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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 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 A 19/3805201460BS20 VIM REPERENCE_ B19/380670/4608650 USGS QUADRANGLE Cotuit, MA SCALE 1:25000 1 Barnstable, Massachusetts MRA AREA FORM NO. CTB 41 cess Barnstable (Cotuit-Cotuit Port) 49 Putnam Ave. toric Name Ebenezer Crocker, Jr. House : Present dwelling Original dwelling CRIPTION 1783 cce Gilbert Crocker, style le late Georgian chitectunknown Exterior Wall Fabric _ shingle Outbuildings ice house, wood shed, barn. garage Major Alterations (with dates) porch added c.
1900 Condition excellent Moved Acreage Setting no 4.2 Date 36/44 residential village area Recorded by Candace Jenkins organization Barnstable Historical Conn. Date 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Ebenezer Crocker Jr. House possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant for its associations with the several illustrious families who have lived there: The Crockers, Hoopers and Lowells. It is also important for its associations with and continuous reflection of Cotuit's agricultura and summer resort history. Finally, it is significant as a fine piece of Georgian architecture enhanced by retention of its rural landscape and numerous outbuildings. The Crocker House 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 Crocker House is a 2 story gable roof structure with two interior chimneys. Its five bay facade is centered around the entry and a projecting enclosed porch at the second story- Windows at the first story have been replaced but the remainder are original and contain 6/6 sash; those on the side elevations have projecting lintels. The pilasters on the corners and the entry are similar to those of other Crocker family houses in Santuit (area CTA)- There are two ells, one possibly older than the main house and a second, sail loft added with the summer kitchen before c. 1850-60. The porch on the south side and east was probably added in the 1860's by Gen. John Reed, the tenant who was allowed to make any changes he wanted.
The window changes in the southwest parlor and the dining room (first story front) were made in 1892 by Mrs. Edward J. Lowell. The interior panelling is comparatively simple, though it is known that the northwest room had a panelled wall, which was so badly altered it was sealed up in 1892 and again in 1950. Except for narrowing the back hall to enlarge that room and altering the northeast bedroom to get a view and HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the (con building relates to the development of the conmunity. This house shows the further development of the houses built by the Crocker family in Santuit and the growth of interest in the maritime business. Ebenezer (1751-1817) married comparitively late and had his first son Nathan in 1783.
It is possible that the house was built about that time as his grandson Gilbert stated and it was certainly there in 1794 when the road from Marstons Mills was completed to what is now Hooper's Landing. Ebenezer served two terms in the State legislature from 1791, which gave him the title of Esq. and Hon and according to his gravestone was considered "an upright and efficient and useful citizen" as well as that "His conciliating manners and active benevolence greatly endeared himto the neighborhood in which he lived." He is said to have built the wharf, now represented by eelgrass near the west fence. His son Braddock added the store, later used as a boat house. The elder son, Nathan Crocker became the first episcopal bishop of Rhode Island and was one of the first of his family to move away.
The estate was divided at Old Oyster Road and the western part of the land was not developed until recently. Braddock's daughter Mary Bourne Crocker married Alexander Scudder, ship captain. He was pursuaded to sell the estate to the Boston merchant Samuel Hooper, son-in-law to William Sturgis of Barnstable. This was to enable the captain to take one of the Hooper ships to the Gold Coast in 1849. Mr. Hooper became the first summer resident. Many well known people stayed in the house including Charles Sumner and other political figures. Hooper's niece Marian Hooper spent her honeymoon with Henry Adams in the house. Later, a cousin, Gen. John Reed rented the After Mr. Hooper's death, Mrs. Edward J. Lowell took it over with her husband, historian of the French Revolution BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (cont.) Barnstable County Atlases. 18958, 1880, 1907. Santuit-Cotuit Historical Society.
Cotuit Library. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Barnstable, Massachusetts MRA -ommumni ty arnstable (Cotuit. Cotuit Portf Form No: CTB 41 Property Name: Ebenezer Crocker, Jr. House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Continued: to the loft the house had had little change which could not be restored. Of extreme importance to the overall significance of the property, is its retention of numerous well-preserved outbuildings, making it one of the two best preserved farmsteads in the town. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Continued and Hessians. Their daughter, Alice, wife of James Hardy Ropes, professor at Harvard took it over in 1904 and many academic visitors stayed there.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom 87000323 Criteià B WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Crocker, Ebenezer Jr., House (Barnstable MRA) Barnstable County MASS A CHUSETTS Subatentive Revien resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Lsample request Lappeal JAN 27 1987 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 2/20/82- 3/13/+7 Action: - - _ACCEPT ... KRETURN_ -3-13-82 - REJECT- Federal Agency: ANR decision mRA. Recom./Criteriae letuue Reviewer bonge Discipline Date ctwal Histery _ see continuation sheet technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below Nomination returned for: 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? 7. Description Condition excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed yes Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Status Accessible Present Use no Check one -unaltered altered 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) summaryparagraph 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 latick Ardurs - Date 3/13/67 Phone: _ GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet 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 n relation to nearest cross streets and/or jeographical features.
