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ref no atcta5 25- FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - In Area no. Form no. 89-B Worcester 1. Town Address 190 Salisbury Street Name Harry Goddard House Present use residence 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number - Ro11 22 - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. - Present ownerHarold & Eleanor G. DanieIs 3. Description: Date 1905 Source Worcester Magazine Style Colonial Revival Architect George Clemence Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings (describe) stable Other featureship roof, Palladian window,original facade concealec from street view, 2nd iloor recep- tion room in rear entry created on Altered south side Date ca 1930? Moved no Date UTM 5. Lot size: Assessor's Book 20, p.
7 19/2683054684325 Lot 13, 73,488 sq. It. One acre or less Over one acre X Approximate frontage 250° Approximate distance of building from street 60° C. DeMallie 6. Recorded by ed.. B.R.Pfeiffer Organization Worc. Heritage Pres. Soc. Date January 1978 (over) 30M-5-77 7. Original owner (if known) Harry Williams Goddard Original use residence Subsequent uses (if any) and dates same 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) Now partially concealed by plantings of evergreens, the Goddard House is a two and one-half storey frame house with a hip roof.
The house's symmetrical facade (east) has two sets of semi-circular bay windows, a center entrance and Palladian window over the entry. Named "Elmarion", the front section of the house is unaltered; it was ane tront seoflon 0f described and illustrated upon its completion in an article in The Worcester Magazine- In the 1920s or 1930s, the house's rear wing was partially rebuilt creating, on its south elevation, an entry set behind a semi-circular porch, three sets of glazed French doors with decorative railings (second story). Located at the outer edge of the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District, the Goddard House 15 01 similar architectural quality to buildings in the district and shares similar historical associations.
The Goddard House has not been proposed for inclusion in the district as its siting and over-sized lot separate it from the more regular siting of buildings within the district. The house's first owner, and father of the present owner, was Harry Goddard (1863-1927), one of the city's most prominent manufact- turers at the turn of the century. Goddard, a native of Holyoke, Mass- achusetts, entered the employ of the Spencer Wire Company at the age of seventeen. Around 1884, at the age of twenty-one years, Goddard was made superintendant of the company's mill. In 1895, upon the death of the company's owner, Goddard purchased a controlling inter- est in the firm and became the company's president and general mana- ger. By 1900, the growth of the company under Goddard's direction had resulted in the construction of a new plant at the junction of WebsterSt. 10.
Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, Worcester Historical Society. Biography File. (Goddard obit.). Worcester Magazine. 9/1905. pp. 178 & 185 (arch't.& photo.) Nutt, C.,Hist. of Worcester. Vol. III, p. 23 (Goddard bio.). Washburn, C., Industrial Worc. pp. 170-173 (Spencer Wire). MAR INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Community : Worcester Form No: 89-B Property Name:Harry Goddard House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. 9. Historical significance at Jacques Avenue. By 1917, approximately eight hundred people were employed in the Webster Street plant. In addition to interests several other businesses, Goddard was elected president of the Worcester Board of Trade in 1903.
In 1905, Goddard entertained President Taft, then Secretary of War, at "Elmarion". - - Staple to Inventory form at bottom MAR 5 1980 Poperty Warcester Miltple Resauee Aua (Pastial Iaventary) State MA (Warcester Working Number8. 30.79.2060 TECHNICAL CONTROL Photos 383 -+13 Maps 2,63 Exuilent multyll resource nomesatin for the extire cely HISTORIAN ol Worceofer. Both the general descreption Cacl /Acapt Lightner cmun a/h Bmies commento H6-CBD-", "7-E, and 130-CBD-50 anl 44. Intynty and /o bomdaries neel to be addessed spéahwlly on indurdual BUBIE ARCHEOLOGIST 116-CBD- 1- Destroyed, cunnot be listed. 102-45 4- pemnst cuanane an he yortietnthitg.
102-L-3 - Period 5 descussed with iee attachel be WITH 3 EXCENTONS AL PROPERTIES APPEAN TO ME TO MET AK CRITERI AND 1HE OTHER FORMS ARE ADEQUATE RED BOTH TECHNLALL, AND TO DETERMINE SIÇNIFICANCER ALMOLAI SOME OF PHE FORMS DID NOT CONTAN SIRONE STATEMENS IF SIGNIFICANKE THE ACLEDT KESOURCE CATEDORIES WERE TOROUGALY DISCUSIED IN THE BODY OF THE ADRUNAYON; 2/23,88 THEREFORE SIGNIFICANCE MAS ESTABLSHED. HBDS WERE NOT NELESSAKY BELNSE OF MHE SCHE MAPSAND CLESRLY DEUNEATES BOUNDAMES . ALRENDE WES RITSTAT HAER DIU SONCE PROPEATTES BUT BAIS MOW INCLLDEN AFTER TE 2/11/ CORRELRONS. THE ONLY PROPERTIES THKAT I DO NOT RECOMMEND LISTING ARE Inventory - - 1/6-CBD-13 - DESNOYCO BY FIRE no- 1UCBD-! Review 130-CBD-44- POES. NOT RETSUN INTEGRITY FOR INDI VIDUHLA GLGIBILLTY v102-L-3 I DZNA PUWEST CONVINLED ABOUT BOUNDARES REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BUT BELLEUE MEY BOUCD BE OK.
WO BASED DN ADDITONA DOCUMENTATON SUBMITTED - / DETER JUDLEMENT. Recommal now Listina all propertres sexcept these 3. Return 116-CBD-1 to Stute not elegible); a to durauss futha W/NR Sta + Stute. DUBIE Retum 102-L-3 to state fer curedum; 3/5 8 BRANCH CHIEF 3/3/81 HOLD 130-CBD -44 for info from stute DUBLE Staff conferne 3/5/30-agued to actisi as patid beloro: KEEPER State fr. soldha 3/5/80 MAR 5 1980 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 2.3.81 Send-back Re-submit Entered United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Resueg Kq Prestige Prints JAMAR978 1980 0 AUG 1979 89-B Goddard, Harry, Herse 190 Salisbury St.
South elevatia worester MRAn Moy Prestige Prints ResuegAq JAN 1978 MAR 5 1980 AUG 1979 89 B heresto MRA, Ma i9o Salisburrg St East Elrcction Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000304