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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 see attached assessors' map UTM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE SCALE 19/383560/4619500 Sandwich, MA 1:25,000 Barnstable, MA MRA AREA WBC FORM NO.
114 Town_Barnstable (West Barnstable) Address 313 High Street Historic Name Barzillai Weeks House Use: Presentdwelling Original dwelling/farm DESCRIPTION Date 1799 Source Registry of Deeds, descendants Style Federal Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabricwood shingle Outbuildings barn Major Alterations (with dates) _ none Condition excellent Moved no Date n/a Acreage 1.84 acres 111/44 Setting residential on crown of Scorton Hill Martin Wirtinen Recorded by Candace Jenkins Organization Barnstable Historical Comm. Date 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Barzillai Weeks House possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and associations.
It is significant for its long term (150 years) associations with a well-known local family, for its associations with West Barnstable's agricultural history, and as a fine and well-preserved example of a Federal period Cape cottage that also preserves a barn. The property thus meets criteria A, B, and 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 Weeks House is a typical full five bay, 1 and 1/2 story cottage of the Federal period. Its symmetrical facade is centered around an entry with five-pane transom and simple sur- round. Windows also have simple frames and contain 12/12 sash. The wood shingle clad house sits on a low stone foundation and is enclosed by a gable roof with large central chimney. It is extended by a one story rear ell.
An old barn also remains on the pro- perty- HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Weeks family owned this property on the southwest side of Scorton Hill in West Barn- stable for one hundred and fifty years, from 1795-1956. The tract of 35 acres believed to have previously belonged to Captain John and Mary Percival, where their Iamous son, Captain "Mad Jack" John Percival (1779-1862) was born. Trayser devotes seven pages to his life and exploits in his 1939 history of Barnstable. The old deed of purchase from Barzilla Weeks of the property by his son John describes the 35 acre tract as having the Widow Percival's land in the middle of it.
The house is on the southside of High Street which was also called the Post Raod and was also a route used by the stage coaches and travelers; over the town line in East Sandwich it becomes the Old County Raod. Barzillai Weeks was born in 1769 and married Mathilda Tobey in 1794. They had four children- John born 1796, Eleazar born 1798, Alvin born 1802, and Ezra born 1807. PREVIOUS OWNERS 1979- Dempsey E. and Susan S. Lott from George Sutton 1975- George Sutton from Frank B. Fay 1956- Frank B. Fay from Alfred G. Weeks 1906- Alfred G. Weeks by will of George Hervey Weeks, his father 1881- George H. Weeks from Eleazer Weeks his father 1833- Eleazer Weeks, mariner from John Weeks, his brother 1833- John Weeks from Barzillai Weeks, his father. Homestead on Scorton Hill BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES BArnstable County Registry of Deeds and Probate. Barnstable County Atlases.
Trayser, Donald G. Barnstable, Three Centuries of a Cape Cod Town. 1939. Otis, Amos.. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families. 1888. END 8/85 NPS Form 10-900-8 (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 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered 1/27/87 Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Barnstable MRA Barnstable Co., MA - Nomination/Type of Review 81. Smith, Matthias, House Jebered 1 Willa Natiopal Deedel Date/Signature T'Keeper AienuBye3-3-57 Attest 82. Town Line Boundary Marker (Great Hill Rd.) 83. Town Line Boundary Marker (410 High St.) 84. Town Boundary Marker (Race Lane at Sandwich town line) 85. Weeks, Barzillai, House 86. Whitman, Josiah B., House bato fanttre itsrfif Keeper Patirk Anduus 9/18/67= Attest BattL.
Sauage 9/18/87 batantivo 1 latrick Andues 9/18/82T Attest BetaZ Suzzi 9118/87 Sobetentive Revif (Keeper Attest fReeper Attest TKeeper Patuik Andeus 9/10/7 = BethL Savase 9/1/8 Aemabzur 313+7 Jatered 1n 1c t 3onn1 Fogister AenBzun 3-13+ 87. Baker, Benjamin Jr., House Attest Butietanti ve Xorton Keeper Attest Petuik Andus 108Z* Sot. Saueg 1110/87 Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest 87000241 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Weeks, Barzillai, House (Barnstable MRA) Barnstable County MASS A CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Lsample Reviewer's comments: -request 27 IvV Working No.- Fed. Reg.
Date: 742 88 Date Due: _ 2/26/87-3/13/87 Jeterad in tria Action: ACCEPT _- 3-13-17 RETURN REJECT. Federal Agency: Lappeal 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 - 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 Statement of Significance(in one paragraph) Builder/Architect summary para 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 Bacostable, Massa MRA Barzillai weeks House wBCWA (915) % M 110 45 1.00AC 1,43 dc LANE 398x 29 1.49 AC 280 28 MOAC 1.84 C 117K WILLIANÉ' 160 PATH 100 C6o *ds -60 e. 27 1.05AC 108 170 (AmP 2-80) 10BAC 14 .84 AC 240-S 51 115 30 18 ,60 AC 17 72 AC M-H0-L4 47 11S TOZA wAy .o.tt Jzar toa -7840 SCALE 1""100' 200 PEST 223 Barnstable, MA MRA Barzillai Weeks House, 313 High St., West Barnstable Assessors' Map 3 2.87 AC "I9AC 19 Allae 1-44) (10-2 15 30 -104k STREET M-134 -1 LAST NO. USED: 46 16s. Ner USeD - 6,2,, REV. BY AVIS ORIGINAL ISSUE: 112 135 134 89 HO 133 111 Please refer to the map in the MultipleProperty Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000271