Indicate all building between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north see attached assessors map Contributing/Non-contributing , status 1 building C 4 structures C 2 structures NC UIM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE SCALE Al9(38052014608520 B19/3806704608650 Cotuit, MA 1:25000 Barnstable, Massachusetts MRA AREA FORM NO. CTB 41 Town Address Barnstable (Cotuit-Cotuit Port) 49 Putnam Ave. Historic Name Ebenezer Crocker, Jr. House Use: Present dwelling original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date Source 1783- ca. 1920 Gilbert Crocker, style Style late Georgian Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric shingle outbuildings_ice housel, wood shed, barn, : workshop, cottage Major Alterations (with dates) porch added c. 1900 Condition excellent Moved no 4.2. Date Acreage Setting 36/44 residential village area LUUI C Recorded by Candace Jenkins Organization Barnstable Historical Comm.
Date 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Ebenezer Crocker Jr. House possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant for its associations with the several illustrious families who have lived there: The Crockers, Hoopers and Lowells. It is also important for its associations with and continuous reflection of Cotuit's agricultural and summer resort history. Finally, it is significant as a fine piece of Georgian architecture enhanced by retention of its rural landscape and numerous outbuildings. The Crocker House thus meets criteria A, 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 Crocker Houseis a 2½ story gable roof structure with two interior chimneys.
Its five bay facade is centered around the entry and a projecting enclosed porch at the second Vi6 sasiat STLHE story. Windows at the first story have been replaced but the remainder are original and contain 6/6 sash; those on the side elevations have projecting lintels. The pilasters on the corners and the entry are similar to those of other Crocker family houses in Santuit (area CTA). There are two ells, one possibly older than the main house and a second, east was probably added in the 1860's by Gen. John Reed, the tenant who was allowed to make The window changes in the southwest parlor and the dining room (first story front) were made in 1892 by Mrs. Edward J. Lowell. The interior panelling is comparatively simple, though it is known that the northwest room had a panelled wall, which was so badly altered it was sealed up in 1892 and again in 1950.
Except for narrowing the back hall to enlarge that room and altering the northeast bedroom to get a view and access HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the (cont building relates to the development of the community. This house shows the further development of the houses built by the Crocker family in Santuit and the growth of interest in the maritime business. Ebenezer (1751-1817) married comparitively late and had his first son Nathan in 1783. It is possible that the house was built about that time as his grandson Gilbert stated and it was certainly there in 1794 when the road from Marstons Mills was completed to what is now Hooper's Landing. Ebenezer served two terms in the State legislature from 1791, which gave him the title of Esq. and Hon.
and according to his gravestone was considered "an upright and efficient and useful citizen" as well as that "His conciliating manners and active benevolence greatly endeared himto the neighborhood in which he lived." He is said to have built the wharf, now represented by eelgrass near the west fence. The elder son, Nathan Crocker became the first episcopal bishop of Rhode Island and was ihethan fecker becane the first His son Braddock added the store, later used as a boat house. one of the first of his family to move away. and the western part of the land was not developed until recently. Braddock's daughter Mary Bourne Crocker married Alexander Scudder, ship captain. He was pursuaded to sell the estate to the Boston merchant Samuel Hooper, son-in-law to William Sturgis of Barnstable. This was to enable the captain to take one of the Hooper ships to the Gold Coast in 1849. Mr.
Hooper became the first summer resident. Many well known people stayed in the house including Charles Sumner and other political figures. Hooper's niece Marian Hooder spent her honeymoon with Henry Adams in the house. Later, a cousin, Gen. John Reed rented the place with the privilege of making what changes he wished. After Mr. Hooper's death, Mrs. Edward J. Lowell took it over with her husband, historian of the French Revolution BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (cont.) Barnstable County Atlases. 18958, 1880, 1907. Santuit-Cotuit Historical Society. Cotuit Library. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Barnstable, Massachusetts MKA Commamstable (Cotuit- Cotuit Port) Form No: CTB 41 Property Name: Ebenezer Crocker, Jr. House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Continued: to the loft the house had had little change which could not be restored. Of extreme importance to the overall significance of the property, is its retention of numerous well-preserved outbuildings, making it one of the two best preserved farmsteads in the town. see detail below: HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Continued and Hessians. . Their daughter, Alice, wife of James Hardy Ropes, professor at Harvard took it over in 1904 and many academic visitors stayed there. Description: outbuildings Four contributing historic outbuildings, all of which date from the mid-19th century and all of which appear on the 1880 County Atlas, are scattered about the fields of the Ebenezer Crocker, Jr. House. The simplest is the post-1850 workshop which is a lt story Of 1½ story shingled structure whose gable roof is topped by a cupola.
