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* FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 Area Form no. 209 PHOTO (3x3"' or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number SKETCH MAP Draw map showing prope location in relation cross streets and othes oI geographical featw Indicate north.
476 00 N CHESTNU TOWTI REHOBOTH Address 214 Chestnut Street Historic Name site of Ingalls-Wheeler-Horto homestead Use: Original residence Present residence Ownership: XI Private individual Private organization Public Original owner Simeon Horton DESCRIPTION: Date by 1895 Source tradition& architectural details Stylelate Greek Revival with Italianate details Architect_ unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings - mid 20th century barn and she Major alterations (with dates) none Cem BROOK UTM: 19/313380/4631700 Recorded by V H Adams Cems Organization Rehoboth Historical Commission Date May 1981 Moved no Date Approx.
acreage 3.3 Setting_ 50' from road; gable flank to road; rural context (Stante additinnal choate haral ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) Thys houte de atioo dexanpe ofe in le dtoan es rel enveyy under a heavy bracketed hood is through double doors each with a single arched glass panel etched in a floral motif. A straight staircase with turned newel and balusters, leads to the second story. The previous owners removed a wall between two rooms to the right of the entrance hall resulting in one long room the width of the house at the north end. A new wood floor was laid here at the same time and possibly two windows at the back of the house were also covered over.
Otherwise, the house appears in its original condition, retaining interior heavy rolled mouldings and four panel doors with white procelain knobs. The front exterior door into the wainscoated kitchen ell also has etched arched panes (2), and a (Continued) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) The former Ingalls-Wheeler-Horton homestead was located at this site. The earlier house was built about 1730 by Benjamin Ingalls and probably sat fifty to one hundred yards behind the current dwelling. married Captain Philip Wheeler, who had also been married previously. Mary Ingalls and Philip Wheeler, Jr., children of these earlier marriages, eventually married and occupied the homestead after their parents.
Philip Wheeler, Jr., a captain of the local Rehoboth militia, was fatally injured during a training session in 1774. After his death, the homestead was surveyed and subdivided for the numerous children. Sylvanus Martin, a surveyor from nearby Seekonk, produced a sketch, dated December 21, 1774 (see attached sheet), which shows a large center chimney three-story house with hip roof and an addition to the north. A well, orchard, corn crib and haybarn are located between the house and the road. Iwo subsequent generations of the family resided in the house until the end of the 19th cnetury when Lavinia (Wheeler) and Simeon Horton moved to the new house nearer the road built on or near the original barn foundation. By 1895, this new house appears under ownership of George L. Horton, with two outbuildings and was sketched in a dilapidated state by a local resident about 1900.
It finally collapsed some time in the early 1900s. Accoridng to tradition, the house was never completely emptied of furnishings. Limited digging in the probable vicinity of the early house by the present owners has produced a variety of early 18th century ceramic sherds, including English salt-glazed stoneware, hand-painted pearlware, and glazed redwares. A foundation opposite the present house across Chestnut Street, is probably a barn associated with late 19th and 20th century occupants. On the basis of this evidence, archaeological potential appears quite good to contribute to the history of this early homestead site which has been continuously occupied for 250 years. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Snape, Sue Ellen, ed. In Old Rehoboth, 1979, PP.107-111.
AIAA INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Rehoboth Form No: 209 Property Name: site of Ingalls- Wheeler-Horton homestead 214 Chestnut Street Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Continued) rear door has a single large oval clear pane. The kitchen ell is contemporary with the main part of the house as evidenced in the full basement and a staircase in the southwest corner of the main part of the house for access to the second story. Iwo gable dormers in front are original. There are four rooms upstairs, and a fifth over the ditchen which appears to retain original plaster walls, a dry sink and built-in shelves and drawers; the farm help slept here.
As one of Rehoboth's most outstanding and best- preserved examples of one stage in the development of the spare, functional farm cottage, 214 Chestnut Street meets criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places individually. Staple to Inventory form at bottom #209 KRºIN EZLA Hui: i atir benD serrey Mer. Chai Bearess wira Cigt Yofe effn wheeler. pazr noan ngoyre now fem z third a Sprungofiuater Gro Nº 36 wide Doy :3 Barn. Yp6 -Prnalane s T REET CHES NUT Captain Philip Wheeler's Homestead, 212 Chestnut Chestnut St., as it appeared on December 21, 1774 when drawn by Sylvanus Martin, surveyor. From Snape, S.E. Mighty Liberty Men, 1976, p. 108. 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 date entered Page 3 44 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name Rehoboth Multiple Resource Area State Massachusetts Nomination/Type of Review "21. Goff Farm Substantive Review Entered in the National Register 22. Goff Homestead 23. Hornbine Baptist Church 24. Hornbine School 25. Horton, Welcome, Farm Entered in the National Register Entered in the National Begieter Entered in tha National Begistor 26. House at 197 Hornbine Road Intered In the National Register 27. House at 30 Kelton Street Intered in the lational Register 28. Ingal1s-Wheeler-Horton Homestead Site Entered in the Hational Register inuered in tho Hathonel Begtetei 29. Kingsley House 30.
Knapp, Seth, Jr., House Entered in the National Register Keeper Attest AReeper Attest 6Keeper Attest fReeper Attest TReeper Attest fkeeper Attest fkeeper Attest HReeper Attest FKeeper Attest Hkeeper Attest Date/Signature Ame ha ay l 4/6/59 AelouaByen 6/0/83 dlelonaßyen 6/6/83 delaBye 616/8) delouBgun lelr. delnaßge 6/6/8: Delanaßge 6/6/87 delresßgad 616/83 delunaßgen 6/6/83 AelonaByur 6/6/83 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Untted States Dopar Mational Park Service EYALUATION / RETURN SHEET Horton, Welcome, Farm (Rehoboth MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Roview: Working No. 625/83 Fed. Reg. Date: 2 Date Due: 26/83. Action: ACCEPT Entered in the - RETURN National Register_ .REJECT. Fodoral Agoncy: - sample - request - _ appeal - NR decision Roviower's comments: 84 6/6, Recom.
/ Criteria - Reviewer_ Discipline Date se continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: -technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification pomeratio wlte M 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description UeA 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys hes thie property toon eetermined eligtcte? - - 7. Description dtle detertorater ruins -heck eno _uneltered - sitered d th proccat and artglaad fll laaeral plyaieat summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Check ene - moved 8.
Significance Perted Arees et significanceCheck and juetity batow pecific detes Statement of Significance (in ene peragraph) Suilder: Arehitect 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 Qundrangle 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: - _ netiona! -_ state local State Historic Preservation Ofticer signature date titie 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 #209 Ingalls-Wheeer. 104:9 Rehobath MRA, Ma 214 Chestnut Street (form 209) Town of Rehoboth Property Map scale 1"=200' 1978 27E 99 22801 200 14A 230 238 STREET 33 9 68 10 P/O 15-32. PROPERTY MAP TOWN OF REHOBOTH BRISTOL COUNTY.MASSACHUSETTS PREPARED OV JAMES W. SEWALL COMPANY OLD TOWN, MAINE SCA! 200 FEET 21 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000292 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY Secretary of State June 21, 1983 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Dept. of Interior 18th and C Streets, NW Washington, D.C.
20240 ATTN: Dolores Byers Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the inventory for the Wheeler-Ingalls House (Rehoboth MRA), Bristol County, Massachusetts which was returned on June 6, 1983 for technical corrections. The UIM references have been added to the front of the form. If you have any further questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Candace fenkins Candace Jenkins Director, Preservation Planning Massachusetts Historical Commission CJ/KW enclosure ECEIVE JUN 2 8 1983.