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- FORM B - BUILDING ruf no sccuosty MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - - In Area no. Form no. 116-G - - 1. Town Address Worcester 23 Harvard Street Name_ Present use Jerome Marble House offices 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number Present owner Thomas Donahue and William Rauscher 3. Description: Date 1867 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north.
Source Worcester Society of Antiquity Ro11 29 '- Style Second Enpire Architect Elbridge Boyden Exterior wall fabric_ brick Outbuildings (describe) none Other features entrance set between pro jecting bay windows, brich quoining, mansard roof with decora- tive slatework, modillioned cornice aluminum and Altered glass door Date 1960s-70s Moved no Date Assessors' Book 2, p.31, 10/268820/4683185 5. Lot size: Lot 4. 11,199 sq.It. One acre or less x Over' one acre Approximate frontage 65' Approximate distance of building from street 10' R. Toore 6. Recorded by Organization ed. B.R. Pfeifier Worc. Heritage Pres. Coc. Date November 1977 (over) 30M-5-77 7. Original owner (if known)_ Original use Jerome Marble residence - Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_ 8.
Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development offices (present) Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation - Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) The Jerome Marble Ilouse is an excellent local example of Second Empire style architecture, and one of the few buildings of its style for which an architect has been identified. Built of pressed brick, the house is two and one half stories high with a slate-covered mansard roof. The house's facade is symmetrical with a center entrance flanked by three-sided bay w'indows; the roof bears a variety of gabled and arched dormers.
With the exception of a modern front door, the Marble House is unaltered and in excellent condition; the peoperty also retains an original granite stoop, rock-faced granite retaining wall and granite gate posts. Jerome Marble (1824-1906) was a native of Charlton, Massachusetts who came to Vorcester in 1853, becoming a business partner of C.A. Harrington. In 1863 the company became Jerome Marble &. Co-, "drusgists and dealers in paints and oils, chemicals, etc." Other business associations of of railroad beds. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Proceedings, Worcester Society of Anticuity (1896) p.284 (Doyden reference) ilutt, C. History of Worcester and Its People, vol. III, PP. 177-178 (Marble biography) - property Warceoter Mltple Resome Aua KPartual Iaventany) MA (Warcester Working Number8.
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Retum 116-CBD-Il to Stute (not eligible); 7 to durauss futlu BRANCH CHIEF 3/3/81 Retum 102 -L-3 to State fer cumedtem; HOLD 130-CBD -44 for info from state DURLE Staff conferenu 3/5/80 - agrud to action as soted belor: National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry state fr revrsun BD-I1) a/ 130- CB0-44 (Lecin frut from sfate) $/3/80 REPORT 2.3.81 Send-back Entered Re-submit KEEPER Soedha_ 315/80 MAR 5 1980 United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service PARTMENT OF United States Department of the Interior HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20240 1849 IN REPLY REFER TO: 663 SEP 27 1979 Dear Property Owner: The property you own has been nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Register is the government's official list of historic buildings and other cultural resources worthy of preservation. This nomination is pending in our office. If your property is depreciable and is listed in the National Register, there are certain benefits and provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 that may apply to you. We are enclosing information about this law and a general description of the National Register program. Soon we will be considering whether your property should be listed, using as our guidelines the "Criteria for Evaluation" shown in the enclosed material. If you wish to comment on whether your property should be listed, we would be pleased to hear from you. Send your comments within 30 days of the date of this letter to me, Charles A.
Herrington, Acting Keeper of the National Register, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Department of the Interior, Pension Building, 440 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20243 (Attn: NOM). Please include the name and address of the property as shown on the address label on this letter. If you have questions about the National Register program or the enclosed material, you should also address them to me. In the enclosed material you will note references to standards for rehabilitating old buildings. These standards are a list of do's and dont's for people who are fixing up old buildings. If the owner of a building listed in the National Register, either individually or as part of a district, wishes to take advantage of the Tax Reform Act benefits, these standards must be followed.
A copy of these standards is available from Technical Preservation Services, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Department of the Interior, Pension Building, 440 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20243. Questions about the standards should also be addressed to that same office. Sincerely, charlwAtturng Charles A. Herrington Acting Keeper of the National Register Thomas Donahue & William Rauscher 23 Harvard St. Worcester, MA RE: Worcester Multiple Resource Area Jerome Marble House Warchester Multiple Resource Area 9-11-79 LAW OFFICES DONAHUE & RAUSCHER P.C. TWENTY-THREE HARVARD STREET WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01608 TEL. (617) 757-7737 116-6 THOMAS J. DONAHUE, SR. WILLIAM C. RAUSCHER THOMAS J. DONAHUE, JR. SEAN T. MeGRAIL JOSEPH C. COVE ANTHONY J. VIGLIOTTI COUNSEL FRANCIS T. SEIFERT October 15, 1979 OF COUNSEL ROGER B. LELAND GEORGE E. PEMBER (617)-393-3300 Mr.
Charles A. Herrington Acting Keeper of the National Register Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Department of Interior Pension Building 440 G Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20243 ATTN: N. O. M. RE: WORCESTER MULTTPIE RESOURCE AREA JEROME MARBLE HOUSE REFERENCE 663 Dear Mr. Herrington: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Sep- tember 27, 1979. Rauscher and I would be pleased to have this property listed in the National Register of historical places. I am sure that you have the history of the building from the local historical commission. We purchased the build- ing in 1977 and occupy it as a law office. The building itself (both on the inside and out) has not been structurally changed at all. It has, of course, been papered and painted and the original woodwork has been restored.
The old coal fireplaces are in several of the law offices and we still use them in the wintertime even though the building is, of course, now heated with gas heat. If you need any further information on this, please contact me. TJD/aep yery poruly yours, conoane Thomas J. Donahue, Jr. OCd i 1 lasa THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE REC'D OCT 1 7 1979 INDIVIDUAL AESPONSE (AFTACHED) INFORMTNE MAee f TELERNDDE GALL (AriAcRLO) DATE ACIUN TAKEN INITIALS 50/0105 by Berkey estige Prints JUN 1979 Gina 116-6 30 AUG 1979 Marble, Jerone, tecse 23 Harvard St. Werceste MRRA, Ma south teast elevations Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000304