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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 -- -- Area 3000 Form no. 126 PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings or geographical features. Indicate north. BLISS MAIN CROSSETT LANE 126 CROSS ST- Recorded byMargo Webber Organization Anderson Notter Finegold Inc. Date June, 1981 Assessor's Map #312 UTM Ref: 18/699630/4663490 Springfield South Quadrangle (Staple additional sheets here) Town Springfield Address 1119 Main Street Historic Name Bangs Block (DS MRA) Use: Original_commercial Present commercial/office Ownership: [X Private individual Private organization Public Original ownerJohn Bangs DESCRIPTION: Date c.
1870 Source_Springfield Historical Commission Style Italiante Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings_ none Major alterations (with dates) proposed adaptive reuse/exterior renovation, 1981- 1982 Moved no Date /N/A Approx. acreage less than one acre . Setting Urban context; an integral element in a row of similarly scaled buildings along Main Street. Criteria Statement: The Bangs Block possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. It is significant for its well preserved late-Italiante design and as a well-documented representative of downtown Springfield's small scale, later nineteenth century, commercial enterprises. It thus meets criteria A & C of the National Register of Historic Places.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) The Bangs Block is a good example of smaller late 19th century commercial blocks, which at one time were particularly prevalent in the southern blocks of Main Street.The areanonth offlainstreet was more commercially-oriented than the factory/ industrial area to the east and serviced the expanding residential neighborhood of the South End. The Bangs Block is four stories and four bays wide, creating a rather narrow facade lined with windows, whose brick corbelled hoods frame the seg- mental arched openings. The cornice band has a wide brick frieze and a corbelled brick cornice of decorative design which adds to the visual delight of this typical period facade.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) The Bangs Block was constructed c. 1870 on property owned by the Bangs family since at least twelve years earlier. The block was built to house the Bangs Market, a small grocery run by this family for over 25 years, first by John Bangs, and later in the century by his son, Adam Bangs, until 1903. John Banks ran the shop as a flour and grain dealer, while under his son, Adam Bangs, it was a meat market. The market was later converted to use as the shop of Otis Lombard, watchmaker (1917) and housed other commercial tenants over the years. Although little is known about the Bangs family, their role in operating a small store in this area of the downtown represents the scale and scope of trade common to the area in the late 19th century.
This area of Main Street was gradually converted from what had been combined residential and commercial uses, largely in two-story wooden buildings, to prominent commercial masonry blocks, still relatively small in scale, but together forming a cohesive streetscape reflective of a bustling mercantile trade. As part of that streetscape, the Bangs Block is a reminder of the area's growth and development in the late 19th century. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Building Permits Street Directories C.
Stearns 1858 Directory City Atlases Hampden County Registry of Deeds 20M-2/80 VATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Inited States Der of the lnterier fational Park Servict Bangs Block (Downtown Spring field MRA) Hampden County MASSACHUSETTS EYALUATION / RETURN SHEET resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviower's comments: Working No. 1/10/82-3025 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 22/9T8c- 1445/8 Action: ACCEPT RETURN 112/22/82 REJECT. Federal Agency:_ - sample - request - appeal - NR decision Recom. /Criteria - Reviewer. Discipline. Date _see continuation sheet technical corrections cited below -substantive reasons discussad below -Nomination returned for: 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification mosont Uoo 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description - 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys the property boon denermained eligibs - F9 - no 7. Description leterlorste feir ruins doch -_ unattered atered chock ene - Mome coe - - moved card lh procen and ertginad (il knowal ptryetael enpoarans summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance Parted lrees of posifle datee Chook and jeststy boter alder Arebttee ont of signifleenoo fin em summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance the to resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data bantaago ol naminatad property - Gusdrangle name - UNIT Postorencse tal bouandery dossrtatten and hathoatte fromce 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The eraduated signiticence of thia property stenin the etate le: - national -state --- Bate Hietorkc Prasornation Officer eigneture 13. Other Maps - Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to _ Signed - - Date 12/23/8a Phone: 202 272-3504 Commentsfor any item may be continued on an attached sheet NPS Form 10-900-a (7-81) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number For NPS use only received date entered Page 574í Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name Downtown Springfield Multiple Resource Area State MA Nomination/Type of Review 41. Colonial Block 42. McKinney Building 43. Bangs Block Entered In the Natinnal Register Entered In the National Register Entered In National Reglater p 44.
Burbach Block Entered National Regiater 45. Apremont Triangle Historic Lubstantive Revtem District 46. WCA Boarding House 47. French Congregational Church 48. St. Joseph's Church Entered in the National Register Entered In the National Register önisred in tha National Begister. inccred in the Natiqnal Eogtsber 49. Milton-Bradley Company 50. fReeper Date/Signature 2/24143 Attest fReeper deluu1yen 4/41/83 Attest /Keeper 2heuuBzen 1124/8. Attest /Keeper AeluuBye 4/2483 Attest Keeper trva tlony.
5/27/85 Attest fKeeper delmBye 42183 Attest freeper delomByer 4/24183 Attest fReeper AelouByus 2/24/83 Attest fusteeper Alilmbbyes 4483 Attest Keeper Attest ,ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES iHted Statae Depertmont of the latarter Itional Park Serici Bangs Block (Downtown Springfield MRA) Hampden County MASSACHUSETTS EYALUATION / RETURN SHE resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Roviower's comments: Working No. //1v/82 -3025 Fod. Reg. Date: 7183 ,7.84 Date Due:. Action: - ACCEPT. 2/24/83 Entered in the - RETURN National Register - REJECT- Federal Agoncy: - - sample - request - appeal - NR decision Rocom. /Criteria - Reviower _ Discipline- Date. _- continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussad below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Mote Aooutattion 4.
Owner of Property Procons Uos 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Mes aue property bee 7. Description p0ox tam menore ruis Joch ene . unantered atered Jock ene - moved summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity d7t1c 8. Significance ooos et 1 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 wnod prosory erenee ebat l tlleet 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The eratuse ssgreifloence of tue property wttun the srsce is wtionel ..- laca *etanc Preeervecion Officer segnature 13. Other Maps -Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to. Signed.
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