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NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 66000774 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 2009 supplemental information Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page1 Jonathon Hoit House (MHC #9) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Jonathon Hoit House in 2001, the construction date continues to be 1775. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Six samples were obtained from the attic rafters. Five of them indicated a felling date of 1774, although the results were not strong.
This may be due to the fact that the samples were of red pine, and there is no master record of red pine tree-ring chronology against which to compare the samples. A master record of pitch pine was used instead. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Wells-Thorne House (MHC #11) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Wells-Thorne House in 2001 and 2004, the construction date of the building has now been identified as 1747/48.
In 2001 Paul Krusic of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Tree-Ring Lab and architectural conservator William A. Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. In 2004 William Flynt did it. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. A total of 36 samples were taken over the two test periods. They came from the main house attic and from the ell posts and attic and other unidentified places in the ell. A majority of the samples aligned with 1746/47, although two samples in the front portion of the house weakly dated to the 1750s and 1760s. The study concluded that further sampling was needed in the front section, but gave it a tentative date of 1747/78 along with the ell. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A.
Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number2009 supplemental information Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page 2 Nims House (MHC #12) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Nims House in 2001, the earliest possible construction date has now been identified as the early 1720s, although the house could have been built in the 1740s with some reused timber.
Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Samples taken from the attic central east/west girt, two attic north/south girts, and two rafters date to 1720, 1721, and 1722. Samples taken from the attic north end girt, and two attic joists date to 1744, 1747, and 1749. Lastly, samples taken from the attic north gable end stud, the attic north gable tie beam, and attic south gable end stud, and another rafter date to 1783, 1790 and 1791. An attic south end tie beam dated to 1696. The study concluded that the house needed more testing to determine the initial phase of construction.
The house could have been built in the 1720s with some attic level framing and flooring taking place in the 1740s, or it could have been built in the 1740s using a mix of reused materials and fresh-cut timber. It does appear that the gambrel roof was framed in the early 1790s with both fresh-cut stock and reused wood from the 1720s. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Frary House-Barnard Tavern (MHC #13) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Frary House-Barnard Tavern in 2001, the construction date of the Frary house section of the building is still unclear, but is likely to have been after 1758. The probable construction date for the Barnard Tavern section has now been identified as 1795. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Thirteen samples were taken from the Frary house section and, while eight of the them dated well, their ages varied widely and precluded establishing a firm date for the structure's construction. It appears that the building was constructed from parts of an earlier structure, as many of the framing members are clearly reused stock.
The north chamber summer beam gave the latest date of 1758, but this alone could not establish a date of construction, only that construction is likely to have occurred after that time. More samples should be taken when other framing members are exposed. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 2009 supplemental information OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page3 In the Barnard Tavern wing five timbers were sampled. Two dated to 1794 and one to 1792. These dates agree with other documentary evidence, but further samples should be taken when other framing members are exposed. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A.
Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Joseph Severance House (MHC #19) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Joseph Severance House in 2001, the construction date has now been identified as 1732. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Ten samples were taken from nine rafters and an attic chimney girt. One of the samples dated to 1730 and nine dated to 1731.
The principal rafter/common purlin roof framing system is uncommon in the village, with only the neighboring Allen house that dates to the same decade having a similar frame. The consistency of the dating makes it reasonable to assume that the house was built in 1732. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Allen House (MHC #20) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Allen House in 2001 and 2004, the construction date of the building has now been identified as 1734.
In 2001 Paul Krusic of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Tree-Ring Lab and architectural conservator William A Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. In 2004 William Flynt did it. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Twelve pitch pine samples were taken from purlins and principal rafters in 2001, of which eight could be dated accurately. Seven of the eight dated strongly to 1733/34. Ten more samples were taken in 2004 again from NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number2009 supplemental information OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page 4 the roof timbers along with two from oak studs in the north gable wall.
