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468 OMB No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "X" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items.

1. Name of Property historic name Henry Higginson House other names/site number__ A. Henry Higginson House; Higginson House; Thoreau Institute 2. Location street & number_ 44 Baker Farm Road .N/A not for publication city or town. Lincoln - vicinity state_ Massachusetts _ code_MA - countyMiddlesex - code_017 zip code 01773 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this4E nomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property E meets [ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant - nationally - statewide !

locally. (- See continuation sheet for additional Betay Fuedlerg, hanional Regutes verector April 60,2005 Massachusetts Historical Commission State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. (O See continuation sheet for additional Comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. Natfonal Park Service Certification 1, hereby certify that this property is: Ventered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. - determined eligible for the National Register - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the National Register - removed from the National Register - other (explain): _ Aa Eolsan Nf. Beall Date of Actior 5/26/05 Henry Higginson House Name of Property 5.

Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) x private - public-local - public-State _ public-Federal (Check only one box) x building(s) - district _ site - structure - object Middlesex, MA County and State Vumber of Resources within Propert Do not include previously listed resources in the count. Contributing Noncontributing 2 3 _building 3 sites 3 8 _ structures 1 objects 9 11 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC/single dwelling SOCIAL/clubhouse Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) SOCIAL/civic EDUCATION/library LANDSCAPE/conservation area Z.

Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Late 19'- Early 20" Century Revivals: Tudor Revival Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundationStone (fieldstone) walls- Brick, Stucco, Wood (half-timbered) roof other Asphalt (shingle) Wood (decorative trim); Brick (chimneys) Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Designed by architect Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain, an avid horseman and friend of Alexander Henry Higginson, the Henry Higginson House at 44 Baker Farm Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts, is a Tudor Revival- style mansion house erected in 1905-06. The house was originally in the form of a modified "H." The front (south side) of the house was originally symmetrically massed with two projecting wings extending out from a central section that is dominated by a large brick chimney. The drive goes to the rear (north) side of the house, where the main entrance to the house is located, and where there is a courtyard and associated outbuildings. This north side of the house was asymmetrically designed, with a service/servants' wing projecting out from the northwest corner of the house.

In 1926 Higginson added an extension off of the building's east façade, and he enclosed a front (south facing) porch. The Higginson House features a brick first story with a half-timber and stucco treatment of the second and third stories. The house's fenestration was originally leaded casement windows, most of which remain, but there are also some added large-pane "picture windows." Inside, a two- story Great Hall dominated the center of the house, with living space and bedrooms for the owner in the east wings, while the west wings contained the dining and kitchen facilities, guest bedrooms, and servants' quarters. Terraces and brick walkways survive in the front (south side) of the house, leading down to a large lawn area (no landscape plan for the property has been uncovered, and no landscape architect has been identified other than work Chamberlain may have done).

Situated on the rise of a hill, the house originally looked out across the estate's open farmlands and across buildings that served Higginson's foxhunting interests. The mansion was built on a working farm and huntsman's estate, and its 18'h-century farmhouse, along with a Higginson-era cottage, Tudor Revival kennel, a stable with Tudor Revival elements, and a garage are all extant, with the kennel, stable, and garage also designed by Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain and architecturally related to the Higginson mansion. While those buildings and the open meadow remain, a growth of trees now blocks their view from the mansion, and after 1939 they were sold off from the main Higginson House.

The Henry Higginson House, in addition to being an historically and architecturally significant structure that is individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, is also eligible for the National Register as part of a district that would include these other structures that together once formed the Higginson estate. Setting Situated to the southeast of historic Walden Pond, the setting of the Henry Higginson House and the estate that was historically associated with it had been formed during the last glacial period. The house was sited on the gentle south slope of the wooded Pine Hill. Just to the east of the house site, the terrain falls quickly into a dynamic glacial valley between Pine Hill and the hill to its east. This wooded valley once connected Glacial (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Section number 7 Page_2 Lake Concord to the north with Glacial Lake Sudbury to the south. Southeast of the house site, a small pond (known as Beech Pond; see Sketch Plan 2) is situated within this glacial valley, with a large grove of beech trees growing nearby which were a popular destination for Henry David Thoreau in the 19" century. At its south end, this glacial valley then opened onto a rich alluvial plainopen meadow lands that lie to the south of the Higginson House site. Higginson named his estate "Middlesex Meadows" after these meadow lands.

Part of the historically significant Walden Woods, the Pine Hill lands to the west and north of the Higginson House-- which were once part of the Higginson estate - are now conservation lands held by the Town of Lincoln. Much of the alluvial valley to the east of the house is also preserved for conservation by the non-profit Walden Woods Project and by permanent conservation restrictions. The Higginson meadow south of the house is also conservation land held by the Town of Lincoln.

During Higginson's occupation of the estate, this meadow extended towards the south to Baker Bridge Road (laid out in 1755), with a stone wall that may date to the 18'h century extending along the boundary between the Higginson estate and that road (see Sketch Plan 2; see also photograph # 6 for a view from Baker Bridge Road north across the meadow towards the pre-1739 Billing- Baker-Higginson farmhouse and the 1903 cottage). On the west, that meadow and the Higginson estate had been bounded by Concord Road (dating back to the 17" century), with the stone wall continuing along the boundary between the meadow and the road. Within this meadow, near the corner where Baker Bridge Road and Concord Road intersect, Higginson had a horse racetrack, which is no longer extant (see site on Sketch Plan 2, number 14).

With the greater part of the Higginson estate now preserved as conservation or conservation- restricted land, much of the historical setting for the Henry Higginson House is permanently preserved. The Higginson mansion is at the end of Baker Farm Road, a private roadway that was originally the private drive into the Higginson estate. That private roadway and the buildings off of it lie just to the north of the meadow, and at the southern foot of Pine Hill. Entering Baker Farm Road from Concord Road, you pass through a brick gateway erected by Higginson (see Sketch Plan 2, number 15). Going northeast on Baker Farm Road, a stone wall continues along the south side of the roadway. A driveway angles to the east off of this roadway to serve the pre-1739 farmhouse, with the stone wall continuing along the south side of that drive to the pre-1739 Billing-Baker-Higginson house.

Originally an 18'h -century Billing farmhouse with an associated barn and ropewalk (the latter two structures no longer stand), that house was enlarged by the Baker family in 1836 (see Sketch Plan 2, number 16). When Higginson lived on the estate, this house was used by the farmer for his working farm. Just to the east of the farmhouse is the extant foundation of a 19th -century Baker barn that was used by Higginson (see Sketch Plan 2, number 17). To its east, Higginson had a large cow barn which burned down in the 1920s, killing many of his prized Ayrshire cattle. A 1903 Higginson cottage (which has (continued) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 NrS rorm 1 I0-900-8 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number7 Page_3 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA been moved twice) sits on part of the foundation for this barn (see Sketch Plan 2, number 18; the cottage stood at site 19 during Higginson ownership). This farm had been operated under Higginson as a gentleman's farm with an active breeding program. Continuing easterly along Baker Farm Road from the drive into the farmhouse are Higginson's foxhunting facilities. A 1905 Tudor Revival kennel (see Sketch Plan 2, number 20) designed by Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain is on the south side of the road (now a private residence).

Built before the house itself, it wasdescribed in a 1905 newspaper account: "Probably the most expensive kennels in the country are now located on the Higginson estate in South Lincoln and are the first of the number of buildings to be erected on the grounds used for headquarters by the Middlesex Hunt Club. The kennels were built by Contractor Robert E. Glancy, of this city, at a cost of about $8,000. They are the only kennels in the country and were designed by Architect J. I. Chamberl[a]in, of Lincoln, after considerable time spent in study of the style and architecture of the old English kennels./ The building is equipped with accommodations for a large number of dogs and it is now occupied by 93 English fox hounds owned by the Middlesex Hunt Club" [Lincoln Public Library Historical Vault, 1905 newspaper clipping].

The exterior appearance of the kennel, with a brick first story and a timber-frame and stucco second story, is reflective of the architectural styling of the Chamberlain-designed main house, and it is likely that the same contractor was also used for the main house. Built after the Higginson period, two noncontributing houses on the north side of Baker Farm Road and one noncontributing house on the south side of the roadway (see Sketch Plan 2, numbers 25, 25, and 23) are passed before reaching the 1914-15 Higginson Stable. This large stable (see Sketch Plan 2, number 21) was constructed after the original 1905 stable was destroyed by fire. Designed by Chamberlain and constructed by Lincoln contractor R.D. Donaldson, the vernacular stable design was primarily built in brick, with some timber framing with stucco infill at the main, north, entrance (which faced towards Higginson's house).

