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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 .-- Area Form no. 31-17 PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number Rol1 3 frames 21-22 - SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings iheo neareings or geographical features. Indicate north. N HOUSE ALBEE ROAD GARAGE Town Uxbridge Address_ Albee Road, Historic Name Sylvanus Holbrook House Use: Original -residence Present_ residence Ownership: XX Private individual Private organization Public Original owner Mrs. H.Stratford(1855 DESCRIPTION: Date ca.
1780 Source 250th Commemorative Book Style_late Georgian/Federailist Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings_garage & small horse barn TO ROUTE 122 Major alterations (with dates) garage added (20th C.) Recorded by B.R.Pfeiffer Organization Uxbridge Historical Commission Date May 1981 Moved no Date N/A Approx. acreage less than k acre Setting rural: mostly fields and second growth woods; cellar hole of barn on opposite side of street. UTM: Quad BL 19 :284060 4657840 (Staple additional sheets here) , orm #31-17 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) The Sylvanus Holbrook House is an excellent local example of late Georgian/Federalist architecture. A two-storey, timber-frame structure, the house rests on a foundation of rock-faced granite.
Windows contain 12/12 sash set in projecting frames with pinned joints; first storey and gable windows have splayed wooden lintels. Second storey windows (south & north) have heads which are set into a moulded cornice. The facade is symmet- rical about a center entry which contains a panelled door and five-pane tran- som framed by pilasters which support a dentilled cornice and a pediment. SEE CONTINUATION SHEET HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) This house is believed to have been the home of Sylvanus Holbrook, a member of the first board of directors of the Blackstone National Bank in 1825; although little is known of Holbrook, his involvement with the bank suggests that he may have been a merchant in addition to farming the surrounding property.
In 1855, the house was marked as the property of of the Holbrook family (D.A.Holbrook-1857 & 1870; Mrs. D.S.Holbrook-1898) . The Holbrook House possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship as well as historical associations with Sylvanus Holbrook, a farmer and early local backer of industrial development. The Holbrook House meets criteria A and C of the NRHP. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps & Atlases: 1855, 1857, 1870, 1898 Jewett 1879 II: 435 Uxbridge's 250th Commemorative Book 1977: 99 20M-2/80 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity: Form No: Uxbridge 31-17 Property Name : S.Holbrook House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE The frieze beneath the pediment is decorated with alternating panels containing channelling and stylized trees. Although the house has a traditior of dating from ca. 1780, most of its decorative trim appears to date from ca. 1800-1825. OWNER: Francis L. and Judith Murphy Albee Road Uxbridge, MA 01569 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 recelved 8/a+/89 dale entered Page 3 ots Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name Uxbridge Multiple Resource Area State Nomination/Type of Review 21. Hayward, William, House Entered in the National Register Lor Yk eeper Date/Signature AllrBye 10/7/83 Attest tkeeper 22.
Holbrook, Sylvanus, House/ Entered in tha National Register SeleBye 147/83 Attest 23. Ironstone Mill Housing and Keepe AelareByer 10/2/83 Cellar Hole Entered In Cia National Regieter Attest 2~' 24. Judson-Taft House Butofanttra Mortow folkeeper ascet latica Anduus 10/2/33 Attest Entered in the 25. Kensley, J., House Nartiomal Begister Keeper dllnaByen 1/2183 Attest 26. North Uxbridge School Entered In the National Register teeper Hulueßgen 10/2/13 Attest 27. Richardson, Dexter, HouseJntared in the fKeeper AelresBgu 10/2/83 Mart1obal Begteter Attest 28. Richardson, Joseph, Housentered in the Tkeeper AelrecBeze 10/2/83 National Regieter Attest 29. Rivulet Mill Complex Entered 1a the Nat1o091 Begteter TeeDe LelmeeaBzan 1022183 30.
Sayles, Richard, Hause Entered in the National Register Attest Aeeper Attest AeloreaByers 10/2/83 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Holbrook, Sylvanus, House (Uxbridge MRA) Worcester County MASSA CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: - sample Reviewer's comments: request Arien National Register AUG 2 6 1983 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: 2-5-85 Date Due: Action: 922/83 - 1/10/83 .ACCEPT - 10/2/83 - RETURN. _ REJECT. Federal Agency: . Jappeal L NR decision Recom./Criteria Reviewer Discipline Date see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: - _ technical corrections cited below substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition 4.
Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? yes no 7. Description Condition excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one - unaltered altered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Status Accessible Present Use Check one - original site J moved date 8. Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) 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 Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal 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 Officer signature date title 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Signed - Date . Phone: _ Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Town: Uxbridge Form #31-17 Sylvanus Holbrook House -6SE , Cemeterya 171,0° 98.0' A 107.55° 640.20 642.58° 14 35. 10 A. 21.0° 220° -. 10 G -2,24' NORTH ST- Uxbridge Multiple Resource Area Sylvanus Holbrook House Albee Street Map #31 Lot #17 Uxbridge Assessors 1" = 200' 1983 89.18* 127,38 c.o. 219.80 16g 1 A4A. 24 302' 207.02 10 10z A 2.00 459. 19 1.2ºA. 17a- 20 1.54A.
-S: 232 7251\30 E 260 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000299