MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES The First Parish of Weston. 1900. Fiske, Andrew. Account of the Old House. early 1900's. Kendal, Samuel. A Sermon on the Termination of a Century. Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1813. Lamson, History of the Town of Weston. Boston: George Ellis Co., 1813. Ripley, Emma F. Weston, A Puritan Town. First Parish Church, 1961. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY two acres UTM REFERENCES AL-,9 ZONE 311,012,4,9 EASTING CLL VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 14,619,310,2,01 NORTHING ZONE EASTING NORTHING LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Judy D. Dobbs, National Register Editor and Dorothy F.
Ellis, Weston Historical Commission Massachusetts Historical Commissi on STREET & NUMBER 294 Washington Street CITYOR TOWN Boston May 18, 1976 TELEPHONE 617-727-8470 STATE Massachusetts 02108 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - STATE- LOCAL As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National 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 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE TITLE Eiehich Rud Amadr Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission DATE May 18,1976 1014p2 GPO 892-453 Form No. 10-300a (Rev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED MAY 26 1976 DATE ENTERED 00T 8 1976 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 1 #8 In 1848 the Woodward House was bought by Boston lawyer Augustus H. Fiske, whose family was to occupy the house for over a century. Fiske's wife Mary was a friend of Winslow Homer who often sketched her. It is thought that some of the artist's croquet scenes were based on sketches made on the grounds of the Woodward House. Mrs. Fiske was responsible for the removal of the eastern ell and the building of the western addition. The Fiske family descendants occupied the house until 1972, since which time there have been two owners.
Today the house is considered one of the most architecturally significant houses in Weston, both because of the date of construction and because of the few alterations to the original fabric. TORMER WING moUED AwAY N 677l8 9, 10 RECEIVED MAY : 6 1976 NATIONAL REGISTEF SPROLE 342.3° CONCORD ROAD 6 2ACRES LANE, SCALE: 1"=100' SOLDIERS' FTELD BOSTON POST ROAD REV. SAMUEL WOODWARD HOUSE WESTON TOWN ATLAS - 1975 DE NPSNumber 10.8.76 Title: Wosseuad, Reo Aameek, Houne Niddleax Er., Man Loc. shilh map PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 2-914000 220P1- 24 2 020-97 Property State Massachusetts TECHNICAL Photos _2 Maps Woodward, Rev. Samuel, House Working Number 5.26.76.3491 Isketch Midalesex CONTROL pe 3.26.76 HISTORIAN acaept B.
Groovens 7/1/74 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN AKCEPT ARCHEOLOGIST/ OTHER HAER Inventory - Review REVIEW UNIT Accepe BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 12-2-26 Send-back Re-submit Entered United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. / 10/2/28 OCT 8 1976 INT:2106-74 REV. SAMUEL WOODWARD FRONT VIEW HOUSE SOVTHEAST CORNER Reverend Samuel Woodward House weston, MA mniddlesu cu. Dorothy F. Ellis, photographer April 1975 Weston Historical Commission, Weston Town Hall, Weston, MA 02193 Facing northwest, looking at facade. Photograph #1 OCT 8 1976 MAY 2 6 1976 PRODFOTY DF THE MATIANAT DEOTOTEL ha Sial tat p hal ad TVAL IEOOILK REV. SAMUEL WOODWARD HOUSE NORTHEAST CORNER Reverend Samuel Woodward House Weston, MA midaleauco. Dorothy F.
Ellis, photographer April 1975 Weston Historical Commission, Weston Town Hall, Weston, MA 02193 Facing southwest, looking at rear and west wing. Photograph #2 OCT 8 MAY 2 6 1976 1976 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE Date Entered MASSACHUSETTS 0CT 8 1976 Name Location Shzewebury Ilistoric District -Old City Hall Lancaster Industríal School for Girls Woodward, Rev, Sauuel, House Shrewsbury Worcester County Malden Middlesex County Lancaster vicinity Worcester County Weston Middlesex County Also Notified Hon. Edward M. Kennedy Eon. Edward W. Drocke Hon. Jaseph D. Larly lon. Torbert B. MacDonald Hon. Robert F. Drinan Regional Director, North Atlantie Region 880 -Mmott/Tow 10714/76 State Historic Preservation Officer Mrs. Elizabeth-R. Anadon Executive Director Massachusatts Historical Conmission 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusette 02108 INT: 2950-75 Mic: NEWS-TRIBUNE WALTHAM, MA.
D. 15,360 0CT2910 RECEIVED NOV U 1976 New England Neweclip MASS. HIST. CÜMM. Woodward House accepted for National Historic register P.er: Sámuel Wondwardlthe minister and his wite begen Dr. --u2E, Bancrolt was a cominated for inclusion in the 9 Concord Rà., Wesicliisarders graduale io take in young students asjof Harvard Medical School ana and, from time National Pegister of to served DOt Historic time, kept the schoolmaster as! oniy as Places by the Massachusts wll. Tis increased their in. physician, but. town also =3 Historical Commission, has been come which was a necessity as m o der a tor, seleciman and school . committeeman. It J5 accepted, State Secretary Paul the parsonage was not furnished; supposed that the Eastern eli Guzzi, chairman of the Com-by the town. mission, -has been informed by On April added during Gary Everhardt, director of the Woodward led 19, Rev.
the 1eesto Eancroft's ownership and was used as a National Park Service in docior's office. the militia in prayer and set ou United States Department of the with the company for Concord. Although Dr. Bancroft moved Interior. On the Lancaster Rd. the men! out of the house in 1811, Previously this he Benjamin vear the Icontinued to own it until 1528. Harrington House Turnpike where they were told to go to the Lexington|Occupants of the house during (about 1710) was includeg.555 Wellesley St.lthe British retreat followed|this period were James Billings, the National Charlestown. iPegister. tc Dr. Benjamin James and widow The Woodward the House Rev. Woodward read Clizabeth Wheeler. is Declaraticn significant as a of Independence In 1829, Jonathan P.
Stearns relatively purchased the house spolled example of 18th century architecture and un- trom his pulpit in Weston inlit a year later to John Jones 1776. and sold as the home of a number of families im- After his death in 1782, hisi In the 1830's Marshall Smith wile continued to occupy the |lived in the ell and had a cob- pdrtant in the hisiory of Weston. house. In 1785 she married Col. bier's shop in the upstairs It sils on a knoll facing South Thomas Marshall and at this Northerly room. In 1848, the onto Concord Pd. on two acresltime she conveyed the estate o1 Woodward house was bought by of land, as yet not encroached Pev. Woodward to her son-in Eoston lawyer Augustus H. upon by the nearby business law, Sampel Kendal, husband ofl Fiske, whose center of town, officials said. her daughter, Abigail. lamily Has to Pev. Samuel Woodward budti Pev.
occupy the house for over a Kendal had come toi century. Fiske's wife, Mary, the house in 1753. He was the Weston in 1783 as Rev. Wooa- vras a friend of Winslow Homer second minister of the First Parish Church in Wéston. Ward's successor and in 1785 he who often sketched her. imarried Abigail Woodward.l It is thought that some of the graduate of Harvard in 1748, he After their oun house burnea. artist's croquet scenes were was ordained in 1751 at the age down in 1791, the couple moved based on sketches made on the of 24. In 1753, Woodward into the Woodward house. In grounds of the Woodward house. married Abigail Williams and 1794, the twc moved into the house a year after Abigail's, Mrs. Fiske was responsible for Kendal married on Concord P.d., death, which is said sister Miranda.
her the removal of the Eastern el to be a copy and the building of the Western of the Samuel Harrington House on South St. The iollowing rear the twbi addition. The Fiske in "a!tham. acguired the rights! family fo Che Icescendants occupld the bousa nndward house and sold ! to Uhtl 1972. There have heen tan i.iemas Ward son the viner owmiers since then. famous Revolutionary War hero. Today the house is considered A lawyer who was, active both one of the most architecturally in state and Jocal polities, Ward significant houses owned his ovin home next door both because in Weston, of the date of and probably never occupied the ccnstruction and because of the Moodward house. He soid it to liEW pr. Amos Bancroft in 1797. allerations to the originas, Itabric, officials said. WAYLAND TOWN CRIER fist SUDBURY, MA. W.
2,896 CGV 4 ARO New England Neweclin Middlesef 1753 Woodward House is on Historic Register The Rev. Samuel Woodward House. Dr. Bancroft was a graduate of Harvard Concord rd., built in 1753 and occupied for Medical School and served not only as town most of the past century by the Fiske physician, but also as moderator, selectman family, has been accepted for inclusion in and school committeeman. It is supposed the National Register of Historic Places, that the eastern ell was added during according to: State Secretary Paul Guzzi, Bancroft's ownership and was used as a chairman of the Massachusetts Historical doctor's office. Commission./ Although Bancroft moved out of the house The house is significant as an example of in 1811, he continued to own it until 1828. i8th century architecture and as the home of' Occupants of the house during this period.
families who played leading roles in the were James Billings, Dr. Benjamin James - history of Weston. and widow Elizabeth Wheeler. It sits on a knoll facing south onto Concord Road on two acres of land. Winslow Homer's sketches Rev. Samuel Woodward, who' built the In 1829, Jonathan P. Stearns purchased house, was the second minister of the First the house and sold it a year later to John Parish Church in Weston. A graduate of Jones. In the 1830s Marshall Smith lived in Harvard College in 1748, he was ordained in the ell and had a cobbler's shop in the . 1751 at the age of 24. In 1753, Woodward . upstairs Northerly room. married Abigail Williams and the two In 1848,_ the Woodward house was bought moved into the house on Concord Road, said. by Boston lawyer Augustus H.
Fiske, whose to be a copy of the Samuel Harrington House family was to occupy the house for over a on South Street in Waltham. century. Fiske's wife, Mary, was a friend of Not long after their marriage, the minis-* Winslow Homer, who often sketched her. It ter and his wife began to take in young is thought that some of the artist's croquet students as boarders and, from time to time, scenes were based on sketches made on the . kept the schoolmaster as well. This in- grounds of the Woodward house. Mrs. Fiske. creased their income which was a necessity was responsible for the removal of the as the parsonage was not furnished by the eastern ell and the building of the western town. addition. The Fiske family descendants On April 19, 1775, Rev. Woodward led the Weston militia in prayer and set out with the company for Concord. On the Lancaster'?
Road the men were told to go to : the WINSLOW HOMER may have sketched croquet matches on the lawn of the Rev. Samuel Woodward House, 19 Concord rd., which has named to the Register of Historical Places. occupied the house until 1972. There have been two owners since then. The house was purchased two years ago - Lexington Turnpike where they followed the by Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Sprole. "It has - British retreat to Charlestown, Rev. Wood-».- more charm than new houses," Mrs. Sprole ward read the Declaration of Independence *, Rev. Kendal had come to Weston in 1783 as : - quired the rights to the Woodward house and said recently, "and it also has many from his pulpit in Weston in 1776. architectural idiosyncracies, including a Rev.- Woodward's. successor.
In 1786 he * sold it to Artemas Ward, son of the famous- After his death in 1782, his wife continued room with six doorways." -married Abigail Woodward. After their own Revolutionary War hero. A lawyer who was to occupy the house. In 1795 she married Col. house burned in 1791, the couple moved into active in state and local polities, Ward Other Weston houses in the National Thomas Marshall and conveyed the estate the Woodward house. In 1794, a year after owned his own home next door and probably Register. are the Benjamin Harrington to Samuel Kendal, husband of her daughter, Abigail's death, Kendal married her sister, never occupied the Woodward House. He House, 555 Wellesley st., and the Golden Ball Abigail, Miranda. The following year the two ac- sold it to Dr. Amos Bancroft in 1797. Tavern, Boston Post Road.
