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- FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - 1 1 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number - t. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. ANAWAN ST. SOUTH MAIN ST. N (over) 37M-7-77 1. Town Address Name Present use DOE 1981 In Area no. Form no. 401 N-8-51 Fall River, Mass. 91-1l1 South Main Street A. J. Borden Building Commercial- Present owner Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. 3. Description: 3-st. brick commercial bldg. w/stone & cast metal trim. Date 1889 Source Building Permit #120 Style Late Victorian Commercial Architect Joseph M. Darling Exterior wall fabric Red pressed brick Outbuildings (describe) None Other features Stamped metal cornice, punched windows (now blind) set between horizontal belt courses.
Addition Altered storefront Moved 1892 _Date 1950 Date - 5. Lot size: 90,251 sq. feet One acre or less X Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street 6. Recorded byKenneth Champlin Organization F.R.O.H.P. Date 11/3/80 Andrew Jackson Borden 7. Original owner (if known). Original use Stores & Offices Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_ 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development X Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) A handsome late Victorian conmercial building, second only to the Academy Building (1876, already listed in the National Register) located directly opposite.
An important survivor, the A. J. Borden Building escaped the 1916 Fire which devastated much of Fall River's downtown commercial building stock of the late-nineteenth century. A three-story structure, distinguished by its red pressed brick facade and restrained cast iron ornament; the original entrance to the building was through the narrow central bay between two cast-iron storefronts. The building was designed by Joseph M. Darling, Fall River's most prolific architect of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The storefronts were occupied by dry-goods department stores until 1931 when the J. J. Newberry Company located a dime store here. They remodelled the storefront at that time, again in 1935; the present storefront facade dates from 1950. The upper floors were at various times occupied by several local business colleges.
The building was erected for Andrew Jackson Borden and bears his name. A. J. Borden amassed a fortune as a member of Borden & Almy, undertakers. After retirement, he devoted his attention to real estate until his murder in 1892. The double-murder of Borden and his second wife has become one of the most celebrated crimes in U.S. history. Acquitted of the murders, his daughter Lizzie held the property until her death in 1927. The property meets Criteria A & C of the National Register and was deemed eligible April 1, 1981. It is presently undergoing re-use -- the facade will be restored to its original pre-dime store appearance. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Atlas 1895 shown, A. J. Borden B1dg. 1883 shown, Wood & Raymond (previous bldg. on site) Bldg. Dept.: Andrew J.
Borden #120, 5/27/1889, brick stores & offices, 70x90'9" , 3 st., steam, $35,000. Estate of A. J. Borden, 1892, brick addition, 40' x 50', 2 st., $3,000. (Demolished 1981) Fall River Herald News 3/10/90 _ ALie INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Fall River, Mass. Form N°: N-18-51 Property Name: A. J. Borden Building . Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. 10. Bibliography La Mode Clothing Co. #343, April 26, 1923, glass and copper (105-107 So. Main) remodel storefront, $9000, S. Nurie. A. J. Borden Bldg. #212, 4/14/1924, wood & sheet rock (109 So. Main) change basement to salesroom 31x 44 $1700, Jos.M. Darling. Schult United Co. #295, 7/8/1929, wood & metal (107 So. Main) remodel store 20x14, 1 st. $2000 Blat & Baust, Inc., 45-38th St., Long Island City, N.y. Bldg. 120x60. J. J.
Newberry #271, 7/10/1931, glass, copper, granite, brick (107 So. Main); remodel storefront, remove 2 6x8 cast-iron columns & install 3 5}" Lally columns & 2 15" steel beams inside store. Also built up floor in store 13", $1500, W. J. Handley Co., 280 South Main St., Fitchburg, Mass. J. J. Newberry #344, 11/5/1934, (107 So. Main St.) cut 3 openings from present store to adjoining store. Take away stairway leading from first floor to basement, floor over opening $150, R. E. Runnels Const. Co. The Borden Family of Fall River - A Documentary History 1638-1900, prepared by Patricia Tracy & Staff of History 186, Univ. of Mass., Amherst, Aug. 1973. Fall River and Its Points of Interest, 1896-p. 25 Fall River Herald News, Souvenir Edition, Oct. 17, 1978 Fall River of Today, 1906 - p.44, p.56.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom 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 15/0% received date entered Continuation sheet Item number Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Page 1 af co dnr-11 Name Fall River Multiple Resource Area State Massachusetts Bristol County Nomination/Type of Review 1. Algonquin Printing Co. Substantive Eeview Keeper Date/Signature 1/16/83 Bcihe Bnyd 2. American Printing Co. and Metacomet Mill Entered in the National Regiater 3. Anthony, David M., House Entered in the Natlonal Register 4. Ashley House Entered in the National Regiater 5.
Ashworth Brothers Mill Babsfantiva Revter DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Attest /Keeper AelonBzen 211c83 Attest tkeeper sa/rs Aelm Bsen Attest Tkeeper 2p4/r3 aelma Beyenn Attest Determinec Keeper 1//6/89 6. Barnard Mills 7. Belmont Club/John Young House Intered in the National Regiater 8. Blossom, Barnabus, House 9. Boguslavsky Triple-Deckers Attest Entered in the National Register - fReeper Attest Keeper Attest Entered In the Nat1onal Register /feeper Attest Entered In the Watlonal Register /Keeper 2/k/83 Aebmbyun Aul Alunboger s/r/r AelmuBzen o/cc/8s AlomaByer 10. Borden, A. J., Building Entered in the National Begiater Attest KKeeper 110/83 AlloresByen Attest VATIQNAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Snited States mont ef lhe Interier iational Park S EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Borden, A.
J., Building (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Ø/$58315 Working No. 15/83-15 Fed. Reg. Date:/ 2.7.84 Date Due: 2/3/83 1/9/83 Action: ACCEPT 2/18/83 Entered 1n the - RETURN National Register- .REJECT_ Federal Agency:. - sample -request - appeal - NR decision Roviower's comments: -Nomination returned for: Recom. /Criteria - Reviewer Discipline. Date Be- continuation sheet -technical corrections cited below .substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification watte Aomadalele 4. Owner of Property Prscent Uee 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys this property teen drarained 7.
Description seteriaraiee hoch ene _uneitered tored lele Chock ene -moad the proes at and ortgtnal (il kmsao) ptayadoel oposrom summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance eried Aroes of Significance Chock and justity below pecific dates Statoment of Significance (In ono paragrap) Bulider: Architeet summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource contexi relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quedrangie neme UMT Reterences Verbal boundary descristion and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - national _ state -local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 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 CUSTOMER PARKING for Validating Merchants ESTACIOMENTO DE CARROS Estaciomento Gratis-Quando Voce Valede Com Vosso Comerceante NEWBERR J. J. NEWBERRY CO. NAME: LOCATION: PHOTO CREDIT: NEGATIVE FILED AT: IDENTIFICATION: photo l of 2 A. J. Borden Building 91-111 South Main Street Fall River, Mass- Doug Gamage (1981) Doug Gamage 26 Glen Street Riverside, R. I. 02915 A. J. Borden Building 3/4 View, looking north-west PHOTO BY DOUG GAMAGE 26 GLEN STREET RIVERSIDE, R. I. 02915 401-433-2874 MAR.
9 1981 CUSTOMER PARKING for Validating Merchants ESTACIOMENTO DE CARROS Estacionente Gratis-Quando Vace Valede Com Vesso Comerceante NEWBERR J.J NEWBERRY CO. 91-111 Soutk Maunist. A. J. Borden Building Fall River, Mass: MRA PHOTO BY DOUG GAMAGE 26 GLEN STRAPT Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279