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AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 FORM NO. 214 PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number SKETCH MAP Show property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection. Indicate north. Parking Lot High St. 214 Town Taunton Address 115 High Street Historic Name McKinstrey House Cunventauner: st. Thomas EpiscopalChure Use: Present Rectory Original _ Residence DESCRIPTION: Date 1759 Source Style/Newspaper Article Style_ Georgian Architect Unknown Exterior wall fabric Brick/Clapboards Outbuildings None Major alterations (with dates)_ None + St. Thomas Episcopal Church Recordedby Organization Date T.W. TCHS 9/10/79 Moved No Date WD2- PLAN5-BLOCK9-L0T3 Approx.
acreage_Less than one Setting 100' from street on rise in densley developed area. UTM: 19/326040/4640540 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) The McKinstrey House is one of a small number of stylistically sophisticated 18th century houses surviving in Taunton. One of two "brick-end" houses (see # ), it's design features a symmetrical 5-bay facade framed with quoins and arranged around a pedimerted entry, hipped roof, and double pile center hall plan.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) Historically, the house was a residence of a notable political and military personage furing the Revolution and is reputed to have been the scene of one of Taunton's earliest recorded murders. The structure was built ofr William Mckinstry, a minister from Windsor, MA., in 1759. Siding with the Colonists' cause, McKinstry was politically at odds with his Tory wife, Priscilla Leonard, who was reputedly forced by her husband's cronies to dance in defiance of the King on Taunton Green. The McKinstrey House retains integrity of location, design, materials, setting, workmanship and association.
It meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places for it's well preserved stylish design which stands as an Boundaries contorm to current lot lines. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) "Taunton to Observe Not Only Tercentenaty But Also 175th Anniversary of Murder in Old Manse,"in Sunday Standard Times, May 1938. 10M - 7/82 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 date entered MAY 2 I 198 Page 6 a1 9 Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name Taunton Multiple Resource Area State Bristol County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 51. Mason, N. S., House 52. McKinstrey House 53. Morse House Entered in the National Regist.
Entered in the National Ree Entored in the National 54. Morse, Henry, House In Nationel Reg+u. 55. North Taunton Baptist Church Entered in the National nu 56. Old Colony Railroad Stationtered in the National Register 57. Old Weir Stove Company Entered in the National Register 58. Paull, Alfred, House cared in the Mallenel Begister 59. Pilgrim Congregational Church Enteredin the National Regio: 60. St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Entered in the Natlonal Register Date/Signature Aooper aemuByun 7//84 Attest fKeeper SemByen 7/5/84 Attest fuskeeper Attest fokeeper Attest fuxeeper LlelouByun 2/5/84 LebuByen 215ty LebmByan 715/4 Attest fuséeper Attest fokeeper Attest foReeper Attest forkeeper delouByas 7/5/84 DemuByur 11+ky DelmeByu 2/5/4 AenBya 1/5/84 Attest foseeper AelouByun 1/5/84 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET McKinstrey House (Taunton MRA) Bristol County MASSA CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: I sample Jrequest Working No. MAY 2 | 1984 Fed. Reg.
Date: 2 5.85 Date Due: 6/21/84 - 7/5/84 Entered in thAction: LACCEPT 7-5 -84 National Register _RETURN -REJECT- Federal Agency: Jappeal I 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 title date 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 # 214 Mckinstroy Huse Tauntor MRA, Ma POSU Prints by Berkey NOV 1979 restige Prints ,key cITY IT4 oF ST. Thomas Church IX ST ThoMaS EpIscopal church 1 Taunton Peters Family Trust 19 # 150 ?.0. Lodge ELKS n Taunton Multiple Resource Area Form No. 214 McKinstrey Iouse/St. Thomas SCALE: Curch Pectory 1" = 40' MAP NO. Pg. 5, Lot 3 less than one acre 9 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000297