A 1914 extant brick garage was constructed to the northeast of the stable (see Sketch Plan 2, number 22). This approach towards the mansion, passing the farm buildings and then the foxhunting facilities, was originally open, with these buildings each visible. Today, this approach is wooded, so that the growth of trees alters the Higginson estate's original visual sense of interrelationship between buildings within an agricultural setting, and emphasizes a wooded setting for the main house. Accordingly, the Higginson mansion now has a more individualistic, and visually formal, identity. Baker Farm Road then turns towards the northeast and up the gentle slope of Pine Hill towards the 1905-06 Higginson House. As the roadway turns onto the Henry Higginson House lot, the immediate approach up to the (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-2 (8-86) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Section number 7 Page4 mansion retains its visual sweep from Higginson's period, as one looks up an extended lawn that culminates with a sequence of three terraces in front of the mansion (see Sketch Plan 1). While a gated brick-and-stucco wall that originally surrounded the two upper terraced areas was subsequently removed, probably in the 1920s, a single brick column from that wall still stands a few feet to the west of the house (see Sketch Plan 1, number

Formal brick walkways that defined garden areas within the middle terraced area, and stone steps with brick risers on the slopes at the base of the two upper terraces (see Sketch Plan 1, numbers 7, 8, 9), provide a formal setting approaching the front (south façade) of the mansion (see photographs 1, 2, and 7). The driveway continues beyond the east side of the house, with much of the sloping land east of the driveway treed. The drive then enters a parking area north of the house, while there is a 1998-installed courtyard between the parking area and the house (see Sketch Plan 1 and photographs 4 and 8). North of the parking area is a brick Research Center building that was completed in 1998 near the site of an earlier greenhouse. Designed by James S.

Thomas of the Boston architectural firm of Ganteaume and McMullen, the Research Center contains a library, archives, and media center (see Sketch Plan 1, number 3; see also photographs 3 and 5). West of the Research Center is a one-story, one-bay cinder-block garage that was probably built in the early 1940s which reflects the Tudor-Revival design of the main house in its decorative treatment, now used as a maintenance structure (see Sketch Plan 1, number 2). A ca. 2000 maintenance structure is next to the garage and a ca. 2002 reconstruction replica of Thoreau's Walden cabin is also located on the house lot, to their north (see Sketch Plan 1, numbers 4 and 5).

The lands north of the house and Research Center are treed, and woods on the sloping land on the west side of the house extend down to the house, ending at a stone outcropping near the west side of the house (see ledge on Sketch Plan 1). Exterior The original design for the front of the three-story house, forming the south-facing elevation, was essentially symmetrical until a 1926 addition (see photograph 3) was added that extends out to the east. The south façade (see photographs 1, 2, and 7) has a central section built around a dominant central chimney, with gabled wings on either side of the central section extending southerly towards the viewer, while the 1926 addition extends out towards the east from the back portion of the east wing. The central, commanding, brick chimney has a decorative brick treatment, structurally suggesting that it contains three flues.

The chimney is topped by three plain chimney pots (chimney pots originally found on other, secondary chimneys, are currently not present). Prominently inserted within this brick chimney is a large decorated panel, with the attached mechanisms of a sundial. The steep, asphalt roof on the center section of the house extends down over the second floor. (continued) YPS Form 1 10-900-2 8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page_ OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Extending out from either side of the central chimney is a central timber and stucco unit that projects forward from the main roof and culminates in gabled third-story dormers.

These gabled dormers have flared verge boards with decorative blocks designed to simulate the structural projected ends of the cross purloins and plate. The second story of the central section has timber framing with stucco infill, while on the first floor of this section there is an extended enclosed porch fronted by large glass windows and a simple central door. (This porch was originally an open veranda that was enclosed in the 1920s; prior to that, striped awnings were applied over this veranda area and also over many of the other windows of the front façade, while an exterior fireplace [see photograph 10] at the base of the center chimney served this exterior veranda.) To either side of this central section of the house, gabled wings project forward towards the south.

As with the smaller gabled dormers, these gables have flared verge boards with decorative blocks designed to simulate the structural projected ends of the cross purloins and plate. On these two wings, the half-timbered third and second stores overhang the brick first story below. Visually, these overhangs are supported on the front by pairs of large brackets. Following a popular Tudor form, the brick first-floor cladding, designed in common bond courses, contrasts with the decorative half-timber with stucco-infill used on the second and third floors. On the upper stories of these two wings, the fenestration consists of large-pane windows with casement side lights, while the first floor has a bowed window, with a large-pane window in the center and casement windows on the sides (these large-pane windows were a 1970s alteration from the original design).

The south façade of the 1926 wing to the east has altered the original symmetry of the house, but it arguably softens the overall silhouette of the dwelling. Consistent in form with the architecture of the original structure, it peaks at a lower height than the roof of the original structure. Most of the steep asphalt roof extends down two stories to the brick first-floor level, although the westernmost portion of it only extends down one story (with timber-frame and stucco-infill below it at the second-story level). The roof is broken by a third-story shed dormer. The east façade has three primary components, each repeating architectural elements found on the south facade.

On the south side of the east façade, the third-story asphalt roof is broken by a secondary chimney and by a third-story shed dormer; below it the second story is clad with half-timber and stucco infill, and the first story has brickwork. At the center of the east façade, projecting forward (east) from it is the 1926 gabled addition with a small chimney in the center of the gable. The gable repeats the use of flared verge boards with decorative blocks designed to simulate the structural, projected ends of the cross purloins and plate. The half-timbered third and second stories overhang the brick first story below, but the decorative brackets found on the south façade are not repeated.

To its right (north), there is a low brick wall that encloses a courtyard (a separate 1998 library and Research Center is located beyond that courtyard; see photographs 3 and 5; see also Sketch Plan 1, with walls identified by number 11 low in height and 1998 brick walls represented by number 12 higher in (continued) N-0I 110-900-4 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Section number 7 Page 6 height). Within the roof of the east façade of the rear service/servants' wing of the house are two chimneys serving the kitchen and also the servant's room at the back of the wing, and two shed dormers. Half-timber framing covers the second story, while the brick first story projects out (easterly) into the courtyard.

It is served by a secondary servants' entrance, and there is a bowed window for what was originally the servants' dining room. A one-story brick wall, added in 1998, extends to the north from the northeast corner of the servants' wing (see photograph number 4). The rear or north-facing façade of the house essentially creates an ell shape with the space between the ell forming a rear courtyard with brick walls. Projecting from the northwest side of the building is the gabled service/servants' wing, which forms one side of that ell. While shed dormers were used in the third story of the servants' wing, two gabled dormers were used within the third story of the north main part of the house.

There is a small projection at what had originally been the northeast corner of the house, with the second-story projecting out further than the third story and containing a second gable (integrated into the earlier design, the projecting first and second stories in this gabled section were part of the 1926 addition). To its west, the roof above the 1926 addition has three skylights (possibly part of a 1970s remodeling to the space inside). All of the gabled dormers repeat the use of flared verge boards with decorative blocks designed to simulate the structural projected ends of the cross purloins and plate. The north façade also repeats the use of brick facing for the first floor and half-timber framing above.

A bracketed, gently curved roof protects the primary entrance to the house, with side lights flanking a wide door, with the door itself having lights above with three panels below. On the west façade, the roof is broken by two chimneys, while three shed dormers provide windows for the third floor (the southernmost of these dormers being bisected by a chimney). Half-timber framing is repeated between the windows of the dormers and also on the second-story, with brick on the first story. A simple servants' porch is decorated with modillions, and supported by bracketed, square wooden posts. Interior On the interior (see appended floor plans showing the Basement, First Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor), the two-story central Great Hall is the dominant feature among the twenty-two principal rooms found on the three stories of the mansion.

The house also includes seven bathrooms on the two upper floors and two half- baths as well as two pantries on the first floor. (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-2 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 7 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA On the first floor, from the north exterior door, you enter a small vestibule that opens into the Great Hall (see photograph 9). The 40' Hall has a tiled floor (an early replacement of the original tile flooring), framed wood paneling on the walls, and a cross-beamed ceiling, with the principal beams running north and south and secondary cross beams running between them east and west (note representation of beams on the Second-Floor Plan). The grand staircase dominates the west side of the room.

Rising half-way to a landing and then turning north, the stairway leads to a railed balcony that then extends around the north and east walls of the room and is open to the hall below. Along the interior of the balcony there is a series of supporting square columns that extend from floor to ceiling and integrate with the cross-beaming of the ceiling with decorative bracketing where they join. The south wall is dominated by a massive walk-in stone-faced fireplace, while there are built-in benches to either side of the fireplace. Off of the Great Hall, there is an enclosed, 40' porch along the south side of the house with a cross-pattern brick flooring. It is centered on its north brick wall (originally an exterior wall of the house) by the brick fireplace with stone keystone that was initially designed as a central feature of the exterior of the house (see photograph 10).

On the first floor, the west wings of the house contained the dining, kitchen, and servant rooms. The dining room at the southwest corner of the house has wainscoting around the room, and a beamed ceiling with the main beams running east to west and smaller cross beams between them running north to south. A brick-front fireplace on the west wall is encased in a wood fireplace surround with double half-columns decorating each side of the fireplace, and a panel above the mantel. There is a built-in china cabinet in the northeast corner of the room. To the dining room's north is the kitchen and pantry area, which has been modernized. Rooms for the use of the servants and for the laundry are in the northwest wing of the house, now used for offices. A hallway served by an exterior servant door would have originally been for the servant and service access.

