Nomination for Jones Tavern

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NPS Form 10-900 (3-82) OMB oxp.Nes 112--0-38 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections 1. Name For NPS use only received MAY | 2 1986 date entered 6-13-86 historic Jones Tavern Same and or common 2. Location street & number 128 South Main Street N/A not for publication city, town Acton N/Avicinity of state Massachusetts 3.

Classification Category district Ownership public X building(s) & private structure both site Public Acquisition object in process N/being considered code 025 county Middlesex code 017 Status - occupied unoccupied - work in progress Accessible X yes: restricted yes: unrestricted no Present Use agriculture commercial educational entertainment government industrial military x _ museum park - private residence _ religious . scientific transportation _ other: 4. Owner of Property name Iron Work Farm in Acton Inc. street & number P.O. Box 11 city, town Acton N/A_ vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state Massachusetts courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Middlesex South District street & number Cambridge Street city, town Cambridge state Massachusetts 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Historic Assets title of the Commonwealth # 2 has this property been determined eligible? .yes X _ no date 1973 federal X state county local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Commission, 80 Boylston Street city, town Boston state Massachusetts 7. Description Jones Tavern. Acton, Massachusetts Condition _excellent good - fair Check one deteriorated ruins unexposed unaltered Check one original site X altered moved date (see description and sketch map) Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

Located in the southern portion of Acton, a small industrial town 25 miles west of Boston, the Jones Tavern today is a sprawling structure with a rectangular core whose various wings and ells demonstrate five distinct phases of construction between 1732 and 1878. The building stands on the northwest edge of at Quimby Square (formerly Mill Corner)--the junction of Main Street and Railroad Street. Its sloping lot is located at the foot of Great Hill (highest point 356 feet) just north of Fort Pond Brook, a small waterway that eventually makes its way to the Assabet River. The building is set back approximately 50 feet from the west side of Main Street and an average of 15 feet from the north side of Railroad Street, and is surrounded by a private right-of-way on all other sides.

Thetracks ofthe Boston and Maine Railroad runabout 200 feet from the nominated property, traveling under Main Street and crossing Fort Pond Brook just to the east of Quimby Square. The property is located in an area of mixed residential and commercial properties, including the 1860 Exchange Hall (nominated to the National Register) and a mix of 19th and 20th century buildings that have seen some alteration. To the west are 20th century commercial buildings located on the foundations of the 18th and 19th century outbuildings that once belonged to the tavern, but that are no longer part of its lot. The original portion of the building is oriented to the south, but the house now has two principal facades, to the east as well as the south, the result of additions made in 1818.

Two stone retaining walls remain on the property, one at the south front of the house along Railroad Street and the other at the west side, separating the garden from the former barnyard. An early granite hitching post stands near the southwest corner of the house. The irregularly shaped,clapboarded building consists of five sections (see sketch map I). The core is a rectangular-plan, two-story block, five bays wide with a central entry, which was built in 1732 (A). A 2 1/2-story lean-to set into the hillside was added to the western end of the building ca. 1750 (B). In 1818, the structure was vastly enlarged with the addition of a five-bay, central-entry block (C), 2 1/2 stories in height, directly behinc the original bullding.

At the same time, al 1/2-story ell (D), now two bays deep (originally four bays; the rear portion was removed in 1878 [FJ), was extended at the northwest corner of the new main block. An ell (E), built as a two-story structure elsewhere in Acton in the 1830s, was moved to the tavern and raised to its present three-story height ca. 1845. In 1878, the rear portion of the northern ell was removed (F), and 6/6 windows were inserted into the newly exposed back wall of the ell. Thus the building in its present form displays the results of five phases of change in the 18th and 19th centuries. Continued NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) OMB No.

1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS uee only received National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form date entered Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number 7 Page The main block and its additions sit on a full basement (except for the northern ell) and fieldstone foundation, with a dressed granite course (probably added in 1818) above grade level. Basement lightwells are barely visible at grade level. now present a unified appearance, the 1732 portion having been al tered at the time of the later addition. discusses the building as a whole, and moves from south to west in a ELEEE counterclockwise direction. See sketch map I.

