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Nomination for Bradford, Captain Daniel, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 4,235 words across 21 pages, filed in 1986. Reproduced in full, word for word.

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

NPS Form 10-900 (3-82) OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places nventory - Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections 1. Name For NPS use only received JAN 2 3 1986 date entered FEB 20 1986 historic CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE and or common 2. Location same street & number 251 Harrison Street N/A not for publication city, town Duxbury N/A vicinity of state Massachusetts 3.

Classification code 025 county Plymouth code 023 Category district x building(s) structure site object Ownership - public -* private both Public Acquisition n/a in process _ being considered Status _X occupied _ unoccupied _ work in progress Accessible X yes: restricted - yes: unrestricted no Present Use - agriculture _ commercial _ educational _ entertainment - government _ industrial _ military _museum park X private residence _ religious _ scientific _transportation -other: 4. Owner of Property name Thomas Lanman street & number Box 384, Snug Harbor city, town Duxbury N/A vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description Plymouth County Registry of Deeds courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. state Massachusetts Russell Street street & number city, town Plymouth state Massachusetts 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys title Inventory of the Historic Assets of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has this property been determined eligible? - yes #9 X no date 1968 depository for survey records federal state .county Massachusetts Historical Commission, 80 Boylston Street local Boston city, state Massachusetts 7. Description CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE,DUXBURY, MA Condition X excellent - good fair Check one deteriorated ruins unaltered X altered unexposed (as indicated) Check one X original site moved date Describe the pres ent and original (if known) physical appearance The Captain Daniel Bradford House is a well-preserved Federal-style building constructed in 1808. It is located in the center of Duxbury, Massachusetts, a suburban town on Duxbury Bay, south of Boston. The house sits on an 8-acre partially wooded lot, set back on asmallknoll 200 feet from Harrison Street.

A golf course abuts the lot's eastern edge, while the other lots adjoining the property contain equally secluded residences. The property consists of the north-facing house--a two-story, wood-frame structure with a two-story western ell, part of which is contemporary with the main block--and a barn believed to have been built at the same time as the house. The house sustained some alterations ca. 1880-1885, when a rooftop balustrade and small entry porch were added (now gone), as well as the ell's second story. Subsequent alterations occurred in 1927 and 1957, when the interior was modernized. The Daniel Bradford House's rectangular main block rests on its original cut-granite foundation; the house rises two stories and is capped by a hipped roof. Its exterior is clapboard, and the roof is sheathed in wood shingles. The single, large chimney is placed off center and forward of the ridge.

The facade is five bays wide, with a central entrance. Its fenestration is somewhat asymmetrically aligned, and consists of simply enframed 12/12 sash, which is not original. Windows on the second story are topped by mol ded lintels and are set flush with the narrow cornice. Narrow cornerboards define the building. Windows at the block's northeastern portion are more closely set than those on the southeastern; together with the off-center chimney, this suggests that the house may have been built as a three-bay half house and enlarged early in the 19th century. No documentation exists to substantiate this hypothesis, however. The entryway is typical of the Federal style, with a surround of applied pilasters and open pediment flanking a door with sidelights and a graceful fan. It is reached by three wooden steps.

The eastern elevation is three bays deep; windows are again asymmetrically placed, with the two at the southern end more closely set than the northern bay. Fenestration on first and second stories is identical. The rear elevation contains four bays; again they are asymmetricallyplaced. On the first story, a mid-20th century screened porch obscures the western three bays. Windows again are 12/12 sash. A bulkhead located beneath the easternmost bay provides access to the full basement.

Continued NPS Form 10.900-8 (3-82) OMB Expires Tes 02---38 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE Continuation sheet DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS Item number 7 For NPS use only received date entered Page 1 Only one bay of the main block's eastern elevation (at its northern corner) is visible; the rest is covered by the narrow two-story double-hipped roof ell extending four bays to the west. The clapboarded ell is built on the side of the knoll; thus its basement's western end is fully exposed, while on the east it is set into the hillside. Like the main block, it too rests on a foundation of granite blocks.

Originally one story, the ell is now two stories in height, having been enlarged in 1885 with its roofline broken by four inset shed-roof dormers on the front elevation and a broad three-light dormer on the rear. A single chimney is sited forward of the ridge between the two western bays. A ca. 1887 photo shows the existence of a second chimney nearer the main block--this was removed early in the 20th century, at the time of a kitchen remodeling. While most of the fenestration is 12/12 sash, the two first-story windows closest to the main block are 12/8. the exception of those already mentioned, all are considered to be original. On its western end, the ell displays a triangular arrangement of fenestration, with two 9/9 windows close set on the first story centered beneath a 12/12 inset shed-roof dormer on the second. A second bulkhead provides basement access.

