Major Bibliographical References Herrick, William D. History of the Town of Cardner, Gardner: A.G. Bushnell & Co., 1878. Moore, Esther Gilman History of Gardner, Mass. 1785-1967. Gardner Hutton Printing Co., 1967. The Sunday Herald. Gardner Edition. Feb. 20, 1921. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - 6,104 sq. ft. Quadrangle name Gardner, Mass. Quadrangle scale 1:25,000 UMT References A12| Zone 254100 Easting 1417|117/81510 Northing B| Easting E GL Northing LILILIL LLI UIILI HLULLIL LILILLL Verbal boundary description and justification See attached map. Boundaries are presently confined to Garboze Building lot. tial district for Gardner Center is under study by the Planning Department. List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state N/ A code county code A poten- state code county code 11.
Form Prepared By name/title organization Candace Jenkins, Registration Director with Brian Pfeiffer, ACT for Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission date October, 1982 street & number 294 Washington Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusetts 02108 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national - state K 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 National Park Service.
State Historic Preservation Oficer signature atuua LWestowoki 2/3/83 State Historic title Preservation Officer, Massachusetts Historical Commission date For NPS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Keeper of the National Register Attest: Chief of Registration date date ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES itted States Dopartmant ef the latarter tional Park Sarice EYALUATION / RETURN -SHE Garbose Building Worcester County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Roview: -sample _ request - appeal Roviower's comments: Working No. FEB 8 1983 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 3/10/83- 3/25 Action: - ACCEPT RETURN 3/10/83 _ REJECT Federal Agency:- - NR decision Rocom.
/ Criteria - Reviewer Discipline Date &- Continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Mete hooudatiton 4. Owner of Property Motr Pracont Uas 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys M A propenty hamm conem 7. Description somtttta esceller rutne unexposed Chaca eno - unerterod - aitered Chack ene _ ongmal site - moved dara. summaryparagraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity datys 8. Significance Ported - ty bote adder drotte summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship ofintegrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data ad prosorty - 11.
Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Tae mresuasd orgrottcence of fhla proparty cooun phe ceo etonal etnte .-faca Hecsonc Praserratton OMco akgneture 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Steten ap at ineade tene perne Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to. Signed NelvesByen - Date 3/10/83 Phone: 202 272 - 35C NPS Form 10-900 (7-81) OMB NO.1024-0018 EXP. 10/31/84 United States Department of the Interior National Park 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 NPS use only FEB 8 1983 received date entered historic Garland's Block (ca. 1883-1915); Ryan Building (1915-1923) Garbose Building (preferred) and/or common 2.
Location street & number 3 Pleasant Street (also 2-10 Parker Street) N/A not for publication city, town Gardner N/A vicinity of rongressianal diatrict state Massachusetts 3. Classification Category Ownership X _district - public _building(s) - private structure _ both site Public Acquisition object N/A in process being considered code 025 county Wor cester code 027 Status - occupied - unoccupied _work in progress Accessible x yes: restricted - yes: unrestricted _ no Present Use _agriculture X commercial educational entertainment government industrial military museum park private residence religious scientific transportation - other: 4. Owner of Property name Square One Downtown Development Corporation street & number 266 Central Street city, town Gardner N/A vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state Massachusetts 01440 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.
Worcester County Registry of Deeds street & number 2 Main Street city, town Worcester 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Historic title Assets of the Commonwealth #228 this property been determined eligible? date tederalX state state Massachusetts - yes x no - county - -local depository for survey records city, town Massachusetts Historical Commission 294 Washington Street Boston state Massachusetts 02108 Garbose Building, Pleasant & Parker Streets, Gardner 7. Description Condition _ excellent X good _fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one _ unaltered - altered Check one X original site - moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance N/A The Garbose Building stands at the southwest corner of Parker and Pleasant Streets at the center of Gardner's commercial district.
With the exception of its angled northeast corner, the Building is basically rectangular in plan, covering virtually all of its lot. The structure is of wood-frame construction, three stories high. North and east elevations are treated as facades and are faced with red brick trimmed with marble; south and west elevations are concealed by neighboring buildings and are covered with sheet asphalt. The structure is enclosed by a complex roof consisting of an earlier, slate-covered mansard (south & west) and a sloping, nearly flat roof (north & east). The east elevation is symmetrical, except for the placement of the entry to the upper floors. The first storey contains a recessed center bay flanked by two wider bays, each of which is framed by square brick columns that rise from a plinth of dressed granite to marble capitals.
