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80000582 FORM B - BUILDING - MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office oi the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - In Area no. Form no. 116-L-36 1o3tr5 1. Town Worcester Address 16 William Street Name Present use Marcus Hobbs House residence 2. Photo (3x3" oI 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number Godiminas Janula Present owner 6524 S. Washtenaw St. 3. Description: chicago, III. 60629 toi " .CO Date 1849 Source_ Albert Waite Papers : Style Greek Revival/Italianate 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and 'other buildings. Indicate'north. Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings (describe)_ none Other features Doric porch, arched window in gable., corner pilasters, : paired brackets Altered Porah ettended brackets Date ca.1870 (?) added (?) Moved 5: no Date Assessors! Book 2, p-33 UTM ''5.
Lot size: :....19/268640/4683040 Lot 48 4,417 sq.It. One acre or less Over one acre -.1 ) it t: Approximate frontage: 50' Approximate distance of building from street 10' 6. Recorded by B.R. Pfeiffer Organization Date Worc. Heritage Pres. Soc April 1979 (over) 370_7.77 7. Öriginal owner (if known) Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates Marcus Hobbs residence 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/ humanitariar Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) The Marcus Hobbs House is a two-storey frame house with a side-hall Iloor plan. The building's gabled facade has & Doric porch (Ist storey), in the gable.
Apparent alterations to the house (ca.1870) include the extension of the original porch around the building's west side, paired brackets at the cornice, cornice dentils and, perhaps, the gable window. Currently undergoing restoration, the house remains unaltered from ca.1870. The Hobbs House is located in an area which was developed primarily by carpenters from the late 1840s until the mid-1870s. Located at the eastern end of Bowdoin, William and John Streets, this area has been fragmented by modern highway and parking-lot construction, leaving Iew examples of the earlier use. Ihe Hobbs House was built in 1849 by Marcus Hobbs, a carpenter, who occupied the property from 1849 until 1861 when he sold the house to Silas Batchellor, also a carpenter.
In the 1860s the property changed hands several times until it was sold to Edward Hamilton, & music teacher, assistant treasurer of the Worcester County Institution for Savings and founder of the Mozart Society in Worcester. Following Hamil- Victorian features. sooma 11kely to have remodeled the house slightly ownershipsrpresent Adams and his heirs the house well into the twentieth century- present good condition, Hobbs House is an excellent example of mid-nineteenth century, middlew class housing. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) City atlases and directories Albert Waite Papers, Box 9 propere Warceoter Miltple Resone AuaKparteal Laventony) state MA (Warcester Working Number8. 30.79.2060 TECHNICAL CONTROL Photos 383 +13 Maps 2,63 Excltent multyle resource nomexateon for the extire cely HISTORIAN of Worceofer.
Both the general descrytion aul/Acapt HG-CBD-", "7-E, and 130-C130-50 and 44. Inteynty and /or bondaries need to be addresed spechcully on induidual DUBIE ARCHEOLOGIST - Penod 5 descussed with WINH 3 EXCERTONS AU PROPERTIES APPEAK TO ME TO MEET AK CRITERIA AND THE FORMS ARE ADEQUATE RED BOTH TELHNLALL, AND TO PETERMINE SIGNIFLANCE. ALMOLEH SAME OF TE FORMS DID NOT CONTAN STRONK SIATEMENS IF SIGNIFICANKE THÉ KESOURCE CATEGONIES WERE TRDROUGHLY DKCUSSED IN THE BODY OF MHE NDRUNATION; THEREFORE SIGNIFICANCE MAS ESTABLSHED. HBDS WERE NOT NELEGSARY BELNIE OF MHt SCHLE MAPSAND CLEARLY DELNEATES BOUNDANES. ALRENDE WAS MLISSINL DIU SANCE PROPENTTES BUT EIIS HOW INCLUDEN AFTER BE 2/11/ CORREIRONS. THE ONLY PROPERTIES TIKET | DO NOT RECOMMEND LASTING ARE - 1/6-CBD-13- DESTOYCO BYFIRE MO - 16 CBD-1I OTHER ACEDT 2/2888 HAER Inventory- Review 130-CB0-44- POES.
NOT RETZN INTEGRITY FOR INDI UIDUKA GLGIBILITY v102-L-3 BL ÜOT CONVINLED ABOUT BOUNDARLES REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BUT BELLEVE THEY SOUCD BE OK. - BASED ON ADDITONAL DOCUMLENTATON SUBMITTED - / DEFER JUDEEMENT. Recommanl Listne propertres nexcept these 3. Return 116-CBD-I to Stute (not etegeble); Retum 102-L-3 to state fer comecem; 5 to deoass fo thoo/ie sta +Stute.
DUBIE g BRANCH CHIEF 3/3/8 HOLD 130-CBD -44 for info from stute DUPLE Staff conferenu 3/5/80 -agued to actisi as zustel belrui KEEPER State fr soldhe 3/5/80 MAR 5 1980 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry Entered Re-submit United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service JUN 1979 ints by Berkey JUN 1: restige by Be 80 AUG 1979 116-L-36 16 Welliam St Hobbs, Maocus, House Wercester MRA Ma South eluation Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000304