The ell's rear facade is asymmetrical and multiplaned, reflecting a mid-20th century renovation. A brick patio is located at the eastern end, the juncture of ell and main block. A secondary entrance stands at the southwestern corner. A broad three-light shed-roofed dormer projects from the rear of the el1. Sited to the west of the house is a 1 1/2-story, gable-roofed barn (ca. 1808), with a lean-to. It is now used as a garage. The building's 14-room interior retains a number of notable original features, including paneled doors, hardware, fireplaces with paneling and mantels, and wide pine flooring. The ell was altered in the early 20th century when a modern kitchen was installed. Archaeology While no prehistoric sites are currently recorded on the property, it is likely that sites are present.

One site (19-PL-326) is located adjacent to the property, and several others are within the immediate area. In spite of the many sites recorded, cultural and chronological information is slight. a result, any remaining prehistoric sites would be significant in documenting Duxbury's prehistoric occupation. Continued NPS Form 10.900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE Continuation sheet DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETIS Item number 7 OMB NO. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS use anly received date entered Page 2 There is potential for occupation-related features (trash pits, privies, and wel1s) around the house and barn. Archaeological testing and examination may also assist in documenting the dates of any nonextant outbuildings.

Any surviving historic archaeological resources would be significant in terms of documenting and defining the social, cultural, and economic patterns of this prosperous early 19th century maritime-oriented family. 8. Significance CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE, DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS Period prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 1800-1899 1900 Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below -.archeology-prehistoric community planning - archeology-historic conservation - agriculture economics architecture education art engineering _ commerce exploration/settlement . _ communications industry invention landscape architecture.. law literature military . music - philosophy - politics/government - religion science sculpture social/ humanitarian theater transportation X other (specify) community development Specific dates 1808 Builder

Statement of significance

/Architect unknown Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) The Daniel Bradford House, Duxbury, retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Architecturally, the Bradford House is distinguished as a particularly well-executed and well-preserved building in the Federal style. The house holds historical significance for its associations with early 19th century Duxbury during its brief yet intense period of substantial growth and prosperity as a maritime community. The building is also significant as the home of Daniel Bradford and,later, Jacob and Moxon Smith, all Duxbury shipmasters and sea captains. It thus fulfills Criteria A, B, and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level.

By the late 18th century, Duxbury was expanding rapidly, changing from the farming and milling offshoot of nearby Plymouth that it had been for much of its earliest settlement period (incorporated 1637) into a substantial and self-sufficient maritime community. Duxbury's coastal location and fine, smal1 harbor made the development of maritime activities almost inevitable in the town, and indeed, by the close of the century, a well-organized shipbuilding industry had been established. Along with other Massachusetts' coastal communities, Duxbury experienced an intense period of sea-related growth between ca. 1780 and ca. 1840. In common with such smaller maritime centers as Beverly, Gloucester, Marshfield, Plymouth, Kingston and New Bedford, Duxbury experienced rapid growth in the Federal period.

In contrast to most of these communities, Duxbury's economy evolved solely as a result of shipbuilding. Relative to the great Massachusetts' shipbuilding center at Newburyport, South Shore shipbuilding, concentrated at the North River in Marshfield and on Plymouth Bay at Duxbury, Plymouth and Kingston, constituted a more modest enterprise. Nevertheless, the South Shore shipyards produced large numbers of the small coasting and ocean-going vessels that supported the state's great commerce and trade in the Federal period. Duxbury is exceptional in the excellent state of preservation of its Federal period maritime-related resources. Few of the other communities which experienced similar growth in the period have retained as extensive or wel1-contained an area of well-detailed shipbuilders' houses as is found in Duxbury Village.

This is due primarily to the dramatic decline in the town's economy which occured after 1850. By 1840, the town's largest shipbuilder, Samuel Hall, relocated his works to far-more-profitable Boston, and with his departure, decline in the town was swift and dramatic. Industry ultimately ceased--in the 1840s, and with its exit, the impetus for building high-style residences also vanished. Continued 9.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References Inventory of the cultural Assets of Duxbury, 1968 Duxbury Town Records, 1776-1850 Duxbury Assessors Records, 17766-1858 Wentworth, Dorothy, Settlement and Growth of Duxbury, Duxbury, 1973 Winsor, Justin, History of the Town of Duxbury, Boston, 1849 10. Geographical Data 7.0 Acreage of nominated propert) Duxbury, Quadrangle Quadrangle name Quadrangle scale 1:24000 UT M References *L119/ 13/610/418,01 Zone Easting 41655290 Northing B Zone LLIL Easting D LILILLL Northing LILILu E F GLIJLLILLILILILLL Verbal boundary description and justification HL LULULIILIL See assessors map List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state N/A code county code state code county code 11.