Resting on the capitals is a pressed metal frieze, decorated by a single rosette above each column; the cornice above this frieze has been removed. Each of these first-storey bays was designed to contain plate glass windows with transoms; all original storefront fittings have been removed with the exception of the storefront entry in the southernmost bay. At the second storey there are five identical windows. Each consists of a wide 1/1 sash flanked by two narrow 1/1 sash; the stiles which flank the center sash rise to single brackets decorated as triglyphs. Window openings rest on a continuous marble course which forms their sills; window heads consist of flat arches of tapered bricks with marble keystones and springers. There are five windows at the third storey, each consists of paired 6/6 sash set beneath a flat-arched head of tapered bricks with a keystone.
window is set in a larger, blind arch consisting of a marble sill, continuous moulded springer course, arch with a keystone and infill of headers set in various patterns. Between each of the outer arches in a circular stone panel. Above the third storey is a metal cornice surmounted by a brick parapet. The angled (northeast) elevation is only one bay wide and has details identical to those of the east elevation except that its first storey storefront has been re-built with modern materials and its third storey window is larger. This window is set in a blind arch and consists of paired 6/6 sash surmounted by a 6-pane arched transom. The window is framed by a marble surround of pilasters supporting an arched head.
The north elevation is identical in detail to the east elevation except that it has four bays of equal width at the first storey and eight windows at both the second and third stories. Circular stone panels are set between all the third storey arches. All first storey storefronts have been rebuilt. The easternmost bay has been rebuilt with aluminum- trimmed plate glass and plastic panels, and the westernmost bay has been rebuilt with a Colonial revival front of clapboard and an imitation mansard roof. Of the two central bays, the western one appears to date from the mid or 'late 1920s and was built for the Garbose Brothers' Clothing Store. It has a recessed entry consisting of a panelled door flanked by arched side lights and a transom with a fanlight.
Copper-trimmed display windows rest on polished granite bases and rise up to a complex séries of stucco-covered arches which form the ceiling of the entry. Immediately east of this storefront is another of similar plan, although altered by the addition of plywood to window bases, the covering of its original æiling and the addition of modern signs. (Continued) 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 Garbose Building, Gardner Item number 7 OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only recerved f/r) date entered Page 1 The west elevation faces a narrow alley and is asymmetrical. It is blank at the first storey and has four windows (2/2) at the second storey.
The third storey is divided in half with a fully vertical elevation containing one window, two lights and a flat roof north of the center. South of the center is a mansard roof with two gabled dormers, each containing a single 1/1 window and decorative brackets at the eaves. Thesouth elevation is attached to a neighboring building at the first storey. At the second storey it has a blank brick wall on its shallow ell (southeast corner); west of the ell are eight unevenly spaced windows (mostly 2/2), the center two of which are tri-partite with 1/1 sash (added ca. 1915). The third storey is beneath a mansard roof which rests on a cornice of alternating single and paired brackets. There are seven unevenly spaced dormers, each having 1/1 sash with an arched upper pane. Dormers are gabled and have bracket at their eaves.
Onthe back of the shallow ell (its west elevation) is a single (1/1) window at the second and third stories. In its present condition, the Garbose Building remains essentially unaltered from its extensive reconstruction of ca. 1913-1915, with the exception of its storefronts, most of which have been rebuilt. Elements of the building's original design of ca. 1883-1885 remain only in the mansard roof, brackets and sash of the building's rear elevations (south and Garbose Building, Pleasant & Parker Streets, Gardner 8.
Significance Period - prehistoric 1400-1499 - 1500-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 X 1800-1899 x 1900- Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - archeology-prehistoric - community planning - archeology-historic conservation - agriculture economics x - architecture education art engineering X commerce communications exploration/settlement industry invention landscape architecture law literature - military -music - philosophy politics/government -religion science - sculpture social/ humanitarian theater transportation other (specify) Specific dates ca. 1883-1885; ca. 1913-1915 Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect unknown The Garbose Building possesses integrity of its 1913-1915 design, materials, setting and location at the center of -Gardner's main commercial district, formerly known as West Gardner.
The building also possesses associations with the area's initial commercial development during the 1870s-1880s and retains portions of one of the area's oldest re- maining commercial blocks. As a good local example of the Classical Revival style, the Garbose Building meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. As originally built between 1883 and 1885, the Garbose Building (then known as Garland's Building) was a three-storey, wood-frame block of Second Empire style design. The building was trimmed with quoins, a bracketed cornice, a mansard roof with gabled dormers and a veranda along its Parker Street elevation (north). The east elevation contained a projecting central pavilion from which a tower rose five stories to a belfry and high hip roof.
