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PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number - FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 - - - - - - - -- Area Form no. 16 - SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest or geographical features. Indicate north. OUNT Town Ipswich Address 83 County Street Historic Name Nathaniel Rust Mansion Use: Original residence Present residence Ownership:I] Private individual Private organization_ Public Original owner Deacon William Goodhue Present owner Raymond Sullivan DESCRIPTION: Date pre-1665 Source Waters I Style Eirstoperied with Federalaltera- Architect Exterior wall fabric _clapboard Outbuildings barn 16 Major alterations (with dates) Federal entry with side lights (C-1815) Beverly jog Moved yes Date 1837 Approx.
acreage_ 7 acres Setting_residential/commercial mix located just south of South Green District Recorded by Margaret Welden Organization Ipswich Historical Commission Date October 1978 Assessor's lot #53-K UTM Reference: 19/349420/4725880 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) The Rust Mansion is a 2 1/2 story end-gable structure with twin rear wall chimeys. It is constructed with a heavy timber frame and is sheathed with clapboards. Its asymmetrical five bay facade reflect its seventeenth century date while its pilastered entry with side lights and its modillion cornice represent Federal period alterations. It is one of the few first period houses located outside of the districts.
It typifies a first period house which has been expanded through the nineteenth century to meet changing needs. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) The Nathaniel Rust Mansion possesses integrity of setting, design, materials and work- manship and significant associations with the early development of Ipswich. The exact date of building and the identity of the original owner are uncertain. The first known owner was William Goodhue, and the house occupied the site where the South Meeting House later stood. Goodhue conveyed the house to Nathaniel Rust on June 2, 1665. Rust was a tanner and glover. His tanning establishment stood on the present site of this house. Rust sold to his sons-in-law on March 9, 1710, and in subsequent years the house changed hands many times. Dr.
Samuel Rogers bought the house on June 19, 1750. Madame Rogers kept a school for young ladies which was of great repute. In 1836 the house and lot were conveyed to the South Parish as a church site. Asa Brown bought the house and removed it to its present location in 1837. Brown remodeled the house at this time, its prosont bocaion 2 as and it became the home of his sister, Rhoda B. Potter. According to Waters, an old well remained visible in the cellar corridor until the 1890's. The north section is the oldest part of the house and contains 2 diminutive parallel sumer beams. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES T.F. Waters, Ipswich in the Mass. Bay Colony, vol. I, pp. 454, 468, vol. II, p. 709 Atlas of Essex County, 1884 T.F. Waters, Some Old Ipswich Houses, p. 218 SED 20M-2/80 | 7 1980 9. Major Bibliographical References See continuation sheets UTM NOT VERIFIED ACREAGE NOT VEMriED 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property approx. 1500 Quadrangle name Ipswich UMT References *|199/ |3/418|42 0) 1412B37R Zone Easting Northing c|119/ 3|5,01320/ 4IRPAP E 19/ 3 |4/8 220| 47k5/410/ GLULILN LILIL Verbal boundary description and justification Quadrangle scale 1:24000 BLadBbptoel L4t21790 Easting Northing B49kEp EIREBPO BABROO 4727240| F L9 HLIJ See continuation sheets and attached maps 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 Margaret Welden Candace Jenkins, National Register Coordinator with Edward Zimmer (Ipswich Historical Commission) organization Massachusetts Historical Comm. date April 1980 street & number 294 Washington Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusetts 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national _ 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 thecriteria and procedures set forthby the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.
State Historic Preservation Officer signature/ VatumhWeslmoki 6/24/50 title Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Comilate For HCRS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Keeper of the National Register Attest: Patuick Andurs Chief of Registration date 9/17/80 date 9/15/20 GPO 938 835 enuar vulage, sasurch, massachusetts Property Multiplo Rexruce drea (partial imentry) State MA, Essex Working Number 7/1/80/1746 TECHNICAL CONTROL Photos 32 Maps 1,19 This is an exellent muttiple resource nomination - the surweyed auea HISTORIAN overs the historic dpowich Village. The nomination includes bur disticcts and en individiral profecties. The distriets are logically drown and show the development Patick Anden 9/15/80 emioninatin ted duel bol 96 to ragucamenlo for mullios. ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory.
Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 2.3.81 Send-back Re-submit Entered SEP | 71980 United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 83 COUNTY ROLL 7 NEG. 20 - 20A. CENTRAL VILLAGE IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS MULTIPLE RESOURCE AREA/ESSEX CO. MA Rust, Nethanek, Mansian 1980 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000276