It connects the kitchen, servants' room, and the Great Hall. Stairs to the basement and a second stairway to the second floor are off of this hallway. This staircase provides access to the second floor, and directly above it is a staircase to the third floor, with small sections of framed paneling decorating the side of the staircases. The east wings of the house contain a library and living room on the first floor, each separately accessed from the Great Hall. The library or office, like the Great Hall, was probably a gathering place for the Middlesex Hunt members, as Higginson had used it to display his foxhunting trophies and other memorabilia. It is in the southeast corner of the original structure, and it has a tile floor similar to that in the Great Hall, high wainscoting with Gothic-arch framed panels, and a beamed ceiling with the beams running east to west.

A fieldstone fireplace on the south wall is surmounted by a wood mantel. To its left is a reconstruction of an earlier bookcase that would have been part of the 1926 reconstruction: the bookcase swivels to reveal a concealed passage in back, traditionally thought to have been designed during Prohibition as a secret exit from (continuing) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Section number 7 Page_8 the library into the basement.

(In the basement, below the library, there is a "drinking room" that is partly lined by benches, but the means of access down from behind the bookcase has been removed.) The living room on the first floor forms the northeast corner of the house, and it was created when the 1926 addition was made. The walls are covered with framed paneling, and the room has two stone fireplaces, the larger on the east wall and a smaller fireplace on the south wall. On the second floor, in the center section of the house, a balcony goes around the north and east walls of the open Great Hall. From the staircase on the west wall of the Great Hall, one must go across the balconies to gain access to the two master bedroom suites that are located in the east wings of the house.

The west wings currently contains four offices that were probably originally guest bedrooms, although some of them may have been used as servants' rooms. In the east wing of the second floor, the walls of the original master bedroom (Master Bedroom 1 on Second- Floor Plan) mimic the exterior half-timbered treatment, with vertical boards extending up from the baseboard to visually support a beam around the ceiling of the room. This treatment extends around the room, with the location and spacing of these interior boards corresponding with the location and spacing of the exterior half- timber posts, although the diagonal braces found on the exterior of this room are not repeated in the interior treatment. The fireplace on the room's north wall is Classical Revival, fluted pilasters support a frieze with decorative cartouches below the mantel shelf.

Its large, wainscoted bathroom has a brick-front corner fireplace with a simple mantel. This bathroom, along with the other bathrooms on the second and third floors, retains early fixtures that include footed bathtubs, pedestal sinks, and toilets with their water boxes mounted above on the wall. The original master bedroom is now joined through a closeted passage to a second master bedroom that was added in 1926 (Master Bedroom 2 on Second-Floor Plan). The fireplace on the east wall of this bedroom has a brick facing within a wood fireplace surround that includes framed paneling on the sides and a bracketed mantel. Its separate bathroom retains original fixtures. The west wing of the second floor contains four bedroom, now used as offices, with the two southernmost rooms having a shared bathroom and the two northernmost rooms also having a shared bathroom. These contain early fixtures.

Three of the bedrooms have simple fireplaces, with each fireplace surround distinct. Each of these fireplaces features the use of oversized projecting pegs as part of its decorative treatment, while the supports for the mantel in "Bedroom 1" flare out to support the mantel, while on the other two fireplaces (Bedroom 3 and Bedroom 4) three framed panels are surmounted by a bracketed mantel. (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Section number 7 Page 9 The third floor of the house originally included servants' rooms and a Studio, but it has undergone the most alterations since the 1970s, including the alteration of walls in the servants' west wing to create an apartment that includes a small kitchen (see Third-Floor Plan). The center section of the third floor originally contained an octagonal Studio, but the western portion of that room is now separated into a room serving the apartment. The Studio has a large fieldstone fireplace on its south wall, and window seats built in below its windows.

The Studio as well as "Bedroom 5" in the southeast corner of the house (perhaps originally a work room) has narrow boards paneling the walls, and under the eaves there are built-in drawers lining the north wall of the Studio and also on walls serving "Bedroom 5" (these may have at first been used as storage for taxidermy work). Archaeological Description While no ancient Native American sites have been identified on the Henry Higginson House property, sites may be present. Ten sites are recorded in the general area (within one mile). Environmental characteristics of the property represent locational criteria (slope, soil drainage, distance to wetlands) that are favorable indicators for many types of Native American sites.

The house is located on a parcel that includes well drained, level to moderately sloping terraced areas within 1,000 feet of a small pond and tributary stream of the Sudbury River. The latter river eventually drains to the Merrimack River. Extensive ancient Native American settlement has been documented in the Sudbury River drainage throughout most periods of history, especially from the Middle Archaic through Contact Periods. Given the above information, the size of the nominated property (5.18 acres) and impacts related to construction of the house, outbuildings, and landscape features, a moderate to high potential exists for locating significant ancient Native American resources on the Higginson House property. A moderate potential exists for locating historic archaeological resources on the Henry Higginson House property included in this nomination.

Several archaeological resources have been identified with Baker Farm and Higginson occupations of the property; however, none are included in this nomination. Each of the architectural and archaeological resources included on Data Sheet 2 would be included as contributing resources in an expanded Higginson historic district, however, with the exception of the tennis court, they are all located west of the Higginson House along Baker Farm Road to its intersection with Concord Road. The extant Billing-Miles-Baker House (pre-1739), Baker Barn Foundation, and ca. 18"* century stone walls are clustered at the opposite end of Baker Farm Road from the Higginson House, immediately west of the intersection of Baker Farm Road and Concord Road.

Archaeological evidence of additional outbuildings, occupational related features (trash pits, privies, wells), and landscape features associated with the 18"h century Baker Farm should also be concentrated in the latter area. Extant outbuildings, landscape features, and archaeological sites (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 10 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA associated with the Higginson Estate are distributed between the Billing-Miles-Baker House and the Higginson House on both sides of Baker Farm Road. Early 20" century archacological resources associated with the Higginson Estate include the Higginson Cottage Site (ca. 1906) and Higginson racetrack.

Archaeological evidence of occupational related features (trash pits, privies, wells) should also survive associated with the dwelling houses and outbuildings associated with the Higginson Estate. Archaeological evidence of occupational related features, especially trash areas, may survive on the property included with this nomination. The potential for a Baker family burial ground should also be investigated. (end) Henry Higginson House Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) x A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. x C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: -A owned by religious institution or used for religious purposes. _ B removed from its original location.

_ C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. _ E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. _F a commemorative property. _G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) _Middlesex, MAR County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Architecture Entertainment/Recreation Social History Period of Significance 1905-1955 Significant Dates 1905-1906 construction 1906-1933 Higginson occupation Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain 2.

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1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Built in 1905-06 as an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style, the Henry Higginson House was an important part of the turn-of-the-century estate movement in Lincoln and the Boston area. The construction of the mansion came at a time when other wealthy and prominent Boston-area families were also establishing country estates in Lincoln, including Charles Francis Adams, Jr., long a friend of the senior Higginson, and James J. Storrow, the senior Higginson's financial partner. Enhancing the local architectural interest and representation of the Henry Higginson House is the fact that a kennel and stable on the Higginson estate, the 1904-05 James Jackson Storrow House on a neighboring estate, and a 1901 building for workers on the Adams estate, were also built using the Tudor Revival style.

While the Storrow House, the largest estate house in Lincoln, was built entirely in brick, the Higginson House is an outstanding example of half-timber Tudor Revival design. Built for a man who embraced the traditions of the English country estate and its associated sporting life, and designed by an architect who shared his appreciation of those traditions, the Higginson House was based upon careful study, as the two men sought to emulate the English Tudor architectural traditions in the mansion's exterior design and in the Great Hall, which was inspired by an early Norfolk, England, property. The Henry Higginson House was built by Boston financier Henry Lee Higginson for his son Alexander Henry Higginson, an avid foxhunter, and the house served as the centerpiece for the younger man's gentleman's estate and working farm from 1906 until he settled permanently in England in 1933.

The Higginson mansion also served as the headquarters for the Middlesex Hunt Club, which was founded in 1897 and would be based at this estate, using Higginson's foxhounds until Higginson sold his pack in 1919. Later owners of the house included Ernest Henderson, founder of the Sheraton Hotel chain, while the mansion was subsequently used as a double-house for descendants of Charles Francis Adams, Jr. As has happened with many of Lincoln's turn-of-the-century estates, however, in 1992 the mansion was acquired by a non-profit organization.

As the headquarters of the Thoreau Institute, the property now serves as a center for conserving the surrounding Walden Woods lands associated with Henry David Thoreau and as a (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page2 OMBApproval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA preeminent international educational center and library for the study of Thoreau, his writings, and his influence upon the world. Notably contrasting with the ideals of Thoreau, Alexander Henry Higginson was a strong Anglophile who sought to promote the English country estate and foxhunting traditions within the United States, and architecturally his house remains an outward expression of his personal ideals and life experiences.

Its estate setting and its original design by architect Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain are well preserved, and it is architecturally as well as historically significant at the local level and individually eligible for the National Register under criteria A and C. In conjunction with other extant buildings from the Higginson estate (including a pre- 1739 farmhouse, 1903 cottage, 1905 kennel, and 1914-15 stable), and in consideration of the associations of that estate with the development of foxhunting, the Henry Higginson House would also be eligible for listing on the National Register as the centerpiece of a historic district. The Henry Higginson House was built near Walden Pond (NHL), and it is an integral part of the associated Walden Woods ecosystem, on what had been the Jacob Baker farm when Henry David Thoreau made this area one of the best documented 19*-century landscapes.

