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FORM B - BUILDING - MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Otfice of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - -- - In Area no. Form no. M-28-6 528 1. Town Fall River, Mass Address 542 Walnut Street Name_ Woman's Club of FallRiver Present use Club-House - 2. Photo (3x3"' or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number INST. 4-0A - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. GROVE ST. WALNUT ST. Present owner Woman's Club of Fall River 3. Description: 1 and 2-story frame institution Date 1897/1925 - Source deeds, local history Style Colonial Revival Architect 1925-Maud Darling-Parlin Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings (describe) Other features 2-story Pedimented Entrance Pavillion at left with Corinthian Pilasters, quoins, roof balustrade along-side wing Altered X Date 1925 Moved Date 5.
Lot size: 8019 sa ft r2 One acre or less X Over one acre Approximate frontage Approximate distance of building from street 6. Recorded by V. Lasky/Pam Fox Organization_ FROHP Date November 10, 1980 (over) 7. Original owner (if known)_ Susan P.H. Winslow Original use Private School, Church Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development X X Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation X 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) The Woman's Club of Fall River (1897/1925) is among the city's finest examples of the Colonial Revival style also of interest as the work of Fall River's best-known woman architect.
The Colonial Revival facade of the clubhouse appears to date from 1925, when an earlier building was remodelled to serve the present use. The building was originally a private school dating from 1897 and during the 1910's served as St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. It is not clear how much of the nlan or structure of the late 19th century building was retained during the 1925 remodelling. As was appropriate for a Woman's Club, the group hired the well-regarded woman architect Maude Darling Parlin, a local resident who graduated from Durfee High School and was the only woman in her college class at M.I.T. She later studied at the Pratt Institute. Early in her career she joined the family architectural firm founded by her father and later on she and her brother carried on the business as Darling and Parlin.
In association with her brother, she designed the Durfee Theatre, Eagle Restaurant, and Fall River Cooperative Bank. She was sole designer of the Woman's Club and north wing extension of the Home for Aged People. She retired at age 91 and died in 1979 at age 94. The exterior utilizes the quintessential Colonial Revival forms- the pedimented entrance pavillion, pilasters, small-paned double hung sash, quoins and side wing with arched windows and a blind roof balustrade. The delicate interior moldings were not stock items but were carved from the architects' specifications drawings. As a distinctive example of its style, carefully-crafted and well-preserved, and as a building associated for over half a century with one of the city's principal social institutions, the Woman's Club of Fall River 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.) City Directory 1897 Susan P.H. Winslow, private school, 542 Walnut St, boards 259 Highland Ave. S.P.H. Winslow was principal of Westall School 1913 St. Pauls' Evangelical Lutheran Church-Johann Moeller and Henry Zobel, Treasurers 8019 sn ft 3-31-10 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 ase anly recelved 1/5103 date entered Pageqo: Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name Fall River Multiple Resource Area State *Inminotion/Type of Review 81. St. Joseph's Orphanage Bubstantive Review Date/Signature Keeper Htt tnhDal Entered 82. St. Louis Church feton Attest fKeeper Attest 83. St.
Mary's Cathedral and Regftffed In Fhe National Register Keeper 84. St. Patrick's Church Entered in the National Register Attest tkeeper 85. Stafford Mills Entered in the Mational Eegieter 86. Union Mills Entered National Register Attest fReeper Attest fReeper Attest 87. Valentine-French House Enteredin the National Register fKeeper Attest Entered in the National Register 88. Wampanoag Mills /Keeper 89. Winslow, Luther Jr., House Intered In the MetAqpal Regletez Attest /Keeper 90.
Woman's Club of Fall River Intered in the Mettorel 1ogistar Attest Keeper Attest 316/83 delomBzen 2/16/83 dlbyn 1/10/83 aelmuBzen 2/0/83 AulousByun 8/4/83 Aelourßyen 3/k/83 DelucByan 7/6/83 AeluaBya zk/s) ebresByen 3/4/83 dlmetyen VATIONAL REGISUER OF HiSTORiC rbAusO e ol tao iubarto battod btal Vath GEAGUAIIUN/ MEIUNN ONEEI| Woman's Club of Fall River (Fall River MRA) Bristol County MASSACHUSETTS rosubmission nomination by porson or local governmont ounor objoction appoal Substantivo Roviow: Rovionor's commonts: Working No 116/83-15- Fod. Rag. Date: 2.7,84 Dato Duo: 2/3783-2/19/83 Action: ACCEPT 2/16(83 Intered In the . RETURN. Natlonal ReghotorREJECT- Fodoral Agoncy:. _sample _raquest i appeal _ NR decision Rocom. /Criteria_ Roviower - Disciplino_ Dato.
_aoo continuation shoet Mominetion returned for: fubatanetve ractons - tochnical corrections citad below -substantivo roasons discuszad bolow 1. 2. Location 3. Classification Poraaaos khoo Ma Ownor of Property 5. Location of Legal Description - 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys 7. Description Chaok unablared Iartgparas fll oeararemas plongataes. summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/Intogrity dates boundary selaction 8. Significance Perled arees of si ndficance -Chook and Justify belew Specific dates Statement ef Significance (In ono paragrapis) Builder Architect summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource contexi relationship of integrity to significance justification of excepticn other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10.
Geographical Data Acreege of nominsted property Quedrangle neme UMT References Vorbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - national _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 NAME: LOCATION: PHOTO CREDIT: NEGATIVE FILED AT: IDENTIFICATION: Photo # lof 2 Woman's Club of Fall River 542 Walnut Street MRA Fall River, Mass. Pamela Shields (1981) Fall River Office of Historic Preservation One Government Center Fall River, Mass.
02722 (PSNR-6-16) Woman's Club South Facade, looking north 542 walnut HL I Fall Rico MRA, Ma Warais club of Fall Rive Ha - HL U Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000279