Major Bibliographical References See continuation sheet 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 2.46 acres Quadrangle name Pittsfield east UT M References AL8|44027014799780 Zone Easting Northing CLULLILL ELL LLLL GLIJLLILL LILILLL Verbal boundary description and justification Quadrangle scale 1:25000 BLd LILIL Zone casting Vorthin -u LILLu FLLJ LLI LuLJ LILILLL HU LiL See attached plans and sketch. The bounds of the property include all of the property under ownership of the Pittsfield Housing Authority. 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 name/title organization Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner, Massachusetts Historical Commission, with William Flynn, former Executive Director, Pittsfield Housing Authortty Massachusetts Historical Commission date January 1987 street & number 80 Boylston Street telephone 617-727-3470 city or town Boston state Massachusetis 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 Viluii A laChicg State Historic Preservation Officer title Executive Director. Massachusetts Historical date May 22,1787 For MPS use only Commission I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register date Keeper of the National Register Attest: Chief of Registration 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 Providence Court Continuation sheet Pittsfield, Massachusetts Item number OM3 0.1024-001 Expires .0-31-8 daté entered 9 Page 9. Major Bibliographic Referen ces Willison, George F., The History of Pittsfield, 1916-1955. Pittsfield, 1957. Berksh ire Middle District Registry of Deeds, Book 393, p. 63, 1918. Berkshire Evening Eagle, October 4, 1941, obituary of Mrs. Louisa Allen.
Pittsfield Sun Newspaper, November 18, 1885. 1 87001107 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Providence Court Berkshire County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample #nbateatave Rovier request Lappeal JUN 4 1987 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 7/2/82 -2/19/87 Action: _ ACCEPT _ RETURN_ 7-17-82 _REJECT_ Federal Agency: XNR decision Reviewer Discipline. Date_ erclitetural Vistory 7|17/87 _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: technical corrections cited below X 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 Jexcellent 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 Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness 7 clarity applicable criteria * justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception other Slece groniieinsety communi o riterin Itnlied apecified ? Otappeara to le the case, Dleaseclarify. 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 Ouestions conerming th nmintion may be droced o. Bet/ Seuage (202) 343-93550 Signed latuich Andus - Date 7/17/82 - Phone: - GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet 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 4 1987 date entered NOV 20 19871 historic St. Luke's Hospital and or common 2. Location Providence Court (preferred) street & number 379 East Street N/A- not for publication city, town Pittsfield N/A vicinity of state Massachusetts 3.
Classification Category Ownership - district X public X building(s) - private _ structure both site Public Acquisition object N/ An process being considered code 025 county Berkshire code 003 Status X occupied unoccupied work in progress Accessible X yes: restricted -- yes: unrestricted no Present Use - agriculture _ commercial educational - entertainment - government - industrial - military - museum - park - private residence _ religious _ scientific - transportation *__ other: public housing for the elderly 4. Owner of Property name Pittsfield Housing Authority street & number 65 Columbus Avenue Pittsfield city, town N/Aicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state Massachusetts 01201 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Bershire Middle District Registry of Deeds street & number Bank Row city, town Pittsfield state Massachusetts 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Historic Assets of title the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has this property been determined eligible? yes X _ no date federal x state . county local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Commission, 80 Boylston Street Boston city, town State Massachusetts 7. Description Providence Court, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Condition X excellent - good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one X unaltered - altered Check one X. original site _ moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance lhe tormer st. Luke's Hospital, Plttstleld (now known as Providence Court. public housing for the elderly), is an imposing five-story brick and 1imestone structure built in 1926.
The building is located on the corner of East and Fourth Streets in a formerly residential section of downtown Pittsfield now dominated by institutional buildings. Set back one hundred feet from East Street, the building is fronted by lawn and ornamental plantings. To the east is an extensive asphalted parking area. Adjacent to the nominated property is the Queen Anne-style Allen House (1886, NR 1980). Pittsfield High School stands across the street to the south, and the Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church complex is located to the north, on Fenn Street. The Georgian Revival-style brick building, designed by J. W. Donohue of Springfield, is essentially T-shaped in plan, with a rectangular main block enlivened by projecting pavilions flanking a central entrance. Beh ind the ma in block are a five-story wing constructed as part of the original plan and a two-story ell added in 1964.
