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FORM B - BUILDING - MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - In Area no. Steepbrook 2-1 Form no. 283 /-B-18 1. Town Fall River, Mass. Address 3775 No. Main Street Name William Collins House Present use single-family 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. NO MAIN ST. Present owner Manuel Rose 3. Description: 1z st. w/flanking gable ri. Date c. 1800 Sousce Fall River's Old Houses Style_ Federal Cottage Architect Exterior wail fabric clapboard Outbuildings (describe)_barn & shed Other features 5 bays wide; center hall plan; center chimney; box cornice w/dentils; dentilled window cornices and door entablature Altered Date Moved 5. Lot size: 88,326 sq. ft.
Date One acre or less Over one acre X Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street N 6. Recorded by Wayne Mendonca Organization_ FROHP Date 11/13/80 (over) 7. Original owner (if known)_ William Collins 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 Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) The William Collins House (c. 1800) is a small 1½ story vernacular farmhouse with the typical 5-bay, center chimney plan. The Italianate cap molded lintels date from the Mid-19th century.
The house is particularly evocative of the early settlement period because of its setting on a large wooded lot with stone retaining walls and wooden fencing. The Collins House is'one of six in the Steep Brook area considered to be the best representatives of the pre-industrial era of the city's 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 agricltural character of Fall River. Their small scale, rural setting and 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 one of the city's notable early houses, well-maintained and well-sited, the Collins 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.) Atlas 1895-shown Adeline Crapo 1883-shown Mrs. William Collins 1871-shown W. Collins 1850-shown Mrs. Collins Water Dept.- Harry H. Holt July 25, 1904 App. #8866 Directory: 1853 Joanna Collins widow h. Steep Brook Fall River's Old Houses Constance S. Winslow 1955 pg. 3 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 (/5/63 date entered Page 3gwu Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name Fall River Multiple Resource Area State MA Nomination/Type of Review 21. Chace Mills 22. Chace, A.
B., Rowhouses Date/Signature Substantive Review Koeper 1/16/0 unhl Attest Entered in the National Register fKeeper 2/0/81 AemaByen Attest 23. Chace's, Oliver, Thread Mill Intered in the National Register 24. Charlton Mill Entered inthe Mational Register Meeper Attest fReeper 25. Chase-Hyde Farm Entered in the Matlonal Register Attest FKeeper Children's Home 26. Attest Intered In the National Register /Keeper Attest 27. Church of the Ascension Entered in the /Keeper National Regiater 28. Collins, William, House Attest Entered in the National Eegister /Keeper 29. Connell, William M., School Attest Entered in the National Regiater Reeper 30.
Cornell Mills Entered In the Hational Begister Attest /Keeper Attest 2/16/83 LlelomsBzen 2/1410) Aelmusbgen 2/e0/83 AelousByen 2/10/03 AulmaByen 1/1/83 DeluaBzen 2/ra/s) delvusByen 2/1/67 eloueByen /16/83 Llelouszun NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Iniled States Departn ot ef she interle lational Park Service Collins, William, House (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Working No. 15/83-15 Fed. Reg. Date: 2. -7- Date Due: 3/83 84 2/19/83 Action: ACCEPT.2/16/83 Entered in the RETURN. National Register_ . REJECT_ Federal Agency:- _ sample - request __ appeal - NR decision Reviower's comments: Recom. /Criteria- Reviewer. Discipline- Date technical corrections cited below -substantive reasons discussed below continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: 1.
Name 2. Location 3. Classification pary Preoone uoo 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys hos eode property leson dotorained - 7. Description good _ deterte uins boch om _unentered aitered d ertglnel (1l kmewret pooystee summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Choch eme - moved 8. Significance Ported Aroee of SignificanceChock and justity below Specific dates Statement of Significancs (in eno paragrapóo) Builder Architect summary 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 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: - netional -- state local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date ttle 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 3775 ND. MAIN Fall Rivo MRA. Ma Collins, Willians, (terse SB I #11 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279