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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. Sketch Map: Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection (s). Indicate north sce attached map UTM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE SCALE 19/384400 /4617400 Sandwich, MA 1:25,000 Barnstable, MA MRA AREA FORM NO. WBC 89 Town Barnstable (West Barnstable-West) Address 449 Willow Street Historic Name Adams, Crocker, Fish House Residential/private Use: Present Hugh F. and Susan J. Sweeney Residence/Farm OriginalAbraham Adams DESCRIPTION Date circa 1830 Source Registry ef Deeds - Barn. Cty.
Greek Revival Style Half Cape, story and a half Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric Light green claphoard and shingles outbuildings one garage, four utility buildings Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition excellent Moved Acreage Setting yes - 98 acres Residential Date after 1858 130/5 Recorded by Martin Wirtanen Candace Jenkins Organization Barnstable Historical Comm. Date1986 Photo #44-12A-WBC89 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Adams/Crocker/Fish House possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant as a rare example of a surviving smal1, vernacular farmstead characterized by a half-cape house with numerous, close set out-buildings. The farmstead thus meets criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The house has a wing off the corner of the south gable end, an ell off the west facade. The chimney is through the peak at the south end. The roof is shallow pitched with a dormer on the east slope. The door is on the left side of the east facade of the house and the wing also has a door on the east facade. The windows are small pane 12/12 lite and the house has a low stone foundation. It is an excellent and intact example of a vernacular Greek Revival Cottage, many of whose outbuildings remain as well. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. In 1887 Charles H.
Fish bought a piece of cleared land together with dwelling house, woodshed and other buildings from his grandfather, Isaac Fish who kept a life estate. In 1856 Isaac Fish bought land and a dwelling house from Mercy Crocker. She had been willed the property of a dwelling house, a barn and two acres of land adjacent to the house by the will of her husband Lemuel Crocker in 1848. Lemuel Crocker had purchased the property from John A. Blossom in 1832 and it was part of the homestead estate formerly owned and occupied by the late Obadiah Adams. John A. Blossom had purchased all the real and personal estate of Obadiah Adams in 1831.
Local tradition, as related by a member of the Henry Johnson family asserts that "the house was moved from a location near the intersection of Crooked Cartway and Willow Street where it went toward Mystic Lake and South Sandwich." A house owned by Isaac Fish is shown at that location on the 1858 map. The midcape highway now runs through the area. BIBLIOGRAPHY Barnstable County Atlases. 1858, 1880, 1907. Barnstable County Registry of Deeds and Probate. Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families. 1880. PREVIOUSOWNERS 1972 - Hugh F. and Susan J. Sweeny from John M. and Dianne J. Buck 1964 - Margaret D. Smith from executor of the Rosa M. Johnson estate, who was Gerald o. Cash : oen y it oe lerry toeme n, 17 children 1912 - Henry and Rosa M. Johnson from Olaf A. P. Ingmanson 1903 - Olaf A. P. Ingmanson from Charles H.
Fish (con't) INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston BArnstabLe, MA MKA p.L Commumity: Barnstable West Barnstable Form No: WBC 89 Property Name : Adams, Crocker, Fish House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Previous owners (cOnt) .1887 - Charles H. Fish from his grandfather, Isaac Fish 1856 - Isaac Fish from Mercy Crocker 1848 - Mercy Crocker by will of Lemuel Crocker, her husband 1832 - Lemuel Crocker from John A. Blossom 1831 - John A. Blossom from Obadiah Adams Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Fom 10900a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number OMBNo.1024-001 Exp.
10-31-84 Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name Barnstable MRA State Barnstable Co., MA Nomination/Type of Review 11. Municipal Group Historic District - 12. Old King's Highway Historic District 13. Pleasant--School Street Historic District 14. Santuit Historic District V 15. Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District 16. West Barnstable Village-- Meetinghouse Way Historic District 17. Wianno Historic District 18. Adams--Crocker--Fish House 19. Ames, Josiah A., House 20.
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Berbk Savege 1410/87 Patuike Anduus 1/10/82 BetttSawoge «10/87 AelouByun 3-138: fatiick Andus 9/18(8)S Bothh Sauge 9/18/87 AelmBgu 31107 87000219 WASO Form - 177 ('R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Adams-Crocker-Fish House (Barnstable MRA) Barnstable County MASS A CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: sample Reviewer's comments: _request JAN 2,7 1987 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: e 2188 Date Due: 36/87-3/13/87 Action: -ACCEPT 3-/3-82 Interad in t.c RETURN Matdonal Regiatat _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 -excellent -goodp - 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 I 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 VAL applicable criteria Jjustification of areas checked J 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 Barastable, Masa MRA Adams Crocher|Fish ItsL WBLO9 449 willowst: (1985) Hainhors Outbuildings Barnstable, Masse MRA Adams Crocher IFishHSLWBCEA 449 willowst (1985) Main houst 14-110~ 2.79 ac ToWu 20, sC.g LAND CONSERVATION 4 SCALE 1"*100 Barnstable, MA MRA Adams/Crokker/Fish House 449 Willow Street, West Barnstable Assessors' Map 4.10m (10-2 W-10) 1.80 AC Ma131 - 60 (aon 2-z6) AC WItLaW (ApP 2-24) WILLOW M-131-1 225-5 4C.g IVBL-89 ,78 AG-S 26 1.85a 3.10 AC ac 10 EDAR JM AC-S Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000271