Nomination for Capron House

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PH0666297T FOR NPS USE ONLY SHEE RECEIVED APR 3 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED 1978 JUL 2 11978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS 1 NAME HISTORIC AND/OR COMMON Capron House same LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 42 North Avenue CITY.

TOWN Attleboro STATE - VICINITY OF CODE 3 Massachusetts CLASSIFICATION 025 _NOT FOR PUBLICATION LOEESSIONAL DISTRICT COUNTY Bristol CODE005 L CATEGORY DISTRICT X BUILDING(S) STRUCTURE SITE _OBJECT OWNERSHIP _PUBLIC XPRIVATE -BOTH PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS _BEING CONSIDERED STATUS X OCCUPIED _UNOCCUPIED -WORK IN PROGRESS ACCESSIBLE X YES: RESTRICTED -YES: UNRESTRICTED _NO PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE -_MUSEUM _COMMERCIAL -PARK _EDUCATIONAL XPRIVATE RESIDENCE _ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS _GOVERNMENT -SCIENTIFIC _INDUSTRIAL _TRANSPORTATION _MILITARY _OTHER: 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Donald R. and Marian H. Wrightington STREET & NUMBER 42 North Avenue CITY. TOWN Attleboro VICINITY OF 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. Bristol County Registry of Deeds STREET & NUMBER STATE Massachusetts 02703 Court Street CITY.

TOWN STATE Massachusetts Taunton 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth DATE 1969 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS CITY. TOWN _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston STATE Massachusetts 1Z DESCRIPTION CONDITION X EXCELLENT _GOOD -FAIR _DETERIORATED -RUINS _UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE _UNALTERED *ALTERED CHECK ONE *ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Capron House is located on a third of an acre in an older residential neighborhood of Attleboro. The house is sited close to the street and separated from the roadway by a simply landscaped apron and low stone wall. Much of the original front yard was taken for an electric trolley right-of- way in the early 20th century. The 2'½ story house has a ridge roof with gables to the side and two dissimilar end chimneys. There is a one story ell on the south elevation. The house is sheathed in cedar shingles. The 6/6 fenestration throughout is framed by a simple flat architrave. Windows on the second story of the facade and rear elevation are placed directly below the simple molded cornice. The six bay wide facade faces east across North Avenue. The raised panel door of the center entry is flanked by pilaster and crowned by a five light transom.

Above this is a shallow projecting triangular pediment with dentil course. The main house is 36x26'. The ell is 21x14'. The interior features wide pine floorboards, corner posts with beaded casings and horizontal wainscoting. The chimneys were rebuilt in 1876; the clapboarding has been covered by the cedar shingles. A carriage shed attached to the ell was destroyed by the great hurricane of 1938. The original farm consisted of over 200 acres.

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD _PREHISTORIC -1400-1499 -1500-1599 -1600-1699 X_1700-1799 - 1800-1899 -1900- _ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE *ARCHITECTURE ART COMMERCE -COMMUNICATIONS AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _CONSERVATION -LAW _ECONOMICS _LITERATURE _EDUCATION MILITARY ENGINEERING MUSIC * EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _PHILOSOPHY LINDUSTRY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _INVENTION _RELIGION -SCIENCE _SCULPTURE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -THEATER -TRANSPORTATION -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE BUILDER

Statement of significance

/ARCHITECT The Capron House is significant as an 18th century house and for its associations with the Capron family, an important Attleboro family who owned the house for over 200 years. Banfield Capron, one of the original Attleboro settlers, gave each of his children a farm of 200 acres. One of his children built this house. One colorful owner in the 19th century, Joseph Willard Capron, kept a journal of events associated with this property, the sur- rounding area and the family. The journal included an inventory of all standing wood, hay, ornamental trees, even cranberries stolen from the property- 9

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES "Journal of Joseph Capron" Daggett; John, A Sketch of the History of Attleborough, Boston:Press of Samuel Usher. Maps of Attleboro 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 1/3 acre UTM REFERENCES A[1,9/ /310,9/6,1,0 ZONE 14,6/4,7/1,4,01 EASTING CULLILLL NORTHING LLLu VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION BULLLL Lelilu EASTING NORTHING - LluJLliLu 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 Marian H.

Wrightington JosephA.Aorfant, Nationa1 Register Editor & Attleboro Historica] Cormission Massachusetts Historical Commission 28 February 1978 STREET & NUMBER TELEPHONE 294 Washington Street 617-727-8470 CITY OR TOWN STATE Boston Massachusetts 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATENS NATIONAL - STATE LOCAL 02108 As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). 1 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 HTSTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE tatur.

