Nomination for Hose House No. 2

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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 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 JUN 3 1986 date entered JUL = 3 1986 historic Hose House #2 and or common 2. Location Fire Station street & number 30 Rantoul Street N/Anot for publication city, town Beverly N/Avicinity of state Massachusetts 3. Classification Category Ownership district public X building(s) X private structure both site Public Acquisition object in process N/Abeing considered code 025 county Essex code 099 Status X occupied unoccupied work in progress Accessible - yes: restricted yes: unrestricted no Present Use - agriculture X commercial .

educational entertainment - government _ industrial - military museum park - private residence - religious scientific _ transportation . other: 4. Owner of Property name Dennis and Karen. Italien, Trustees of Daren Realty Trust street & number 30 Rantoul Street city, town Beverly N/A vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state Massachusetts 01915 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Essex County Registry of Deeds street & number 32 Federal Street city, town Salem state 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Assets of title the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has this property been determined eligible? Massachusetts yes date November 1983, Inv. #68 _ federal * state - county- - local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Commission, 80 Boylston Street city, town Boston state Massachusetts 7.

Description Hose House #2, Beverly, Massachusetts Condition _ excellent xegood( fair VJC deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one - unaltered X altered Check one _X original site _ moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

Hose House #2 is located on the southwestern corner of Rantoul and School Streets in the southern section of Beverly, six blocks north of the harbor and the Fish Flake Hill Historic District (NR pending). Rantoul Street (Route lA) is a major north/south artery through the city. Built in 1905, the hose house is a smal1, 2 1/2-story red brick structure, rectangular in plan. The building rests on a granite foundation, and is enclosed by a low-pitched slate-sheathed pyramidal roof with copper flashing and gutters. With its classical ornamentation, pyramidal roofline, and boxlike plan, the hose house is reminiscent of the Second Renaissance Revival style. The building occupies virtually all of its5,000-square-foot lot in this densely built section of Beverly, whose building stock consists primarily of turn-of-the-century three- deckers.

It faces east and is fronted by a broad, brick-covered drive. There is a smal1 1awn on the building's southern side. Thirty feet wide by forty-five feet long, the station is three bays wide on its main (eastern) facade, dominated by a wide central door (now glass, originally wood). The central bay is enframed by an architrave with alternating voussoirs and divided sash transom. Directly above the doorway, a Palladian-style triple window on the second story is set beneath a segmental arch accented with a console, and rests on a continuous sill with dentils. The central bay is flanked by two monumental brick pilasters articulated with classical entablature and bases. These rest on brick pedestals featuring wooden tablets (now blank). The broad overhanging roof with exposed rafters is supported by a placqued cornice and heavy, paired carved brackets. The cornice encircles the building.

On the frieze above the central bay, an inscription reads "Hose - 2 - B. F. D.". The motif of broad, enframing pilasters continues on the north and south elevations. The north elevation faces School Street. Its first story contains a single door with transoms set within a segmental arch; a former window is now bricked in, but its segnental arch and granite sill survive. The second story contains four 1/1 windows with the northwest window located in the pilaster. Al1 are set within segmental arches and rest on granite sills. (This is true of the fenestration on all the building's secondary facades.) A hip-roofed dormer projects from the roof; not shown on the original blueprints, it was probably added shortly after the building was constructed. The south elevation is similarly detailed, but with a different window arrangement.

- It has two 1/1 windows on the first story and three on the second. Again, there is a single hipped dormer identical to that on the north facade. A squat brick chimney is located to the west of the dormer. 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 National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Hose House #2 Continuation sheet Beverly, Mass. Item number 7 For NPS use only received date entered Page 1 The first story of the west (rear) elevation contains a half window and two doors, both modern replacements filling original door and window openinas. Iwo 1/1 windows and a door from which bales of hay were lifted are located on the second story.

The building was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Kilham and The original blueprints reveal elements on the facade that no longer exist., inctuding "Some ere ne daor neven cotf wictews whene taborate seat door now stands. Some were perhaps never constructed: an elaborate seal centered on the window sill; columns between the windows; and additional carved elements on the console that supported a flagpole. Interior The interior originally housed a single engine and includes stalls for two horses- Few distinctive original features remain. One significant feature is the firemen's brass sliding pole. Original light fixtures, plumbing fixtures, and stable-related features have all long since been removed or changed. The building presently serves as commercial space and its interior has been extensively altered.

Archaeology Al though no prehistoric archaeological sites are recorded on the property, several sites have been reported within the immediate area. Given the lot size, there does seem to be some potential for sites if prior ground disturbance has been minimal.

