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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA FORM NO. N-2-22 'Fall River MRA - Amendment Town FAll River, MA Address 90 Linden Street Historic Name Sacred Heart School 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 fopaR( DSHPO Ernt 116/87 Use: Present vacant 6u Original grannar school DESCRIPTION Date 2 1931 source - Building Pernit 329 style Georaian Revival Architect Maginnis and Walsh Exterior Wall Fabricreri-brick aranite and cast concrete trim Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) urns on roof removed after 1950 Condition good Moved no Acreage Date N/A less than. one. acre Set on the corner of Pine and Setting Linden Street, , the netghborhood is residential with single and multi- family hones. UTM REFERENCE 19/321/170/4618/820 USGS QUADRANGLE Fall River SCALE 1:25,000 -901 Recorded by Patricia Giza and Betsy Pyne Organization Date 4/23, 5/7/85 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) Sacred Heart School was constructed in 1931, in the middle of the Depression, by the Sacred Heart Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River.
It is significant as the work of the noted 20th century architectural firm of Maginnis and Walsh. It is a well-designed example of institutional architecture combining elements of Moderne and Georgian Revival Styling. It is also significant as one of only two schools built in Fall River in the 1930, a period of extreme economic dislocation the city. Sacred Heart School continued ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The Sacred Heart School, a rectangular-shaped building of two stories (three on the rear facade) andhtopped pacada flat onstrute reftsrocka grancoe fetndatoins and stils The main (north) facade of the building is approached by 8 granite steps. and consists of five symmetrically arranged bays.
At the center, a slightly projecting entry is gently bowed and consists of three entrances flanked by quoins. The three hooded second-story 6/6 sash windows directly above rest on footed sills. A single round-arched window flanks the entrance pavilion on each side; above is a single simply en framed 6/6 sash. The recessed wood panel doors each have a semicircular fan light with tracery. Two beltcourses run across the the facade beneath the parapet and below the first floor continued HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Great Depression was particularly severe in Fall River, closing textile mills at an alarming rate. The number of people employed by 1930 th is number decreases 41% to 13,700.
in 1920 was 32,300; The Depression was so severe that Fall River's mills were soon operating at only 25% capacity, using only one million spindles, the lowest number of spindles operating in the city since 1871. The loss in tax revenue to the city was particularly damaging because the city had undertaken many building projects dur ing the 1920s. Seven public schools alone were constructed from 1921 to 1928. Fall River went into receivership in November of 1930 and no new public schools were rehabilitated for apartments in 1979 and no longer retains integrity). Architecturally, Sacred Heart School is a restrained but very well-handled example of Georgian Revival-style architecture within a Moderne idiom.
In comparison with other schools, public and parochial, built in Fall River between 1921 and 1940, it is, with one exception, the only Moderne example and one of the most intact and architecturally distinguished examples. (The other continued BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Building Permit #329, Walsh Brothers, 150 Hampshire St., Cambr idge, MA 8/10/1931. Records of the Building Department,_Fall River, Records of the Water Department of Fall River; 11/3/1931, app. #15766, #15767 Alice Harrington, History of the Sacred Heart School, manuscript. continued INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity : Fall River Form No: N-2-22 Property Name : Sacred Heart School Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
National Register Criteria Statement (continued) retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and associations with Fall River's educational system in the 1930s, with the city's large Roman Catholic population and with the body of work of the firm of Maginnis and Walsh, architects. It meets criteria A and C on the Tocal level Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity: Fall River Form No: N-2-22- Property Name: Sacred Heart School Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Architectural Significance (continued) windows. The second floor has five 6/6 double-hung windows. A shield, centered in the parapet, bears the coat of arms of Bishop Feehan. Across the parapet is written "For God and Country".
The two longitudinal sides of the building, each twenty bays long, are punctuated by an array of quoins, Palladian windows, round-headed windows with keys and spring blocks, and 12/12 double-hung sashwindows. The length of the building is divided by three sections that project from the plane of the elevation. These sections, with round-headed windows, give the building vertical balance. Urns at the top of each column of quoins were removed dur ing the 1950s. These two elevations, facing east and west, are similar but not mirror images except that a door in the second bay on the east elevation is replaced by a window on the western side. Beginning at the north end of the eastern elevation, there is a round-headed window on the ground floor and a 6/6 window on the second floor. Three large Palladian windows follow; directly above each one is a rectangular placque.