The building rests on a concrete foundation and is surmounted by a flat roof. A brick parapet with limestone coping masks the roof; its central cartouche with cross and sword expresses the hospital's ecclesiastical affiliation. Other limestone trim includes sills, keystones, quoins, and belt courses. Also on the property is a former warehouse (ca. 1906), converted to apartments in the late 1970s. Considerably altered, it does not contribute to the property's significance. The former hospital laundry, to the rear of the main building, now belongs to Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church and is not part of this nomination. The main (south) facade is thirteen bays wide, symmetrically arranged, and divided into threesectionsby the slightly projecting three-bay pavilions. Limestone quoins define the facade. The groundstory is faced with rusticated 1imestone.
The second story's central entrance bay is dominated by a doorway (now leading to a balcony rather than a staircase) framed by a flat-roofed Tuscan-columned portico of limestone. Directly above the entry on the third story is a wrought-iron-rimmed balcony whose doorway is dominated by an elaborate bracket-supported pediment. The pediment contains a carved floral ornament. On the upper stories, the central bay is further distinguished by paired rather than singly arrayed windows. The main facade is marked by three distinct horizontal elements: the ashlar-faced ground story; three quoin-enframed upper stories whose projecting pavilions each contain a trio of 1imestone-keyed brick recesses suggesting a monumental arcade; and, above a limestone belt course, the top story defined by a dentilated cornice and the brick parapet.
While the ground story contains 6/1 sash, fenestration on the upper four stories is more elaborate, with each 6/1 double-hung sash surmounted by a fixed transom. Differing window widths provide further variety. Brick lintels with a central key of 1 imestone accent continued NPS Form10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Providence Court Continuation sheet Pittsfield, Massachusetts Item number OMB NO.1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS uaa only received date antered 7 Page 1 most windows on the upper stories. Windows on the fourth story's central bay and within the recessed arches are further ornamented with heavy 1imestone lintels. Balconies with limestone platforms and wrought iron trim front the pav ilions' second-story windows.
The main block's east and west facades are similar but not identical. Both are three bays deep, with the central bay a projecting pavilion composed of an Dor ic-columned ground-story entry porch supporting four stories of transom-topped sash. (The sash, arranged in bands of five, served to light solaria on each story.) The decorative elements of the main facade--including ashlar ground story and limestone quoins, keys, sills, and belt courses--continue on these secondary elevations. The five-story rear wing, also brick, is unadorned except for a simple band of 1imestone coping along the parapet.
On the east side, however, a now-root less vr c ctrn cans nin hat noi five-story open porch covers the entire elevation, while on the west side a similar porch is capped by-a flat roof with simple cornice, and fronts only On the rear (north) side stands a three-story modern addition designed by Alphonse J. Marchand. With its flat roof and lack of ornamentation, it is unobtrusive and fails to compromise the older structure's integrity. Interior While the interior room arrangement remains similar to its original configuration even after conversion of the building from hospital to elderly housing, public areas have seen some alteration. The original hospital cafeteria is now a community room, the chapel is a meeting room, and the auditor ium has been broken up into apartments. Bathrooms and kitchens have been updated.
Outbuilding Also on the property is a small masonry building that once was used by the Berkshire Street Ra ilway, whose complex was located nearby. It was built ca. 1906 and probably served initially as a steam plant. In the early 1920s, it was purchased by St. Luke's and served the hospital as warehouse space. Today, it has been converted into additional housing for the elderly. It no longer retains integrity. 8. Significance Providence Court, Pittsfield. Massachusetts Period prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 1800-1899 X1900- Areas of Significance - Check and justify below archeology-prehistoric .--_ community planning - archeology-historic _ conservation agriculture economics _X architecture education _ art engineering commerce - exploration/settlement _...
communications - industry invention landscape architecture__ religion law literature military .music - philosophy - politics/government science sculpture X social/ humanitarian theater transportation other (specify) Specific dates 1926 Builder/Architect J.W. Donohue Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) St. Luke's Hospital, Pittsfield (now known as Providence Court), is a well-preserved and unusually intact Georgian Revival-style hospital of finely crafted and detailed early 20th century construction. Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, St. Luke's was the first Catholic teaching hospital in Berkshire County. Its merger with Pittsfield General Hospital in 1967 was the nation's first union of a Catholic and nonsectarian health facility.