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Significance Hose House #2, Beverly, Massachuseets Period prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 1800-1899 -x- 1900- Areas of Significance-Check and justify below --_ archeology-prehistoric .-X community planning -_ archeology-historic conservation - agriculture economics _X architecture education -art engineering - commerce exploration/settlement communications industry invention landscape architecture.__ religion law science literature sculpture military social/ music humanitarian philosophy theater politics/government transportation X other (specify) community development Specific dates 1905 Builder

Statement of significance

/Architect Kilham & Hopkins, Architects Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Constructed in 1905, Hose House #2 retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, feeling, workmanship, and association. The building was designed by the Boston architecture firm of Kilham and Hopkins, well known for their designs of schools and other public buildings in the first decades of the 20th century.The hose house is architecturally significant as a modest, well-preserved example of the Second Renaissance Revival style. Historically, the property is significant as a reflection of Beverly's sharp increase in both population and community services at the turn of the century. It thus fulfils Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level. Originally part of Salem, Beverly was first settled ca. 1627.

Settlement spread north from the shore of the Danvers River along the road to Wenham (now Cabot Street) and along the waterfront, where a flourishing fishing economy was located by the mid 18th century. After the Revolution, the activity at Beverly Harbor became centered on shipbuilding, and the prominence of maritime industries and the prosperity that accompanied them continued well into the 19th century. In 1839, the Boston and Maine Railroad arrived in Beverly, crossing the river westof Cabot Street and running up the hill to a depot 1/2 mile north of the shore. With the railroad, industrial and commercial development turned north to the depot. Beverly s economy diversified, with shoe manufacturing gradually replacing maritime-related enterprises as the city's economic focus.

Between ca.: 1845 and 1865, streets platted in the new "downtown" area increased fivefold; Rantoul Street, a new north/south avenue leading from the waterfront, west of the railroad tracks, was established during this period. By the Civil War, the waterfront area declined; ship-building in Beverly was unable to compete with similar industries in larger ports, once-pretentious ship captains'dwellings were divided for multiple use, and oil refineries and rubber factories replaced the waterfront chandleries. At the intersection of Cabot and Rantoul Street, the city's rubber manufactories began. Immigrants to Beverly and others who worked in the factories needed housing close by, and multiple dwellings were built along Rantoul Street. A horse-drawn trolley, introduced along Rantoul Street in the 1890s,.

took workers north to the city's growing assemblage of factories--which by 1903 included the United Shoe Manufacturing plant (northeast of the Central Business District). By the close of the 19th century, the hill overlooking Beverly's harbor was densely built up with middle class and workers housing, three deckers, and manufactories. It was this constituency that the new hose house would serve. Continued 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Beverly Evening Times, June 21, 1905; February 22, 1906; February 23, 1906. Records of the Board of Aldermen, 1900-1905. Whithey, Henry F., Editor. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased), Los Angeles: Hennesey & Ingalls, Inc. 1970 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property less than one acre Quadrangle name Salem Quadrangle scale 1:25,000 UT M References A 1,9 34,51/5,0/ Zone Easting 1417/1,1/590J Northing ELI LL, LLL Easting Northing DLI LLILIL LILILLLI FLULLILLL JLIL HLULLILILILILIL Verbal boundary description and justification The nominated property begins at the corner of Rantoul and School Streets and runs 53' southerly, 100'westerly, 63'northerly and 100'easterly. 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, with Leah S. Ness, Preservation Consultant name/title Metropolitan Area Planning Council organizationMassachusetts Historical Commission date April 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 x 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 Officer signature Valerie A.

Talmage Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission title State Historic Preservation Officer date 5/28/86 For NPS use only 1 hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Uelares Entered in thc Kee per of the National Registe Nationt Register date 7-3-86 Attest: Chief of Registration GPO 911-399 date NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS use only received date entered Continuation sheet Hose House #2, Beverly, Mass. Item number 8 Page 1 Between 1880 and 1920, Beverly's population saw a vast increase, primarily from an influx of workers to serve the city's flourishing manufactories.

The population climbed from 8,456 in 1880 to 13,884 in 1900; then almost doubled during the next two decades to reach 22,561 by 1920. During this period, the city embarked on a municipal building program. While school buildings dominated municipal construction, fire stations were also part of this program. Hose House #2, designed by Kilham and Hopkins, was the fourth city fire station to be built since 1875. It served half of the now densely built-up portion of downtown Beverly, including large portions of the two main commercial streets, Cabot and Rantoul, the Lehador & Sons Shoe Factory on Rantoul Street, the local rubber works, and the immediate "ocat rubbers worik residential neighborhood. This area was known as Ward 2. The Central Station on Hale Street, a Richardsonian Romanesque-style building constructed in 1884 and demolished in 1950, served the other half of downtown.

