 acres. By 1889 it was the property of Joseph H. Dyer, who owned it until the end of the 1890's, when J.M. Clarke. became the owner. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [] see continuation sheet Maps and atlases: 1803, 1830, 1835, 1856/57, 1875, 1889, Hudson. Marlborough Vital Records. Marlborough Directories and Real Estate valuations. [] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria statement is attached.

5 I FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission 1..._9_-_2 1 I Marlborough I 80 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts '/. Town Marlborough,~~;7f,",,"'>:';lce (neighborhood or village) _,,.) '. <-"-"'~.. ~-.~ -, ress 689 Stow Road -, C.L. Perry House Present dwejljng ;i:...." - Original dwe])jog lte of Construction ca 1860's or earlier maps; visual assessment stojy-and-a-half cottage unknown Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation fieldstqnelgranite Wall/frim synthetic sidjng Roof asphalt shingle Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ l-car, early-twentieth century garage Major Alterations (with dates) hip-roofed entry bqod Qn replacement supports Condition fajr Moved [ ] no [] yes Date (possibly moved ca see p. 2) Acreage 14 acres ~ecorded by Anne Forbes Setting Dose to road in open, fanner Organization for Marlboro Hjs! Cnmm farming area Stone wajis along edge of Date 6flR195 road; large early farmstead opposite

6 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Marlborough Property Samuel Hunting House Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts Area(s) Form Nos. 636, 637 ARCHITECfURAL DESCRIPTION, cont. The main entry, for instance, has a late-nineteenth-century glass- and multi-paneled door flanked by early Greek Revival full-length, leaded and divided sidelights and a molded-board surround with corner blocks and center panel in the frieze. A second door, located beside the first, is a smaller glass-andpanel type, with a flat surround. The windows, most of which are 2-over-l-sash, probably date to the turn of the twentieth century. Among the outbuildings on the property is one of Marlborough's best-preserved gable-end "New England" barns of ca , with a louvered cupola with arched openings, and a rolling door with transom. (#637)

7 BUILDING FORM ARCHITECfURAL DESCRIPTION [] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. Although the first historical map to show a house in this location is the ] 875 Beers Atlas map, the form and style of the building suggest that it was actually built in the early part of the nineteenth century, and probably moved here from another location. (See below). It is the side-gabled "storyand-a-half' cottage type, which was most prevalent during the Federal period, with a high upper wall expanse across the five-bay facade, and one rear-wall chimney, which probably remains from a pair. A one-story ell extends to the rear from the north end. Characteristic of farmhouses of the Federal period, the roof does not overhang the gable ends; the front and rear cornices are molded, with returns. The main, center entry has a 4-panel door flanked by 4-pane, 2/3-length divided sidelights and flat pilasters with molded caps. "\ I i,j HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain 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. Town histories do not mention this building, but historical maps show a house on the property, though not positioned this close to the road, as early as It was situated on a lane that ran northeast from Stow Road to the house of Dea. Abner Goodale on Chestnut Street, now in Hudson (cf. Form #32, NR). By 1835 the lane is shown leading, not to the Goodale farm, but east to Concord Road; after that it disappears from the maps. Since the form and style of the house are largely characteristic of the early part of the nineteenth century, it is possible that this may be the building shown on the early maps, and that it was moved closer to the road sometime between 1856 and ~ } ) If that is the case, then the early owners were as follows. Benjamin Gould is shown as the owner in As he is not listed as a property owner on the tax rolls of 1798, the house may have been built closer to He and his wife, Abigail, had two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, born in 1793 and In 1830 and 1835 the owner is shown as "I. Brown. This is probably Isaac Brown, who in 1780 married Deborah Gould, undoubtedly a relation of Benjamin Gould, and possibly a third daughter. By 1856 the house, still at the old location, is shown under the ownership of Joel Coolidge. He is listed as owning a farm of nineteen acres in The map of 1875 is the first to show a house in the present position. It was owned at that time by Charles L. Perry, a Civil War veteran who had served with the 13th Massachusetts Regiment, Heavy Artillery. (He may have been Charles Lyman Perry, as real estate valuations show "Lyman Perry" owning a large property in about this area.) In 1889 it is shown under the name of "B. Judd", possibly the Rev. B. Judd, who was minister of the Methodist Church for a few years. In 1900 the house belonged to J.H. Kelley. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [] see continuation sheet Maps and atlases: 1803, 1830, 1835, 1856/57: house at location east of Stow Road; 1875, 1889, 1900: at present location. Bigelow, Ella. Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough, Mass Marlborough Vital Records. Marlborough Directories and Real Estate valuations. Hudson. [] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

