Nomination for Lenox Academy

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FHR-8-300 United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries - complete applicable sections 1. Name For HCRS use only received AUG 31 1982 date entered historic Lenox Acadeny and/or common 2. Location street & number Same 75 Main Street N/A not for publication city, town Lenox N/A vicinity of coagrassianal diatiel state Massachusetts 3. Classification Category Ownership district X public X building(s) -private structure both - site Public Acquisition - object N/A in process .

being considered code 025 county Berkshire code 003 Status X occupied workin progress Accessible Xyes: restricted nes: unrestricted Present Use - agriculture commercial X educational entertainment government industrial - military museum park private residence religious scientific transportation . other: 4. Owner of Property name Town of Lenox street & number Town Hall, Walker Street city, town Lenox N/A vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state Massachusetts courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds street & number Bank Row city, town Pittsfield state 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Historical Assets title of tha Commonwealth, #39 has this property been determined elegible? Mass. 02101 yes X no date Oct. 2, 1978 federalX state county local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Cormission, 294 Washington St.

city, town Boston, state Mass. 02108 7. Description Lenox Academy , 75 Main St., Lenox, MA Condition _ excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one .unaltered altered Check one X original site X moved date 1880 (only 20') Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Lenox Academy, constructed in 1802-03 in the Federal style, is located on the west side of Main Street (Route 7A) in Lenox, Massachusetts within the Lenox local Historic District. It is an unusually well preserved example of an early nineteenth century institutional building. The original deed from Azariah Egleston of Lenox to The Trustees of Lenox Ac- ademy describes "38 3/4 rods of land", "on the west side of the Turnpike Road, together with the Academy now standing on the premises", and is dated May 21, 1807. The considera- tion given was twenty-two hundred dollars. The present plot measures 9,270 sq. ft., la minor portion of the original six mile square grant). The Academy is a rectangular plan, 2½ storey, wood frame structure with a symmetrical five-bay facade.

It rests on an ashlar foundation and is enclosed by a hipped roof with a central belfry which includes a bell and weather vane. Single, end wall chimneys rise from the side elevations. The exterior is sheathed with clapboard; the window contains 6/6 sashes and have exterior shutters... Decorative elements are focused at the center of the facade below the belfry. The entry is flanked by pairs of pilasters which in turn frame leaded glass side lightsand support a wide entablature and a small pediment.. A palladian window of similar design and proportion is set over the entry. The narrow cornice at the roof line is marked by a band of dentils. The overall visual effect of the building is one of a solid mass which is firmly anchored and pulled vertically by the central upward progression of entry, palladian window, and belfry.

In plan the building is similar on both the first and second floors having a central hall- way with one room on either side. At some time in the late 19th or 20th century several small rooms were partitioned off at the rear of the building. The original appearance of the interior is not known. The present wood work was installed in 1841 and may have had minor alterations since. Early structural alterations and repairs to the five bay by two bay Federal style build- ss dimg san Prelaer i1teboard ing are well documented by billssto the Lenox Academy. Trustee Eldad Lewis finished the building and did minor repairs in 1803, 1806, 1807 and 1809. This included hanging the Bell. William P.

Walker, Clerk for the Trustees, billed the Trustees for repairs on May 20, 1824 which included "143 board feet of Maple plank for desks, the making of stools, 15 Chestnut posts for the fence, oil and lime for paint, repairs to the back house, win- dow frames, stone for the cellar and a stove for the north room". It wasn't until 1847, however, while improving the fence, walks and grounds, that a committee of the Trustees placed blinds on the east side of the Academy, total cost $69.00. Repairs were also made to the back door. The first major repairs came in 1849, with repairs to the foundation wall and regrading, totaling $65.00, painting and repairs to window frames, $50.00, done by Thomas Iwining. The interior stairs were rebuilt by William Washburn in March of 1859, cost $35.50. Iwo rooms were plastered by Simeon Reynolds in June, 1852 for $26.00. Mr. N. H.

Buckham, the preceptor, had these two rooms painted and grained, painted a door casing and set eight lights with glass in July, 1852, costs $34.00. Fourteen additional pair of blinds for the remaining windows were also purchased. In 1880 the Trustees expended $3,290 in moving the building twenty feet south and plac- ing it on a new foundation. This was to center it on the lot which had been enlarged by a gift from the Library Association of several more rods of land. In 1892, $1,943 were used for general repairs. Its west wall was extended twelve feet in 1895 for $1,417 (cont'd) NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Lenox Academy Item number 7 to accomodate a larger staircase. OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered Page I The cupola and roof appear at right center of a "Northern View of Lenox", as drawn by J.w. Barker and engraved by E. Brown in 1838.