Occupying a prominent corner lot at the area's busiest intersection, the original Garbose (Carland) Building was one of several large wood-frame commercial blocks built in West Gardner during the late 1870s and 1880s when the nearby expansion of furniture factories began to make West Gardner a desirable conmercial location; of the other commercial blocks built during this period, only one other severely altered example remains. Characteristic of commercial architecture of its period, the building's interior originally contained four storefronts at the first storey, offices arranged around a wide central hall at the second storey and a meeting hall with anterooms at the third storey. Upon completion, the corner storefront was occupied by Dr. Guy W. Garland, a local pharmacist for whom the block had been con- structed.
Other early tenants are largely unknown, with the exception of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, a fraternal life insurance society which rented the meeting hall. Although extensively altered during the early twentieth century when many of the area's early com- mercial buildings were replaced by new brick blocks, the Garbose (Garland) Building pre- serves elements of its original design which serve as rare reminders of West Gardner's initial commercial development. Following Dr. Garland's retirement in 1907, the block was sold to the Ryan Brothers who had been active developers of commercial buildings in West Gardner since the 1890s.
Under its new ownership, the building continued to be occupied by stores and offices and was known as Garland's Building until 1915, when it was re-named the Ryan Building; it is likely that this change of name was accompanied by the re-building of the original block to its present appearance. In no case did this renovation take place later than 1921 when photographs show the Garbose Building as it now appears. At the time of the renovation, the tower and veranda were removed, the east elevation was extended uniformly to the property line and a one-storey addition was built on the South elevation. Both the north and east elevations were rebuilt in the up-to-date Colonial Revival style. The new facades were constructed of brick trimmed with white marble courses and ornate pressed- metal cornices.
Second storey windows were framed with brackets and enclosed by flat arches of tapered bricks, marble springers and marble keystones. Similarly, third-storey windows had flat-arch heads with marble keystones; however, these windows were also set in blind arches filled with decorative brick work. Nearly all of the building's trim remains (Continued) 9. Major Bibliographical References Herrick, William D. History of the Town of Gardner, Gardner: A.G. Bushnell & Co., 1878. Moore, Esther Gilman History of Gardner, Mass. 1785-1967. Gardner Hutton Printing Co., 1967. The Sunday Herald. Gardner Edition. Feb. 20, 1921. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 6,104 sq. ft. 0,/4 Quadrangle name Gardner, Mass.
UMT References *12 2/4|1010 |417/117/81510/ Zone Easting Northing Quadrangle scale 1:25,000 BLLLL Zone Easting Northing DLL LLILLL LLLILLL ELLLLILLL LILLL FLU LLILE LILILLL GY LLu LiliLul l Llli Verbal boundary description and justification The building occupies Assessor's Map 0-24,Parcel #1. See attached map. Boundaries are presently confined to Garboze Building lot. A poten- tial district for Gardner Center is under study by the Planning Department. List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state N/A code county code state code county code 11. Form Prepared By name/title Candace Jenkins, Registration Director with Brian Pfeiffer, ACT for Massachusetts organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date October, 1982 street & number 294 Washington Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusetts 02108 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national _ state K 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 thecriteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
State Historic Preservation Officer signatur etumn Llestowoki 2/3/83 State Historic title Preservation Officer,Massachusetts Historical Commission date For NPS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Allarso Intered In the date Keeper of the National Register National Register 4/12/83 Attest: Chief of Registration date 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 Garbose Building, Gardner Item number 8 OMB No.1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only recelved fili? date entered Page 1 intact, serving as one of Gardner's best examples of the Colonial Revival style.
In 1923-1924, the building was purchased by two of its tenants, Abe and Samuel Garbose, who had operated a clothing store in the building (#8 Parker Street) since 1920-1921. It is likely that the storefront,#8 Parker Street,was remodeled soon after this purchase; consisting of a recessed, vaulted entry framed by polished granite panels, copper-trimmed plate glass windows and an ornate Colonial Revival style doorway, this storefront is the best example of its type in Gardner. After 1928, the building was listed in local directories as the Liggett Building, although it is most commonly known as the Garbose Building. 19 50° 10 CONNORS INNCO IN B. -DE 18S PRESS. DRY SYSÊM: CITY WAATER O SPRINKLS T- II CONNORS 9 40' 8 38 CONNORS VEN 22 .'5- 30 AFTA NAN BST 322,EJALY Op BuT (gg 38 FR 33 FR. - /5T_ AMERICAN Ho.