8 FORM B - STRUCTURE SURVEY MASSACHUSETTSHISTo.RICALCOMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston 2. Town I:~:-_:-J::Jorou,:;;h~ ::1...:: Street ';'1 '- 1. Is ~i-s-s4;ucture historically significant to: Town'> Commonwealth Nation _..-/ Structure has historical connection with the following themes: (See also reverse side) Agriculture Architecture Art/Sculpture Education Government Literature Commerce/Industry Science/Invention Travel/Communication Military Affairs Religion/Philosophy Indians Original Use Present Use ~-~0'.\8 Present -~~Y:';(l Owner ::1;.::, 1 ',-: Date_+_7_0 q_, -_7 Style _ Source of Date Music Development of Town/City Architect ::'--...:=:, CONDITION: Excel1en~air Deteriorated Moved Altered FOUNDATION/BASEMENT: High RegularCLV Material:,~_)_t_o_"j_e _ ;/.--._~ WALL COVE:R:(~ Brick Stone Other - ": STORIES: lzi.' 3 4 CHIMNEYS:cO2 3 4.( ~~t~0end Cluster Elaborate Irregular ATTACHMENTS; Wings ElQhef,.)ependency Simple/Complex /~. PORCHES:l2:.,' Portico Balcony Recessed I1~P.?~T~~C~ ~f_si~e_to_a~e:: _G~e~~~~ ~o~e S~T~ ~n~a~g~r~d_b:-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- 4. DESCRIPTION ~_.-._'-'»- ROOF~ambrel Flat Hip Mansard "l~ower Cupola Dormer windows Balustrade Grillwork FACADE; Gable End: Fron~ Symmetrical/Asymmetrical Simple/Complex Ornament /'-~~:o~...-",--~._"."~-~'.. ~ Entrance; (~Sicle.iC~'::t~ouble Features; _ Windows. Spacing: ~IrregLllar Identical/Varied _ Corners: (Pl~i;pPilasters ~ Quoins Obscured OUTBUILDINGS LANDSCAPING indicate location of structur c> on map below 6. Footage of structure from street_'_'_o' _ Property has feet frontage on street NOTE: Photo I /);/ -,,-,,1}:7>-.:,,,. /-- C o tv C. o ~J)!? j). MAg ~ 4 lsq.7 ~_ r,0, " "..~~. \~:-~ Recorder should obtain written permission fro~ Commission or sponso/i~l"~~g~n~zation before using this form. (See Reverse Sid~ FOR,\~.!'v'.HCB - iom-g ui7

9 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston In Area no. Form no Town M~rl borough 2. Address Name Present Stow Road Josiah Howe use Apple Orchard Present owner Ralph Barnes 3. Descr-Iption. 2~ Story Center Chimney \ -~-~ 4. ~~P-."Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north., Date 1673 'Source Pub. Local llistories StYle Colonial Architect Josiah Howe Exterior wall fabric Clapboard Outbuildings (describe) 3 barns used for processing and sel1~ng apples Other features Altered Moved Date Date 5. Lot size: One acre or less Over one acre Approximate frontage t mile Approximate distance of building from street '20 Feet NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE SGS Quadrant C Photo no. 5M-2-75-R06146S'i (20M-2~76) \ ~ \, "'\ "\ (over) "- \ 6. Recorded by Ernest Ginnetti Marlborough H~stor~cal Organization Commission Date 12/29/76