The roof timbers aligned with 1732 and 1733, while one oak stud dated to 1728. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and Using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Eldad Bardwell House (MHC #23) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Eldad Bardwell House in 2001, the construction date of the building has now definitely been established as 1771-72. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions.
Sixteen samples were taken from both the roof and the attic floor framing. Most samples revealed that cutting occurred during the summer. Interestingly, his research in Family and Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 1671 revealed that in the summer of 1771 the house that had stood on the property before the present one burned "during hay time."' Two samples produced precise felling dates of 1771 and four more gave date ranges of 1769 to 1771. The report concludes, "there can be little doubt as to the fact that the post-fire house construction commenced almost immediately." The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc.
and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Hinsdell-Williams House (MHC #24) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the main block of the Hinsdell-Williams House, aka the H and A Williams House, in 2001, the date of nineteenth century remodeling has now been identified as 1817. The construction date of the initial structure may have been 1731, but neither the tree-ring dating nor the documentary evidence firmly establishes a build date. The study is S. Mcgowan, and A. Miller, Family and Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 1671, (Deerfield, Massachusetts: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1996). NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number2009 supplemental information Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page 5 Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Sixteen samples were taken from attic framing members in the main house and the ell and from north parlor floorboards now in storage. Three timbers revealed felling dates of 1730/31 and a fourth dated to 1729/30. It is difficult, however, to say whether these were reused timbers, employed later in the 18t century for the initial construction of this house or whether the dates reflect construction in 1731. A deed dated 1745 does not mention a house on the property, but this is not conclusive evidence that a house did not exist.
Samples obtained from the 19** century remodeling were felled in the winter of 1814/15 and the winter of 1816/17, reinforcing documentary evidence of a major 1817 remodeling. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Rev. Jonathan Ashley House (MHC #31) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Rev. Jonathan Ashley House in 2004, the construction date of the building has now been definitely established as 1733/1734. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing.
His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. The primary reason for testing was to ascertain the date of the roof modifications on the house and to get some indication of the date of the main frame. Four purlin tie beams, one purlin, two purlin posts, the south chimney girt, and the south end tie girt were tested in the attic. Much of the roof timber was reused from the earlier roof and dated to the years 1730-1733, but five timbers produced felling dates of late 1780. This corresponds to charges in the account books of Rev. Ashley's son in October 1780 for timber for the roof and for work around the house. Although casings cover the majority of the main house frame, several timbers in the south chamber were accessible for study. They revealed felling dates in the early 1730s, the latest felling date being 1733.
This indicates that frame erection was no earlier than late 1733 or 1734. However, the report cites research that shows that Ashley purchased the lot in 1733 "with edifices theron".' It is possible that the core of the house is one of these edifices, and that portion has not yet been sampled. The barn was also investigated. Samples were taken from three posts, the south side main doors, the south plate, the east end tie girt, and a south side loft girt. Five of the samples correlated with 2 S. Mcgowan, and A. Miller, Family and Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 1671, (Deerfield, Massachusetts: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1996). NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number2009 supplemental information OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page6 a felling date of winter 1843/44. McGowan and Miller have recorded that the barns that predated this structure burned in September of 1843. The felling dates of the timbers for the replacement barn indicate that the Ashleys began rebuilding shortly after the fire. This would be likely considering that a large agricultural outbuilding such as this one would be necessary to keep the farm running. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and Using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
John Sheldon - Hawks House (MHC #32) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the main block of the John Sheldon-Hawks House in 2001, the construction date has now been identified as 1754. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Twenty-six samples were taken from rafters, purlins, attic gable end studs, a first floor chimney girt, and an attic chimney girt in the main block, and from rafters and purling posts in the ell. The main house timbers revealed felling dates in the early 1750s with the latest being after the 1753 growing season.
