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NOV 2 0 1985 3 AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSAHSESHISTORICALCOISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET; BOSTON, MA 02116 FORM NO. 23 Town Sherborn Address 25 Farm Road Historic Name Rev. Edmund Dowse House PHOIO: (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. See attached map. Use: Present Residence Original Residence DESCRIPTION: Date 1838 Source Dowse Family Genealogy Style Greek Revival/Italianate Architect_ _ N/A Exterior wall fabric Clapboard Outbuildings Barn (mid 19th century) Recorded by Betsy Friedberg Organization_Mass. Historical Commission Date May 1985 Major alterations (with dates)porch, two-story bay, and 1½-story five-bay ell added in late 19th century.
Moved No Date_ N/A Approx. acreage Less than one acre. Setting. This building stands east of railroad tracks, on a lot shaded by mature trees. It is one of the more substantial older homes on a part of Farm Rd. lined primarily with small Cottages. (Staple additional sheets here) UTM reference: 19 304840 4678780 scale 1:25,000 Medfield Quadrangle ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) Built in 1838, the home of Rev. Edmund Dowse was originally a three-bay Greek Revival-style building that subsequently received an Italianate surface treatment later in the 19th century. The building's main block is 2½ stories in height with a rectangular plan set on end to the road to the south. An entrance is located on its east facade. Corner boards frame the facades, and a narrow pediment encloses the end gable.
(Cont'd) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) This house has significant historical associations with Rev. Edmund Dowse and his son, William Bradford Homer Dowse. It was built in 1838, the year Edmund Dowse became the pastor of the newly formed Evangelical Society, later Pilgrim Church. The Church's formation in 1830 was a critical event in Sherborn's 19th century development. Rev. Dowse was the Pilgrim Church's pastor for 67 years. Active in state and local politics, he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate, Chairman of the Sherborn School Committee for sixty-seven years, and Chairman of the State Senate for twenty-five. In addition, he was an Army Chaplain during the Civil War. Rev.
Dowse's only son, William Bradford Homer Dowse, was born in this house in He was a successful lawyer and businessman. A graduate of West Newton Classical High School and Harvard, he opened patent law offices in Boston and New York. His manufacturing interests included Reed & Barton and United Carr Fastener and others where he served as director both here and abroad. He was also a philanthropist: he funded the construction of the Dowse Memorial Library (built 1914), which presently houses the Town Offices, and the Memory Statue (1924), located in front of the Central Cemetery in the Sherborn Center Historic District. His sister, Deborah Perry Dowse Coolidge, lived in (Cont'd) BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Maps of 1851, 1875, 1889. Research by Margaret Dowse Buntin Dowse Family Genealogy Anne C. Shaughnessy, The History of Sherborn, 197.4.
10M - 7/82 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Sherborn Form No: 23 Property Name :Rev. Edmund Dowse House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Cont'd) An open, flat-roofed entry porch, with Italianate brackets and squared Doric columns, shelters the entry. It was added ca. 1870, as was a two-story polygonal bay with paired windows on the building's south side. Also added in the late 19th century was a 1½-story, gable-roofed ell, five bays long, extending to the north of the house. The building remains a good example of Italianate styling and detail.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Cont'd) this house for many years until in 1914 she moved to a Georgian Revival-style house at 2 North Main Street (#80, Sherborn Center Historic District), built for her by her brother. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION The Rev. Edmund Dowse House is a well-preserved example of Ital:anate-style architecture and is a building whose alterations reflect the sophistication of its owners, the first pastor of Sherborn's Evangelical Church and his son, a successful businessman. The building is located a short distance from the town center and from Rev. Dowse's Pilgrim Church, and its construction in 1838 came at the height of Sherborn's early 19th century construction boom. and feeling, andfutfiliscriterion CB, and AoftherNationalRegister ormansnp , and A of the National Register of Historic Places.
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 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS use only recelved/1f2o(83 date entered Page 2 13 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Sherborn Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review I1. Cleale, Joseph, House 12. Dowse, Rev. Edmund, House 13. Fleming, Thomas, House 14. Goulding, Eleazer, House 15. Holbrook, Charles, House 16. Leland, Deacon, William, House 17. Lewis, Charles D., House 18.
Morse, Daniel, III, House Intorad In Whi Keeper Natiomel 1og1ster Date/Signature AclmuBzu 12/86 Attest Entered 1a the Keeper National Rogister' AeloAgen 13/86 Sesore 1m zln soglater Attest MKeeper DelouBgen 13/84 Attest Enter Natica i tbo lugister fiseeper Slelve Bgen 1/3/16 Attest InWeral 12 LogiAt8I fseeper debmAge 12116 Attest ftseeper dlelauByen 13/06 Attest enher us ca s fkeeper AleuByu 12/14 19. Morse-Tay-Leland-Hawes House Intered in tha JKeeper Mational Baglste Attest Intered in bba Mational Legiate oKeeper Slutbye 1s/04 Aelouoju 10/86 20. Sanger, Asa, House Ingieten Attest fKeeper Attest delveeByun 4/56 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Dowse, Rev.
Edmund, House (Sherborn MRA) Middlesex County MÄSSACHUSETTS 86000499 resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample Jrequest Working No._ 20 1985 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/3/87 Date Due: /2 Acteni: (2(a/15 44/36 1-3-86 Xha vomse tx _RETURN Nat1onn1" Ioglaten 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 J 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 moved date 8. Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect 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: GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet DcWse, Rev, Edmnu - Sherbora MRA Ma 16 25 Farm 1,0 1.0 125 1-8 060 191 XI-55 IN ARAA ROAD 121 1.7 110 1 .4 PPUSIAM # 23 25 Farm Road Map # 11 Lot # 55 1969 Assessors Map Scale 1" = 200' Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000293 BF 25 Farm Road Sherborn, MA 01770 February 25, 1985 Sarah Zimmerman Director of Preservation Planning Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston St. Boston, MA RECEIVED MAR 1 1985 Dear Ms.
Zimmerman, MASS. HIST. COMM. tne ha e,one Roerstor or Historta R4e, 101 hom 820n % 3 n view of my continuing committment to maintaining the prop rty in a manner consistent with its original character an historical significance, I am gratified at the prospect of this nomination and am happy to offer my cooperation. I have enclosed a biographical sketch For your interestto whom the house owes its principal his- of Edmund Dowse, toric associations. Stanley M. McDonald