10 .:-..;."~.,.,'. ",. '" } 7. Otlginai owner (if known) Josiah Howe ),01"iglnaf use Fam _ _ ,. Subsequent uses (if any) and dates Fann ",, i, 'I" 8. T.helnes' (check as many as appltoablej t." 'AbOriginal,Agricultural,ArChitectural.: The Arts,'Commerce,Communication ',:''Communitydevelopment " x X X Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political X X : Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social! humanitarian Transportation 9, 'Hi$toricalsignificance (include explanation of themes checked above) ( { l., 'Josi~h Howewas the son of the first white inha.bitant of Marlborough, :-:JohnHowe. Josiah was born between , and married Mary Ha,ynes ',:of Sudbury in'march 18, 1672 and was one of many who rallied to defend ':.the inhabitants of Marlborough when King Philip attacked the plantation,':in His estate was settled in For the next 5 generations :i'the Howes are to numerous to keep track of especially since every gen- :'eration had either a John or Josiah and sometimes both, however to do,:~hefamily justice a1.1 of the above themes and then some could be checked...!~ '~/~:~.~.;.'"....:,.:. lo.'~::bibliographyand/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor ts records,,,~e~ly'maps, etc.j, '.~,,'... :.. "History,of Marlborough, Charles Hudson, Boston, ~storical Reminiscences of Marlborough, Ella Bigelow, Marl ~lborough Engineering Dept. --

11 I'.+L. 11 l',?; _ ,'-', " ~ ~;::,?-~~;~:->,~. r tt;~$.~::~~1~::~, ) '''''~,~i: ~ ',. Original owner (if known) ~;.~ ~..:. Jo:stab 'Howe., Original use Farm ~~ t Subsequent uses (if any) and dates.::t~ ;;:-S. Themes (check as many as applicable) '~ l'r ~.~.; Aboriginal Conservation.." Agricultural Education Architectural -X-- Exploration/ The Arts settlement ';' Comme'rce Industry ~ Communication Military Communitydevelopment Political.~~ ,,>.. \ =.,-'-- Reoreation Religion science/ invention Social! humanitarian Transportation '~,9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) " ~: Dea, Josiah Howe was born in Marlborough, in 1748,' and a direst des--- -_._, cendant of John Howa, thpufirst, White settler of Marlborough in the year of 1656, his house still stands' o~ Fowler Street and is included in this collection of Marlboroughs' Colonial Archetecture. Deacon Josiah married Molly Adams in the year 1770, a~~ gave birth to7 children, Their son Lewis inherited the farm,after the death of his father Josiah' in The farm left the family when Lewis sold the home to live in the village. b'fhe present owner Mr..Ralph F. Barnes, whose grandmother was Arathusa R. Howe, wif,e of William Barnes, and a grandaughter of Deacon Josiah Howa, places a date~ of ~on the' above Homestead. J,.. ~~ ~".~~l $~-"" :.i ;~ ". ~~~~;.."-../;~}~., ;~}-;. '{~:.-- - ~Io~' Bibliography and/or reference's (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's >~-,'early maps, etc.) records, "f:fi~;-:, Homestead names taken from 'the Oct. 24, 1803 map of Mar~borough: ~~~-:<': by Silas Holman Surveyor. Which includes the town of Hudson. (~~,' Hi~tories taken from Historical'reminisces of Marlborough by 1~::;--: Ella B~ge~ow 19~O. -,{'~:':. -', ~~,!.-.",- -. -'---':::'-'~~ ~7'-" I ~ ~!"~ ~. 3/73..:,;~~~~~