2°& - 3º 7* BUROWLING oVape TRESSURE CONN /05 T MET STRE CIAS O,"Y052 102 7 GE1 18= 3"ISEESTUS CURT. HIR FIRE CONO. EXTURS* THEATAC ORPHEUM (24) N 4V3 32. 38 An B. PAINTS BANK 30' 21 2s! 17 50 AFA BST. ONLY -SNipLL / 1G SLEASANT 0 L= 13 9 PeNSRNT Ei 10:I. PIPE PLEASANT M:3 3did vo 130S PARKER Garland's Block/Ryan Building Gardner, Massachusetts Sanborn Map Co., N.Y. 1932 1" = 50' Property indicated by cross-hatching Gardner's Assessor's Map 0-24,Parcel #1 D.H 50 GARDNER Q.H C JAN.1952 T. NON 3 FA ARA 6WP 2"W P. 12 CONNORS <0 14 Ca 40 3336 3437A9230 3 NA? :13336 18 PRRKER 14 *H IZ"W. P. (L S) dm.02 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Dopariment ef She Interie National Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEE - Garbose Building MA, Worcester resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Roview: Reviower's comments: Working No.
2.5.83 Fed. Reg. Date: 2-7-84 Date Due: 5/6/83 Action: -L ACCEPT- Entered in the - RETURN National Register REJECT- Federal Agency:- - sample _ request i_ appeal - NR decision 12/83 Recom. / Criteria - Reviewer Discipline. Date continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussad bolow 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification alogary Guaeratio Motle hoopetattion 4. Owner of Property Pracon Uoo 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys has thle proparty taon denammaine I eligtbte? 7. Description andtler excettor good taie detertorated ruins unexpoeed Check ene - _ unattered _ shered Check ene - mopedl caro . - moved and ertotaat (i kaowel phyeteel p summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8.
Significanco portad Aroas ef lated af of slgntilaams paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of excepticn other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data orago of nominated property - busdrangto namo- VMTT Roterenann varaal boundary do 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Tie svetotse Iergrettcence of tnlo propparty eutenien siro erato la: rational etate -- Mato Hlataric Presorvetten Officar etgneture 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 Camera -22 Garbose Building Gardner, Massachusetts Richard White, photographer - May 1981 negative at: ACT for Massachusetts 45 School Street Boston, Massachusetts 02 View of the building's eastand north taken from a position facing southwest UTM: 19/254100/4717850 2/5/83 souare -one downtown development corp. PQ BOX 1000 GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS 01440 Januäry 3, 1983 Ms. Candace Jenkins Registration Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 294 Washington Street Boston, Mass. 02108 Dear Ms. Jenkins: I understand the provisions of the National Register of Historic Places and hereby consent, on behalf of Square-One Downtown Development Corp., to the nomination of the Garbose Building in Gardner, Mass. Sincerely, Bud Stan1etbowntown Square-One TKIpevesopment corp. Pres.
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 February 4, 1983 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20243 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Acton - Acton Center Historic District (local) Cheshire - Hall's Tavern (local) Essex - David Burnham House (national) Framingham - Concord Square Historic District (local) Framingham - Paul Gibbs House (local) Gardner - Garbose Building (local) Hopkinton - Hopkinton Supply Co.
Building (local) Marlborough - Temple Block (local) Marlborough - Warren Block (local) North Adams - Chfuch Street Historic District (local) Weymouth - Fogg Building (1ocal) Winchester - Philemon Wright - Asa Locke Farm (local) All have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomina- tion forms. Sincerely, Candace Venkins Candace Jenkins Registration Director CJ/1k RECELVED NATIONAL REGISTER MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION March 16, 1983 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY Secretary of State Ms.
Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of the Interior washington, D.C. 20243 Dear Ms. Shull, Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Hampden: Thornton W. Burgess House (national) Foxboro: Memorial Hall (local) Grange Hall (local) Josiah Pratt House (local) Also enclosed is the Garbose Building in Gardner, which was returned to us for a property map. 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 consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination Candace lenkins Candace Jenkins Registration Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 15) CJ : mmd Enclosures RECEIVED NAR 22 1093 NATIONAL REGISTER Fin
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