That farm and its extant farmhouse (Billing-Miles-Baker House, see Sketch Plan 2, number 16) date back to at least the 1730s. It was then owned by farmer and ropemaker John Billing, a descendant of one of the early settlers of historic Concord, Massachusetts, the first inland town to be established above the fall line in the colonies. Somewhat distant from the center of Concord, but on the main road from Concord to ancient Sudbury, Massachusetts, this area was not settled by the first generation of Concord residents. Over time, subsequent generations of Billing and other families moved out from the town's center to establish farms on these more remote sections of their community. In 1754 residents of this easterly part of Concord joined together with neighbors in the northern part of Weston and the southwestern corner of Lexington to establish the new town of Lincoln, Massachusetts.

This property was within the bounds of that new town. (continued) IIPS Form 1 10-900-4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page3 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Lincoln was then a small farming town. Despite its relatively close proximity to Boston - about fifteen miles northwest of Boston - it would continue to be a small farming town through the 19" century. In the town's early years, a number of the farmers were also engaged as part-time artisans, such as the ropemaking of the Billing family. Lincoln's geological history was such that the town had small brooks with limited hydraulic power, so in the 19# century the community would not take part in the development of industrialization and hydraulic mill operations.

Unable to compete with industrialization, the earlier artisan-craft tradition of the town would decline during the 19"h century, and by the mid-19" century Lincoln's economy was primarily farm related, while the town's population had undergone a decline. The town's farm economy would specialized market gardening (particularly for the Boston market), with some year-round greenhouse operations present by the end of the century. The Baker farm was an example of this increased specialization. The Bakers prospered as they particularly focused their operations on dairy farming, with George Minott Baker, the owner of this farm, serving as President of the New England Milk Prodúcers Association (the foundation of a nineteenth-century barn used by the Bakers and by Higginson still stands near the Billing-Miles-Baker House; see Sketch Plan 2, number 17).

Of particular concern to neighbor Henry David Thoreau - there had also been an extensive harvesting of the trees in the area of the Baker farm and nearby Walden Pond, particularly to provide firewood for Boston. From Lincoln's beginnings in the mid-18" century, there had also been one large estate within the town: the Russell-Codman estate. In the 1790s, the Codmans had enlarged that house to a three-story Federal design, overlooking a summer estate modeled after the country estates of England. For many years, it would remain as the only estate within the town. While the railroad would be built through Lincoln in 1844, it initially had a limited impact upon the town, other than providing an improved vehicle for marketing some of the town's firewood and agricultural products. In time, however, it would enable individuals to live in Lincoln and commute to Boston.

By the 1860s, two Lincoln natives (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-2 (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Section number 8 Page_4 n h g tana sucess elsewhere, George Grosvenor Tarbell and John H ierce, would settle back in the community and build large Victorian homes in the town' historic center. Others would build or acquire country estates in Lincoln, including glass manufacturer and art collector Julian de Cordova; George and Mary Ropes; railroad executive and Presidential descendant Charles Francis Adams, Jr.; financier James Jackson Storrow; lawyer and the NAACP's first President, Moorfield Storey; Louise (Ayer) Gordon Hathaway; chinaware-merchant Richard Briggs; Emily Osgood; as well as the Higginsons.

Some of these Lincoln estates were year-round residences, while a number of them were summer homes. Many of these houses were prominently situated on hilltops or, as was true of the Henry Higginson House, on the rise of a hill - taking advantage of Lincoln's vast agricultural and other natural vistas. Those establishing estates in Lincoln around the turn of the century were typically attracted by the combination of Lincoln's close proximity to Boston and its open, rural character. Very typically, these Lincoln estate owners continued the farming traditions of the community by maintaining active "gentleman's farm" operations on their estates. In some cases, as was true of the Higginson estate, these estate farms became quite elaborate operations.

Just as the Higginson estate expanded to over 200 acres within Lincoln, a number of these wealthy owners would often add to their holdings, making their estate and farming operations a very important component of the town, while also preserving large expanses of land. Reflective of the period when it was built, the Henry Higginson House was one of a group of important country estates that brought to the town's social mix not only their prosperous owners, but also a large group of household servants, farm workers, and others, many of whom were immigrants. With the coming of income taxes, World War I, and the effects of the Great Depression, this period of building large estates in Lincoln declined, and a few of the estate houses, such as the home of Charles Francis Adams, Jr., would ultimately be torn down.

With the Henry Higginson House having become the Thoreau Institute in the 1990s, however, it is reflective of a pattern found with many of the town's turn-of-the-century estates, as (continued) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 5 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA the 1904-05 Storrow House is now the Carroll School; the 1913-14 Gordon Hall is now the headquarters of the Massachusetts Audubon Society; the 1882 Julian de Cordova House is the DeCordova Museum; the 1900 Pierce House is now maintained by the town; and the earliest Lincoln estate, the 18" century Russell-Codman House, is the Codman House Museum, belonging to Historic New England (formerly the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities) - all public institutions that make important contributions to the town and region.

Other estate houses in Lincoln do continue to be used as private homes, but of the ten Lincoln houses with the highest assessed values in 1915, one (1890 Burnham-Adams House) is no longer standing, four (1913-14 Emily Osgood; 1913-14 C. Lee Todd; 1898 Briggs-Pollard; and 1911 Dr. J.F. Edgerly houses) continue to be used as private residences; while five of those ten most valuable houses are now in non-profit/public use (Storrow, Gordon, de Cordova, Pierce, and Higginson houses). Significantly, and unlike the other Lincoln estates, the Higginson property also had an important public component in its early years. Its Middlesex Hunt Club history was integral to the social history of the region during that period, providing for Middlesex County a setting that related to that of other clubs such as the Myopia Hunt Club (Essex County) to the north and The Norfolk (Norfolk County) to its south.

In their time, The Middlesex riders and their pack traveling through the countryside, and the annual Field Day and other events held on the Higginson property, were vibrant elements of the social life of country Lincoln. The 1905-06 Henry Higginson House had an atypical beginning, as it was built by a father for his son, with the property owned - and the costs of operating the estate maintained - by the father. The original owner of the Higginson House was Henry Lee Higginson (1834-1919), who acquired the Baker Farm on 11 February 1905 for $10,000 [see Mid. Deeds, 3143:454, Walter F. Baker to Henry Lee Higginson, 1905] with plans to finance the construction of (continued) VPS Form 1 10-900-2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page6 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA a house and other structures for son Alexander Henry Higginson, his only child to survive childhood. It was reported in a 1905 newspaper that "Mr. Higginson is to erect a house in the immediate vicinity at an expense of at least $25,000 and work will soon be started on this building" [Lincoln Public Library Archives, newspaper clipping]. While Henry Lee Higginson continued to own and finance the property for the rest of his life, he took an active role in selecting some of the foremost horses and cattle for the estate, he continued to reside in the Back Bay of Boston, with a country house at Manchester By- the-Sea, Massachusetts - homes where son Alex grew upand he also had a farm of over 5,000 acres in New York near Lake Champlain which Alex would in time also run.

Following the death of Henry Lee Higginson, the ownership of the Lincoln property continued to be assessed under trustees to his estate until 1939 [see Lincoln Assessors' Records and Mid. Deeds, 5622:461, Ida Higginson to Charles F. Adams et al., trustees, 1922], while the property continued to be used by his son. Financier Henry Lee Higginson was one of Boston's most prominent businessmen and philanthropists. Included among his Higginson, Lee, Jackson, and Cabot ancestors were some of the leading merchants of Massachusetts. His father, George Higginson (1804- 1889), had been a founder of the Boston banking and brokerage firm of Lee, Higginson, and Company. Young Henry would not at first follow the family's business orientation; reflecting the times, he was an enthusiast of Emerson, concerned about the slavery issue, and ultimately a student of music.

After serving in the Civil War (along with friend Charles Francis Adams, Jr.) as a Major and being wounded, however, Henry Lee Higginson joined Lee, Higginson, and Co., remaining as a partner with the firm for the rest of his career. Higginson's wife was Ida (Agassiz) Higginson, the daughter of Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), the European-trained professor of natural history at Harvard University and leading zoologist and scientist of 19" century America. Indeed, Agassiz had a role in influencing Thoreau'scollecting and classification work at Walden Woods, as Thoreau had collected local specimens for Agassizbeginning in 1847. Known from his Civil War experiences as Major Higginson, Henry Lee Higginson would arguably become the "first citizen" of Boston.

His true passion continued to be music, (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-2 8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page7 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA and in 1881 he founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which he financed generously for many years. Reflecting his character and values, Higginson would later state: "In my eyes the requisites about the Orchestra were...on my part, to pay the bills, to be satisfied with nothing short of perfection, and always to remember that we were seeking high art and not money: art came first, then the good of the public, and the money must be an after consideration" [Perry (1921), pp. 292-93].

His other philanthropic efforts included donating Soldiers Field to Harvard College as a memorial to six of his friends, who had died in the Civil War; donating $150,000 to build the 1901 Harvard Union; and providing much of the money to construct Boston's 1900 Symphony Hall (a National Historic Landmark). The Harvard Union and Symphony Hall were both designed by one of the nation's leading architects, Charles Follen McKim (1847-1909) of McKim, Mead & White. Although Major Higginson could hire one of the leading architects of the period for the Henry Higginson House, he followed his son's desire to have architect and foxhunting enthusiast Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain (1872-1952) as the architect. While Chamberlain's parents were living in South Carolina when he was born, they were both natives of New England. His father, Daniel H.

