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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 AREA FORM NO. 90 Town Address Rehoboth 330 Fairview Avenue Historic Name Peck-Bowen House PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5" , black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number E'sut 185 Great Meadow Hill Use: Present residence Original residence DESCRIPTION: Date ca. 1770-1800 Source architectural detail Style transitional Georgian-Federal Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildingsearly 20th century garage tvei FIEELL e0t Anawan Rock Squannakon Major alterations (with dates) rear ell added ca. 1910 Date UTM: 19/315080/4637770 Recorded by Leslie C. Abernathy, III Organization Rehoboth Histo ical Commission Date April 1976; revised 1981 Moved no Approx.
acreage 3.80 Setting_ 30 feet from road; gable end to Fairview Avenue; rural context- (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) Fairview Avenue and Pond Lily Avenue, an unpaved road, which formerly led to Peck's milling complex in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is a fine local example of a ni ag corgtox an theg ticn 19ch con cuntae. at the intersection of small and modest five-bay center chimney cottage, a common form of Rehoboth home- steads of the mid to late 18th century. The three fireplaces and mantels are particularly well preserved, although the hearth in the keeping room is new brick.
Off center cupboards in the plastered wall above each fireplace, and beaded chairrails (Continued) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) Little is known about the history of this house. It may have been built by a member of the Peck family which owned and operated an iron forge nearby on the Palmer River in the early 18th century, and later, a saw and gristmill. The Wheeler family, who possibility. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this must have been a very busy intersection. At the time of the Revolution there were at least two residences off Pond Lily Avenue as well as Peck's Forge and the Peck-Wheeler Sawmill. The pond for the latter was not far from this house. By 1850, a turning shop and a store were also located in the same vicinity (Walling 1850).
In 1871 (Walling) and 1895 (Everts and Richards) 830)., 1 1871 (atona) aad it was owned by Allen Bowen who was probably a member of he same Bowen family that owned property across Fairview Avenue (/102) from 1818 to ca. 1900. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Everts and Richards. Atlas of Bristol County, 1895. Walling, H. F. Map of Rehoboth, 1850. Walling, H. F. Map of Rehoboth, 1871. 10M - 7/82 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Form No: Rehoboth 90 Property Name: Peck-Bowen House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Architectural Significance (Continued) and mopboards are all original. Access to a smoke chamber between the chimney flues is through a door in the center entrance hall.
In 1910, the house was enlarged by an ell at the rear and a staircase installed in the corner of the Floor boards on the second floor show that there may have formerly been a staircase or ladder in the front corner of the keeping room. The attic, now two rooms and a hall, was reworked sometime after 1910, with the addition of new plaster walls and wood flooring. The cellar plan under the main structure is unusual; it hugs the west and south sides of the chimney base and does not extend to the south sill line. "The exterior proportions of the house, which are unaltered except for the rear ell and a rear entrance, and the quality of interior detail preservation, make this house an important record of Rehoboth's vernacular architectural develop- ment in the late 18th century, qualifying it under criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places individually.
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 DBo. 10241001 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered Page 4LY Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Rehoboth Multiple Resource Area Massachusetts Nomination/Type of Review P31. Martin Farm Substantive Review Keeper -32. Peck-Bowen House Entered in the National Register "33. Perry, James House Entered Ix Hational Register '34. Pierce, Capt. Mial, Farmntered in taa National Register Attest feeper Attest fKeeper Attest fokeeper Attest '35. Viall, Samuel, House Entered in the National Begister Keepe .36. Wheeler, Aaron, House Attest Iintered in this fokeeper Hational Eegister Attest -37. Wheeler-Ingalls House Keeper Attest 38. Keeper Attest 39.
Keeper Attest 40. Keeper Attest Date/Signature Tawe lis Magl 6f4le. Ailares Byer 6/6/83 deluma/gas 6/6/83 DelauByua 6/643 DelmaBgen 6/6/83 AebmaByen 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 Arees of Significance-Chock and Justify beiow Specific dates Btatemant el stgnificanco (in ene peragraph) wilder Architect summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relation ship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quedrengle neme UMT Reterences Verbal boundery 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 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 RAHS #90 26:8 Peck-Boker Huse Rehoboßh MRA, Ma 28° 290 135 280 *290 58 230 Aigonqu ROUTE oht - FAIkVIEW 320 34 FORGE POND 53 -47 LAVENU 330 Fairview Avenue Peck-Bowen House (form 90) Town of Rehoboth Property Map scale 1"=200' 1978 1860 1924 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000292