South The main block's (A) southern (primary) facade is five bays wide with a central entrance embellished with a Federal-period surround: applied, slightly attenuated Doric pilasters sit on blocks; capping the surround is a broad entablature with unadorned frieze and projecting cornice. The door, installed in 1818, is six-panelled and contains a pair of unusual oval lights somewhat clumsily inserted in the top panels. Windows are simply enframed 6/9 sash, with crown moldings on those at the first story. Above a deep cornice rises the half-hipped roof with a chimney (rebuilt ca. 1910) placed slightly off-center on the ridge. The roofline is visibly bowed (at the point of the intersection of the original and 1818 roofline). Also visible on the southern side of the building is the western ell (ca. 1750 [B] and ca. 1845 [C]), which is set on the hillside.

The ell extends one bay forward from the main plane; that bay holds an unusually broad three-panel-wide doorway on sash directly above, tucked into the gable. On the ell's southern side, the section closest to the main block, a single bay wide, was added ca. 1750, while the end bay dates from ca. 1845. Unified by a common gable roof and continuous clapboarding, the ell has an exposed basement containing irregularly spaced and proportioned fenestration: a 3/3 deep-set, fixed-sash window (formerly a door providing access to the tavern's taproom) in the ca. 1750 portion, and 6/6 simply enframed sash and transom-topped four-panel door in the ca. 1845 portion. The stories above contain (from west to east): on the first story, a small 6/9 sash and a much larger 6/9 sash window inserted ca. 1845; and on the second story, two small 6/6 windows set flush with the narrow cornice.

A broad chimney at the rear of the ca. 1845 portion is visible from the southern side of the building. East The east side of the building is dominated by the large block of the 1818 addition (C), which incorporates the eastern end of the original smaller building. This facade is also five bays wide, with a central doorway enframed 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 Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number OMBNO- 1044-001d Expires 10-31-87 For NPS uea cnt date antered 7 Page in a manner similar to that described on the southern facade's entryway. (Before 1850, and perhaps originally, the door frame is believed to have been enclosed in a latticed rose trellis with an ogee-arched roof; the present four-panel door is a replacement of ca. 1878.

Its upper panels are a further replacement of 1979.) Windows and frames are as on the south facade, with 6/9 The facade is defined by a plain water table and corner boards and deep cornice. A chimney set forward of the ridge is located just inside the 2 North of this block, the east side of the sinall 1818 north ell (D) is also visible. A gable-roofed 1 1/2-story structure, it contains (from south to north) a 20th century door, enlarged from a window ca. 1900, and a 6/6 sash window. North The northern side of the building is the most complex, displaying as it does the northern portions of the main block and all subsequent additions. from east to west: The end wall of the 1818 portion (C) is contained within the corner boards, shallow cornice returns, and narrow bargeboards of the gable-roof's elongated lean-to.

first and second stories and a 6/6 window in the third story, all with simple frames and modest crown molding. The gable-end wall of the north ell (D), as altered in 1878, contains, in the first story, two 6/6 windows and a vertical-board door at the west corner, flush with the corner board, and a single 6/6 window centered in the second story. The gable roof displays shallow returns. The north wall of the 1732 portion (A) contains two 6/9 windows, one above the other and set close to the 1818 block. At its west end extends the remaining portion of the ca. 1750 lean-to roof of the tavern addition (B). It is without fenestration. The north wall of the ca. 1845 addition (E) is broken only by a small fixed window inserted in the 1950s. West On its western side, the building is equally multiplanar.

As seen from east to west, the facades can be described as follows: The northern ell (D) contains two 6/6 sash windows with plain enframements on the first story and The ell projects one bay oval-lit door with simple sash on the first story's southern end (and 6/9 sash above). There are no corner boards, but the facade is defined by a broad Continued OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number For NPS use orl received date antered 7 Page water course and slightly incised cornice. The west gable end of the 1732 (A) portion has simple cornice returns and bargeboards. The gable window, 6/6, retains its eared and molded frame of ca. 1750. The west wall of the ca.

1750 tavern addition (B) has one 6/9 window at the main (second story from the ground) level, for which the original eared and molded frame is extant, though damaged by fire in 1967. It is set off center. The three-story gable-end west wall of the ca. 1845 addition (E) contains three windows, aligned one above the other; that in the first story is 6/6, the remainder 6/9. Interior The overall plan is irregular, due to the series of additions described (See sketch map II.) Essentially, the 1732 portion is a typical two-story, four-room house with entries and stairs in front of the central chimney (A); the lean-to (B), when added ca. 1750 to contain the tavern and was placed at the west instead of across the back. The 1818 portion (C) is basically a side-hall Federal rowhouse plan. Interior finish dates from several 18th and 19th century phases of remodeling.