Chamberlain (1835-1907) was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, and his mother was an Ingersoll from Maine. Daniel had left his studies in law to serve as a lieutenant and later as captain for a Massachusetts black regiment during the Civil War. After the war he became a leading northern "carpetbagger," settling in South Carolina, where he was the state's Attorney General, and then from 1874 to 1877 he served as South Carolina's last Reconstruction governor. Daniel and his family then moved to New York, where he was a successful Wall Street lawyer and later an instructor at Cornell University in constitutional law. After retiring from Cornell in 1898, he returned to "Elm Knoll Farm," the family property in West Brookfield, making alterations to the estate. Later he moved to Charlottesville, Virginia.

Prominent and financially very successful, Daniel would have provided son Julian with an education, upbringing, and financial backing to not only study architecture but also to develop his own passion for foxhunting (continued) NPSForm 1 10-900-4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number8 Page 8 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain had become a close friend of Alexander Henry Higginson, who called him "C." The Higginson son was living in an old house on Baker Bridge Road in Lincoln when the father also acquired the neighboring Baker farm for the new mansion. Chamberlain was living with him at the time. The two men were researching and preparing to coauthor a book, The Hunts of the United States and Canada (1908).

Indeed, living together, Higginson and Chamberlain also worked closely together in the design work for the house and the rest of the estate. Higginson later wrote of his friend and his design: "Chamberlain was an architect by profession, and a hunting man by choice, and when one is fortunate enough to find those attributes combined in a friend who knows one's tastes, what need of looking further?

The kennels and stables finished [in 1905], he got to work on the plans of the new house, and for days my desk was littered with designs for bath-tubs and lighting fixtures....The result was a happy one, for the house at 'Middlesex Meadows' embodied all those features which I had always held dear, and one of my greatest sorrows is the thought that never again shall I sit before the great fireplace in the Hall, which was modeled after an old manor house in Norfolk, where I had stopped during one of my visits to England" (Higginson, Old Sportsman's Memories, p. 97). That dramatic, two-story Great Hall, with its dark woodwork and prominent balcony, would become the centerpiece of the Higginson House (see First- Floor and Second-Floor plans and photograph 9). The Higginson estate was probably the preeminent example of Chamberlain's work in Massachusetts.

He is not known to have designed buildings in Lincoln other than those for Higginson. Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain, like his father, was a graduate of Yale College (1895), where his classmates selected him as the most versatile member of the class and also the class "Beau Brummel." He subsequently studied architecture for two years at Columbia. In the summer of 1896 he joined the prominent firm of McKim, Mead & White and was stationed at Charlottesville, Virginia. There he assisted as the firm did extensive improvements and additions to buildings at the University of Virginia. While staying at Virginia, Chamberlain took up foxhunting. In the spring of 1897 he joined the New York architectural offices of Lord & Hewlett, formed in 1894 by partners Austin W. Lord, later (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-2 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Section number 3 Page9 head of the department of architecture at Columbia, and James Munroe Hewlett (1868- 1941). Chamberlain then volunteered for the Spanish-American War in 1898, before joining the New York offices of the prominent architect, John Galen Howard (1864- 1931), designer of Boston's 1903 Beaux Arts-style Majestic Theatre. In 1902 Howard became university architect for the University of California at Berkeley. With his father moving to West Brookfield, Massachusetts, in 1900 Julian decided to move to Boston, where he joined the architectural firm of Winslow, Wetherell & Bigelow, whose offices were at Hamilton Place, Boston. Originally established by Nathaniel J. Bradlee (1829-1888), the Boston firm's partners when Chamberlain was there were Walter T.

Winslow (1843-1909), George H. Wetherell (1854-1930), and Henry Forbes Bigelow (1867-1929), and their recent works when Chamberlain joined included the 1897 Hotel Touraine in Boston. In 1904 Chamberlain went into private practice, although he was associated with the firm of Putnam and Cox (Allen H. Cox, died 1944), maintaining offices with them at 6 Hancock Avenue in Boston. During this period his architectural work initially focused on the Higginson property in Lincoln. A description for his twenty-fifth reunion at Yale stated: "He designed and built the Country estate, 'Middlesex Meadows,' at South Lincoln, Mass., for A.

Henry Higginson, Esq., including house, stables, kennels, garages, farm buildings, etc., and also designed country houses, stables, etc., for a number of clients on the North Shore of Massachusetts and in Virginia" (Quarter Century Record of the Class of Ninety-Five, Yale College, p. 141). This work in Virginia was no doubt done when he joined with Higginson in going to Virginia during the winter months to engage in foxhunting. He lived with Higginson for a number of years before moving to Concord, but even in 1910 he listed with Yale that his "home address" was Lexington Road, Concord, but his "permanent address" was at the Middlesex Hunt Club, South Lincoln (the Higginson estate). Active in military affairs since 1898, in 1916 Chamberlain served at Texas in the conflict with Mexico, where he met and the following year married Frances Elizabeth (Borders) Chamberlain.

He subsequently served in the Army during World War I. Drawing upon (continued) (SPSDorm 1 10-900- United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 10 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA his background with horses, he served as a major in the cavalry and later as a lieutenant colonel, organizing the horse-drawn 38th Field Artillery Regiment. He also served as an instructor at the School of Fire at Fort Still, Oklahoma. Following the war, in 1921 he was undergoing treatment for a serious injury that had been caused by a horse while on active duty. By the mid 1920s, Chamberlain was the City Architect for Oldsmar, Florida (in the Tampa Bay area, originally called R.E. Olds-By-The-Bay). Oldsmar was acquired in 1913 by Ransom E.

Olds (1864-1950), the founder of the Olds Motor Works, the Reo Motor Car Company, and the Ideal Power Lawn Mower Company, but when the community did not develop as he anticipated, Olds sold out during the 1920s. During that period real estate developer Harry E. Prettyman became active in trying to revive the community, and it may have been either Olds or, more likely, Prettyman who brought in Chamberlain. Originally laid out in 1917 by engineers from Boston, with planner and landscape architect Wayne E. Styles later revising its plan, Oldsmar was formed as a model farming and industrial community with public spaces near the water and broad avenues partly inspired by the roadways of Washington, D.C. Many of the buildings constructed at Oldsmar during the period Chamberlain was there were in the Spanish mission style.

Chamberlain would return to the Boston area by 1927, and he and Higginson subsequently collaborated on an update of their 1908 book, which was then published as Hunting in the United States and Canada (1928). Chamberlain settled in Dorsetshire, England, in 1932, following Higginson there. Since early in his career, Chamberlain had maintained an art studio where he focused on painting animals and sporting scenes. Aside from his work in Oldsmar, in the years following World War I--including his time in England--he focused his activities on painting rather than architecture. Along with his close friend, he also continued his active involvement in foxhunting. Chamberlain died in Dorchester, Dorset County, in 1952. While a skilled architect, he is most often remembered for his foxhunting avocation and his association with Higginson.

(continued) (PSIorm 1 10-900-2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number8 Page11 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Chamberlain's friend, for whom the Lincoln house was built, was Alexander Henry Higginson (1876-1951), who became a national and international leader in the field of foxhunting, and a prominent author on the subject. This is the primary site in the United States associated with A. Henry Higginson during his years of leadership in American foxhunting. The son signed his name A. Henry Higginson, emphasizing the name he shared with his father, but he was always known to family and friends as Alex, having been named for his uncle, Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910), a noted marine zoologist and mining engineer.

Alex would also be known as Captain Higginson, from service during World War I utilizing his skills with horses. Prior to moving to this house, Alex had been married to Rosamond (Tudor) Higginson Burgess (1878-1973), whose grandfather, Boston "ice king" Frederic Tudor, had once cut ice from Walden Pond and from other ponds in the area for shipment around the world. The two had divorced before Higginson moved here. Not long after moving here, however, Alexander Henry Higginson would be married in 1907 to Angela Jeanne (Calducci) Higginson (1883-1925). Higginson wrote: "We had a happy summer at Lincoln, settling in our new house, in which there were many alterations to be made; for it had been built for a man who had sworn that he would never marry again, and when a woman takes charge of a bachelor establishment, there are many things which have to be changed" (Higginson, Sportsman, p.

103). In 1925 at Lincoln, Higginson was married for a third time to actress Mary (Newcomb) Edeson Higginson (1893-1966). This marriage brought about more extensive changes to their Lincoln residence, with the enclosing of the porch on the front (south) façade of the house, along with the 1926 addition on the east side of the house (see photograph 3). With the addition, a small, octagonal tea room in the northeast corner of the first floor of the house was replaced by a large living room, while on the second floor the addition created connected master suites for the couple (see, as 1926 additions: the Living Room on the First-Floor Plan; the corridor, Master Bedroom 2 with its associated bath and closet on the Second-Floor Plan; and an unfinished room shown as Bedroom 6 on the Third-Floor Plan).