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Significance Lenox Academy, 75 Main St., Lenox, MA Period - prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 _ 1700-1799 X 1800-1899 - 1900- Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below _ archeology-prehistoric --_ community planning _ archeology-historic _ conservation agriculture economics X architecture X education _ art - engineering .commerce _ exploration/settlement :communications _industry - landscape architecture .law - literature - military - music - philosophy -politics/government invention religion science . sculpture . social/ humanitarian theater transportation other (specify) Lenox Academy Specific dates 1802 - 1803 Builder

Statement of significance

/Architect Eldad Lewis Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) The Lenox Academy possesses integrity of setting, design, workmanship, materials, and association. Built in 1802-03, it was the first academy for secondary education to be established in Berkshire County. Its location in what was then the County Seat (1787- 1868) helped to make it the most popular school in the region. Both historically and vis- ually, it is an important landmark reflecting the development of Lenox and Berkshire County. Although the building was moved 20' in 1880 it retains it position in the town and is significant as an excellent example of a high style Federal period institu- tional building. The Lenox Academy thus meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places.

The building design, a block plan with symmetrical facades, sur- mounted by a central belfry, is the typical Federal period academy form, found through- out New England. The Lenox Academy is unusual, however, for its small scale and wood construction, as well as its early date. The more common treatment of the time is illus- trated by West Hall, Williams College, Williamstown (1790) and the Wilbraham Academy building, Wilbraham (1825), both more elaborate, three storey, brick structures. Other surviving examples of 19th century academies in Berkshire County were built much later and show influence of the Greek Revival style. These are located in South Egre- mont (1832-33) and Alford (1848-49). Additional academies, once standing in Sheffield and New Marlborough are now gone.

A petition was presented to the Massachusetts General Court on January 5, 1803 for the incorporation of an Academy "for the instruction of youth in piety, morality and liberal arts "at some" convenient, central place in said County. Lenox agreed that "with a view to such an establishment, we have erected at considerable expense, a decent building.... suitable and adequate for such an institution". David H. Wood states in Lenox, Massachu- setts Shire Town that the building may have been a decade earlier (Wood: 52: 1969). The evidence is largely against this supposition. The purchase agreement, dated January 12, 1807, between Egleston and the Trustees, and the Bill of Accounts submitted by Eldad Lewis, indicate that the purchase price of $2,200 included its construction between 1802 and 1803.

("Papers relating to Lenox Academy", Berkshire Athenaeum.) The petition of incorporation of an Academy in Lenox, submitted January 5, 1803, and signed by Samuel Shepard, Eldad Lewis, Dr. Caleb Hyde, Thaddeus Thompson, Gamaliel B. Whiting, Daniel Williams, Jr., Samuel Quincy, Joseph Tucker, Charles Worthington, Az- ariah Egleston, Joseph Goodwin, Capt. Enos Stone, Rev. Ephraim Judson, Rev. Jacob Catlin, Hon. Thomas Ives, Hon. Barnabas Bidwell, Nathaniel Bishop, Rev. Thomas Allen, Simon Larned, Esq., Joshua Danforth, Esq., and Joseph Whiton, Esq., was presented to the Mass. House of Representatives January 25, 1803. It was passed and signed by the Hon. Har- rison Grey Otis, Speaker of the House, and Hon. David Cole, President of the Senate. Governor Caleb Strong had signed the Article of Incorporation into law under the Act. of the Conmonwealth of Massachusetts, 1802.

Chapter 82, Section 6 of the Incorporatior granted the Corporation one-half township, six miles square, of unappropriated lands of the Conmonwealth in the District of Maine, provided the Corporation show assets of $3,000. This Certificate was not actually granted until June 20, 1807 when the Trustees proved at a hearing before the Court of Conmon Pleas with and for Berkshire County that (cont'a) 9.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References Lenox, Massachusetts Shire Town, David H. Wood, 1969 published by the Town. Centennial of Lenox Academy 1905, Press of the Sun Printing Company, Pittsfield, 1909. "Papers relating to Ienox Academy", Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, #974.73.L67 & L67.1 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - 9,270 sq.