The two chambers of the 1732 part retain their original feather-edge fireplace walls--that in the east room also retains paint applied perhaps ca. 1790. The east chamber also has iron hooks in the ceiling to support a bed tester. The Federal-period work in both 1732 and 1818 parts is all well proportioned and executed, the finest of it being in the front hall, or "Broad Alley, the 1818 addition (with scrolled stair brackets and reeded dado cap), and the northeast parlor mantel (displaying paired colonnettes and elaborate moldings). The west first-story room in the 1732 portion, originally a kitchen, was altered to a sitting room/dining room with finely proportioned Greek Revival work added ca. 1845.

Portions of decorative Federal paint schemes remain throughout the building; early wallpaper fragments survive in some rooms, and the painted floor cloth remains on the floor of the 1818 kitchen (D). Though the 1/32 chimney was removed and rebuilt ca. 1910, part of the 1732 fifteen-inch wooden lintel and 1818 beehive oven of the kitchen fireplace, as well as the second-story sinokehouse, complete with meat hooks, remain in place. Al terations It is clear from the framing that the 1732 portion was planned to have casement windows, single lights on the south wall, and double lights in the first and second stories of the east and west walls (although as actually built, the end walls had single lights). Sash windows were evidently installed throughout, when the tavern room was added ca. 1750.

3 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 Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number 7 OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS us0 onh recBIVed date entered Page After remaining a one- and two-famnily house, the building was divided in 1959 into four apartments. In the process, remarkably little harm was done to the interior. In 1964, the house was sold for salvage and though some finish was lifted, it was not removed from the premises and has recently been reinstalled. In 1967, a fire, caused by lightning, severely damaged the tavern room (including its original bar counter and account desk), the Greek Revival room, and the chamber above that; smoke also damaged the early wallpapers in the third-floor rooms of the 1818 portion.

Archaeology 4 hile prehistoric sites may have been present on the property, it is likelj that the extensive residential and commercial developments of the 18th anc 19th centuries left little potential intact. However, the property may have significant potential for historical archaeological remains. Archaeological investigation could add significantly to understanding the seauences of building construction and alteration, as well as landscaping. Occupation-related features (privies, trash pits, wells) are likely around the building and would help to document the changing social, cultural, and economic patterns of the owners and users.

Given the lona history of the building and its changing uses (residential from 1732-1750, commercial from 1750-1860), archaeological features have the potential for documenting and defining the characteristics of life in a smnall single rural village, dominated by a single family during the 18th and 19th centuries. Unfortunately, this potential may have been seriously compromised as a result of recently installed septic facilities.

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Significance Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Period prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 X1700-1799 X 1800-1899 X1900- Areas of Significance - Check and justify below archeology-prehistoric . community planning - archeology-historic conservation x agriculture . architecture education .art engineering X commerce exploration/settlement communications industry invention landscape architecture law -literature military music philosophy -- politics/government Specific dates 1732-1926 Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Builder/Architect Unknown . religion science sculpture social/ humanitarian theater _ transportation x other (specity) (Community Developmen::) Jones Tavern, Acton, retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, and association. Erected in 1732, and substantially enlarged during the 18th and early 19th centuries, the tavern today is the best preserved and perhaps the most fully developed vernacular example of the Federal style in Acton. Historically, the building holds associations with the development of South Acton from agricultural village during first settlement to commercial node by the mid 19th century, and with the Jones family, whose activities over five generations were in large measure directly responsible for that development. The building thus fulfils Criteria A, B, and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level.

Settlement of, South Acton was begun in 1701 when the Jones and Knight families purchased 600 acres of the private land grant (first settled ca. 1656) called the Iron Work Farm, with the ironworks located in the eastern portion of the grant by 1697. Over the next 26 years, members of the two families established and operated fulling, grist, and saw mills at the falls of Fort Pond Brook, to the southeast of the nominated property. Two 17th century roads met near the mill sites--one running east/west along Nashoba Brook toward Concord (now Central and School Streets), and the other joining it from the south and the Assabet River (now Liberty Street); by the 18th century, the latter roadway continued northward toward an evolving settlement and meetinghouse location at Acton Center.

