Nomination for Swetland-Pease House

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FHR-8-300 (11-78) United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections 1. Name For HCRS use only received FEB : 2 1980 date entered historic SWETLAND-PEASE HOUSE and/or common Same 2. Location SE 4 street & number 191 Pease Road Eart hangmeadow at city, town East Longmeadow vicinity of - not for publication 2nd. state East Longmeadow 3. Classification Category Ownership district - public Xbuilding(s) X private structure .both site Public Acquisition object .

in process being considered code 025 county congressional district Hampden code 013 Status X - occupied -unoccupied work in progress Accessible - yes: restricted - yes: unrestricted Xno Present Use agriculture commercial educational entertainment government industrial military - museum - park X private residence - religious scientific transportation - other: 4. Owner of Property name Mr.G Mrs. Ernest H. Page street & number 191 Pease Road city, town East Longmeadow - vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state Massachusetts courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Hampden County Registry of Deeds, (Springfield, MA.) street & number 50 State Street city, town Springfield state Massachusetts 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Historic Assets of title the Commonwealth #D~450 has this property been determined elegible?

- yes X _ no date 1973 - federal X state county - local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Commission city, town Boston state Massachusetts 7. Description Condition X excellent - good fair . deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one unaltered X altered Check one X original site _moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Swetland-Pease House stands on the south side of Pease Road at the base of Spook's Hill in East Longmeadow. The house is located in a rural area, and is immediately surrounded by woods on the east and west and by a field on the south. Extending along the property's street frontage is a Virginia rail fence made of chestnut wood. In its present state, the house consists of a Vernacular/Federalist style main house flanked by two lateral wings which were added in the mid or late nineteenth century. A11 sections of the building are covered with clapborad and enclosed by pitched roofs. Except where noted otherwise, all windows contain 12/12 sash set in moulded surrounds. A11 elevations are asymmetrical. The main house is a two story structure of timber frame construction.

Possessing a rec- tangular floor plan with a central chimney, the house rests on a dry wall foundation of locally quarried red sandstone. The Facade (north elevation) contains an entry slightly west of center, flanked by one window on the west and two windows on the east. The entry is framed by narrow Doric pilasters supporting an entablature. The front door is concealed by a stormdoor made of vertical boards and hung on strap hinges. At the Fasade's second story are four windows, set in vertical alignment with the windows and entry of the first The main house's east and west elevations are largely blocked by the building's wings; however, both ends contain a single 9/6 window centered on the gable. The rear (south) elevation of the main house contains three unevenly spaced windows at both stories; the second story of this elevation is covered with wooden shingles.

Near the southwest corner of the main house is a square plan shed addition; this addition contains three windows on its: south elevation and is blank on its east and west elevations. The house's west wing is one story high, has a rectangular floor plan with a recessed porch on its north elevation and is of apparent early or mid-nineteenth century construc- tion. Set beneath the porch are two windowsand an entry, while west of the porch is a set of double doors which lead to a carriage shed. The wing's west elevation contains two 6/6 windows, one in the gable and one set near the wing's northwest corner. The house's east wing appears to date from the mid or late nineteenth century. The east wing is one and one half stories high with a rectangular floor plan.

Extending out from the wing's north elevation and enclosed by a shed roof are a rectangular bay and porch, which have been designed to create the impression of symmetry with the house's west wing. The north elevation of the east wing contains two windows at the first story and a shed a Tthe Seconl stog The ma ch dormer with paired 8/8 window at the second story. The wing's east elevation contains one window at the first story and one in the gable, while the south elevation contains two windows and an undecorated doorway. The house's interior retains many of its original features, including a kitchen fireplace built of red sandstone. Also located on the porperty are a square plan, one story pump house and a shed.

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Significance Period - prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 X 1700-1799 1800-1899 1900 Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below - archeology-prehistoric community planning _ archeology-historic conservation X agriculture economics X architecture education -art engineering - commerce X exploration/settlement _ communications industry invention . landscape architecture - religion law literature military music - philosophy - politics/government - science sculpture social/ humanitarian theater transportation other (specify) Specific dates ca 1793; 19th C. add. Builder

Statement of significance

/Architect unknown Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) The Swetland-Pease House retains integrity of location, design, materials, setting and association with the agricultural settlement of East Longmeadow. One of a small number of eighteenth century houses remaining in East Longmeadow, the Swetland-Pease House is an excellent example of Vernacular Federalist architecture. Along with the Elijah Burt House (NR), it 1s the best preserved example of this period in the town. The house retains important elements of its original design in its entry, surround, mouldings, sash and dressed sandstone foundation facings. An unusual detail is the house's kitchen fire- place which is built of locally quarried red sandstone, a feature which has regional association in the Vernacular building traditon of the state of Connecticut.

Currently, the house's site retains much of its original rural setting, being surrounded by fields and woods. The house is believed to have been built by Benjamin Swetland, a farmer, around 1793. In the nineteenth century, the farm passed into the possession of the Pease family with whom it is most closely associated. Members of the Pease family who occupied the property in- clude Mervin Henry Pease (1860-1933), who was born in the house. Pease, who was a school teacher and farmer, was active in civic affairs, serving as a member of the town's schoo1 committee (1904-1917) and as a town assessor for eleven years. In 1919, the pro- perty, then including a barn, shed and milk-house, was sold out of the Pease family.