ft./38 3/4 rods of land Quadrangle name Stockbridge, Massachusetts Quadrangle scale 1:25 000 UMT References A 118 16/411/21610 Zone Easting CLL ELL GL1 [416|910 81110 Northing Eun horhng u Northing LILLul FLIJ LLILLL LILLI HLLLee LliLu Verbal boundary description and justification (Book 537 - Page 227) TRS OF LENOX ACADEMY The Trustees of Lenox Academy, a corporation established by the TO laws-of the Conmonwealth of Massachusetts and located in Lenoc, THE TOWN OF LENOX Berkshire County, Massachusetts, for consideration paid grant List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries (cont' d) state N/A code county code state code county code 11. Form Prepared By virginia H. Adams, Mass. Historical Cormission with James N. Parrish, Historic Preservation Planner and name/title Nancy Marasco, Chairman, Berkshire County Reg. Planning Conmission Mass.

Historical Conmission organization date July, 1982 street & number 294 Washington Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusettes 02108 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national X. state local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

State Historic Preservation Officer signature Valeni Ann Talmage title Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commissiondate august 24,1982 For HCRS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register delous yeu Entered in the National Register TaHoeper of the National Register ( Attest: Chief of Registration date 9/30/82 date GPO 938 835 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered Continuation sheet Lenox Academy Item number 8 Page 1 they held the required assets. The Massachusetts General Court, chartered thirty Acad- emies in this manner between 1782 and 1805 as well as a land grant to Harvard Col- lege.

The development or sale of these granted lands was to provide financial support for the Corporations. Between Sept. 1807 and May 1820, the low price per acre of these un- appropriated lands prevented the Trustees from offering their sale. Prices continued to drop forcing their sale. The sale agreement for 12,500 acres to Col. Joseph Whiting of Calais, Maine for $2,500 only realized twenty-five cents per acre for the Trustees. Col. Whiting was eventually to default on his note in December of 1828. The first meeting of the Trustees of Lenox Academy occurred April 26, 1803. They ap- proved Mr. Levi Glezen (Williams College, Class of 1798) as Principal Preceptor of the Academy. Scholars from the Middle School District of Lenox were admitted free, scholars outside the District were to pay $2.25 per quarter. A Committee reported on Mr. Glezen's establishment September 17, 1808.

He argued for a salary increase in May of 1810. It was Levi Glezen resigned as Preceptor April 8, 1823 in favor of taking charge of the Kinderhook Academy. There he remained six years, eventually moving to Sheffield to manage an Academy there. The large proportion of Mr. Glezen's pupils grad- He provided his better pupils with certificates of their work, which allowed college admittance without examinations. Such certificates exist for one Isaac Bird of Salisbury, Connectuicut, who entered Yale College in the Fall of 1812. John Hotchkins, a native of Richmond and student of Glezen's who graduated from Union College, accepted the position as Preceptor, May 14, 1823. He remained until June of 1847, twenty-four years. Catalogues from 1828 to 1852 reflect the type of education taught. There were three terms, fourteen weeks long each year, conmencing on the sec- ond Wednesday in May.

A Summer term with an annual examination and exhibition was the last Wednesday in August. Five weeks of vacation followed. The Fall term began the last Wednesday of September, followed by a vacation of two weeks. Winter terms began the sec- ond Wednesday of January to be followed by a vacation of three weeks. This schedule was generally followed until 1852. From an 1835 catalogue: "The price of tuition for the Languages, highest branches of Mathematics, Philosophy, etc. is $7.00 per term. For the common branches of English study $5.00 per term. For Reading, Spelling, and the first rudiment of English $3.00 per term. No scholar is admitted for a period less than half a term and no deduction will be made for absence unless on account of sickness. There is a public examination at the close of each term and at the annual examination at the close of the Summer term.

The students will be examined in all studies of the preceding year. In addition to the ordinary studies pursued by the several classes, they all have a week- ly exercise in composition and declamation. The fore-noon of Saturday is regularly de- voted to a review of the studies of the past week". Board could be obtained from "good families", at a convenient distance from the Academy. Cost ranges from $1.25 to $1.50 per week in 1828 to $2.00 to @2.25 per week by 1840. This included lodging and washing. Education was co-ed and the largest enrollment was 112 gentlemen and 34 ladies in 1829. The number of ladies dropped and by 1841 the sec- ond largest enrollment of 145, only 19 ladies attended. (cont'a) ( NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 For NPS use only received dale entered Continuation sheet Lenox Academy Item number 8 Page 2 During Mr. Hotchkin's term a Litery Junto (Sic, Latin) of Lenox Academy was formed in December, 1839. It established the Academy's one and only constitution. This education club, or fraternity, lasted only a year. Mr. Josiah Lyman (Williams College, class of 1838) succeeded Mr. Hotchkins and remained two years until he was obliged to resign on account of ill health. Timothy Hazen (Wil- liams College, class of 1849) also stayed two years. In 1851, Mr. Matthew H. Buckham (Uni- versity of Vermont, class of 1851) accepted the position and stayed two years. Mr. again taught one Year in 1853. Judson Aspinwall succeeded in 1854, to be followed by Robert B. Snowden, (Williams College, class of 1854) who filled out the year. Samuel Jessup and Henry Sabin taught in 1856 and 1858. Mr.