(This road continued to be the major accessway to Acton Center into the 20th century, and the junction of these roads to the mills at South Acton became known as Mill Corner. It naturally became a prime commercial location, remaining Acton's center of commerce until the early twentieth century even as the town's institutional and residential core developed to the north. The building of the Fitchburg railroad directly through South Acton in the mid 19th century further emphasized South Acton's status as the local center of commercial and industrial activity.) Though the town of Acton was largely agricultural, South Acton also served as the supplier of wood for Concord's iron works by the early 18th century. The core of the nominated property was erected in 1732 just north of this early node by Samuel Jones (1707-1802).

As originally built, the simple four-room central-entry farmhouse with traditional casement windows and gable roof was similar to other early residences in eastern Massachusetts. Jones, who operated his family mills nearby on the southern side of Fort Pond Brook, also established a cider mill and cooperage, both nonextant, across the road (now the site of Exchange Hall) in the early 18th century. In 1750, Jones inderwent the first of numerous alterations, when a 2 1/2-story ell witi taproom and storage space. Continued 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References See Contination Sheet 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name Maynard UTM References * Lugl L2l91 8/ 0181d Zone Easting cLL ELL GLL less than one acre L417/013/61310 Northing Verbal boundary description and justification See assessors' map Quadrangle scale - 1:25000 LILJ LILu Zone Easting Northing DLUJ LLILLL LILILLL FLL HL 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 name/title Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner, Massachusetts Historical Commission, with Robert Nylander, Acton Historical Commission organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date February 1986 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.

valuiet Tdemage title State Historic Preservation Officer signature Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer date May 5, 186 For NPS use only I hereby certity that this property is included in the Nationa Register eloresbyen Intered in 5 Roopor of tha Martional Roatater Nationel Registel Attest: Chief of Registration GPO 911-399 date 6-13-86 date NPS Form10-900-a (3-82) OMBNo.1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS ueo only National Register of Historic Places received Inventory - Nomination Form date entered Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number 8 Page 1 Throughout his long life, Samuel Jones was an active and prominent South Acton citizen.

Involved in town affairs, he occasionally held minor offices, but more frequently he appears in the records in connection with financial educational matters. He was on the committee formed to prepare for the ordination of the town's second minister in 1777. His standing in the town is perhaps best indicated by his being one of the three Acton families with whom the Rev. William Bentley, the noted diarist of post-Revolutionary New England, made a lasting acquaintance when Bentley's mother came to Acton as a refugee from the British occupation of Boston in 1775. It is not known, however, whether the Bentleys patronized the tavern or what role, if any, Jones' taproom may have played as a revolutionary-era meeting place.

Samuel Jones' son, Aaron (1754-1836), served with the Revolutionary armies from the battle at Concord in April 1775 to Burgoyne's surrender in October He assumed control of the tavern business ca. 1782, about five years Aaron operated the saw mill, 1umberyard, cooperage, and cider mill as well. All were significant industrial enterprises in late 18th/early 19th century South Acton, contributing in no small way to the evolution of a well-developed though small village center at this locus by the end of the Federal period. While holding some public offices, Aaron Jones was also a trustee of the Social Library (1801) and chairman of the committee that planned the town's elegant Federal-style Second Meeting House in Acton Center in 1806.

In 1818, Aaron Jones more than doubled the size of his establishment when he built a large, 5-bay extension and rear kitchen ell directly behind the existing structure. In addition to enlarging his property, Aaron also had it modernized, inserting sash windows throughout and adding fashionable Federal-style door and window surrounds. His alterations made the building into a two-family residence, with Aaron living in the original portion and his Samuel, moving into the new section. The additions gave the building two major entries, as well as a secondary accessway to the communal taproom. Aaron was also responsible for refurbishing the building's interior with the fine Federal-period details that remain today. Circumstantial evidence suggests that Moses Hayward (1783-1827) may have been the housewright who built this portion of the house.

In 1821, Aaron in turn passed the tavern and other businesses over to his son, E1na than (1795-1873), again several years prior to his death. E1nathan, who operated the establishment until 1845 as both a tavern and hotel, was well known in Acton as an amateur musician, playing the clarinet for the church choir in which his sisters sang and performing on the violin at home for his family's entertainment (and perhaps his patrons as well). As both industrial enterprises in South Acton (including a powdermill built on the Assabet River in 1835, extant) and the local network of roadways continued to grow, Elnathan's tavern and store undoubtedly grew in popularity.

