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AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 FORM NO. 36 Town Rehoboth Address_ 82 Water Street Historic Name Seth Knapp, Jr. House PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5" ,black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number INTER -Yopc Palmer River - Cem 36 WATER 13 Use: Present residence Original_ residence DESCRIPTION: Date ca. 1735 architectural detail, archaeo- Source logical testing, and Bristol Co. Deeds 43/93 1758 Style_Georgian Architect_ unknown Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings_none remaining Gr Shadofacpory Pond! M49 0 CROON Major alterations (with dates). see text - South Rehoboth UTM: 19/310530/4631290 Recorded by Leslie C. Abernathy, III Organization_ Rehoboth Historical Commission Date April 1976; revised 1981 Moved no Date Approx.
acreage 5 Setting_ 100 feet from road, surrounded by open fields; rural context (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) The Seth Knapp, Jr. House, a gambrel roof cottage, is particularly important architecturally as the sole surviving brick house built before 1850 in Rehoboth and for its rare canted end chimney design (see also Form #82). It displays a four-bay main facade with entrance offset to the left and narrow windows typical of period construction. Bricks are 8-9"x2½-3"x3½-4" and laid in garden wall bond, except for the east end wall which was rebuilt in the mid 19th century using larger bricks laid in common bond.
Contemporary brickworks operating nearby on the Palmer Contenporay brtleber ka pera ting eaeby om tha aieayv (Continued) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state historyandhowthe buildingrelates to the developmentofthecommunity.) The Seth Knapp, Jr. House stands as one of the earliest extant houses built in the area of Rehoboth's first settlement in the early 18th century. Its close association with the town's initial development is revealed by its location: 4 mile east of a prime industrial site on the Palmer River and 4 mile southwest of the first Meetinghouse at Palmer River (1720). Built for Ichabod Wood, the house was owned from 1758-1813 by Seth Knapp, Jr., who operated a shoemaker's shop on the property. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Snape, Sue Ellen.
Mighty Liberty Men, Rehoboth, 1976, pp.156-157 10M - 7/82 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity : Form No: Rehoboth 36 Property Name: Seth Knapp, Jr. House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. River probably produced the original and possibly subsequent bricks. On the interior, floor plan and details remain intact on the first floor; the second floor was modernized, the upper portion of the west chimney removed, and dormers installed ca. 1955. A 1-story ell attached to the northwest rear corner of the structure dates from ca. 1850. (1975) produced artifacts dating before ca. 1730, although no features were identified. The Seth Knapp, Jr.
House clearly meets criterion C of the National knagae 1ez ouododlenaty autte crterton df the Nice oase Register of Historic Places individually; additional archaeological research may show it to meet criterion D. 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 date entered Page 3 fX 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 Begister Entered in tha National Begietor 26.
House at 197 Hornbine Road Intered in the National Register 27. House at 30 Kelton Street Intered in the Iational Register 28. Ingal1s-Wheeler-Horton Homestead Site Entered in the Hational Register invered in tho Hathonel Begteter 29. Kingsley House 30. Knapp, Seth, Jr., House Entered in the National Register Keeper Attest tkeeper Attest 6Keeper Attest fKeeper Attest Reeper Attest fkeeper Attest fkeeper Attest fReeper Attest FKeeper Attest 6Keeper Attest Date/Signature Aaa hanDayl 4/6/59 XelausByen 6/0/83 dtelwaßye 6/6/83 delaßye 616/83 selreBge lalr.
delneaBgen 6/6/8: delmnaßeen 6/6/87 selreaßgend 616/83 Delonaßgen 6/6/83 AelonaByun 616/83 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 Ported Aroes of Significance Specific dates Statamant el significanco (in ono peragraph) and justity betew luildor: 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 Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quedrangie neme UMT References Verbal boundary description and justitication 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 Preeervation Officer signature dete 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 Knapp, SeTB, Jr, Herse Rehobeta MRA, Ma Rehobom, water a 2 17A- 69.1795 STRÉET 258 - 60 PROPERTY MAP TOWN OF REHOBOTH BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS PREPARED BY JAMES W.SEWALL COMPANY OLDTOWN, MAINE SCALE 1 INCH **200 : FEKT REEE 50 19 270 830 Ti7 19 gORES JAOIAE POND 10 2 30 STREET 2220 46 82 Water Street Seth Knapp, Jr.
House (form 36) Town of Rehoboth Property Map 1978 scale 1"=200' Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000292