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FORM B - BUILDINGECCCO5/2 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - In Area no. Form no. 116-L-5 1. Town Address Name_ Present use Worcester 31 William Street John Hastings Cottage residence 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number Ro11 4 - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. Present owner Thomas P. Brown 3. Description: Date ca. 1880 Source city atlases & directories Style Victorian Gothic Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings (describe) garage Other features gables with pierced aprons, bargeboards, decorated porcr & window trim, octagonal cupola, slate (fish scale) roof Altered no Date Moved Date 19/268430/4683040 UTM: 5. Lot size:Lot 38, 3812 sq.It.
Assessor's Book 2, p.39 One acre or less x Over one acre Approximate frontage 60° Approximate distance of building from street 20° 6. Recorded by -S.Lee, ed. B.R.Pfeiffer Organization_ Worc. Heritage Pres. Soc. Date Febuary 1978 (over) 30M-5-77 7. Original owner (if known) John E. Hastings residence Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural X The Arts: Commerce Communication Community development same Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) A fanciful and ornate cottage, the John Hastings Cottage is a rare example of its period.
The house rests on an original founda- tion of "cast-stone" (concrete) and rises one and one-half stories to a complex hip and gable roofl, covered with fish-scale slates. Rising above the roof is an octagonal cupola, one of the few left in Worcester. Other details of the house are pierced aprons in gables and dormers on all elevations, bargeboards, gabled window caps, an original entry porch with pierced brackets bay window anc a panelling of strapwork around the base of the first storey. Along the property's William Street frontage is a low wall of "cast-stone" which mav date from ca 1880. The Hastings Cottage was first occupied by John Hastings, a provisioner, who owned the house into the twentieth century. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) city atlases & directories .
- Propert Wancester Multple Resource Ara (Pastial Laveatary) State MA (Warcester Working Number8. 30.79.2060 TECHNICAL CONTROL Photos 383 +13 Maps 2,63 Eratmte egenea nogton do rheentie ce, HISM /aan Call/ Acapt individual inventouy sheet are , a reasone 10-50-79 Ohed ae this yime ( sin nAaL HECTURAL HISTORIAN propeuties are. apposition is hifsted on actached sheets., cmun nth Bmiés comments 102-4-3, "C-CBD-", "7E, and 130-CBD-50 and 44. Integnty and /or bondaries need to be addessed speorhclly on indurdual tmms. DIBIE ARCHEOLOGIST -CD - 44- cost descussed with -peatel Euafcanee and cdeyontintegnity WITH 3 ENCERTONS AL PROPERTIES APPEAN TO ME TO MOET HE CRITERIA AND THE FORMS ARE ADEQUATE RED BOTH TECHNLALL, AND TO PETERMINE SIÇNIFICANCE.
ALMOUEH SOME DF THE FORME DID NOI CONTAN SMRONE STATEMENS IF SIGNIFICANICE THE KESOURCE CHEGONIES WERE THBROWALY DISCUSSED IN THE BODY OF MHE NDMINAIION; THEREFBRE SIGNIFCANCE MAS ESTABLSHED. UBDS WERE NOT NELESSARI HELNSE BN TYE SCHLE MAPSARD CLEARLY DELINEATE BDUNDANIES. HLRENGE WAS ALISSINY DIU SONCE PROPENTES BUT EIIS MOW INCLIDEN AFTER THE 2/11/ CORREITIONS. THE ONLY PROPENTES THST I DO NDT RECOMMEND LASTING ARE - 116-CBD-13-DESNOYCO BYFIRE no- IUCBD-! OTHER ACEDT 2/2388 HAER Inventory - Review PDES. NOT RETAIN INTEGRITY FOR INDI VIDUKLBELGHBILITY v102-L-3 1 PERSASA WBOT CONVINCED ABOUT BOUNDARIES REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BUT BELLEÜE MEY BOUCH BE OK. - BAGEN Recommand ODU ADDLTTONAL DOCUMENTATOW SUBMUTTED - / DEFER JUDGEMENT. Lstine propertres sexcegt these 3. Return 116-CBD-11 to State (not etegeble); Retum 102-L-3 to state for curecum; etodarase fut +stute.
DUBIE BRANCH CHIEF 3/3/8 HOLD 130-CBD -44 for info from stute DOBLE Staff conferene 3/5/80-agued to actioi as putel beloro: 16-CBD-11 (officcal notficati on -3 aleo 30-1) a1 130-880-4lEll F7 3E 31380 REPMF National Register Write-up Send-back Entered Federal Register Entry 2.3.81 Re-submit KEEPER soldha 315/80 MAR 5 1980 United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service by Bel JUN 1! Hastings, John, Lottage 30 AUG 1979 116-L-5 31 William St. Warcesto MRA, Ma East + norlh elevatiorne by Berkey ints JUN 1979 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000304