Higginson later wrote of this addition: "....we were building an addition to the house which made it much pleasanter for a woman to live in" [Higginson, (continued) (PS Form 110-200-4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page_12 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA An Old Sportsman's Memories, p. 198). These modified the interior character somewhat from the house that was originally designed for a single, divorced man with a primary orientation towards foxhunting. Foxhunting was Alex Higginson's passion, and for many years it remained the focus of his life. Alex had engaged in some scientific work after graduating from Harvard, but he lacked enthusiasm for either the scientific or business concerns of his family.

He initially showed greater interest in yachting, while at the Myopia Hunt Club he was introduced to foxhunting. In 1899 his father had acquired for Alex the former Cousins farm on Baker Bridge Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and there Alex developed a very active role in the sport of hunting. His father, being a man of generous spirit whose own affection for music had long been placed in abeyance in favor of business, determined to set Alex up with a fine estate, and to financially support his son's interests as a sportsman. Acquiring the Baker farm (which adjoined the Lincoln lands he already owned), the father added to the existing Baker farm operations a 1905-06 mansion as well as a stable, kennel, and horse track for his son's sporting interests.

In many ways, Henry Lee Higginson's founding and support of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and his funding of the Lincoln estate were intimately connected: one was inspired by his own passion for music, and his earlier financial inability to follow his dreams and make music his career; the other was inspired by his son's passion for the sporting life and traditions of foxhunting, and the father's financial ability to help the son pursuit that passion.

Entering the Higginson property from the road, visitors would pass the farm buildings and then the kennel and stable before turning up a rise to reach the Higginson House (the farmhouse, kennel, and a stable built in 1914-15 are extant, but they have been under separate ownership, see Sketch Plan 2, numbers 16, 18, and 21 respectively; a Higginson cottage located at site number 19 during Higginson's ownership has been moved to site numbe 18 on that plan, where it is also extant). The mansion served as a residence for Alex and also as the headquarters for the Middlesex Hunt Club, which was initiated in 1897, formally recognized in 1901, and incorporated in 1904. According to its by-laws, (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-2 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 13 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA the club was formed "for the purpose of encouraging athletic exercises and the raising of choice breeds of horses." Members of the Hunt Club came from all over the county, including Lincoln residents such as Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams, Hugh Codman, Howard Snelling, Arthur Eldredge, William Blodgett, Henry Page, Chamberlain, and Higginson [Lincoln Public Library Historical Vault Collection]. They would ride across much of the town and surrounding communities, with Higginson writing of his neighbors: "The home country about Lincoln is far from being a bad one and is fortunate in having an excellent clan of landowners who enjoy the sport and are justly proud of the pack and its prowess all over the country" [Higginson and Chamberlain (1908), p. 87].

The hounds and riders from the Hunt Club became a common sound and sight for residents of the town. In addition, each year Higginson invited all residents to an annual fall Field Day at his race track as well as an annual steeple chase. There would also be an annual puppy show in the spring, while the first National Hound Show was held at the estate in 1906. Higginson often traveled with his pack of English foxhounds to other hunts in Massachusetts, as well as sites ranging from the Webb's Shelburne Farms in Vermont, to annual winter stays in the Virginia countryside. A strong Anglophile, Alex Higginson followed English foxhunting traditions over American, and he encouraged other Americans to do the same.

Sparing little expense, he and his father acquired fine horses, English foxhounds imported from England, as well as an outstanding herd of Ayrshire cattle (starting the herd in 1909) for the estate. With an active breeding program at the estate, some of these were prizewinning animals that would influence the development of their respective breeds in the United States. While he would continue his hunting interests in England, various factors, including financial constraints, ultimately contributed to Alex Higginson discontinuing his involvement in hunting at Lincoln, and later his involvement with Ayrshires. Sportsman A. Henry Higginson became a leader in both the American and English foxhunting circles. He served as Master of the Middlesex Foxhounds, and beginning in 1930 as Master of The Cottistock Foxhounds in England.

Higginson and his third wife had spent time in the Cattistock, Dorset County, area starting in 1928, while also (continued) PSForm 1 10-900-4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page_14 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA spending part of the year at the Lincoln estate. By then, vehicles and development had made the Lincoln area less amenable to the hunting across the countryside, but that was not true of the countryside in Dorset, England. With Higginson's affection for British foxhunting traditions and his acceptance there, after 1933 he would settle permanently in England, where he continued with foxhunting and writing. Higginson was one of the most influential 20" century writers on foxhunting in America and in England.

He had served for seventeen years as President of the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America and edited five volumes of the Association's The Foxhound Kennel Stud Book of America, and he was among the first individuals selected to be honored in the Association's Huntsman's Room at its museum. As one of the most important authors on the history of the sport, Higginson would also author during his Lincoln years: Foxhunting in America (1911); Letters from an Old Sportsman to a Young One (1929); As Hounds Ran: Four Centuries of Foxhunting (editor; 1930); Try Back: A Huntsman's Reminiscences (1932), as well as the two studies he coauthored with Chamberlain. At England, he wrote: The Meynell of the West: Being a Biography of James John Farquharson, Esq.

(1936); Peter Beckford Esquire (1937); A Tale of Two Brushes (1943); A Perfect Follower: A Hunting Tale of Two Continents (1944); Two Centuries of Foxhunting (1946); Foxhunting Theory and Practice (1948); British and American Sporting Authors: Their Writings and Bibliographies (1949); and An Old Sportsman's Memories, 1876-1951: An Autobiography (1951). Reflective of the period, servants were also an important part of the early social history of the Higginson House. Besides Higginson and his wife, the 1910 census showed seven servants living in the house, including a butler, valet, lady's maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, cook, and laundress - - six of whom were apparently immigrants; all were single and in their twenties or thirties.

The kitchen where some of the servants worked was at the center of the west wing of the house, while a dining room for the servants to eat and gather was located north of the kitchen, and a laundry to its north (see First-Floor Plan). The secondary staircase in that west part of the house provided the servants with access (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number_s Page 15 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA up to the third floor, where there were the servant's bedrooms, many of which were very small (see Third-Floor Plan, a block of four servants' bedrooms, each without fireplaces, was located in the area from the present apartment kitchen north to Bedroom 7; it is not clear if the present Apartment Room 1 on the third floor and/or some rooms on the second floor had also been used for servants' quarters). At the time of the 1920 census the number of servants living in the house with the Higginsons had increased to ten, with that number then including a chauffeur (Higginson's garage had been built in 1914), two horsemen, and a laborer, along with the household staff. Butler John J.

Furiga, listed in 1920 as a native of Italy, was the only one who had also been working for the family ten years earlier; he would later marry and remain at the estate through the mid-1930s. Furiga had worked here since Higginson's first days in the house, and he was described by Higginson as "my butler, valet, and confidential servant" (Higginson, Old Sportsman's Memories, p. 103). Chauffeur and chambermaid Ernest and Gertrude Josephson, working here by 1920, would also remain at the Higginson House through the mid 1930s. The Furigas and the Josephsons continued to maintain the property after Higginson had settled in England. Subsequent owners of the property would be Mary (Stephens) Henderson, and her husband Ernest F. Henderson (1897- ), who acquired it from the Henry Lee Higginson estate in 1939 [see Mid. Deeds, 6283:407, Charles F. Adams et al., trustees, to Mary S.

Henderson, 1939]. Ernest Henderson became a partner with his brother in the investment firm of Henderson Brothers of Boston in 1921, and he was the founder and president of the Sheraton Hotels and also of other hotels. This was his primary residence during much of his professional career, when he was involved in the development of the internationally significant Sheraton chain headquartered in Boston. While the Hendersons would retain the open lands of the estate (eventually selling part of the property to the town for conservation) shortly after they acquired the property they sold off the associated farm and hunt buildings, which were all adapted into individual private residences (see Sketch Plan 2, extant buildings 16, 18, 20, and 21-22).

With the Higginson Stable and associated garage sold, in the 1940s the Hendersons apparently added a one-story, one-bay cinderblock garage with decorative treatment that reflects the (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 16 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Tudor Revival treatment of the house, which is located north of the house (see Sketch Plan 1, number 2) After briefly being under the Henderson Foundation, the Henry Higginson House went to Professor Herbert F. Goodwin and Elizabeth D. Goodwin in 1956. In 1973 it would become a two-family home, jointly owned and occupied by John and Patricia Adams and Peter and Sharon Adams.

Brothers John and Peter Adams were great-grandchildren of Lincoln resident Charles Francis Adams, Jr., who had been a friend of Henry Lee Higginson and a member of the Middlesex Hunt Club. The Adams brothers had grown up in what was originally the Higginson stable, which had been converted into the residence of parents Thomas B. and Ramelle Adams. Under the Adams ownership, the original library was converted into a second kitchen, but it would later be converted back to a library under the Thoreau Institute. On the third floor, walls were removed between two small servant's rooms, turning the two servant's rooms into a single room (see Bedroom 7 on Third-Floor Plan).

Also in the 1970s, on the east end of the house, the third floor attic of the 1926 addition was finished as a bedroom, a bathroom was installed, and a staircase up to that room was created from the second floor (see Bedroom 6 and associated bath and stairs on Third-Floor Plan). These changes remain. In the 1970s, they also added the large-pane picture windows that are present on the south façade of the house. In 1994 the non-profit Walden Woods Project of the Isis Fund acquired the house and an adjoining 18 acres, with part of that land later placed in conservation. Dedicated to preserving the Walden Woods lands of Thoreau, the acquisition advanced their efforts to preserve those important lands near the Pond.