Form Prepared By Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner, Massachusetts Historical Commission, with name/title Duxbury Historical Commission organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date December, 1985 street & number 80 Boylston Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusetts 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national - state local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

State Historic Preservation Oficer signature Vaeuie Idemage Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission title State Historic Preservation Officer dato an. 15, 198 For NPS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register lores date fur vaapor o th Manionil rosadar Battom 2/20/86 Regiater A1 date Chief of Registration GPO 911-399 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE Continuation sheet DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS Item number OM3 NO.

:024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS use only received date entered 8 Page 1 Thus while other coastal towns continued to evolve and grow, Duxbury's development came to an abrupt halt, leaving the town with an outstanding concentration of Federal-period residential buildings that stand as a relic of the community's brief period of maritime-related prosperity. Duringthe early years ofthe republic, settlement extended radially from Tremont Street, just above the harbor in the center of Duxbury, and was oriented primarily toward residences for shipyard owners, workers, and sea captains. Most of the buildings were ambitious and well-detailed Federal-style structures.

The nominated property, somewhat isolated from the rest, is exemplary of this style and stands as a significant remnant of this important albeit brief period in Duxbury's development, one which saw the most significant construction boom in the community's history. Born in 1771, Daniel Bradford was the grandson of a Representative to the General Court and son of a Revolutionary War colonel, Gamaliel Bradford. At the age of 17, Bradford married Sarah Drew, the daughter of a Duxbury shipbuilder, James Drew, and went to sea. In 1799, Daniel bought the land comprising 15 acres and located just east of Tremont Street from his father, who had since 1764 owned substantial acreage in the center of Juxbury. Daniel did not build upon the land for several years. In 1807, Col.

radford, Daniel's father, died; shortly thereafter, his three sons, Daniel, Gershom, and Gamaliel, each began to build substantial residences on land that had belonged to their father. Gershom's and Gamaliel's (both listed on the National Register in 1978), were a third of a mile away from Daniel's property, on Tremont Street. In 1808, a year after he had become master of his own ship, the Brutus, Daniel Bradford built the nominated residence for his family, which now included two children. In 1809, Bradford's wife accompanied him on a voyage on the Hercules. The trip was fraught with disaster: after losing its mast in the mid Atlantic during a bad storm, the ship was seized by privateers. A year later, the Bradfords returned to Duxbury, with Daniel determined to abandon the sea and turn to farming.

By 1811, he had bought a house and farmland in New Hampshire and sold his Duxbury residence for $2,000 to Jacob Smith, another sea captain and part owner of a fleet of ocean-going vessels berthed in Duxbury. Smith and his son, Moxon, lived in the house through the Civil War. Both were engaged in shipping activities. Between 1832 and 1837, 71 ships were built and 900 men employed in the shipyards; 46 fishing vessels and 300 fishermen were active in the peak year of 1837. After 1840, however, as mentioned Tarte ouyurs yar in ar tugery beranc ing orod o sasgnat ior, wite little new residential construction taking place over the next two decades.

Continued NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE Continuation sheet DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS Item number OMB NO. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS use only received date entered 8 Page 2 In 1865, after Moxon Smith's death, the house returned to the Bradford family, coming into possession of Lawrence Bradford, a grand-nephew of Daniel Bradford. Like the house's prior owners, Lawrence too had been a seaman, but he abandoned that trade ca. 1865 and took up surveying. The business prospered, and in 1885, he was able to enlarge the house, adding a second story and dormers to the building's western ell. In addition, he built a pretentious rooftop balustrade atop the main block, as well as an entry porch (both features have been removed).

In 1877, Lawrence Bradford had sold a strip of land on the eastern boundary of the property to the Cohasset and Duxbury Railroad. (The rail line is now abandoned and its bed filled in with a new stand of trees and undergrowth.) With the arrival of the railroad in 1871, Duxbury found a new source of pros- perity, becoming accessible and popular as a summer colony. At the close of the 19th century, the house with its now 7.9 acres was sold to a summer resident, Jane Anderson of Providence. The house changed hands a number of times through the late 19th century and well into the 20th, seeing use both as a vacation home and as a year-round residence. It remains a single-family home today. Architecturally, the Daniel Bradford House is significant for its fully realized Federal design, representative of a unique period of growth in Duxbury's history.

