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NOV 20 1985 JAN 3 1986 AREAR FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET; BOSTON, MA 02116 FORM NO. 155 Towa Address Sherborn 70 Washington Street Historic Name Asa Sanger House 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. See attached map. Use: Present Residence Residence Original_ DESCRIPTION: Date_ca. 1700-1720 Source_Rev. Abner Morse, History of Sherborr and Holliston Style First Perioc/teorgian transitional Architect_ N/A Exterior wall fabric_Wood shingle Outbuildings Garage Major alterations (with dates) Entrance altered ca. 1960 Recorded byBetsy Friedberg Organization Mass.
Historical Commission Date May 1985 Moved No Date N/A Approx. acreage Less than one acre Setting_Located in area which retains much of its pre 20th century farming community atmosphere. UTM reference: 19 303520 4678450 scale 1:25,000 Holliston Quadrangle (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) One of several early 18th century Sherborn houses, with integral lean-tos that demonstrate the transition from First Period to Georgian styling, the Asa Sanger house retains an integrity of form, if not fabric. Its clapboards are presently covered with wood shingles. The present entry surround, incorporating 3/4 sidelights and a narrow entablature, is a ca. 1960 alteration.
Previously, the doorway had been crowned by a five-pane transom and framed by engaged pilasters and a somewhat broader entablature. The exterior otherwise appears HISTORG&AE SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity. Al though an exact construction date has not been established for the Asa Sanger House, visual analysis suggests that it was built in the early decades of the 18th century. The property's early owner was Elisha Bullen. an example of a transitional house type, from massive First Period construction to less weighty, symmetrical Georgian styling.
By the time of the Revolution the house's owner was Asa Sanger, a farmer who, a 19th century history recounts, was "putting on a roof when (he) heard cannon fire and left hammer, nalls and shingles, and headed for Concord." The building was probably receiving a new roof at this time. The Sangers were a prominent family in 18th and 19th century Sherborn, involved in farming, tavern and shop keeping, the law, and, by the 19th century, factory ownership. The building remained essentially intact until the 1960s, when its clapboards were shingled and a Greek Revival-style entryway replaced the Georgian transom- crowned doorway. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Maps of 1788, 1857, 1875, 1889. Abner Morse, History of Sherborn and Holliston, 1856. Margaret Dowse Buntin's research Anne C.
Shaughnessy, A Guide to Sherborn and A History of Sherborn, 1974. 10M - 7/82 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Community : Form No: Sherborn 155 Property Name : Asa Sanger House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (cont'd) to be intact. Its highly symmetrical five-bay main facade features simply enframed 9/6 windows. A massive brick chimney projects from the center of the roof's ridge line. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION The Asa Sanger House retains integrity of location, design, setting, and feeling, as well as associations with a prominent Sherborn family. It is a fine example of the transition from First Period to Georgian-style dwelling, retaining the massive form, central chimney, and integral lean-to of the early dwelling yet the symmetry and the later style.
The building thus fulfils Criteria C and A of the National Register of Historic Places. Staple to Inventory form at bottom NpSForm 10.900-a . 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 received date entered ifaol8a Page 2-13 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Sherborn Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 11. 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 In Vorad Mationel RaslateFy Keeper Date/Signature AlmuBgu 12/86 Entered ia the Mational Register' Attest AKeeper AelorAyen 18/86 19.
Morse-Tay-Leland-Hawes House 20. Sanger, Asa, House Attest Tntor+t 1n zia As CioNr" inetatofieceper Aeruetgen 1s/54 Attest Enter Nacior tho Nogister ftseeper Slelmu Bgen 1/3/1% Attest InVecal Ix SeThrges TogiAteT fiseeper DeluAgen 4/2/66 Attest 2:737 ftseeper dlelaByen 13/16 Attest Easer sd ftseeper LelamByu 12187 Attest Iatered in thia Mational Bogiste fkeeper Aebutyen 18/9 Attest Intered in tho Vationai Iagiate Aseeper Aelouogu -10/86 Attest Ingisten MKeeper dleluBzen 4/56 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET 86000507 Sanger, Asa, House (Sherborn MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Jsample Jrequest Working No._ 20985 Fed. Reg.
Date: Date Due: _ 23,82 MIU8S -1/4/86 Action: 1-386 _RETURN Enberedin De V2NiwnZ Deg pedefal Agency: - REJECT_ Jappeal -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 Jexcellent 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 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 forany item may be continued onan attached sheet g 1q Guseld Saiser, Asa, Hese She-bin MRt, Ma To caskiug toa o Franeis Shep hard Xexag Aq Sld ablse 9L6L 0 3'Donnel 94 9L 35,4 1.3 STREET WASHINGTON 88 15 #155 70 Washington Map # 7 Lot # 94 1969 Assessors Map Saale 1" = 200' Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000293