The report notes that this coincides well with account book entries of storeowner Elijah Williams debiting John Sheldon for 10 bushels of lime in May of 1754 (probably for plaster and for chimney construction) and for a box of glass in 1755. The original ell had been the original building on the property and became the ell when the main house was built in 1754/55. The current ell replaced this structure in 1802, according to an 1806 article in the Medical and Agricultural Journal which speaks of alterations to the house four years before. Several timbers in this part of the building date to 1735 while others were felled in the 1760's and one dates to 1800, indicating much reuse of timber. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A.
Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number2009 supplemental information Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page7 Joseph Stebbins House (MHC #36) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Joseph Stebbins House in 2001, the construction date has now been identified as 1773. In 2001 Paul Krusic of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Tree-Ring Lab did the sampling and testing.
William Flynt reanalyzed his results in 2004, because a master chronology for pitch pine had been developed by that time. The new results appear in William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The conclusions were that the felling dates for the samples obtained were during the winter of 1772/73. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. The full results of the original analysis are presented in: Paul Krusic, "Dendrochronological Examination of Wood Samples from three Historic Deerfield Homes," Durham, NH. Great Bay Tree-Ring Lab unpublished report. 2001. Rev.
John Farwell Moors House (MHC #39) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the ell of the Rev. John Farwell Moors House in 2001, the construction date of that portion of the building has now been identified as 1822. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Evidence exists that the ell predates the construction of the 1848 main house. The ell is probably constructed from a carriage shed that is noted on the deed when the Rev. Moors purchased the lot. In both the attic and basement of the ell large bolts can be found that attach the shed to the main structure. Ten samples were taken from the east and west end girts, east and west gable studs, and the east end ridgepole.
Five of them were dated successfully to either 1820 or 1821. The report concludes, ".. . the consistency of dates and the framing techniques (straight posts, ridge pole, log rafters) all The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 2009 supplemental information OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page 8 John Partridge Bull - Ephraim Williams House (MHC #47) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the John Partridge Bull-Ephraim Williams House in 2001, the construction date of the original building has now been identified as 1761. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Thirteen samples were taken from rafters, tie beams, and purlins in the attic and from an attic end girt, an attic summer beam, and a plate. Six dated well to 1760 after the growing season had ended. Six more dated less strongly to the same time period. The consistency of felling dates indicates that construction would have started in early 1761.
The testing focused only on the original configuration of the house, which had been a saltbox with lean-to, and no sampling of any additions or expansions were done. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. David Saxton House (MHC #48) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the David Saxton House in 2001, the construction date has now been identified as 1763. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions.
Eight samples were taken from rafters, purlins, and gable end studs in the attic, and from the north parlor joists in the basement. Five samples gave a felling date of winter 1761/62. Two others suggested a felling date of 1761 or 1762. This evidence suggests that the frame was most likely constructed in 1763. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number2009 supplemental information Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page9 William Russell House (MHC #49) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the William Russell House in 2001, more information has been obtained about the possible construction date(s), but no definitive date has been established. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Twenty samples were taken from posts, a plate, gable studs, rafters, and tie beams. Most of them did not yield dates and when they did the correlation was sometimes weak. The samples that did date were felled in 1814, 1818, 1832, 1834, and 1835.
The study states, "All that can really be determined at this point from the sample data is that the original portion of the house (the eastern half) was constructed at some point after 1814... and likely after 1818...." Documentary research has shown that the house was built no earlier than 1819 Going by the data from this dendrochronology study, the house was doubled in depth at a later date, likely 1835 at the earliest. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
John Williams, Jr., House (MHC #50) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing in 2001of the John Williams, Jr. House, which has been further identified through research as the Benjamin Munn house, the construction date has now been identified as 1740. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Fourteen samples were taken from attic timbers, including principal rafters, purlins, a attic chimney girt, a north end girt, and a north end stud. Eleven of them dated to either 1738 or 1739. One timber, which was apparently stockpiled for some time, was dated to 1729. The consistency of the felling dates suggests that the frame was built soon after the timbers were felled.