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 Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS uee anly received date antered 8 Page 2 In 1844, the Fitchburg Railroad, running west from Boston, arrived in South It followed the western path of Fort Pond Brook to the immediate south of the village center and Jones Tavern. The presence of a rail junction ensured the continued success of the Jones family business. When one year later Elnathan's son-in-law James Tuttle (1818-1898) took over the business, including the tavern, he enlarged the nominated property still further. Tuttle expanded the family's dry goods and other businesses by building several small shops near the tavern at the village center.

At the same time, he ceased tavern operations, returned the nominated property to residential use (deciding, perhaps, to concentrate on his retail establishments), a few small alterations to the building. He moved a single-bay, 2 1/2-story structure onto the property, raised it onto a fully exposed basement, and affixed it to the western end of the taproom ell. Tuttle also modernized some aspects of the building's interior, adding fine Greek Revival elements to the western rooms of the building's original portion. It is believed that Moses Hayward Jr. (1809-1875) was responsible for the interior's Greek Revival-style Kitchen plumbing was installed in the 1818 ell by Henderson Rowel1, tin worker, in 1852. Tuttle and his brother-in-law, Elnathan Jones Jr. (1829-1904), were business partners.

As James Tuttle and Co., purveyors of dry and fancy goods, groceries and furnishings, they were the predominant South Acton retail establishment of the period, expanding through much of the 19th century. In 1860, they financed construction of Exchange Hall across the road from the tavern on a site previously occupied by the family cooperage, a large structure designed to serve as the focus of their commercial operations. Eighteen years later (for reasons unknown), the nominated property was no longer needed for the family's own occupancy and use. In that year, 1878, Elnathan Jones, Jr., established a dairy farm on the property.

sell or destroy the house because of its family and historical associations, he used part of it, the 1818 portions, as the residence for the superintendent of his dairy and the remainder (the 1732 and 1750 parts) as a boardinghouse for the unmarried employees of his commercial enterprise across the road, now known as Tuttles, Jones and Wetherbee Company. The boardinghouse was discontinued shortly after 1900, but the milk business, under the direction of Elnathan's grandson Elnathan Jones Kimball, continued until 1926. Despite this agricultural presence in its midst, South Acton continued to grow as the town's industrial and commercial center well into the 20th century, serviced by an increasingly complex network of roads and railroad lines.

The building remained in the Jones family until it was sold in 1946 by Carrie Evelyn Jones Kimball, fifth generation of the family to own the property and a business and civic leader in her own right. In 1959, the rambling building was divided for multifamily use and at about the same time a small amount of restoration, both interior and exterior, was undertaken. Being somewhat Continued OMB NO.1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Far NPS Uea Onty National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form recsived date entered Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number 8 Page derelict, the house was sold for salvage in 1964; in 1967, a fire did some interior damage to the main block and the 1818 addition.

In recent years, the property, now owned by a nonprofit organization, the Iron Work Farm in Acton, Inc. has been overseen by a resident caretaker. Future plans for the building call for it to be converted to a house museum reflective of both a prominent Acton family and of the community's earliest development. As a modest but stylish building, Jones Tavern reflects the lives of the five generations of Joneses to own it. Their farm, mills, and commercial enterprises placed them near the top of the local social and economic scale, and the nature of these activities gave them a wider acquaintance with style and fashion, perhaps, than most of their neighbors. They were not a politically active family, preferring to engage in the social and philanthropic activities.

In its present form, Jones Tavern ably demonstrates how a vernacular early dwelling was enlarged and adapted to meet the requirement of later generations of a single family. As originally built, the house was characteristic of the four-room dwellinghouses built by the first turopean settlers in the vicinity, a form deriving from medieval building traditions. Though the framing and a smal1 amount of interior work of 1732 and 1750 remain, the additions and alterations of 1818 remain dominate the structure. They remain virtually complete and intact. The house thus stands as Acton's most completely developed, least altered, and best preserved example of a local, rural interpretation of the Federal style.