In addition, the Henry Higginson House subsequently became the headquarters for the Walden Woods Project; for the non-profit, membership-based Thoreau Society; and for their newly formed collaborative effort, the Thoreau Institute. The original servants' dining room and laundry on the first floor are now used for offices, and bedrooms on the second-floor west wing are also now used for offices, while the living room is also used for meetings, but these changes in use have generally not altered the physical appearance of the rooms (see floor plans). In 1997-98 (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page_17 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA the walls between three bedrooms in the third-floor west wing (at least two of which would have originally been servants' bedrooms), along with part of the studio space on that floor, were modified to create an apartment (see apartment rooms in Third-Floor Plan). The Higginson House serves as the Educational Center for their work. An adjoining Research Center (see photographs 5 and 3; also see Sketch Plan 1, number 3) was constructed to house the world's most extensive library collection relating to Thoreau, with President and Mrs. Clinton dedicating the facility when it opened in 1998. That 1998 construction also added a parking area and courtyard between the main house and the new Research Center, with the courtyard areas defined by brick walls (see Sketch Plan 1, numbers 11 and 12).

With its formal opening in 1998, the site now serves as the leading international educational and research center for the study of Thoreau, and as a center dedicated to preserving the inspiring surrounding lands of Walden Woods. Its significance has been recognized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and National Park Service through a designation of this facility as a Save America's Treasures official project. By the time the Henry Higginson House became a leading center for environmental issues and land preservation in the 1990s, the Town of Lincoln had itself become known as one of the leading communities in the United States in the field of land conservation. During the 20" century, Lincoln became an increasingly suburban town, with that trend particularly increasing during the "baby-boom" years following World War II.

The town's earlier farm economy rapidly declined, and many of the farms were subdivided. With residents having been attracted to the community by its open land, however, efforts were taken to preserve the town's open, agricultural character. Estates such as the Higginson estates had an important role in making that possible. The Higginson estate reflects an earlier time when a number of farms in Lincoln (as in other farming towns near Boston) were acquired and turned into large estates for wealthy (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page_18 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA residents such as Higginson and neighbors Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and James Jackson Storrow.

While these estates had changed the character of the local farming community, they also proved to be important factors in preserving large tracts of open space. When Lincoln became nationally noted for its land-preservation efforts during the second half of the 20th century, the presence of these privately held estates had played an important historical role in making that preservation effort possible, as these estates had privately preserved much of the town's open space during the years before local public preservation efforts developed. As part of this local conservation effort, much of the associated setting of the Henry Higginson House has been preserved as conservation land. In addition to its associations with the Higginson estate, it is a historic and environmentally significant site that had been known and walked by Henry David Thoreau.

On these lands, the Higginson House was situated on the lower elevations of the wooded Pine Hill, a vital part of Thoreau's Walden Woods. The view south from the front of the house originally extended out across the open meadows of the farmstead below, inspiring the Higginson estate's nickname of "Middlesex Meadows." Near this commanding Higginson House site there had been a number of berry bushes that were once used by Thoreau, and also a rare grove of beech trees that Thoreau frequented (beech trees still grow in the area) as well as a spring referenced by Thoreau.

While terracing and some formal gardens were established in front of the Henry Higginson House (for which no landscape architect is at present known; their design may have been the work of Higginson and architect Chamberlain), for the most part the estate and its associated working farm and hunt club had retained a naturalistic landscape, without formal plantings. A significant part of this associated land was included in Lincoln's most extensive purchase for conservation, when the town acquired 566 acres in 1969.

In addition to much of the Codman estate lands and some of the former Snelling and Storrow-estate holdings, this conservation purchase included the meadow south of the Henry Higginson House (approximately 43 acres) and the Pine Hill tract (approximately 76 acres) adjoining the west and north bounds of the house lot, with both tracts acquired from the Henderson estate (see Lincoln Conservation Land entries on Sketch Plan 2). Through these conservation actions, much (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page19 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA of the original farmland and wooded estate setting of the Henry Higginson House and its hunt club will be preserved for the future, adding to the visual understanding of this house and the turn-of-the century estate movement that it represents. While it is part of the history of one of the most influential Boston and Massachusetts families (the Higginsons), the Henry Higginson House also reflects the socially significant country-estate movement of the late 19" and early 20" centuries, with its hunt club associations related to that larger social history.

The Henry Higginson House and its related estate, much of which is preserved as conservation land, stands within an environmental setting vast in its inspiration, it stands as an important historical example of the estate movement of its period, and it provides a notable example of the opportunities for adaptive reuse for such estates, while ultimately the property is also a unique visual expression of a son's passion for the sport and traditions of foxhunting and its associations with British country estate architecture, and of a father's personal yet universal affection and support for his child and his child's dreams. Archaeological Significance Although numerous ancient Native American sites have been recorded in Lincoln and within the Sudbury River drainage, few sites have been systematically studied limiting their interpretative value.

Any sites that survive in the area may potentially be significant by providing intact examples from which controlled survey and excavation can obtain reliable information related to ancient Native American subsistence and settlement in the locale. The location of the Higginson House within 1,000 feet of a pond and tributary stream of the Sudbury River may contribute significant information relating to the importance of sites in that area to sites along the main drainage of the Sudbury River. Ancient sites in the Higginson House locale may represent a seasonal/functional role within a settlement core focused at larger sites along the main drainage of the Sudbury River. (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Section number 8 Page 20 Historic archacological resources described above have the potential to contribute important information on the social, cultural, and economic characteristics of members of the Higginson Family, servants at the estate, and activities that characterized an early 20'h century gentleman's estate/working farm. Additional documentary research combined with archaeological testing may locate evidence of outbuildings and landscape features that can help reconstruct components of the estate and activities that occurred in the vicinity of the estate mansion.

Detailed analysis of the contents of occupational related features may also contribute important information relating to the lifestyle of Alexander Henry Higginson whom the estate was built for. Occupational related features, especially trash deposits may contain important information that documents the traditions of the English country estate and associated sporting life embraced by the owner of the estate. Occupational related features may also contribute important information on the living conditions, activities, and ethnicity of servants employed and possibly living in the house. In 1910, seven servants were employed in the house among which six were immigrants. (end) NPS orm 110-200-4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number_ 9 Page_1 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA SECTION 9 Beverman, Jerald (Mayor of Oldsmar, FL), personal correspondence Brain, J. Walter. "Thoreau's Beech Spring still flows in Walden Woods' old Jacob Baker Farm," The Thoreau Society Bulletin 211 (spring/summer 1995). Henderson, Ernest. The World of "Mr. Sheraton." New York: 1960. Higginson, A. Henry. An Old Sportsman's Memories, 1876-1951: An Autobiography. Berryville, VA: 1951. British and American Sporting Authors: Their Writings and Biographies. Berryville, VA: 1949. . Try Back: A Huntsman's Reminiscences. New York: 1931. _, and Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain. The Hunts of the United States and Canada. Boston: 1908. Hoffman, Robert V. "The Ayrshires of Middlesex," The Field Illustrated (October 1920), pp. 917-928. Lincoln, Massachusetts, Town of.

Assessors' Records, Town Reports, 1898- ; Street Directories, 1936- Lincoln [Massachusetts] Public Library Historical Vault. "Middlesex Hunt Club" and newspaper clippings. MacLean, John C. A Rich Harvest: The History, Buildings, and People of Lincoln, Massachusetts. Lincoln: 1988. [Mid. Deeds] Middlesex County Deeds, South Registry, Cambridge, Massachusetts (volume: page cited). Osgood, Ervin Edward. The Yale Class Book '95. New Haven: 1895. Perry, Bliss. Life and Letters of Henry Lee Higginson. Boston: 1921. Taylor, Jason. "Foundations for the Castle: Building the Thoreau Institute," The Concord Saunterer. 9 (1998), pp. 6-24. (continued) _Henry Higginson House. Name of Property _Middlesex, MA County, State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 5.18 acres UTM References See continuation sheet. (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1.

19 308480 4700400 Zone Easting Northing 2. Zone Easting Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title_John C. MacLean, consultant, with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director, MHC organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission street & number. 220 Morrissey Boulevard city or town. Boston stateMA _ zip code_ 02125 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets 3. Zone Easting "Zone Easting _ See continuation sheet Northing Northing dateApril 2005 telephone 617-727-8470 A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.

Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Walden Woods Project of the Thoreau Institute street & number _ 44 Baker Farm Road telephone 781-259-4700 city or town Lincoln _ state_MAR _ zip code 01773 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Proiect (1024-0018). Washinaton. DC 20503.

NPS Form 1 10900-2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9/10 Page_2/1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Tuttle, Roger W. Quarter Century Record of the Class of Ninety-Five, Yale College, 1922. - Quindecennial Record, Class of Eighteen Hundred and Nine-Five, Yale College. New Haven: 1911. _, et al. Golden Anniversary of the Class of Ninety-Five, Yale College. New Haven, 1946. United States Census, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1910 and 1920. (end) SECTION 10 Verbal Boundary Description The boundaries of this property at 44 Baker Farm Road consisting of 5.18 acres are described as shown on the Town of Lincoln Assessors' map number 042 of January 1, 2004 (enclosed), and identified thereon as Parcel number 42 5 0.

