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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 - -- Area Form no. 47~70 PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number Roll 8 frames 31-32 - - -- SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings or geographical features. Indicate north. N Town_ Uxbridge Address 70 Mendon Street Historic Name/Israe1, Southwick House Use: Original residence Present_ same Ownership: X Private individual Private organization Public Original owner Israel M. Southwick DESCRIPTION: Date ca. 1860-1865; ca.
1890 Source_ exterior & secondary sources Style_Italianate® & Queen Anne Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric wood shingles Outbuildings attached stable MENDON STREET Recorded by B.R.Pfeiffer Organization Uxbridge Historical Commission Date May 1981 Major alterations (with dates) Queen Anne style remodelling (ca. 1890); shingles added (20th C.): porch partially qlaze Moved no Date N/A Approx. acreage .16 acres Setting residential area of nineteenth and twentieth century houses. UTM: Quad Ux 19 282790 4661600 (Staple additional sheets here) Form #47-70 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) 1900. *D a resatoregy rane stecture bel on a Eoundatsong di dre granite and enclosed by a pitched roof.
Windows consist mostly of 2/2 sash set in frames with bracketed caps; extending around the house is a cornice with paired brackets. The main body of the facade is symmetrical about a center entry surmounted by a Palladian motif at the second storey and a dormer (ca.190( at the third storey. Set in front of the facade is a Queen Anne style porch with a pedimented entry and a circular pavilion; the porch is supported by spiralled columns set on panelled bases. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) The Southwick House possesses historical associations with Israel M. Southwick, a local manufacturer and master mechanic.
Southwick's earliest known manufacturing venture began in 1853, when he and his brother-in-law, Richard Sayles, rented the newly built Central Woolen Mill (Form #46-D) from Moses Taft. Together, the two manufactured "fancy cassimeres" until 1859 or 1861 when they sold their lease and business to Bradford, Taft & Co. After became the new firms agent and superintendant. During the Civil War, the two managed the Central Mill on a schedule which required an around-the-clock eontra ofgr rg eresails men aepeitra n cand trece ao schedule to meet the demand of government contracts for cloth for uniforms. Ir 1866, Southwick again entered a partnership with Sayles, for the purchase of the Rivulet Mill (Form #56-A), although Southwick sold his interest in this venture to Zadock Taft around 1872. Southwick's subsequent business dealings are not known.
The Israel Southwick House possesses integrity of location, design, setting and workmanship, as well as historical associations with Israel Southwick, a local wool man- ufacturer. In addition to its historical associations, the Southwick House is one of Uxbridge's most full developed and well-preserved examples of Italianate architecture. The Southwick House meets criteria A, B and C of the NRHP. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps & Atlases: 11855 , 1857 , 1870, 1898 Chapin 1881: 151-152 Hurd 1888 I: 182-184 Jewett 1879 II: 432-434 OWNER: Mary Conway Mendon St. Uxbridge, MA 01569 20M-2/80 NPS Form10-900-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 received 5/2683 date entered Page 4 4s Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Uxbridge Multiple Resource Area Nomination/Type of Review Substantive Review PetermiRetekSignatyre 31. Sprague, Albert, House DOE/OWNER OBJECTIONReeper Eligille Patuch Andrus 10/2/83 Attest 32. Southwick, Elisha, House Entered In itka National Begister fKeeper AleluresByeu 10/2183 Attest 33. Southwick, Israel,House Entered Sa aa Jationel Begteter fKeeper AlaneByen 10/7/83 Attest 23) 34. Farnum, William and Mary, Subatantive Reviov gu Keeper Attest 35. Thomson, C. R., House and Barn Entered In tha Hational Begteter Keep Attest 136. Uxbridge Common District Keeper 37. Uxbridge Passenger Depot Entared in the Natlonal Begseter Attest Reeper Attest 38. Uxbridge Town Hall Entered in the National Regteter Keepe 39.
Waucantuck Mill Complex Buu,tu Chast (/20/4 AumerByen 10/2/83 Anue ks Arest 1/20/89 AlomByen 10/7/83 Aeloreßyew 10/7/83 40. Wheelockville District Attest Entered in the Natio0n1 Begister TKeeper AelmusBzun 1/20780 Attest Entered in the Nettonel Bezister frKeeper KeeuBye 20184 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Southwick, Israel, House (Uxbridge MRA) Worcester County MASSA CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample request AUG 2 6 1983 Working No. Fed. Reg.
Date: 2-5-85 Date Due: _ 9/2283 10/10/83 Action: -ACCEPT 10/7/83 Entered in the RETURN Nat1onel Begteter _REJECT- Federal Agency: _ appeal 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 J original site 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 itemmay be continued on an attached sheet Town: Form #47-70 Israel Southwick House Uxbridge Multiple Resource Area Israel Southwick House 70 Mendon Street Map #47 Lot #70 Uxbridge Assessors 1" = 200' 1983 10221/ 2135 22981 218.64: 810 210.27 81.35 20257 15,729 8/ 103.52 82 85.09 83 11.82 FA 126 168: 10° 92° 163 14,996 164.65° G 70 92° 198 144 58 1651 164' 108.7 18,0180 165° 100° 16,500* 100 19.50 103% A A" 95 0.25A. 65° 158.5° *0 5- NA C F 73.4 75° 95 STREET 65.6 59 6/ 132.t 60 310,658 66 10,1090 100.8° 62 163 122.85 0. 18A. 258.16 I52.12 63 144° 65 12,0030 78 13,328 - 2.72. 188' 25 77 94A. 80 : -1,0et? 246 RON 172.04 109.87° 67 68 69 26,02T 230* 0.394 18,800P 845 10067 34 66.89 76 24763** 75 0.1GA.
STREET 107.K 13 0.45A. 109. 0.47A. 38.84° 38,97 5 T REET 89 0.12A. 90 0.184 85 0.291. 84 86 0.894 87 0.23A. 88m 76.8° 1,994 77. 19: 31. 3.º4A. 9/ 2.L5A. 164.03 NORTH 366.30° POND CAPRON'S 91 93A- 10. 214 49A- 13. 42 PLAT 934 11,468P 13080 MENDON 96 12,975+8 133.69- Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000299