Benjamin Munn may have started this house just prior to deeding the property to his sons in 1740, or the sons may have built it after receiving title. The house was later remodeled for John Williams, Jr. in 1792. 3 S. Mcgowan, and A. Miller, Family and Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 1671, (Deerfield, Massachusetts: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1996). NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number2009 supplemental information OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page 10 The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004.
The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Timothy Childs House (MHC #53) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Timothy Childs House in 2001, the construction date of the building has now been identified as 1730. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. He notes that Family and Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 1671' refers to a 19* century manuscript that describes a house burned on this lot on January 27, 1730. He took twelve samples from the principal rafter/principal purlin roof frame and two from the upper frame of the house. All dated to the winter of 1729/30, with the exception of one that dated to the previous winter.
He concludes that preparations were made almost immediately after the fire to rebuild on the site, which would have allowed for the raising of the frame before the year was out. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Eliezer Hawks House (MHC #58) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Eliezer Hawks House in 2001, the construction date has now been identified as 1714. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield did the sampling and testing. His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions.
Thirteen samples were taken from the attic framing. Four of the samples correlated fairly well with a 1713 felling date. One sample dated to 1731 and may be reused material from somewhere else, put in at the turn of the 19# century when the original center chimney was replaced with side chimneys. The north purlin on the west side appears to date to * The study is S. Mcgowan, and A. Miller, Family and Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 167l, (Deerfield, Massachusetts: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1996). NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 2009 supplemental information OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page - 11 1714.
While this data is not absolutely conclusive, it is consistent with the record of a town vote of 1713 which states "deacon hawks shall make brick in ye town street". S The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Little Brown House (MHC #79) Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Little Brown House (the David Saxton Jr. house) in 2001, the construction date has now been identified as 1786. Architectural conservator William Flynt of Historic Deerfield, Inc, did the sampling and testing.
His report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions. Ten samples were taken from the attic floor and roof framing. Five of them aligned with 1780s felling dates: 1783, 1784, and 1785, with the latest felling dates occurring after the 1785 growing season had ended. Because the timbers were cut over a period of several years, the possibility exists that other timbers in the building might date to the latter part of the decade. With current data it is certain that the structure could not have been built before 1786. The full results of the analysis are presented in: William A. Flynt, Developing Local Master Chronologies and using Dendrochronology as an Architectural Dating Tool in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, 2004. The full report can be found at Historic Deerfield, Inc. and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
A note on dendrochronology dating In recent years tree-ring chronologies have been developed for eastern Massachusetts and adjacent regions, and a number of buildings or parts of buildings have been evaluated and given new construction dates due to tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology. The principle behind tree- ring dating is a simple one: the seasonal variations in climate produce variations in growth which are reflected in the varying width of the annual rings of the tree. The rings in timbers from historical houses are compared with previously dated ring sequences from old-growth trees and from timber from structures with well-established dates to allow precise dates to be ascribed to each ring. Computer comparisons quantify how good the match is between the two. A SThis quote is from the study: S. Mcgowan, and A.
Miller, Family and Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 1671, (Deerfield, Massachusetts: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1996). NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 2009 supplemental information OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Old Deerfield Village HD Deerfield (Franklin), MA Page12 dendrochronologist then analyzes the results and establishes the date the tree was felled. Some caution must be used in interpreting these dates to determine the construction date of a building. Sometimes timbers from the same construction phase of the same building have been felled one, two or more years apart.
However, it was common practice to build timber-framed structures with green or unseasoned timber, and it is likely that construction was completed within twelve or eighteen months from the felling date.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION PROPERTY Old Deerfield Village Historic District NAME : MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Franklin DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 4/28/11 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 6/13/11 REFERENCE NUMBER: 66000774 NOMINATOR: OTHER REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: Additional Documentation Approved aceppt RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE Vful TELEPHONE DATE 6-13.4 DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.