Five bays wide and two stories high, with a pedimented central entryway, the house is prominently sited on a low rise, adding to its imposing appearance. Like other high-style residences of the period in extensive elaborate details (save for the entryway) indicates a certain stylistic conservatism. The slightly off-center chimney and somewhat asymmetrical fenestration suggest that the house may have been built as a half house, and enlarged shortly thereafter to its present five-bay configuration. CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE 251 Harrison Street Duxbury, Massachusetts Duxbury Assessors Map Sheet 190 Reduced to 1" = 330' 1979 N 003-000 404 -000 002-000 40 BOOMER SQUARE 463-004 TREMONT 804-001 1205082 805-001 805-003*- 404-006 509-010 1°° -008-000 011-000 0 012-001 404-010 013-001 013-005 013-009 013-008 013-007 013-010 013-071 013-013 013-003 013-002 012-000.

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/_ / //_ / _/_ /_ / / /_ //_ -1__1__1 WASO Form - 177 ('R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET 86000301 Bradford, Captain Daniel, House Plymouth County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner obiection appeal Substantive Review: L sample Reviewer's comments: Lrequest Enterad Fatioml Jappeal AN Working No. 23 1986 Fed. Reg. Date: 3-87 Date Due: _ 72086-73/9/86 Action: - RETURN- REJECT_ #°Federai Agency: - -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 L no 7. Description Condition - excellent good fair deteriorated Jruins 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 - 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 ciarity 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 CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE 251 Harrison Street Duxbury, Massachusetts Main Elevation (North), photo 1 of 3. Neg. with DuxburyHist. Comm. Photographer: Holly Heidenreich dej CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE 251 Harrison Street Duxbury, Massachusetts North and East Elevations Photo #2 of 3 Neg. with Duxbury Hist. Comm.

Photographer: Holly Heidenreich CAPTAIN DANIEL BRADFORD HOUSE 251 Harrison Street Duxbury, Massachusetts Barn Photo 3 of 3 Neg. with Duxbury Hist. Comm. Photographer: Holly Heidenreich BAYSIDE MARINE CORP. P.O. Box 158 - S.H.S. - 6 1985 Snug Harbor - Duxbury, Mass. 02331 S. HIST. COMM. 617-934-2051 2,1985 617-934-0561 BF Dear Ma. Talmage: Thank you fo jour letter of Noo 18, 1985 segarding Ary Mothers houss ost 251 Harsion St, Hesxtueg Mass. The so called Ceptain Damel Bradford Hows is very deas to ms and all my farmily. He are moot bleand to hear it will be concicand oy the shit Revien Board for nomination to the N'ationat Agentry of Histors Placea. Ws sinerny hops that the Boord will will indeal mominat the henge t th Nationl Rgiday, Sheuld you need ary other infrmation pleas the not hroitite to call no o srito me. Again thens you fo gour effost. sincauly Ymn. Tern Famman THOMAS H.

LANMAN IR. TR, Box 384 S.H.5, DEXBURY, MASS 01331 P784 880 974 VS2 Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts Sitew/NR 02332 RECEIVED BOARD OF SELECTMEN DEC 5 1985 MASS. HIST. COMM. Selectmen JOHN P. LEONARD Chairman THOMAS J. BARRY C. MARTIN DELANO CORPORATED SUNE 17169) 934-6586 EDMUND A. DONDERO Executive Assistant December 3, 1985 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mass. Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston, Ma. 02116 Dear Sir: Please be advised, the Board of Seletmen feels it would be an honor to have the Captain Daniel Bradford House located at 251 Harrison Street, Duxbury listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Very truly yours, For the Board of Selectmen ais M. Beckmen Lois M. Beckman Secretary PIS7?21N6 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State Michael Joseph Connolly, Secretary Massachusetts Historical Commission Valerie A.

Talmage Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer January 16, 1986 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places Department of Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Brewster, Nickerson Mansion, 2871 Main Street 2 HPCA's pending: 0421-83-MA-83-0413 and 0516-84-MA. Duxbury, Captain Daniel Bradford House, 251 Harrison Street. All have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notifed of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination Sincerely, arat y.Timmermer Sarah J.

Zimmerman Preservation Planning, Director Massachusetts Historical Commission SJZ/1k Enclosure 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470