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iulf no 50000618 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office oi the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - - 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number Roll 27 - - - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. '- UTM: 191268650/4682320 In Area no. Form no. 130-CBD- 45 1. Town Worcester Address 586-596 Main Street Colton's Block Name Present use commercial 586-592-Emanuel J. Leo Al Laprade 590 Main St. Present owner 594-596 Kenneth Star. hope 3. Description: 600 Main St. Date ca. 1860-1870 Source city atlases Style elements of Italianate - Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings (describe)_none Other features corbelling suromunted by bracketed cornice (wood), each unit of row has four-window-wide facade partially painted Altered windows #596 Date Moved ne Date 5.
Lot sizea L0ts 8,91s 0--6,350Psg. Lots It. One acre or less Over one acre 75 - total Approximate frontage 25' - each unit Approximate distance of building from street 101 6. Recorded by_ B. R. Pfeiffer Organization Worc. Heritage Pres. Soc Date November 1977 (over) 7. Original owner (if known). (Samuel Horton Colton?) Original use commercial 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) Colton's Block is a four-storey row of brick buildings, containing three vertical units divided by fire walls. The facades of the three.
u nits are each four bays wide containing storefronts at the ground floor, corbelling (above the fourth storey) and a wooden cornice supported by paired brackets. Windows of the second, third, and fourth stories are set in undecorated frames with rectangular stone sills and lintels, except for the southern-most unit which has had display windows added to its second storey (ca. 1900). Originally Colton's Block contained a dourth unit at its north end (584 Main St.- now demolished). Storefronts occupy their original positions, althougn remodelled with modern materials. The seale, design and details oi Colton's Block are characteristic of a number of commercial rows built in Worcester between the 1850s and the early 1870s, although Colton's Block is the only one extant.
It is likely that the row was buititfor Samuel Colton (1804-1875) who was a co-owner of the Worcester Spy (newspaper) until bad health forced his retirement in 1845. Aiter 1845 he tengged in the plant nursery business at the corner of Main and Austin Streets" and, later, became active in real estate development. Unfortunately, none of the 'original occupants of the row are, as yet, known. The row's individual units appear to have been separately in the 1870's; the earliest known occupants are: #586, Worcester Agricultural Ware House ard Seed Store (building owner: C.B. Eaton); #592, Henry Houghton, "dealer in Flour, Grain and Feed" (building owner: B.D. Cheney): #595, Aaron Hammond, "Wholesale & Retail Dealer" in meat, darry 10. Bibldgraphy an/orgeeterences (sudh ds ocalnistories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Worcester Illustrated Business Guide (1880).
Worcester Columbian Tribute (1892). p. 54 (row shown in background of photo). Nutt, Charles. Hist. Of Vorc. & Its People. VoI. IV, P. 476 (Colton bio.) Poperty Warceoter Multple Resource Ara (Pasteal Suentary) State MA (Warcester Working Number8. 30. 79.2060 TECHNICAL CONTROL Photos 38 3 +13 Maps 2,63 Excelent multyle resource nomeration for the entire cily HISTORIAN o Worceote. Doth the general descrytion o staterent of Call/Acapt individual inventou sheet are egudan Eck typ ot Dispet snclided is ueel. Lightne 4 reaçora for not includes 10-30-79 Ohess at this time (1-g:3. deckera) Done ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN appeosition io igtt an a ached shete. Hinr problemo wan som properties are conun nph Bmiés ummento m 102-L-3 N6-CBD-", "7-E, and 130-CB0-50 and 44.
Integnty and /or bodaries need to be addressed speahcully on induidual MBIE ARCHEOLOGIST 150 14 - coot Fcanee as ca fortantegnity see attached be descussed with WIT 3 EXCENTONS AU PROPERTIES APPEAN TO ME TO MEET AK CRITERI AND THE FORMS ARE ADEQUATE RED BOTH TECHNILALLT AND TO DETERMINE SIENIFICANCE, ALMOUEH SAME OF TIE FORMS DID NOT CONTAN STRONE STATEMENS IF SIGNIFICANCE THE KESOURCE CATEGONIES WERE THOROWSALY DISCUSSED IN THE BODY OF THE NORIMAXION; THEREFORE SNGNIFICANKE MAS ESTABLSHED. UBDS WERE NOT NELESSARY BELNSE O THE SCHE MAPSARND CIENNLY DELNEATED BOUNDANICS. HLRENDE WBS PLIESING OTHER ACLEDT 2/2888 HAER DIU SAMCE PROPENTES BUT EIS MOW INCLUDED AFTER BHE 2/11/CORRELRORS. THE ONLY PROPERTIES IHEST I DO NOT RECOMMEND LISTING ARE - 1/6-CBD-/3 -DESNOYCDBYFIRE MO - 1O CBD- I1 Inventory- Review 130-CB0-44- POES.
NOT RETUN INTEGRITY FOR INDI VIDUKA ELGIBILITY v10r-L-3 / PO2KA; WBET CONVINLED ABOUT BOUNDNES REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BUT BELLEÜE MEY DOUCD BE OK. F BALEN Recommend ON ADDITONAL DOCULLENTATON SUBMITTED - / DEFER JUDGEMENT. Listine all propeties sexcept these 3. Return 116-CBD-11 to Stute Pett suiebt i-3 to state fn curedum; o to deraoss fotyie. +Stute. DUBIE BRANCH CHIEF 3/3/81 HOLD 130-CBD -44 for info from stute DOBLE Staff conferinu 3/5/80-agued to action as purted belre: ficdet woih exegtit-s csum 16-CiBD-"1 (officcal notficitin of also - Entered KEEPER soldha 3/5/80 MAR 5 1980 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 2.3.81 Send-back Re-submit United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service LED 117 WORGESTER IPET SUPPLIES IRD & PET SUPPLES PALACE RODMS 3 0 AUG 1979 Calterzs Block 130- CBD-45 wercester MnA, Ma 586-596 maen St.
East eleration Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000304