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FORM B - BUILDING - MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - - In Area no. Steepbrook 4-6 Form no. 274 t/1t28 1. Town Fall River, Mass. Address: 2634 No. Main St. Name Sguire Wm. B. Canedy House Present use single family 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to lett side of form Photo number SB VL-27. - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. CANEDY ST. NO. MAIN ST. Present owner Frederick J. Danis 3. Description: 2% story w/flanking gable roof Date - C. 1806 Source Fall River Herald News artic] Style Federal Architect Exterior wall fabric shingle Outbuildings (describe) shed Other features 5 bays wide, chimney at each end; central.entrance with doorway with semi-elliptical solid fan; slender pilasters & sidelights w/panels beneath Alteredadditions Moved Date Date 5.
Lot size: 33,434 sq. ft. One acre or less Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street 6. Recorded by W. Mendonca/P. Giza Organization FROHP Date Nov. 19, 1980 N (over) 7. Original owner (if known) Squire Wm. B. Canedy Original use residence Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development X X Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) This structure was built in 1806 by William Barnabas Canedy when he married Susan Hughes Luther. They had 13 children, seven of them daughters, and all seven girls taught in Fall River Schools.
Squire Canedy, as he was called, ser as postmaster at Steep Brook and served in the General Court. He also was appointed to a committee to lay out the North Burial Ground in 1825. Tradition says this house was used as a station of the Underground Railway. With its slender pilastered, elliptical fanlighted door, its delicate cornice molding and full 2-story height, this house is a significant local example of Federal style. The Squire Canedy House is one of six in the Steep Brook area considered to be the best representatives of the pre-industrial period of the city's North Raln history. These houses along North Main Street give testimony both to Steep Brook's early prominence over the southern area of the town and to the original agricultural character of Fall River.
Their small scale, rural setting linear relationship to one another stand in sharp contrast to the development that overtook the city with the construction of the first textile mill in 1811 As a distinctive example of Federal period architecture and important surviving monument to the pre-industrial age in Fall River, the Canedy House meets criteria A and C of the National Register, individually. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Fall River Herald News article by Constance Winslow-June 1, 1955 = 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 2L'° Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name_Fall River Multiple Resource Area State Nomination/Type of Review 11. Borden, Ariadne J. & Mary A.Subatantiva Heview Keeper Date/Signature 2/6/45 Paue he Dnya 12. Border City Mills BobsfantIve Review DOE/OWNER OBJECTION 13. Borden, N. B., Schoo1 Entered in the National Register 14. Borden-Winslow House Entered in the National Register Attest Determined Keeper 2/1183 Áttest fKeeper Attest (Keeperp Attest /keeper 15. Brayton Methodist Episcopal Churatered in the National Begister Attest 16. Brightman, Hathaway, House Entered in the National Register keeper Attest 17. Bristol County Superior Court Entered in the National Register Keepe Attest 18. Cadedy, Squire William B., House Entered in the /Keeper National Begister Attest fKeeper 19. Cataract Engine Company No.
Intered in the Iational Register 20. Central Congregational Church Entered inthe Fatlonal Regteter Attest Reeper Attest 1giala 2/10/53 AlelourByue 3/6/83 delmubzen 2pc/83 Aelmakgen 8/c/63 ablomabgene 2/k/83 AelousByen 2/16/87 2/10/83 LeelonaByen 2/1/83Oelmaßyen R: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Departne at oi the laterier Mntional Park Service EYALUATION / RETURN SHEET Canedy, Squire William B., House (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Roview: Reviewer's comments: Working No. 116/83-15 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 337-84 Action: -ACCEPT 2116/83 Entered in the - RETURN National Register REJECT- Federal Agency:_ - sample _ request _ appeal - NR decision Recom.
/Criteria- Reviewer Discipline Date _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Gomerable Prssont Uee 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys I the property bon deerudn Check en moved 7. Description excette seseriorater uins chech ene - unettered _ aitered W presont and ertgined (ll tuaareral ptayatoed summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8.
Significance Perfed Arees ef Significance Check and justity bedew Specific detes Builder Architeet Statement el Significance (in one peregraph) summary paragraph comf'eteness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource coniext relationship of integrity to significance justification of excepticn other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreege of nominated property Quedrengie name - UMT References Verbel be andary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - nationat _ state local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date tttle 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 2634 Nont NAME: LOCATION: PHOTO CREDIT: NEGATIVE FILED AT: IDENTIFICATION: Photo # lof 2 Squire William B. Canedy House 2634 North Main Street Fall River, Mass. Pamela Shields (1981) Fall River Office of Historic Preservation One Government Center Fall River, Mass. (PSNR-6-6) Canedy House 1ooking west 2634 N.MAIN 5B.II 421 Fall Ruer MRA Ma Caredy, Squire Wallian B., Hase Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279