,NR Data Sheet DATE: Reviewer NR 1/1/76 INITIALS: 86 DOE VOCT 8 iP 1976 NAME AS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: Woodward, Reverendd Samuel, House OTHER NANES: LOCATION: STREET& NUMBERL,9 Concord Rd. CITY.TOWN aieator STAT Massachusetta 25 CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT A/th - VICINITY OF COUNTY middlesex lo.
code 017 OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) PRIVATE STATE LOCAL GOV'T MUNICIPAL COUNTY OTHER FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : ADMINISTRATOR(underline) NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) N.ATLANTIC MID ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST MIDWEST SOUTHWESTROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEATURES: INTERIOR Substantially intact-1 - unknown - 4 - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - -EXCELLENT LGOOD _FAIR EXTERIOR ENVIRONS -Substantially intact-2 L Substantially intact-3 _unknown.-5 - unknown -6 - not applicable - 8 -Not applicable-9 -Interior, exterior, environs not intact-o _DETERIORATED _UNALTERED -RUINS LALTERED _UNEXPOSED -Reconstructed LORIGINAL SITE _MOVED _Unknown _Unexcavater Excavated ACCESS - . Yes-restricted historic district? Yes-unrestricted No access Unknown YES WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? IF YES, NAME: YES NO WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? IF YES, NAME: YES NO ADAPTIVE USE: YES NO Saved?
YES NO FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) then- house now- house SIGNIFICANCE: -ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC -ARCHEOLOGY HISTORIC GRICULTURI /ZARCHITECTUR -ART -COMMERCE -COMMUNICATIONS Claims _CONSERVATION _ECONOMICS _EDUCATION ENGINEERING -EXPLORATION. _INDUSTRY _INVENTION "first" YES NO _LANDSCAPE ARCH'TECTURE -ZHEUGION _LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE 18LMTETATURE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN - MUSIC _PHILOSOPHY -POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _TRANSPORTATION _OTHER (SPECIFY) re oldest2 YES NO -_entertainment _health _recreation -settlement 30socio/cultural _urban & commun planning "'only" YES NO ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: architect/m.builder: landscape/garden designer: interior decorator: engineer: artist/artisan: builder/contractor: ETHNIC GROUP: NAMES: (label role & appropriate date) events Samuel Lcodward - frst ourur and resident 1753-1782 persona.
Windlow Honer - rread &f later oaner; poositly based some of bis works on ocenes oketeled at this house, 1848 - -? DATES: institutional DATE OP CONETIOCION (specifie dato or 1/4 of century). /753 DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" AITERATIONS: /875-1882, 1915, 1960s BISORICALIY SOMIFICANE DATE(S) : 1753 though 1941 centary SOURCE: (OF NOMINATION) PRIVATE OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY: ACREAGE: (to nearest tenth of an acre) STATE LOCAL GOV"T MUNICIPAL COUNTY 2 COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) modified L shape, gegariptizi Lrame, clapboardidg, 2'2 stries, gabled noof, cental luge pasma ell aedas,etme tatan 20%c. ane flos betheom actded sva titkhen atl eudenci oy sarkir duulling slar eoidene that th 173 towa mnanpatated pastn f an auer earera torse. incrpoated into this structue. Exampee yf area 18tnC. amestic anchetecaure; SIGNIFICANCE:(maximum two sentences) assoccated wuth le.
Samue Le Revesend Samuel Woadwad House is e dilatively It continy altmestic architeeture in Messaitusetta, ano te akoe nog fon o sugearly iflemntal blectes mimcita ahs accompenites dle teris milhe to lmend on Apill 1951175, and who praad te Declectin of Vadepeades, e t Ye tun tee thi peoly tgc. Yeton ta ho dater and ly aercl othe femich ache entitadingt ecadns hatorye Weston's