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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 AREA 3000 FORM NO. 39 PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number SKETCH MAP .- ~Town Springfield L Address_ 201-207 Worthington Street. Historic Name_Smith's Building (D5MRn) Original Owner: Y: G. McIntosh & Co. Use: Present_commercial Originalwholesale and warehause DESCRIPTION: Date 1897 Source_SDR 12-31-97 p. 10 Style panel brick/romanesque revival Architect_unknown Exterior wall fabric_brick Outbuildings none WORTHINGTON ST 39 MAIN ST 5 Major alterations (with dates)_ NORTH CHURCH AVE. storefronts C. 1930 Moved no Date_ Approx. acreage one acre or less Recorded by_Ed Lonergan ed. by Candace Jenkins Settingurban context; about other OrganizationSpringfield Historical buildings of similar style, scale and Commission Date period.
1979 UTM Reference: 18/699050/4663910 Springfield South Quadrangle Assessor's Map #309 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community.) Smith's building is a five story brick structure with a second floor mezzanine. The mezzanine is divided into five bays by rusticated piers; upper floors are divided by piers which carry segmental arches. A corbeled cornice and pierced parapet complete the design. Storefronts are divided into three bays by cast iron piers; they retain early leaded transoms. It retains most of its original interior billiard parlor fittings.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) Smith's Building possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. It is significant for its associations with one of Springfield's important industries and especially as the home of a major recreational complex. Additionally, it is a good local example of late nineteenth century commercial architecture, featuring elements of the Panel Brick and Romanesque Revival styles. It meets criteria A & C of the National Register of Historic Places. The original occupant of this block was the McIntosh Company, one of the region's oldest and largest shoejobbing houses.
They moved here from the Carlton House Block (#5) in 1897, and in 1913 moved to a larger and more modern block on the corner of Chestnut and Worthington Streets(#63). In 1914, Fred Smith moved his billiard parlor and bowling alleys to this block He had begun business in 1903 in the block next east of this one, and had acquired a number of pool and billiard tables from 1905 St. Louis Exposition. In the new setting the second floor was utilized as a billiard parlor, and the upper floors for the bowling alley. Before World War II, "the center of candlepin bowling in Western MA, was located in downtown Springfield in the upper three floors of the Smith Building on Worthington St. "(I) There were seven lanes on the third floor, seven on the fourth, and eight on the fifth, and "were the pride of Springfield"(2).
As Springfield's population shifted after World War II, attendence dropped at the -lanes, and during the early 1960's, the lanes were removed, reworked and placed in a modern connecticut bowling alley. The billiard parlor still operates "is the longest running billiard in the state"(3)"one of the oldest"(4) anid has at least seven of its 1905 St. Louis Exposition tables. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date, and publisher) 1. Springfield Scrapbook Volume 38, P. 25 2. ibid 3. Springfield Scrapbook, Volume 38, p. 41 4. ibid. p.25 10M - 7/82 NATIONAL REGISTER OF Inited States Dep Morie iational Park Servici HISTORIC PLACES Substantive Revien Smith's Building (Downtown Springfield MRA) Hampden County MASSACHUSETTS EYALUATION / RETURN SHEET Working No 1110/22-3025 Fed. Reg.
Date Date Due: 12/978~-14/25 2 Action: ACCEPT resubmission RETURN/2/22/22 nomination by person or local government REJECT_ owner objection Federal Agency: appeal Substantive Review: sample - request - appeal - NR decision Reviower's comments: Proputy is elegible uudu crixeria, ATC. Inventory sheet is bengretusned gor achnical correctiow. Recom. / Criteria Rerun Roviower LmEue Discipline Date A, Hrik 12-22-22 . o- continuation sheet technical corrections cited below -substantive reasons discussed below -Nomination returned for: 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification nerahig Aedu hococolal sepalettien 4. Owner of Property mroean Uoo 5. Location of Legal Description - 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys hes thle property been determined oligebia? - ro - no 5.
Description gooc tei steriorste ruins Chack om uneltered atered Chock ene - moved ardo the prosont and ertginel (il knowm) pinyaieed appeerene summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance erted Aroon ef1 dater stlly boke wider hrehheet NA summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance the to resource context relation ship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data wed property - JNT Reterenoed Verbel beundery deeariatien and hstihoetien Puae pessude 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Tie evatuated significance of thle property wtthin she etare ls: - Rationa! state - loca Bate Htetorte Preserration Officer signeture 13.
Other Maps -Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed todinda meclelard Signed Lmcchmand - Date 12/27/82 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 VND IVU. 1UL4-UU18 EXP::10/31/84 For NPS use only received date entered Page 3 4 / Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group X 6120173 R Name State Downtown Springfield Multiple Resource Area MA Nomination/Type of Review /21. Cutler and Porter Block Entered in the National Register fateper Date/Signature AelouBgen 2/24/83 Attest 22. Produce Exchange Building Entered in the Hational Register /Keeper dilomBgen 2/21/63 Attest 23.
Edisonia Theater BlockAsbatantira Revien DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Do reade Buhu Dag 5/22/0 Keeper Attest Baystate Corset Block Eafered In the Hational Begister freeper AelouaByu +24/83 / 25. Attest Smith's Building Substantive Reviow Keeper tonc ha Druyd 2/24/83 ,V26. Y.W.C.A. Building Substantive Revier DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Attest Determined brgib1e Keeper PorahaDon 1219,0 :27. Driscoll's Block Entéred in the Nátional Register Attest fokeeper XelowaBsu 2/27/83 v 28. Fitzgerald's Stearns Square Block Entered in the National Register Attest fKeeper SelumBgen 2h4183 29. Irinity Block Entered in the National Begtsbet Attest fKeeper Attest SulouByue 2/24183 -'30. Kellogg's Envelope Block .
Keeper 5 Substantive Rovion Attest ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Htona Pare brocertmond ol te latarter Bubstantive Review Smith's Building (Downtown Springfield MRA) Hampden County MASSACHUSETTS EYALUATION / RETURN SHE resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Roview: Reviower's comments: Working N. 1/10/82 -3025 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 2-7,84 4/1/83 Action: ACCEPT 2/24/83 - RETURN - REJECT_ Federal Agency: - sample - request - appeal - NR decision VaD maide A+C deCEPT Recom. / Criteria Reviewer. Discipline 4.' Date- 2.24.83 continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussad below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification -orehu Mte soroutenton 4. Owner of Property Proson voo 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Mad the propenty baen 7.
Description esceder p0od menorater ruine choca eno - unertered artered te (l kaowmt plryon summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity datas Chock ene - - . moved 8. Significance Aras oe 1 wifu lote a el an mtacnoo (o c0 p 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 enge et wdrengle rem VNTT Rodereross 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Thee aretussed sgraflcence of thie property wtpen he o ational etarve .. oca Mectonc Praservaton OMcer aignetur 13. Other Maps - Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to_ Signed _ .
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