Other Beverly fire stations, which served outlying areas of the city, included: Beverly Farms Station (1886); Centerville Hose House, 439 Essex Street (1903), a similar but far simpler single-engine house with overhanging pyramidal roof; North Beverly Station (1906); and Ryal Side Station (1917). The last two were also similar to the nominated property in size and scale. A11 are still standing. Hose House #2 is by far the most sophisticated and well detailed example of this utilitarian form of early 20th century architecture in Beverly. A 1906 article in the Beverly Evening Times describes some of the station's interior characteristics. The ground floor, enclosed by a tin ceiling, housed horse stalls running the length of the interior on both sides of the wagon. A room in the rear stored the harness cases.

The second floor contained a company room and a smoking and card room in addition to the dormitory and bathroom. A brass sliding pole, still extant, led from the south side of the company room down to the ground floor. It was also noted that the building automatically lit when the alarm sounded. In conclusion, the article found the new fire station to be an "ornate and commodious structure." The Hose House continued to serve downtown Beverly into the late 1970s. In recent years, the building has been used commercially. Kilham and Hopkins The Hose House was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Kilham and Hopkins, under the direction of Walter H. Kilham (1868-1948), who was born and educated in Beverly. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture in 1889, Mr.

Kilham won the Rotch Traveling Scholarship and spent two years traveling through Europe. In Paris, he 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 OMB NO. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS use only received date entered Continuation sheet Hose House #2, Beverly, Mass. Item number 8 Page observed the development of the Beaux-Arts style. In 1898, Kilham opened a Boston office (9 Park Street), and began his partnership with James C. Hopkins (1873-1938) two years later. During the next twenty-five years they acquired a large practice and designed numerous educational buildings, public structures, and private residences across Massachusetts.

Among their major works were: Whitman and Barnard Halls at Radcliffe College in Cambridge (1910); Dedham High School (1914); Waltham Town Hall (ca. 1915); the Tucker in Milton (1921); and the Massachusetts Institute of Pharmacy, Boston (1922). Other Beverly buildings designed by the firm include the Colonial Revival-style Hardy School (1898) and the Georgian Revival-style Beverly Farms School (1904), both still standing.

3 SENCOND FLOOR D N/t PALIL E LANTZ { THIRD FLOOR E F 'G 'AREA= 5,338 3.F +) STREET R35=2 97.2 97.6 2- STORY RED BRIEK SCHOOL A #28 200r0 Erist 3er 47.0 /.- / RANTOUL STREET Hose House #2 30 Rantoul Street Beverly, Massachusetts CITY OF BEVERLY FIRE STATION PROPERTY - Scale : /"=10' Sept 1982 860014G/ WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Hose House #2 Essex County MASSA CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Lsample Jrequest Entered Watiene] appeal Working No. JUN 3 1986 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/3/87 Date Due: 13186 1/18/86 Action: .ACCEPT .

7-3-86 __ RETURN aegister _ REJECT_ Federal Agency: L 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 J 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 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 Hose House #2 30 Rantoul Street Beverly, MA Photo by Peter Phillips, Beverly CD Office. April 1986 Negatives at Beverly CD Oftice Main (East) Elevation #lof3 Hose House #2 30 Rantoul Street Beverly, MA Photo by Peter Phillips, Beverly CD Office. April 1986 Negs at Beverly CD Office North Elevation #2 of3 Hose House #2 30 Rantoul Street Beverly, MA Photo by Peter Phillips, Beverly CD Office Negs with Beverly CD Office Rear (West) Elevation #3 of 3 UNE HASYANO COT The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State Michael Joseph Connolly, Secretary ?157 781123 Massachusetts Historical Commission Valerie A.

Talmage Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer May 29, 1986 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: Amherst, EAST VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT, located on Main, North East and South East Streets. Beverly, HOSE HOUSE #2, 30 Rantoul Street. Lowel1, BROWN - MAYNARD HOUSE, 84 Tenth Street. All have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the 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.

Sincerely, Sarah Zimmarman Sarah Zimmerman Director, Preservation Planning Massachusetts Historical Cormision SZ/dr Enc. 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 JUN 3 1986