Oliver C. Bullard taught from Sept. 17, 1859 until 1860. From 1860 to 1866 during the Civil War, the Academy was closed. The Academy became a high school beginning in 1866 and continuing until 1880 when the town constructed a new high school. Six years later it was again moved to the Academy until 1909 when a second new high school was built. In the late 19th century the Academy building was used as headquarters for the Agassiz The Society which was devoted to native study, was founded by Louis Agassiz who taught natural history and established a museum at Harvard. In 19l1 the Academy was incorporated as a private school, called the Trinity School, and used in that cap- acity until the 1920's. Since that time the building has housed a variety of town and private organizations.

The Trustees of Lenox Academy turned the building over to the Town of Lenox at the annual Town Meeting on February 7, 1947. NPS Form 10-900-a (7-81) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form OMB NO.

1024-0018 12/31/84 For NPS use only received date entered Continuation sheet Lenox Adademy Item number 10 Page 1 to the Town of Lenox, a municipal corporation located in said Lenox with QUITCLAIM COVENANTS the land in said Lenox bounded and described as follows, viz: Beginning in the westerly line of Main Street at the southeast corner of land of said Trustees, it being also the northeast corner of land of The Congregational Church of Lenox, thence running northerly in the westerly line of Main Street 102.96 feet more or less to the southerly line of land of one Brooke, formerly Ludlow, thence running westerly agong the southerly line of land of said Brooke 77.88 feet more or less to the easterly line of land of said Brooke, thence southerly along the easterly line of land of said Brooke 22.44 feet more or less to the southerly line of land of said Brooke, thence westerly along the southerly line of land of said Brooke 34.32 feet more or less to the easterly line of land of the Town of Lenox, formerly Servin, thence southerly along the easterly line of land of the Town of Lenox 84.50 feet more or less to the north line of land of the Congregational Church of Lenox, thence easterly along the northerly line of land of said Church 96.50 feet more or less to the westerly line of Main Street at the point of beginning.

Meaning and intending hereby to convey and hereby conveying, howsoever the same may be otherwise bounded and described all the land owned by said grantor situate on the westerly side of Main Street in said Lenox known as the Lenox Academy property. Together with all right, title and interest in and to Main Street adjacent to said prem- ises subject to the rights of the public therein. The consideration for this deed is less than $100.00. In witness whereof the said The Trustees of Lenox Academy have caused the corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed in its name and behalf by William L. Bull, its President, and George A. Mole, its Treasurer, thereto duly authorized this fifth day of November 1947. The Trustees of Lenox Academy & seal William L. Bull President By George A. Mole Conmonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire, ss. November 5th, 1947.

Then personally appeared the above named William L. Bull and George A. Mole and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be the free act and deed of the said Trustees of Lenox Academy, before me, Edmund Spencer Notary Public, SEAL MY COMMISSION EXPIRES NOV. 26, 1950 Berkshire ss: November 24, 1947 at 2:10 P. M. Received and recorded from the original. Attest Walter S. Dickie Register The nomination is confined to the Academy and its lot because it is the most out- standing building in the town center and because there is currently local opposition to creation of a district. 03 12514 95% 170-3/ 181.5 69.5' 86.33° 58.32: 12 4 17 0-3 29300 86.33 go' 10 22540 197.841 181.5' 86.33 9 15670 181.5' 06.33° 258.13° :,E0' 8 19330 110'= 181.5- 110't CLIFFWOOD 244.8° 11 20125 STREET 137.28 30.03 .9s1t 12 1.5 AC. 325.74' 13 2.2 AC.