LWesrske 3/23/27 TITLE Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission DATE Acting FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF ARCHEOLO ATTEST S HISTORK 0IE KEERER OE DATE 7-2171 NANTONAL 29-28 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 Property Capson Hauce state maso. Working Number 4.3.28.2814 TECHNICAL Photos_ Seggnetend Maps _ Agua w/ Yill Bristol CONTROL pl 0K 4.4.28 HISTORIAN agcepat 6-1.28 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN menmum level 8 signuficance acept Bravkam 5-15.78 ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER miicinal nomination fo eligble peoperty.

Significaul as exauple ; 18th centrery residence cansuing over 17th ( rechnolgu.- at local level HAER Inventory - Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF accept Lebovicl 6/13/78 BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 9.5.28 Send-back Re-submit Entered United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 JUL 2 1 1978 INT:2106 -74 Capron House Attleboro, MA. JUL 2 1 1978 1977 Marian Wrightington 42 North Av. Attleboro, MA. APR 3 1978 Bristol County Photo #1g 6 Looking west towards the facade and south elevation 5 E AVE HOUSE OLD ATTLEBORC FACING PROPERTY OF THE NATH Capron House Attleboro, MA- 1977 Marian Wrightington 42 North Avenue Attleboro, MA. APR 3 1978.. Photo #2 2b. Bristol Courty Looking west towards the center entry D OUR FACING EAST HAT ONAC REGISTER Capron House Attleboro, MA. 1977 Marian Wrightington 42 North Av. Attleboro, MA.

APR 3 1978 Photo #3 g. la Bristol Courty Detail, parlor mante1 1978 FIK HAS CARU IN 6 THAT PROPENTY SF TRE TATICIAR® REGNSITS THE CHAIR A1L, Capron House Attleboro, MA. 1977 Marian Wrightington 42 North Avenue Attleboro, MA. APR S Photo #4 g 6 Bristal County Detati, millwork, parlor mantel JUL 2 1 1978 1010 SIDE OF PROPERTN OF TR /NA9T8 OL: RERASTER FIREPLACE DETAIL OF CARVING. Capron House Attleboro, MA. 1977 Marian Wrightington 42 North Av. Attleboro, MA. Photo #5 g 6 Detail, roof ridge OLD JUL 21 1978 A APR 3 1978 HOWI Bristol County CONSTRUCTION: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ALD Capron House Attleboro, MA. JUL 21 1978 1977 Marian Wrightington APR 3 42 North Avenue Attleboro, MA.

Photo #6 g6 Bnistol County Detail, Keeping Room fireplace THE AT 1978 REPL PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGIST ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE MASSACHUSETTS Date Entered JUL 21 1978 Name Half Way House First Parish Church Capron House Newell Farm Locke, Capt. Benjamin, House Hawthorne Class Studio Thayer Public Library Location Chatham Barnstable County Duxbury vicinity Plymouth County Attleboro. Bristol County West Newbury Essex County Arlington Middlesex County Provincetown Barnstable County Braintree Norfolk County Also Notified Honorable Edward W. Brooke Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Honorable Gerry E. Studds Honorable Margaret M. Heckler Honorable Michael J. Harrington Honorable Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Honorable James A. Burke State Historic Preservation Officer Mrs. Patricia L.

Weslowski Executive Director, Nassachusetts Historical Coumission 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02103 NR Byers/bjr 7/25/78 PH0666297 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 1NAME as on federal register: OTHER NAMES: 3) date of entry: ( county code Capron House MUL 42 North Ave.

town Attleboro state MA 6)NP 5) LOCA ION number city / vicinity of county Bristol 2 1 197& CION 05 NA 10th )unexposed Jfair 'ed ructed Ounknown ed ACCES AREAS CARCHEOLOGY CARCHEOLOGY -AGRICULTURE -3 -ARCHITECTURE-4 - ART-5 | Unknown RCE -61 - CONSERVATION - 8 - ECONOMICS- g - EDUCATION-10| NMENT -26 LORATION -12 J HEALTH-27 - INDUSTRY- 13 -INVENTION -14 - LANDSCAPE O LAW - 16 - LITERATURE - 17 - MILITARY- 18 - MUSIC-19 - PHILOSOPHY -20 CRECREATION -28 RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29] SCIENCE- 23 JURBAN PLANNING-31 C SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24DOTHER (SPECIFY) - SOCIAL / CULTURAL -301 TRANSPORTATION -25 23) functions WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: CURRENTLY: S architectural style(s) @dates of initial construction: major alterations : historic events: @architect: @master builder: @landscape architeet/ garden designer: S interior decorator: ©artist: Sartisan: NAMES give role & date PERSONAL: EVENTS: INSTITUTIONAL: 3BNATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP SHPO staff -8 AIMS irst'O 'oldest'O 'only' O JETHNIC GROUP ASSOCIATION engineer: Sbuilder/contractor: ADDITIONAI SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE SR