Next is a projecting bay containing a round-headed window on the first floor and a 6/6 window on the second floor. 12/12 sash windows for six classrooms follow next; they are arranged inthree groupsof four windows each. is a double door next on the east side; on the western elevation there are two 6/6 windows, one above the other. The last, southernmost bay of both east and west elevations projects slightly and is framed by quoins and beltcourses; a blind window bay is framed by a band of corbelled brickwork. Below the lower belt course are three groups of four basement windows partially above grade. The south elevation is nine bays wide dominated by a central polygonal pavilion. This side of the building is three stories in height, due to the lower grade.
Four classroom windows, ranked symmetrically, flank the pavilion, which is comprised of a double door and a 12/12 sash window on the third level. The angled sides of the pavilion have narrow 3/3 sash windows at each level. Beltcourses band the facade as at the other elevations. The windows are 12/12 on basement level. At this basement level, cast concrete sills on a narrow granite foundation rest flush with the ground. The interior of the school is divided into two sections. The front third is comprised of a vestibule with vaulted ceiling and the auditorium, an enormous space the width of the building and 2 1/2 stories in height. The remainder of the school conta ins two floors of 8 classrooms each off a center hall. The classrooms have four large doub le-hung windows, built-in storage cabinets and wardrobe areas.
The basement conta ins a cafeteria under the auditorium, service areas such as boiler room, boy's and girl's toilets, teachers lounge and an office. These areas in the basement are purely utilitarian in appearance with small windows high on the foundation walls. There are also three classrooms in the basement. The auditorium is a magnificent space exhibiting molded plaster beamed ceiling and a decorative proscenium arch. The arch has molded plaster pilasters with ionic capitals and a shield centered above the stage opening. Three monumental Palladian windows detailed in molded plaster are high on the east and west walls of the space.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Fall River Form No: N-2-22 Property Name: Sacred Heart School Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Historical Significance (continued) Moderne school, SS. Peter and Paul, Ralph Adams Cram architect, 1923) has been insensitively, though not irreparably, damaged by 1974 sashreplacements. Many of the public schools built by the city in the early 20th century were similar to the Sacred Heart School in that they were two- and three-story brick buildings. However, the design and detailing of Sacred Heart School make it representative of the better institutional architecture in the city. One of the seven public schools of the 1920's is the Slade School, a Classical style building designed by local architect Joseph I.
Higgins. There were two parochial schools built in the 1920's: the important work of Ralph Adams Cram, the Spanish Baroque and Moderne school of Saints Peter and Paul built in 1923 and St. Annes school by Sampson, Dodd & Prinpoint the same year. Although the Saints Peter and Paul School was extensively altered in a rehabilitation in 1973, St. Anne's is still operating as a school. From the time it opened until its closing in 1976 the school provided an education for the children of predominately Irish families of the Sacred Heart Church Parish and also to many non-catholic children of the neighborhood. school was built to replace the first Sacred Heart School (1887-1952) which had become over-crowded. The new school was built under the direction of Monsignor Edward J. Carr and Bishop Cassidy, at a cost of $225,000.
At its opening in 1932, the school accomodated 770 students in grades k-8; by 1976 enrollment had decreased to 154, forcing the school to close. The city used a portion of the school for public classrooms from 1977 to 1984. During this time it was called the Lincoln School Annex. The architects for Sacred Heart School were the Boston firm of Maginnis and Walsh, well known in the development of American ecclesiastical architecture for the Roman Catholic Church. The work of the firm was concentrated in the Boston areabut their commissions extended from New England to New York, Washington D.C., the Mid West and California. In addition to church complexes and convents, their designs included municipal buildings, monuments, private residences, several universities and schools.