21 B .fe': 117,500 105 + 14 9270 500 200 N 104 44.5° ,Lt 7 1 AC. 90.5° ilo.7i 59.6 1551 114 100° 735.2 6 21300 MAIN 200.6 72 + 214.46- L.I AC. 126. 177.2. ?1 11518 1772° 70 3.2 AC. 75 J 9p't 35% 19 7440 5475 ) 47.94°) 69 68 *3800 3570 42.94 42.94° 58. FRANKLIN 20 6376 21 12875 28.5% 673 5103 66 C8s' M4470 STREET c3. 22 3Z3A 10890 LENOX, MASS. Lenox Academy From Assessor's Map of Lenox, Mass. 22A & 18 C Cole East Inc. 1967 Scale 1" = 100' CO ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ited States Department of the Interior fonal Park Service Lenox Academv Berkshire Countv MASSACHUSETTS EVALUATION/ RETURN SHEET resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objeci on appeal Substantive Review: -sample Reviawer's comments: Working No. 8/21/82-2314 Fed. Reg. Date: .

/ .83 Date Due: 9/30/82 - 10/1 5/82 Entered Acth thea LACCEPT- /30/82 Wational Registar RETURN REJECT_ Federal Agency: request - appeal ___ NR decision -Nomination returned for: Recom. / Criteria Reviewer Discipline Date _ see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below -substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property Status Accessible Present Use 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys has this property been determined eligible? - yes - no 7. Description Condition - excellent good T8iT deteriorated ruins UNAYDOSA Chock one . unaltered altered Check one orioinai site moved date Describe the present and original (If known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8.

Significance Ported Aross of significance pocific dates Btatomant el Significancs (in eno peragraph) ak and jastify bolow ullder Architect summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangie neme - UMT References Vorbal boundary description and justitication 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evalusted significance of this property within the state is _ netional - . state .local Btate Historic Preservation Officer signature dete ttie 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed . Date.

Phone: 202 272-3504 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet 92-707 LENOX, MASS. Lenox Academy 1981 Negative filed with photographer, Art Marasco, Lenox, Mass 01240 View of east (main) facade Photo 1 0f 1 Lenox Academy ART MARASCO PHOTOGRAPHER LENOX, MASS,01240 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY Secretary of State August 24, 1982 Mr. Jerry Rogers Keeper, National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20243 Dear Mr. Rogers: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Adams - Phillips Woolen Mill (local) Adams - Renfrew Mill #2 (local) Belchertown - Walker Collis House (local) Hudson - Col.

Adelbert Mossman House (local) Lenox - Lenox Academy (state) Lenox - The "Church on the Hill" (local) New Bedford - Dawson Building (local) New Marlborough - New Marlborough Village Historic District (1ocal) North Andover - Machine Shop Village (state) Pittsfield - Wollison- Shipton Building (local) Rockport - Sewall-Scripture House (local) All have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board considerations 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination forms.

Sincerely, Candace fenkins Candace Jenkil Registration Director Massachusetts Historical Commission TOLLI RECEIVED 190 Enclosures CJ/mas AUG 31 1982 NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service RECEIVED 2280 94000903 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 OCT 28 2011 lational Reaister of Historic PlacesNASTEROF HISTORIC PLACE -NATIONAL PARK SERVIC Continuation Sheet Lenox School Lenox (Berkshire), MA Section number 10 Page 1 The coordinates originally provided for the Lenox School were 18 641075 469055. The correct location is 2208 feet due East of this point at 18 641747 4690550 (North American Datum 1927).

Corrected March 2009 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION PROPERTY Lenox High School NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Berkshire DATE RECEIVED: 10/28/11 DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 04000903 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 12/13/11 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N N PDIL: N SER DRAPT: N NATIONA PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N N COMMENT WAIVER: N _ACCEPT RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: REJECT DATE Additional Documentation Approved REVIEWER DISCIPLINE Kict TELEPHONE DATE_ 12.9.4 DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.

RECEIVED 2280 GN BTD CHACU OCT 28 2011 The Commonwealth of Massachtisel AT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACI ATIONAL PARK SERVIC William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission October 20, 2011 Mr. J. Paul Loether National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8t floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Loether: Re: Additional Documentation (Technical corrections of UTMs) In the process of mapping National Register nominations for our GIS database, we have identified errors in UTM coordinates for 23 properties. The errors vary from a few hundred feet to hundreds of miles, often due to transposition of numbers. As recommended by Edson Beall, we are enclosing a continuation sheet for each of the nominations. Please let me know if you need more information in order to correct your records.

Sincerely, Betey tredleg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosures 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc