Nomination for Citizens Hall

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Form 10-300 (July 1969) PH0005843 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE No NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM STATE: 1423 Massachusetts COUNTY: Berkshire FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER JUN 19 1972 DATE NAME COMMON: Citizens Hall AND/ OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) REEEIVED E 1972 LO NATIONAL REGISTER LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER: 25 enterlaken (Interlaken) Congressional District #1 CITY OR TOWN: Stockbridge STATE Massachusetts CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY (Check One) District XI Building Site Structure CODE COUNTY: 025 Berkshire CODE 003 OWNERSHIP STATUS Object Public Private Both Public Acquisition: - In Process Being Considered *see Historical Signif X Occupied Unoccupied Preservation work in progress ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC Yes: Restricted Unrestricted No PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Agricultural Government Commercial Industrial Educational Military Entertainment Museum Park Private Residence Religious Scientific OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: Town of Stockbridge STREET AND NUMBER: Main Street CITY OR TOWN: Stockbridge LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Berkshire County Registry of Deeds, Middle District STREET AND NUMBER: C Transportation X Other (Specify) vacant * Comments to be leased to a private school STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Massachusetts 025 STATE: COUNTY: Pittsfield REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: Inventory of the Historic Assets of the Commonwealth DATE OF SURVEY: 1968 Federal E State DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: County - Local Massachusetts,Historical Commission, Office of the Secretary STREET AND NUMBER: IUN 19 1972 ENTRY NUMBER State House CITY OR TOWN: Boston FOR NPS USE ONLY STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 DATE DESCRIPTION Excellent CONDITION Good (Check One) X Fair (Check One) Deteriorated Ruins - Unexposed (Check One) - Altered X Unaltered Moved Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Citizens Hall stands on a hill in the middle of a wide flat expanse of grass, with the Berkshire hill rising beyond. To the rear of the building, the land drops off in a woodland thicket, while dwellings built in the vernacular Greek Revival style flank it. The 1870 Hall is two stories high and has a gracefully curved Mansard roof. The boarded walls terminate in wooden quoins at each corner. Interrupted only by a tower, a wide cornice with elosely spaced and delicately detailed brackets encircles the Hall. Although the impression given is that of a nearly square building, the side facades are two bays wide and the main facade is five, with a three bay pavilion centered on it. The middle bay of this pavilion projects slightly to form a two-story entrance tower which rises through the roof of the building.

The tower walls are topped by a bracketed cornice identical to that below the main roof. The uppermost member of this cornice extends to form part of the curb between the two slopes of the main roof. The straight sides of the tower's roof taper and culminate in a simple cornice. Above this rises the crown of the tower -- a lacy, ornamental iron balustrademm The imposing main entrance in the tower is topped by a broken roundheaded pediment which is supported on each side of the door by a single elongated pilaster with ornamented capital. Beneath the pediment, the elaborately decorated entabla- ture is broken by a semi-circular light over the door. The shape of this light echoes the curves of the roundheaded dormer windows.

Above the entrance an elongated triple window, with round heads and outlined by slender and delicate moldings, rests on a thin sill which runs around the projecting tower as a narrow course. An oval, louvered opening with Baroque surrounds is set in the tower roof just above the cornice. The rest of the openings are symmetrically placed on the wall surfaces of the building. On the first story, the sharp, straight lines and simple flat heads of the tall rectangular windows reflect the formality of the Italian Renaissance and contrast with the dormer windows which break through the main cornice. This interruption of the cornice, and the robust curved and scrolled decoration around the window openings, produce an undulating movement and an interplay of light and shade. These features and the effects they produce create the characteristic exuberance of the Victorian period.

The building as a whole is severely symmetrical, and the masses are clearly articulated by the flat planes produced by the horizontal board siding and the quoins which define the corners. The characteristic features of the Second Empire (Mansard) style are not fully developed here. The three-dimensional effect is reflected by the series of projecting masses on the main facade, while the decorative elements of the style are displayed only in the tower and roof. The building is basically sound. Some work must be done on the foundations and a drainage problem rectified. Under the supervision of the Berkshire County Historical Society the School will restore the exterior of the building (repainting and glazing) and will rewire and add plumbing and heating.

8119 RECE MAY 2 NATK REGIS VED 1972 NAL TER SICNIRIO PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | L 15th Century 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal Education - Prehistoric Engineering Historic Industry Agriculture Invention Architecture Landscape Art Architecture Commerce Literature L Communications Conservation Military Music 1870 Political Religion/Phi- losophy Science Sculpture Social/Human- itarian Theater Transportation Urban Planning Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Citizens Hall, which was built in 1870, is primarily significant for its architecture. It is a small-scale version of the civic buildings constructed in the Second Empire (Mansard) and Italianate styles in major American cities following the Civil War. In Citizens Hall, that typically stone and brick architecture is translated into a wooden rural idiom and combined with elements which reflect the characteristic exuberance of the Victorian period. The Hall is the architectural epicenter of Curtisville, a small community within the Town of Stockbridge, which grew up around twelve mills. The mills are gone but several small dwellings in Greek Revival vernacular style, a brick store building, a Federal brick church and a Greek Revival inn remain.

Historical records for Citizens Hall are scant and most are contained in the Selectmen's Report for the Town of Stockbridge for the year ending April 1, 1871. According to that report, Citizens Hall was designed by C. T. Rathbun. The construction of the building was the result of a new system of school administration begun in Stockbridge in 1866. Existing school districts were abolished and public education facilities were to be concentrated in the three business centers of the Town -- the Plains, Glendale and Curtisville. The two rooms on the first floor of Citizens Hall housed the Curtisville school and the second floor was the community assembly hall. The Town of Stockbridge is negotiating the sale of the property to the Berkshire County Historical Society.

The sale of the property is with preservation restrictions approved by the Massachusetts Historical Commission (General Laws, Chapter 184, as most recently amended). These restrictions cover the exterior of the building and certain interior features. The Society will lease the building to the Huxley High and Low School for eductional purposes (thus the building reverts to its original use). 81/191 RECÊiVED MAY 2 1972 Le.i :P: NATIONAL REGISTER

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Manuscript--Hatch, J. D., "Citizens Hall, " Stockbridge, 1971. Selectmen's Report of the Town of Stockbridge, April, 1871. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES CORNER LATITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds NW Degrees Minutes Seconds NE 42 18 58 73° 19' 52" SE SW APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: C.

2 acres ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATETOR COUNTA BOUNDARIES CODE COUNTY RECEiVED STATE: CODE COUNTY: MAY 2 1972 CODE CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE FORMPREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Anne Wardwell, Survey Director ORGANIZATION DATE Massachusetts Historical Commission, Office of the Secretary March 18, 1971 STREET AND NUMBER: State House CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Boston Massachusetts 025 12 STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: National Local Name Secretary of the olenF/ Nowre and Commonwealth, and Chairman, Massachusetts Historical Commission I hereby certify that this property is included in the Nationa1 Register. Prhertu Uteus Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Date 4/14/22 ATTEST: Wilenu Keeper of The National Regist Date February 15, 1972 Date DATE OF RECEIPT DATA PAGE 5/2/72 YES 143 PHOTO (S) PHOTO DESCRIPTION (S) MAP (S) MAP DESCRIPTION (S) LOGGED ACKNOWLEDGE RESUBMIT 5/2/72 PROPERTY CitiZENS HALL STATE mas Berkshine co. NO NUMBER REGISTER: JUN 19 1972 BHENO MAY RECEIVED TOL 1972 NATIONAL REGISTER REVIEW HISTORIAN Obay means 6/1/12 ules 6/1/72 ARCHEOLOGIST ARCHITECT ASST.

KEEPER Ot che mhes 5-72 61( Muler KEEPER WRITER/EDITOR o Manu 6/6/12 DIRECTOR, OAHP EDITORIAL PROCESSING, EDITOR Federal Registry Entry Logged 2 0 JUN 1972 COMMENTS: 7-22 Card 2 0 JUN 1972 Annual Edition Entry WORKING NUMBER 5,2,72.685 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: cang. dist.*) Form 10-301 *(July 1969) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Berkshire FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER JUN 1 9 1972 - F NAME COMMON: Citizens Hall AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCATION STREET AND NUM BER: - CITY OR TOWN: Stockbridge (Interlaken) STATE: Massachusetts MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: U. S. G.S. Stockbridge, Mass. SCALE: 1 : 24,000 DATE: 1959 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

CODE 025 COUNTY: Berkshire RECÊIVED MAY 2 1972 REGISTER DATE CODE 003 Stockbridge, Mass (Interlaken, Curtisville) Citizen's Hall Fast facade M UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) NPS Titi STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Berkshire FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER JUN 1 2 1972 RECEIVED - Loc- NAME COMMON: AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: Citizens Hall NATIONAL REGISTER CITY OR TOWN: Stockbridge (Interlaken) STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 | COUNTY: Berkshire PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: Massachusetts Historical Commission DATE OF PHOTO: 1968 NEGATIVE FILED AT: Massachusetts Historical Commission, Archives Museum, Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston, MA 02133 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

Citizens Hall, east facade PROPERTY 0F TI REGISTER DATE CODE 003 "30" GREAT BARRINGTON 7.7 MI. WILLIAMSVILLE 2.6 MI. (STATE LINE) NEW YORK 920 /. 02 WEST STOC Lake Areric -Borrow Pit S T STOCKBRIDGE (INTERLAKEN, CURTISVILIE) MASS. CITIZEN'S HALL U.S.G.S. Stockbridge, Mass. Date: 1959 Scale: 1:24,000 *EaCL 191/ 110, ¡RECEIVED MA. 2 1972 NATIONA REGIST 8 MOUS iravet i Grävet ; Pit CROSSRO INTERI 42° 73 119 Interlaken - 2, / LARRYWAUG 863 1.Larry waug 824 NORTH 833 RIVER RUNO MOPLE ROADN O - FORK :! SOA3. LeE 924 GROSSROÃD R- CHÚRCH Sewage Disposat 1109 Stock (BM St Josephs Cem Cem V Goit Club NEW* HAVEN %: /. 837 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE MASSACHUSETTS Date Entered JUN 1 9 1972 Name Location Monument: Squaze - Bagle Street Historic District Citizens Hall North Adans Berkshire County Stockbridge (Interlaken) Berkshixe County ..:= Also Notified Bon. Edward W.

Brooke Hon, Edwazd M. Kennedy Hon. Silvio 0. Conte Director, Northeast Region HR NRowland:mm 6/15/72 State Iiaison Officer Fon. John F. X. Davoren Secretary of the Conmonwealth Chairman, Massachusetts Historical Commission Office of the Secretary State House Boston, Massachusetts 02133 ms CITIZENS HALL (25-73-00049-00). Stock- bridge, Berkshire Co. Private ownership. (Berkshire County Historical Society). building constructed in 1870 to be used as a school and community center. Restoration, in- cluding the rebuilding of stairs and installation of utilities to code requirement. $5,000.00. MS CITIZENS HALL (25-74-00105-00). See above. Continuing work, including electric service, painting, interior and exterior repair. $5,700.00. SECTIOI 1/~CERTIFICATION SECTIOR 1II-FEDERAL ASENCY ACTICN OMB Approval No. 29-RO218 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 2. APPLI- a. NUMBER 3. SÍATE 8.

NUMBER CANT'S APPLICA- TION 75050496 1. TYPE OF PREAPPLICATION APPLI- b. DATE Year IDENTI- b. DATE Year month day month day ACTION APPLICATION CATION 19 77 01 13 FIER ASSIGNED 19 75 06 16 (Mark ap- propmace NOTIFICATION OF INTENT (Ork.) Leave box) REPORT OF FEDERAL ACTICN Blanlc 4. LEGAL APPLICANT/RECIPIENT 5. FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO. a. Applicant Name : Massachusetts Historical Commission 046-002-284 b. Organization Unit 5. c. Street/P.O. Box : 294 Washington Street PRO- a. NUMBER /15/-90/4 d. City Boston -. County : Suffolk GRAM b. TITLE f. State Massachus etts g. ZIP Code: 02108 (From Federal h. Contect Porson (Name Elizabeth & telephone No.) (617) 727-8470 Reed Amadon, S.H.P.O. Calalog) Historic Preservatior 7. TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT 8.

TYPE OF APPLICANT/RECIPIENT Citizen's Hall Development Project, Stockbridge, A-Stato H-Community Action Agency B-Interstate I- Higher Educational Institution Berkshire County C-Substate J- Indian Tribe District K-Other (Specifu) : D-County "Repair the roof, flashing and metal cornice, instalff-Gchool District insulation, replace the deteriorated roof hatch,and G-Special Purposo Distriet Enter appropriate letter - A install a roof louvre, repair two floors, the front door, 9. TYPE OF ASSISTANCE and install locks." Source of nonfederal A-Basic Grant D-insurance match is funds of Old Curtisville, Incorporated. B-Supplemental Grant E-Other Enter appro- C-Loan priate letter(a) 10. AREA OF PROJECT IMPACT (Names of cities, counties, 11. ESTIMATED NUM- 12.

TYPE OF APPLICATION Statea, eic.) BER OF PERSONS A-New C-Revision E-Augmentaticn BENEFITING Commonwealth of Massachusetts B-Renewal D-Continuation 5,689,170 Enter appropriate letter 13. PROPOSED FUMDING 14. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF: 15. TYPE OF CHANGE (For 123 or 12c) c. FEDERAL $ 1,800 .00 a. APPLICANT A-Increase Dollars F-Other (Specifu) : b. PROJECT B-Dacrensa Deliars b. APPLICANT 1,900 9 C-increnso Duration .00 1 Decroase Duration PROJECT START E-Cancollation 19 see #34 DURA16 Enter appro- -ontha priate letter(s) cuy 10. EXISTING FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER _01 13 25-76-00627-00 20. FEDERAL AGENCY TO KECEIVE REQUEST (Name, City, State, ZIP code) 21. REMARKS ADDED National 22. Park_Service, Washington D.C. b. 20240 Yes No 8.

To the tsct ef my knowledge and bufler, if required by OM8 Circular this applicatica was submitted, pursuant te in- No re- data Respons- in this proapplicaticn/application ara structior.s therein, to approp:.. 500m8 attachec THE sicaringoouses and all responses ara aitaches: trus and correct, the decument hss bean APPLICANT duly authorized by the govering body of CERTIFIES THATF- the apulicent end the applicant wiil comply (1) with the attached assurancos if the sssist- Office of State Planning anca is approved. (2) (3) 23. 8. TYPED NAME AND TITLE b. SiGNATURT. c. DATE SIGHED CERTIFYING REPRE- Elizabeth Reed Amadon, Exec. SENTATIVE Dir. and S.H.P.O. Wsiti t Cmair Year month day 1977 01 13 24. AGENCY NAME 25. APPLICA- Year month day Department of the Interior TION RECEIVED 177 1 24 26. ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT 27. ADMINI- *E OFFICE 28.

FEDERAL APPLICATION IDENTIFICATION National Park Service Grants Administration Div. 29. ADDRESS 30. FEDERAL GRANT 18th & C Streets Nw.. IDENTIFICATION Washingten, D.C. 20240 31. ACTION TAKEN Iear month day 25-76-00627-00 34. Year month day [Y 8. AWARDED 2. FEDERAL $ 1,800 .00 33. ACTION 1977 3 18 STARTING DATE b. REJECTED b. APPLICAMT 1,900 .00 35. CONTA' ADDITIONAL INFORMA- 197 3 18 35. Year onth day TION and telephone number) - c. RETURNED FOR c. STATE ENDING AMENDMENT .00 DATE 1980 3 17 d. LOCAL .00 Stephen D. Newman 37. REMARKS ADDED -] d. DEFERRED e. OTHER .00 (202) 523-5472 0. WITHDRAWN f. TOTAL $ 3,700 .00 - Yes 2NO 38. In taking sboye action, any comments recoived from Sidcrad. if atancy raspoosa is dueunder previsions of Part 1, OMia: 1, CMB C. :A-95. b. FEDERAL AGENCY A-95 OFFICIAL (Namne and telephone no.) FEDERAL AGENCY it has beon or is being niade.

A-95 ACTION same as #35 424-101 25-76-00627-00 IAN 2 1 19/7 STANDARD FORM 424 PAGE 1 (10-75) Prescribed bu GSA. Federal Hanagoment Circular 74-7