Maginnis and Walsh were best known for their style reflecting Lombard and Byzantine architecture, although some of their important buildings were interpretations of the Gothic tradition. Many, such as Sacred Heart School, were classical. Charles D. Maginnis (1867 to 1955) and Timothy F. Walsh (1868 to 1934) began their association in 1898. The work of the firm continued until 1952. Their most notable work is St. Patrick's Church (1899) in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Three of their award winning buildings are the Carmelite Convent at Santa Clara, California, the Chapel of Trinity College in Washington, D.C., and Boston College, these complexes won the American Institute of Architects gold medal for ecclesiastical architecture in 1925, Fordham University, the University of Notre Dame, Trinity College, Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, Regis College and Holy Cross.
One of the commissions for which Charles Maginnis was inter ior treatment of the apse of H.H. Richardson's Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston. Sacred Heart School is one of several buildings and complexes by Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Commnity : Fall River Form No: MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston N-2-22 Property Name: Sacred Heart School Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Historical Significance (continued page 2) Maginnis and Walsh in Fall River. Among the remaining and most important are: Mount Saint Mary's High School, within the Corky Row National Register District; Saint Patrick's Church, a Baroque Romanesque building; the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception; and the Memorial Home for the Aged.
All of Maginnis and Walsh designs in Fall River were for the Roman Catholic Diocese. Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Fall River Form No: N-2-22 Property Name: Sacred Heart School Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Bibliography and/or References continued Tucci, Douglas Shand, Church Building in Boston 1720-1970, The Rumford Press, Concord, MA, 1974. Inventory ofthe Maginnis and Walsh Commissions, Boston Public Library Survey of Boston Architectural Drawings and Photographs in the Boston Public Library, 1974. American Institute of Architects Journal, Vol.23New Series, May 1955.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form 10-900-a (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 Far NPS use only received ,/s%0 date entered Page (0 410 Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Fall River Multiple Resource Area MA *Inminotion/Type of Review 91. Wyoming Mills Substantive RevIew D5EZOWNER OBJECTION 92. Corky Row Historic District Entered in the National Regieter 93. Lower Highlands Historic District Intared Mational Begieter 94. Bernard'sFollySubstantive Review Date/Signature 95. Truesdale Hospital 96. Manley, William M., House 97. Sacred Heart School 98. Border City Mill No. Keeper Attest fKeeper AlelauBzua 6/2/2 Attest Keeper AelmmBsuo /10/84 Attest Keeper Attest orte forkeeper Wikiu B.
Buh /it Attest Betht Saurge 4-15-8 Entered 1x S Sntare Boasa freoper AlmerByun 6/241 Attest Ihacezed in the Mational Register foeper HebveByur 3/9/8, Attest Entered in the 2 atlonal Begisteg Keeper 6/28/20 Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest 81000371 WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET SacredHeart School (Fall RiverMRA) Bristol County MASS A CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: -sample Reviewer's comments: Jrequest FEB 2 1987 Working No. Fed. Reg.
Date: 2.2.58 Date Due: - 3/6/87 - 3/19/87 Ierbernd 1p Action: ACCEPT 3-9-57 Patlomed Regtsieo -RETURN _REJECT_ Federal Agency: - 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 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 L 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 Sacred Heart School 90 Linden Street MRA Fall River, MA East Elevation Photo #l of 4 Sacred Heart School 90 Linden Street Fall River, MA North Facade Photo #2 of 4 Sacred Heart School 90 Linden Street Fall River, MA South Elevation Photo #3 of 4 FEB 2 1987 C Sacred Heart School 90 Linden Street Fall River, MA Palladian Window on West Elevation Photo #4 of 4 Joe HRTN 0093546488 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State Michael Joseph Connolly, Secretary Massachusetts Historical Commission Valerie A. Talmage Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer January 16, 1987 Ms. Carol Shull, Keeper National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms.
Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: An amendment to the Fall River MRA, Sacred Heart School, 90 Linden Street, HPCA #0781-85-MA-85-0802. Springfield, Ethel Apartment House, 70 Patton Street, HPCA #10458-MA. Springfield, Laurel Hall, 72-74 Patton Street, HPCA #0145-MA. Westminster, Ahijah Wood House, 174 Worcester Road. Westminster, Nathan Wood House, 164 Worcester Road. 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 conment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination forms.
Sincerely, Betey Friedlerg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission BF/dr Enclosures FEB 2 1987 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470