Boundary Justification Parcel number 42 5 0 is the lot on which the Henry Higginson House is located. Other properties on the former Higginson estate are separately owned, several parcels are now conservation land, while others include residences. (end) NPS Form110-900- 8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number photo Page 1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA PHOTOGRAPHS Photographer: John C. MacLean Date: April 28, 2004 Location of negatives with photographer, Lincoln, MA 1. Higginson House, front (south) elevation, viewed across front lawn and terraces, facing N. 2. Higginson House, front (south) elevation, closer view over terraces, facing NNW. 3.

Higginson House, part of front (south) and east-side elevations showing 1920s addition on east side, with portion of the 1998 Research Center building seen in background, facing NNW 4. Higginson House, rear (north) elevation, with servant's wing at right, viewed across courtyard, facing SW 5. 1998 Research Ceneter behind Higginson House, viewed across courtyard behind north side of house, facing NW 6. Overview of former Higginson estate lands (all lands in view were formerly part of the Higginson estate); view from Baker Bridge Road across Higginson's meadow (now Town of Lincoln conservation lands), toward two houses on Baker Farm Road that were part of the Higginson estate; hill behind the houses in Pine Hill, formerly part of estate and now conservation land.

Higginson House would have been visible in the right side of this view during the Higginson period of occupation, but it is now covered by tree growth, facing NNE. (continued) NPS Form 1 10-900-2 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number photo Page_ 2 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Following photographs taken by Dan Schmid, Thoreau Institute, May 2001. Negatives located at Thoreau Institute. 7. Higginson House, front (south) elevation, closest view over steps and terraces, facing N. 8. Higginson House, rear (north) elevation, with servant's wing at right, viewed across courtyard from the Research Center, facing S. 9. Higginson House, first floor interior, view of the Great Hall with Living Room visible through the door at left, camera facing SE 10.

Higginson House, first floor interior, view of Patio, looking at central fireplace, camera facing NE. (end) NNPS5orm 1 10-900-2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page_ OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Henry Higginson House Lincoln (Middlesex), MA Resource Count, Henry Higginson House Map # Name or Description Date 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 Henry Higginson House 1905-06 Henderson Garage ca. 1940s Research Center Maintenance shed 1998 ca.

2000 Thoreau Cabin Reconstruction ca.2002 Brick Column (remnant of brick wall) 1905-06 Terraces (3) 1905-06 Brick Garden-Walkway 1905-06 Steps in Terraces (2) 1905-06 Steps at Research Center 1998 Low bricks walls in courtyard (5) 1998 High brick walls un courtyard (2) 1998 Resource Count Contributing Buildings Objects Sites Structures TOTAL 9 Status C C NC NC NC C C C C NC NC NC Noncontributing 3 8 11 Type B B B B SI ST ST ST ST ST NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Appraval No.

1024-0016 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Sketch Pla Page 1 Henry Higginson House, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 356.63 WOODLAND 230.37 5THOREAU CABIN RECONSTRUCTION 4 WOODLAND 2 CIARACE 168.22 WOODLAND 12 (LEDGE PARKIING p7 3 RESEARCH CENTER 280.40 WOODLAND WOODLAND COURTY ARD 11 ENTRY > 1 HOUSE UPPER TERRACE GARDEN TERRACE 640 WOODLAND 77.02 7 LOWER TERRACE DRIVE 42.98 LOWER LAWN 276.29 42.98 127.72 TAXM RUAD LINCOLN ASSESSORS' LOT #42 5 0 5.18 ACRES pl = phiotograph number and angle of view BAA BBG SKETCH PLAN 1 HENRY HIGGINSON HOUSE LOT LINCOLN, MASSACHUSETTS NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Sketch Plan Page 2 TO WALDEN POND OMB Approned Mo.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Pine Hill LINCOLN CONSERVATION LAND (76 acres, former Higginson Estate) HOUSE FARNO BAER 19/20 23 26 18 22 21 ROAD Beech Grove 27 Beech Grover CONSERVATION Beech Pond VALLEY RESTRICTEL 17 16 LINCOLN CONSERVATION LAND (43-acres, former Higginson Estate meadow) 14 ROAD BAKER BRIDGE ROAD 13 LINCOLN CONSERVATION LAND (meadow) N GROPIUS/ WOODS END ROAD NATIONAL - HISTORIC DISTRICT SKETCH PLAN 2 HENRY HIGGINSON HOUSE SETTING LINCOLN, MASSACHUSETTS = photograph #6 NPS Form 1G-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number.

Floor Plan Bage 1 OMB Approval Mla 1024-0018 (originally wine cellar) CRAWL SPACE LAUNDRY HIGGINSON'S "DRINKING ROOM" MECHANICAL BENCHSEAT HENRY HIGGINSON HOUSE BASEMENT PLAN NORTH 20 FECT NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Floor Plan 1 Section number - Page 2 OMB Approvailo.

10R4-8078 - - Henry Higginson House, Middlesex County, Massachusetts WORK ROOM PORCH PANTRY LAUNDRY (now OFFICE) SERVANTS® DINING ROOM (now OFFICE) HALL KITCHEN ENTRY VESTU BATH LIVINGROOM (now also MEETING ROOM) PANTRY ½ BATI GREAT HALL DINING ROOM LIBRARY PATIO HENRY HIGGINSON HOUSE FIRST-FLOOR PLAN NORTH : 5 FEET 10 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-85) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Floor Plan Page 3 - OMB Approral No. 1024-8018 Henry Higginson House, Middlesex County, Massachasetts CLOS. BEDROOM 4 (now OFFICE) BATHROOM BEDROOM 3 (now OFFICE) CORRIDOR BALCONY BATH MASTER BEDROOM 2 CLOS. CLOS BATHROOM CLOS.

BEDROOM 2 (now OFFICE) CLOSET MASTER BEDROOM 1 BEDROOM 1 (n01 OFFICE) HENRY HIGGINSON HOUSE SECOND-FLOOR PLAN NORTH 10 20 FEST NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section numberFLoor Plan 3Page 4 OMB Approwal No.

1024-0018 Henry Higginson House, Middlesex County, Massachusetts BEDROOM 7 (originally /wo Bedrooms) BATHROOM APARTMENT ROOM 3 APARTMENT DINING AREA BEDROOM 6 (originally anfinished) KITCHEN APARTMENT ROOM 2 (originally part ofSTUDIO) STUDIO BATHROOM APARTMENT ROOM 1 BEDROOM 5 (originally possibly Work Room) HENRY HIGGINSON HOUSE THIRD-FLOOR PLAN NORTH 20 FEET NITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIO IATIONAL PARK SERVIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Higginson, Henry, House MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 4/12/05 5/26/05 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 5/11/05 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 5/26/05 REFERENCE NUMBER: 05000468 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: OTHER: N N REQUEST: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N N PDIL: SAMPLE : N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: VACCEPT RETURN REJECT ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : LESS THAN 50 YEARS: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL: 5/26/O50AT8 Setored in the Sattonal Repietar RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE TELEPHONE - DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.

1 Menry Higgingon House, Lincoln, MA 2 Henry Higginson House, Lincoln, MA 3 Henry Higginson Houss, Linçoln, MA H Henry Higgingon House, Lincoln, MA 5 Henry Higginson Honss, Lincoln, MA 6 Henry Higginson House, Linsoln, 7 Henry Higginson House, Linsoln, MA. & Henry Higginson Hanse, Lincoln, MR a Henry Higginson House, Lineols, MA Ia Henry Higginson House, Lincoln mo The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission April 7, 2005 PR 1 2 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8'" floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Ms.

Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Henry Higginson House, 44 Baker Farm Rd., Lincoln (Middlesex), MA The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. The owners of the property were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 45 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. One letter of support has been received. Sincerely, Betey triedhing Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: John C. MacLean, preservation consultant Colin L.M. Smith, Lincoln Historical Commission Kathi Anderson, Executive Directory, Walden Woods Project and Thoreau Institute Gary A. Taylor, Board of Selectmen Mark Whitehead, Town Planner 220 Morrissey Boulevard.

Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc TOWN OF LINCOLN MIDDLESEX COUNTY ... MASSACHUSETTS LINCOLN HISTORICAL COMMISSION June 9, 2003 TOWN OFFICES P.O. Box 353 Lincoln Center, Mass. 01773 (617) 259-8850 Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 Re: Higginson House, Lincoln MA To Whom it May Concern: At its meeting on May 6, 2003 the Lincoln Historic District Commission voted unanimously to support the nomination of the Higginson House in Lincoln for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. As you are aware, this is a unique property built by A. Henry Higginson in 1905- 1906. It is currently owned by the Thoreau Institute and we feel fortunate that they have agreed to place it in nomination for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

They have our enthusiastic support and encouragement. ohmiin Colin L.M. Smith Chair, Lincoln Historic District Commission cc: HDC X:1FRONT OFFICE\Principals|ColinSmithICS Lincoln\Higginson House 6-9-03.doc