SEE LIENATD OTL The CommonwealthofMassachusetts April 19, 2011 William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission Mr. J. Paul Loether National Park Service National Register of Historic Places 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Loether: Enclosed please find supplementary information for 34 properties previously listed on the National Register of Historic Places, reflecting recent scholarship regarding their dates of construction, based upon dendrochronological techniques.
These properties include: Boston (Suffolk County): James Blake House (NRIND, 5/1/74) Pierce House (NRIND, 4/26/74) Cambridge (Middlesex County): Cooper-Frost-Austin House (NRIND 9/22/72) Dedham (Norfolk County): Fairbanks House (NRIND, NHL, 10/15/66) Deerfield (Franklin County): All properties are located within the Old Deerfield Village HD (NRDIS, NHL 10/15/66) Allen House (MHC # 20) John Ashley House (MHC #31) Eldad Bardwell House (MHC #23) Bull-Williams House (MHC #47) Childs House (MHC #53) Frary House (MHC #13) Eliezer Hawks House (MHC #58) Hinsdell-Williams House (MHC #24) Jonathan Hoit House (MHC # 9) RECEIVED 2280 APR 28 2011 NAT.
REGISTER CF HISTORIC PLĂCES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc Little Brown House (MHC #79) Moors House (MHC #39) Nims House (MHC #12) Russell House (MHC #49) Saxton House (MHC #48) Severance House (MHC #19) John Sheldon - Hawks House (MHC #32) Stebbins House (MHC # 36) John Williams House (MHC #50) Essex (Essex County): Cogswell's Grant (NRIND 4/19/90) Gloucester (Essex County): White-Ellery House (NRIND, NRTRA 3/9/90) [First Period Buildings of Eastern MA, TRA] Ipswich (Essex County): Paine-Dodge House (NRIND, NRTRA, 3/9/90 First Period Buildings of Eastern MA, TRA Merchant-Choate House (NRDIS, NRMRA, 9/17/80) [High Street HD] Lexington (Middlesex County): Hancock - Clarke House (NRIND.
NHL, 7/17/71) Millville (Worcester County): Chestnut Hill Meeting House (NRIND 11/13/84) Newbury (Essex County): Tristram Coffin House (NRIND, NRDIS, 5/24/76) [Newbury HD] Salem (Essex County): Eleazer Gedney House (NRDIS, 10/1/74) [Gedney and Cox Houses HD] Pickering House (NRDIS 8/28/73) [Chestnut Street HD] Sandwich (Barnstable County): Wing Fort House (NRIND 6/3/76) Winthrop (Suffolk County): Deane Winthrop House (NRIND, NRTRA 3/9/90) [First Period Buildings of Eastern MA, TRA] Please add the enclosed continuation sheets to the existing National Register nomination files. Sincerely, Betry tredhey Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosures OLD DEERFIELD VILLAGE HASTORIC DISTRIGT (Resource Name) FRANKLIN (County) STATUS: 1. MISSING 2. REMOVED/. DEMOLISHED 3. NHL X 4.TR. 5. MRA EXPLANATION: 1.
Missing Status: Entire Folder (); Nomination ( ); Map(s) ( ); Photos () Available on: Microfiche ( ); Optical Disk ( ) 2. (Cause for removal) 3. (NHL Name, if different than NRHP Name) 4. 66000714 (Reference Number|s]) MASSACHUSETES (State) 5 / 23 188 (Date form completed) SETPENKO (Completed by) 6. OVER- SIZED 7. NPS - UNDOCUMENTED 8. DOE - OWNER OBJECTION 9. RESTRICTED / (Date Removed) (Date Designated) (If multi-state/county TR, state/county where filed and location) (TR or MRA Name) (If multi-state/county MRA, state/county where filed and location) (Location of oversize file) 1. (Current source of partial documentation) (Target Date), COMMENTS: (Where found, or source of replacement) (Date Found/Replaced) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE National Register of Historic Places Locator Card WASO 21 JAN.