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

Major Bibliographical References Goodlatte, J. East Longmeadow Massachusetts, 75 Years a Town. Springfield: New England Blueprint Paper Company, 1969 Page, D. Research Report and Supplement, 191 Pease Road, E. Long., 1969, Historical File of Old Homes, East Long. Library 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - 1.32 acres Quadrangle name Hampden Quadrangle scale - 1:24000 UMT References A|19/6|017/3A0/ Zone Easting 14657|70| Northing LLL E D F Easting Northing LUILL LHLL Lu H LLLu Verbal boundary description and justification Beginning at an iron pipe in the northerly line of Pease Road distant seven hundred .

fifteen and 99/100 (715.99) feet westerly of the intersec- tion of the northerly line of said Pease Road with the westerly line of Lee St., as said Streets existed in 1949, thence NORTH 88 degrees 02 degrees WEST along said northerly line List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries (see continuation sheet) state code county code state code county code 11. Form Prepared By name/title Brian Pfeiffer, Consultant organization Massachusetts Historical Commission Jeanne P. Goodlatte, chairman, East Long.H.C. and Dorothy H. Page date 12/79 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 _ 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 criteriaand procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

State Historic Preservation Officer signature Paluue 1 Weslowski 1/24/80 title Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission For HCRS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Ma Dong Keeper of the National Register Attest: uch Anduus Chief of Registration date Apne 9/50 date 4//8/80 GP O 938 835 FHR-8-300A (11/78) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR HCRS USE ONLY RECEIVED FEB 12 1980 DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET Boundaries ITEM NUMBER 10 PAGE 2.

of Pease Road two hundred fifty (250) feet to an iron pipe; thence NORTH 1 degree 58 feet EAST two hundered fifty (250) feet to an iron pipe; thence SOUTH 88 degrees 02 feet EAST 223.73 feet to an iron pipe; thence SOUTH 4 degrees 02 feet EAST 251.37 feet to the point of beginning. Property S wetland- fecon House State Ma. Hampdan Working Number 2-12-80454 TECHNICAL ew peop CONTROL Photos - Maps This house is eligible for architecture - built c.1293 this is a two story HISTORIAN timber frame vernacular Federal style facmhouse. Two lathcent. wings wee added. Thes is ane of a few 18th cent. houses in the toun and ranks (with one more) ao the best PatuikeAndus example d tederalistarchitecteue in the toun, Muchoregmal interor babuc remains. 1.

3acies, romincited for aguie t settlenent - no enough inf-provided tojustily there areas 4/8/80 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory. Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 2.3.8 Send-back Re-submit Entered United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service - Swetland-Pease House 191 Pease Road East DLongmeadow, Mass. Ms. Theo G. Heald East Longmeadow Library Photo #1 of 1 Facade facing south stampden ca- 1978 FEB 12 1980 APR 9 1980 wen Pease zouee 191 Pease Road Est Lore zeadou, Mass MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY Secretary of State January 28, 1980 Ms.

Carol Schull, Acting Keeper National Register of Historic Places Heritage, Conservation & Recreation Service 440 G Street NW Washington, D.C. 20243 Dear Ms. Schull; Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Attleboro- First Parsonage of the Medford- John McGill House (local) Second Church (local) Middleborough- C. P. Washburn Grain- * Bedford- David Lane House (local) mill (local) * Boston- Charles Street Jail (national) Middlefield- Stone Arch Railroad Bridge Dartmouth- Hill School (local) District (state) * East Longmeadow- Swetland-Pease Natick- Rev. Stephen Badger House (state) House (local) Newton- St.

Mary's Church & Cemetary (local Framingham- First Baptist Church (state) New Bedford- Central New Bedford Lancaster- Founders Hall (state) Historic District (local) Marlborough- Peter Rice House (local) Newton- Echo Bridge (state- resubmission) Medford- Edward Oakes House (local) Sharon- Stoneholm (local) (All of the above are enclosed) (These are enclosed under separate cover) These have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Sincerely, Christine Boulding Chisk Snedin Survey Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 1 RECEIVED CB/cj FEB 12 1980 NATIONAL REGISTER *These properties were notified under the new procedures. - ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered STATE MASSACHUSETTS APR 9 1980 Name Location Echo Bridge Swetland-Pease House Rice, Capt.

Peter, House First Baptist Church Oakes, Edward, House McG111, John H., House Dillaway School Berger Factory Town of Needham, City of Newton Norfolk and Middlesex County East Longmeadow vicinity Hampden County Marlborough Middlesex County Framingham Middlesex County Medford Middlesex County Medford Middlesex County Boston Suffolk County Boston Suffolk County Also Notified Honorable Paul Tsongas Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Honorable John J. Moakley Honorabie Robert F. Drinan Honorable Edward P. Boland Honorable Joseph D. Early Honorable Edward J. Markey State Historic Preservation Officer Mrs. Patricia L. Weslowsk1 Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 NR Byers/bjr 4/17/80 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.