12 4LUason. of l1arlborough by "'" ~'... :.', >' ; -": (I... " v, L..~

13 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts Community Marlborough Area(s) Property Josiah Howe House Form No. 60 Additional information by Anne Forbes, consultant to Marlborough Historical Commission, 6/28/95: ASSESSOR'S # acres PHOTO #95-17: 16 and 18 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION. As existing inventory forms place the construction date for this house at either 1673 or 1797, a structural inspection will be necessary to come closer to an accurate estimate for any part of the house. The 2 1I2-story side-gabled, 5 by 2-bay, center-chimney form is certainly typical of the eighteenth century, and in a rural community could have been built into the early Federal period, making a date of 1797 possible. Some of the architectural detail, including the roof cornice, with a large bed molding below, is characteristic of that time. The foundation is largely fieldstone, which is less characteristic of 1797 (when granite-block was fashionable), and more likely to date to an earlier period. Certainly, if the house evolved like other farmhouses of Marlborough's early families, it is most likely that it grew over time, and probably incorporates a pre-1797 building within it. This may be part of the main house-one side, or the first story, for instance (the position of the chimney slightly in front of the ridge could indicate that the roof was raised and its ridge moved back at some point), or possibly some part of the two-story rear wing. Alterations have obscured other exterior clues. Although the building is still clapboarded, the windows have been changed at least twice--the present 6-over-6-sash is recent; the house had latenineteenth-century 2-over-2-sash for many years. The main entry has a five-panel door of a latenineteenth-century type in a sidelighted surround, with a center turn-of-the-century porch with square posts, balusters, and frieze screen. A modern garage has been added to the rear end of the wing, and a small, shed-roofed ell abuts the west end of the main house. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, cant. Since sources clearly conflict as to the date of this house, a structural inspection would be necessary to help determine who the original owner of the building, which may either replace or incorporate another house, might have been. All the Howes who lived here were farmers, and over the generations the farm developed into one of Marlborough's most extensive apple orchards. To add to the record on the earlier inventory forms: Deacon Josiah Howe apparently owned the property until his death in 1827 at the age of 78. His widow, Molly, who died in 1845, lived to be 93. Lewis Howe, who married Sally Witt in 1816 (and later Asenath Boyd), was the owner from at least 1830 through He apparently died before 1860, and from 1875 through at least 1889 the owner is shown on maps as Mrs. A. Wheeler, possibly a daughter of Mr. Howe.

14 .. INvENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Marlborough Josiah Howe House Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts Area(s) Form No. 60 ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. Maps and atlases: 1803, 1830, 1835, 1856/57, 1875, 1889, Marlboro vital records. Marlboro directories and tax valuations. James Bigelow. "Photographs and Descriptions of Some Old Houses in Marlborou h", ' _\ ~x-... "'" ',,:~_ '-"'.~ "I" k\-:'\~ ".. 1."\.' ", ~;:<:'i I' -'~""" 'lie -"" 't \ ";;'7.,;:!/ "~.- \.~.... '~'I..f.,"\ 'c...,"",- ""~'. ' r~.:f ;. l~;~<,_~-. ~, I: " - [X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

15 Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts Community Marlborough Area(s) Property Address 726 Stow Road Form No(s). 60 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [x] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [ ] Contributing to a potential historic district [] Potential historic district Criteria: [x] A [] B [x] C [] D Criteria Considerations: [] A [] B [] C [] D [] E [] F [] G Statement of Significance by _An~_ne_F_o_rb_e_s _ The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. This well-preserved eighteenth-century five-bay, center-chimney farmhouse is updated mainly by some nineteenth-century details and modem, but compatible 6-over-6-sash windows, and thus meets Criterion C as one of the better representatives of this prevailing late-colonial housetype in rural Marlborough. The likelihood that it may contain an earlier structure enhances its architectural significance. It also meets Criterion A for its long history as one of Marlborough's most extensive apple orchards, much of which, including a cluster of outbuildings from various eras, still remains. The property retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.