3 NPS Form 10.900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Jones Tavern, Acton, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES OMB NO.1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 Far NPS uea only received date entered 9 Page 1 Fletcher, James, Acton in History. Philadelphia and Boston: J. W. Lewis and Co., 1890. Phalen, Harold R., History of Acton. n.p.: 1954. "South Acton in 1840." n.p, n.d. (ca. 1880). The Past and Present of a Notable Firm in South Acton." n.p.: 1885. Iron Work Farm in Acton, Inc. Files: Title and reference notebooks, Vol. 1.

c.1845 (E) c.1750 (B) utstemoved, 1952 1732 (A) 18:8, altered in 1878 (D) ,removed, 1952 1813, removed in 1878 (F) 1818 (C) Sketch Map I Jones tavern 128 Mainst, Acton scale: approx 20' tol" (E) (B) (D) (A) (C) 1 Sketch Map II - Jones tavern 128 Main et, Acton sketch plan of first floor 8600 1333 WASO Form - 177 ('R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Jones Tavern Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: - sample Reviewer's comments: Jrequest Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 6173/86 Entered in biAction: _ACCEPT -. lationl Rogisteil RETURN_ REJECT. Federal Agency: - MAY 121986 13/81 26/86 613-86 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 J deteriorated J 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 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 JONES TAVERN 128 Main St. S. Acton, Mass. 01720 wm. A. Klauer, photo March 1984 Neg. filed with Acton Historical Commission, Acton Town Hall, 01720 Photo #1 of 6 South and East facades- MIDDLESEX COUNTY JONES TAVERN 128 Main St. S. Acton,-Mass. 01720 wm. A. Klauer, photo March 1984 Neg. filed with Acton Historical Commission, Acton Town Hall, 01720 Photo # 2 of 6 East facade and north end. JONES TAVERN 128 Main St. S. Acton, Mass. 01720 wm. Klauer, photo March 1984 Neg. filed with Acton Historical Commission, Acton Town Hall, 01720 Photo #3 of 6 North side looking south JONES TAVERN 128 Main St. S. Acton, Mass. 01720 wm. A. Klauer, photo March 1984 Neg.

filed with Acton Historical Commission, Acton Town Hall, 01720 Photo #4 of 6 West side of 1818 portion, including rear terrace retaining wall. JONES TAVERN 128 Main St. s. Acton, Mass. 01720 wm. A. Klauer, photo March 1984 Neg. filed with Acton Historical Commission, Acton Town Hall, 01720 Photo #5 of 6 Rear view, looking south- east, showing parts of 1818 west wall, rear and gable of 1732 portion, c. 1750 lean-to, and c. 1845 addition. JONES TAVERN 128 Main St. S. Acton, Mass. 01720 wm. A. Klauer, photo March 1984 Neg. filed with Acton Historical Commission, Acton Town Hall, 01720 Photo #6 of 6 South facade showing retain- ing wall and front of 1732 house with Federal detail of 1818. To left, additions of c. 1750 and c. 1845. THE JONES & FAULKNER MILLS ESTABLISHED 1702 VTX BFL IRON WORK FARM INACTONINC, P.O.

Box 11 Acton, Massachusetts 01720 MAJOR SIMON WILLARD'S FARM - 1654 THE IRON WORK FARM - 1660 MILL CORNER - 1735 SOUTH ACTON-1845 52L AN EDUCATIONAL, NON-PROFIT HISTORICAL CORPORATION CHARTERED 1964 January 20,1986 Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 Attention of: Valerie A. Talmage Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer Massachusetts Historical Commission Thank you very much for your letter officially informing us that Jones Tavern is to be considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. As you may know, we also own the Faulkner House which is on the Register and use it as a "house museum". If approved, this means both our properties would be listed on the Register. The goals of our organization will be realized. The Tavern is special to many of us.

A lot of our effort and work nas already gone into the building and its land, but we know much more is needed to make the Tavern even presentable to say nothing of completely restored. as and should give more impetus to keep us working. - Inis honor will mean a great deal to all of I have sent in a pre-application for '86-87 matching grants and hope this ster may help our chances. Thank you very much for you and your staff's assistance. We appreciate your help and hope you and your staff can visit with us in the near future. saeooiss Wel srnr Wesley W. Mowry President 1-Copey 9093545988 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of Stat Aichael Joseph Connolly, Secretar Massachusetts Historical Commission Valerie A.

Talmage Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer May 5, 1986 MAY | 2 1966 Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of Interior, National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Acton, EXCHANGE HALL, Quimby Hall (School Street at Main Street). Acton, JONES TAVERN 128 South Main Street. A11 have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have heen signed by he State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified 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 forms. saily zumeman Zimmerman Director, Preservation Planning Massachusetts Historical Commission SJZ/1s 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470