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NOV 2 0 1985 . JAN 3 1986 AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02116 FORM NO. 154 Town Sherborn Address_ 60 Washington Street Historic Name Richard Sanger III 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. Recorded by_ Organization Date Betsy Friedberg Mass. Historical Commission May 1985 Use: Present Residence Original, Residence DESCRIPTION: Date_ca. 1734 Source Margaret Dowse Buntin's file Style Georgian Architect_ N/A Exterior wall fabricClapboard Outbuildings Barn, Garage, and Shed 20th century.
Major alterations (with dates) Rear lean-tc added in 1775, large north addition erected in 1961. Moved No Date_N/A Approx. acreage 5.93 acres Setting_Situated in an area just south of the town center that retains much of its rural character, this house is located on a well-landscaped lot. (Staple additional sheets here) UTM reference: 19 303620 4678480 scale 1:25,000 Holliston Quadrangle ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) The Richard Sanger III House is the only house of its type--a gambrel-roofed old building with lean-to--in Sherborn. A large shed-roof lean-to was added to the building's main block, a 2½-story gambrel-roof structure built according to local tradition ca. 1734, in 1775.
(Cont') HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) Richard Sanger III bought this house's land in 1734 from heirs of John Hull, mintmaster of the colony. The house was probably built shortly after the property's purchase. The Sangers were a prominent local family. Richard Sanger III's father and uncle arrived in Sherborn in 1689 and established a successful blacksmithing business.. Sanger III inherited a sizable fortune from his father in 1731, which he enlarged through trade and real estate speculation in Boston and Maine, as well as Sherborn. He was one of only a handful of town residents who owned slaves in the 18th century.
In addition to this house, Sanger also built a tavern (no longer extant) closer to the town center, but on the same road, the stage route between Boston and Hartford (now Route 16). BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Abner Morse, History of Sherborn Research by Margaret Dowse Buntin Anne C. Shaughnessy, A Guide to Sherborn and History of Sherborn, 1974. Maps of 1788, 1875, and 1889. 10M - 7/82 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Community : Form No: Sherborn 154 Property NamRichard Sanger III House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Cont's) The main block's five-bay main facade features narrow, simply enframed 9/6 sash windows symmetrically placed.
Narrow 3/4 sidelights flank the slightly off- center front doorway, which is surmounted by a triangular pediment. A large ell to the east of the main block was added in the 1960s. It is sympathetic in style to the 18th century original building and is set at a 45° angle to the main block and, together with a garage, shed, and barn (all also constructed within the past 30 years) forms a small courtyard to the rear of the house. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION The Richard Sanger III House retains integrity of setting, location, materials, workmanship, and associations with Sherborn's 18th century patterns of dispersed settlement. The building is an architecturally rare form for Sherborn, in a fine state of preservation, and is significant as an important document for the study of building techniques and practices in a peripheral area of settlement.
Holding associations with a locally significant family, the Sangers, the building thus fulfilis Criteria C,A, D, and B of the National Register of Historic Places. MAP KEY A; House B: Garage C: Shed D: Barn Staple to Inventory form at bottom NP3 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 Expires 10-31-87 Far NPS use only recelved 11p0/85 date entered Page 3 43 Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Sherborn Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County. MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 21. Sanger, Richard, III, House 22. Sawin-Bullen-Bullard House 23. Iwitchell, Joseph, House 24. Vaughn, H. G., House 25. Ware's Tavern 26. Woodland Farm-Leland House 27. 28. 29. 30.
Date/Signature antered ia etteun cafKeeper AelouByan /3/16 Attest wil-eicu 1i Vetteunl fKeeper AebuBga 1/3/16 Attest fKeeper Intorod 1x Wattodn! SeluBgan d/3/86 Attest Entered in the lattonel fkieeper Rogiater Selßyan 1/3/86 Attest #et1 mal Bogiater fokeeper AhebeBgen 12117 Attest Interad in the fokeeper NeWat 1 Sibusbgen Vo setator Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET 860005o8 Sanger, Richard, III, House (Sherborn MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: I sample -request Working No._ NOV/20 1985 Fed. Reg.
Date:2/3/82 Date Due: 12/19/85 -114/66 Action: ACCEPT /-3-86 Intered in the RETURN Iettonel -_ REJECT- FederarAgency: _ 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 excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one I 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 clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other *70303 otask 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. FormPrepared 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 E Samse, Ruchard, IIL, Hase She-bepr UDA 60 Washiupton sjuld Aq bys "AInr -9L61 164 11.0 40 Was VII -92 #154 60 Washington Map # 7 Lot # 92 1969 Assessors Scale 1" = Map 200' 88 15.4 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000293