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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number Llxsl, -8-19F 1 1 - +. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. WhiPPLE 218 881 MORG 218 N (over) In Area no. Form no. 118-1 221 1. Town Fall River, Ma. Address Name_ 43 Morgan St. N.B. Borden School Present use school Present owner City of Fall River 3. Description: Date 1867-8 -. Source Atlas/City Documents Style Second Empire Architect Exterior wail fabric pressed brick w/ brownstone trim Outbuildings (describe) Center bay blocked forwa Other features w/ brownstone entrance motif. Brownstone beltcourses, in- cised lintels, shed-roofed dormers w/ paired arch-topped lintels. Altered Date Moved Date 5. Lot size: 43,170 sg. ft.
One acre or lessX Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street 6. Recorded by Patricia Giza Organization_F.R.O.H.P. Date November 1980 7. Original owner (if known) City of Fall River Original use School Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_ 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) The building is a handsome Second Empire School building with mansard roof and walls of red pressed brick. It is the key structure for the "Ridge Street subsection" of the Corky Row neighborhood, which stretches several blocks to the south of it. Built as the N.B.
Borden School, this was one of a group of schools built in Fall River during the 1868-79 peak prosperity, and those schools followed the 1863 abolition of the earlier system of district schools. The school had great influence in training the early civic and industrial leaders of Fall River. The first principal was George W. Bronson, 1869. There were a series of four single-story frame cottages, used as class rooms and heated by stoves, across the rear of this lot behind (south of) the school. The school was later the location of the girls' division of the Diman Vocational School, a part-time system of practical education which offered courses in manual training to men and boys; and in home management and nursing to girls. (In 1919 a statute passed reguiring 14 yr. old applicant Eor employment to demonstrate 6th grade-level skills instead of 4th grade Level.
Cities then were required to provide 4 hours of school a week for 14-16 year olds who were employed 6 or more hours a day. Since so many of Fall River's children were employed, these requirements augmented attendanci at the Vocational Schools.) (See continuation sheet) 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) City Documents 1860-1869 : Morgan St. Schoolhouse, cost.to build $17,008.21 No mention of architect. Built in 1867, occupied in 1868. Phillips History of Fall River p. 76 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity : Fal1 River, Mass. Form No: 221 1+8+X Property Name :N.B. Borden School Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Continuation of Historical Significance (#9) The N.B.
School is the oldest school in Fall River still in continuous use; it is also the only surviving example of a, brick mansard. Architecturally distinguished, this school played a significant role in the education of the city's early civic & industrial leaders; it meets Criteria A & C of the National Register. 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 Continuation sheet Item number OMB No.1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received 115(63 date entered Page z u2'° Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group NameFall River Multiple Resource Area state _ Nomination/Type of Review 11. Borden, Ariadne J. & Mary A.Jubstantive Review Keeper Date/Signature 2/6/53 Pamce hea Dnyd 12. Border City Mills BabstantIve Revtew DOE/OWNER OBJECTION 13. Borden, N.
B., School Entered in the National Register 14. Borden-Winslow House Entered in the National Regiater Attest Deternineg 4L1g1010 Keeper 12/1183 MnDa Attest feeper 2/10/53 Aelurbyen Attest FKeeper 7/a/83 dlmurbgun Attest Reeper Spa/ss Aulmaßzen 15. Brayton Methodist Episcopal Chusstered in the National Begister Attest 16. Brightman, Hathaway, House Entered in the National Register tkeeper Attest 17. Bristol County Superior Court Entered in the Mat1onal Begister Keepe Attest 18. Cadedy, Squire William B., House Entered in the /Keeper National Begister Attest fKeeper 19. Cataract Engine Company No. Intered in the Jational Register Attest 20.
Central Congregational Church intered 1n ta6 Reeper Matlonal Pegtster Attest Xpc/83 aklomabzur 2/1/83 delousByen 2/16/8) dlaraBzen 2/10/83 SlelonaBye 2/14/83 deeluazen ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES States D od sie fi ational Park Servic EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Borden,N.B.,School (Fall River MR.A) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviower's comments: Working No. 1/5/83-15 Fed. Reg. Date: 2.784 Date Due: 3183 - Action: - ACCEPT 2/16/83 - RETURN Entered in the atodorster REJECT- Agency: - sample - request - appeal - NR decision Recom. /Criteria Reviewer Discipline Date se continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: corrections cited below .substantive reasons discussad below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Prooons Ua0 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys s toe preperty teon deeamined elrgibia? - - n 7. Description sotertora uins hech en _unentere _sitered d eriginel (il tuseww) pfoyelee summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection checis ene - moved poaren 8. Significance ertod Arees of Significance- -Chook and justify below Specific dates Buildar Architect Statement of Significance (in one peragrayh) 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 Quedrangie neme _ UMT Reterences Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - netlonal _- 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 LVUI. IE - N.B. BORDEN SCHOOL +5 MORGANST. Unst. -8-19A Fall Ruer MRA, Ma Bordew, N.B., School Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279