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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 VLNR-2-37 - *. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. KENNEDY PARK MIDDLE ST. 655-685 N SOUTH MAIN ST. (over) In Area no. Form no. 6/20/-11 219 1. Town_ Fall River, Mass Address 655-685 Middle Street Name A. B Chace Rowhouses Present use apartments Present owner Maurice & Viola Desmarais 3. Description: 2 story w/mansard row-houses Date C.1877 Source_ water, atlas Style Queen Anne Rowhouses Architect Exterior wall fabric red brick, shingle Outbuildings (describe) Other features mansard w/bracketed dormers, central dormer has cone top, 2 story columned porches Altered Date Moved Date_ 5. Lot size: 17,133 sa ft.
One acre or less Approximate frontage Over one acre 150' Approximate distance of building from street 10' 6. Recorded by_ Bruce F. Bombardier Organization FROHP Date 4/23/81 7. Original owner (if known) Arnold B. Chace Original use apartments 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) This Queen Anne row is the only one of its kind in Fall River and represents a lively and imaginative variation on the city's most common building type, the multi-family tenement.
The stylistic term Queen Anne is used chiefly because of the peaked center dormers and general idiosyncratic quality; however, the porch design is clearly in- pilasters and single wide shingled posts--are used in the five units in an ABCBA rhythm. The porches and all other original detailing has survived virtually intact. The rowhouses were among the first residences to be constructed along the perimeter of Kennedy Park and are greatly enhanced by their setting The original owner, Arnold B. Chace, is not listed in the city directories but was the son of Elizabeth Buffum Chace, a leading Rhode Island mill, abolitionist and reformer and Samuel Chace, owner of the Valley Falls Mill. Because of their intact auality, workmanshid, and unusual style and building type, the Chace Rowhouses meet criteria C of the National Register individually. 10.
Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) Atlas 1895: not shown (oversight?) 1893: shown 1883: shown Birdseye 1877: Not shown 1871: Not shown Bldg. Dept.: No Information Water Dept.: #1816 10/29/1877. Arnold B. Chace 671-677 Middle 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 (/5/03 date entered Page 3 ofcu Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Fall River Multiple Resource Area MA Nomination/Type of Review 21. Chace Mills Substantive Review Keeper 22. Chace, A. B., Rowhouses Attest Entered In the National Register fKeeper Attest 23. Chace's, Oliver, Thread Mill Entered in the National Regiater Keeper Attest 24.
Charlton Mill Entered in the Nat1onal Regiater fKeeper 25. Chase-Hyde Farm Entered in the Mational Register Attest fkeeper 26. Children's Home Entered In the National Regiater Attest /Keeper Attest 27. Church of the Ascension Entered in the National Register Keeper 28. Collins, William, House Attest Enteredin the National Begiater /Keeper 29. Connell, William M., School Attest Entered in the Matlonal Regleter /Reeper 30. Cornell Mills Entered in the Lational Register Attest /Keeper Attest Date/Signature 2/16/03 Bom hmnh 2/6/81Aemurtyen 2/16/83 2klousByen 2/1410) Aelmucbzen 2/er/8) Aelmusßyen 2/10/83 AhlnaBye 1111s debuabzen rc/ss dlelmesßyen 2/10/67 AeloueByen /10/83 Klelmusßgua VATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES efted States De mont el she laterle lational Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Chace, A.
B., Rowhouses (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nominationby person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Working No. 15/83-15 Fed. Reg. Date: 2.7.84 Date Due: 2/3/83 2 Action: ACCEPT- Entered in the - RETURN National Register - REJECT Federal Agency:_ - sample - request - appeal - NR decision Reviower's comments: 116/85 -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 eaond Uen 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys fs toie property beon deteruemed eligee 7.
Description Boch - noste good tale eterio ruine Mered ertelned (il teeroat pluyet summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection chock on _ origenel site . moved dete- 8. Significance Perlod roos ef Significance Choek and jostify belew Specific dates Bulider Architect Statement of Significance (in one parsgrapi) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource coniext relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreege of nominated property Quedrangle name UMT References Verbal bo scription and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - .
state _ local State Historic Preservation Ofticer 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 Fall Rivo MRA, Ma VLNR-2-37 A.B. Chace Rowhouses 655-685 Middle St. Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279