This center portion is framed by 1 story woodshed wings which retain original swinging doors. The largest and oldest outbuilding on the property is a c1794 barn which is a clapboarded gable roof struc- ture with cupola. Windows contain 6/6 sash and are headed by heavy caps. A carriage room was added later, during the ownership of Samuel Hooper. Finally, a board and batten cottage built c1850 by William Webb, a Scottish farmhand, exists on the property. It is a small 1½ story gable roof structure with a symmetrical three bay facade and lean-to roof pro- Iwo other outbuildings that are in deteriorated condition and appear to be later in date are not considered to be contributing. see attached photographs of all eutbuildings. 2 8 1987 Staple to Inventory form at bottom ORTH SANDWICH 260 rods Scale 30000. DEovuellee "d rie! Viahtingute COD Latcil 1.
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Grftami- 5 E NicAesit T.Jen InCy WT.Jenney ENcE3 975 SEP 2 8 1987 NPS Form 10-900-a (7-81) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number For NPS use only received date entered 1/27/67 Page Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name Barnstable MRA State Barnstable County, MA Nomination/Type of Review 31. Building at 600 Main Street 32. Building at 606 Main Street 33. Building at 614 Main Street 34. Campbell, Collen C., House 35. Canary--Hartnett House 36. 37. 38. Chase, Lemuel B., House 39. 40. Codman, Col. Charles, Estate Crocker, Capt.
Alexander, House Crocker, Benomi and Barnabas, House Crocker, Ebenezer Jr., House tKeeper Iaberad is tas Matyloma1 Bogister Date/Signature AelouByue 312-49 Attest Jaberad 1m blo tKeeper Intdiomal Begister Attest tulucied in tae Fkeeper Mational Begister Attest fKeeper AllouByer 3-13-57 dutmeBgar 313-57 Moternid Is bila *ot7omn1 Megdston DilousBgu313-87 Attest Hiiatat a o flis eper Patuide Andus 3/13/87 Attest S Suoage 3/13/87 Iaberad 1s tiaa Mattomel Begiste tkeeper AelueBgun 31215; Attest Kularcants a zorsgfpscope Latick Anduus 3/3/87 Attest SVb Scorge 3/1$87 Beterad 1n tae fKeeper AelorByin 3/13/87 Mottiomn1 Begdster Iatered in Matilonal Register Attest fk eeper DelorByen 3/13/87 Attest Haiantanttvo Hortof yKeeper Attest Pateicke Andus n0105 BAthX Savoge 1Ilnts 87000323 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Crocker, Ebenezer Jr., House (Barnstable MRA) Barnstable County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Working No.
1/21/89 Fed. Reg. Date: 3/1/8g Jate Due: - 12/12/64 Action: _ACCEPT /-/0-87 _RETURN. REJECT Federal Agency: - Substantive Review: L sample request Lappeal Reviewer's comments: Diine example of Seorgian recidence L'NR decision Aceept Ard Reviewer. Date aral SStay Aritial returcommenta have beeu adoreseoinuation sheet Nomination returned for: - .technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition Status Accessible Present Use 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 deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one J unaltered altered Check one - original site moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect J 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 Ebenezer Crocker, Jr. House CB41 49 Putnam Ave, Cotuit 1987 Barn. 4-4 -CT Barasable Mase MRA Ebenezer Crocher, Ur. Hee CTB41 49 Putnam Hue. 1980 racing NE C CT 1980 83-6-B41 Ebenezer Crocher, Jr. House CTB 49 Putnam Are, Cotuit 1987 workshop 134-6-00E 34- 3- Ebenezer Crocker, Ur. House CTB-4 49 Putnam Ave., Cotuit 1987 Farinhores Ebenezer Crocher, Ur. Itse CTB-41 49 Putnam Ave, Cotuit 1987 Ice ltouss wood shed BARNSTABLE MRA MASS. Ebenezer Crocker, Jr. Hse CTB 49 Putnam Ave Cotvit 1987 NC SHEDS BARNSTABLE MRA MASS.
AVE 37 BI AC 52 -35 36 1,90x 200- AVE 264 50 1.16 AC = 59 1.73 ml 151 60 1,09 m 30395°) (4.c. M-35- 105 500-3 work C 41 8.27 AC-! barn L Famhousk 4.20 AC Oicehouse Gwoodshed House SCALE I, 100* 300 PEET 40 25.85 AC 45 3.15 AC COTUIT 73 BArnstable, MA MRA Ebenezer Crocker, Jr. House 49 Putnam Ave., Cotuit Assessors' Map H A BOR SEP 28 1981 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000271