Retaining integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and feeling, as well as associations with the region's Catholic community at the turn of the century, St. Luke's fulfils Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level. St. Luke's Hospital was Pittsfield's third hospital and the first established under the auspices of the Catholic church. It was founded in 1916 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, who used the charitable bequest of clergyman Rev. Charles J. Boylan to remodel two frame houses on Springside Avenue, one mile north of the nominated property. Boylan Memorial Hospital was dedicated early in 1917. By the close of that year, however, the facilities had proven inadequate.
On behalf of the church, Bishop Thomas Beaven purchased the one-acre Allen Estate on East Street, home of wealthy Pittsfield horse breeder William Russell Allen. The East Street area was then one of Pittsfield's most prestigious residential neighborhoods. Allen's Queen Anne-style residence, constructed in 1886, became a 28-bed maternity hospital. It was named St. Luke's in honor of the patron saint of physicians. (The building was listed in the National Register in 1980.) The Boylan Memorial Hospital remained in use for surgery and medical treatments. building. ye tegr canstruct ton de the nomna ed ino ferty have been Jonathan William Donohue of Springfield, well known for his ecclesiastical buildings in central and western Massachusetts. Under the supervision of the Sisters of Providence, the new facility admitted its first patients in 1926.
Boylan Memorial Hospital was sold in that year and later demol ished. The handsome building, five stories in height, provided patients with comfort and up-to-date care. While its lavish use of Timestone ornament, its T-shaped plan, its varying window sizes, and its changing wall planes appear more residential than institutional, suggesting the apartment blocks of the period, the hospital contained 75 private rooms, twelve wards, and, on the main block's eastern and western ends, brightly lit solaria. Open porches off the ell's rooms provided fresh air and room for exercise in warm weather. An auditorium and chapel were also available. In its first full year of operation, St. Luke's cared for 3,164 patients. The hospital staff included fifty-six physicians. continaed 9. Major Bibliographical References See continuation sheet 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - 2.46 acres Quadrangle name Pittsfield east UT M References A 11,8/14/4,0/270 Zone Easting 1LL 14799780 Northing LLL E LI DLL F Easting Quadrangle scale 1:25000 LILLIL Northing LLILLL LILL Verbal boundary description and justification See attached plans and sketch. The bounds of the property include all of the property under ownership of the Pittsfield Housing Authority. 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 name/title organization Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner, Massachusetts Historical Commission, with Willian Flynn, former Executive Director, Pittsfield Housing Authortty Massachusetts Historical Commission date January 1987 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),Ihereby nominate this propertyfor inclusion inthe NationalRegister and certify that it has been evaluated according to thecriteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
State Historic Preservation Officer signature Valeui A lalmage State Historic Preservation Officer title Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical date May 22,1787 For NPS use only Commission (hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register aterk W.Anduus date ///20/82 Keeper of the National Register Attest: BetsX. Sarge date 11/20/87 Chiet-of Registration GPO 911-399 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Providence Court Continuation sheet Pittsfield, Massachusetts Item number MB No.1024-001 Expires 0-31-8 For NPS u8B On received date entered 8 Page 1 The hospital was initially heavily mortgaged.
In 1929, the diocese dev ised a plan to levy an assessment on all Catholic churches in Berkshire County over the next ten vears in order to create a fund for the full payment of the interest and partial payment of the principal. The hospital's school of nursing--at the Boylan Memorial Hospital, then with only 6 pupils--gradually expanded in the East Street building. Its peak enrollment was forty-one students in 1948. In 1951, a nurses' home, Madonna Hall, opened on the western side of the former Allen Estate. The new building echoed the nominated property in plan, materials, size, and (though simpler), styling. (It is now a state mental health facility.) St. Luke's traditionally cared for war veterans as well as parishioners.
With an endowment from Pittsfield's Community War Chest Fund and from the Berkshire Eagle's Tobacco Fund, the hospital was able to provide care for former servicemen and Red Cross nurses who had served in the First World War. The nominated property remained Pittsfield's only Catholic hospital throughout most of its existence. In 1967, it merged with one of pittsfield's two other hospitals, the nonsectar ian Pittsfiel General (established on North Street as the House of Mercy in 1877). Financial concerns were the primary reason for the merger, the nation's first between a Catholic and a nonsectarian hospital. The two became known as Berkshire Medical Center. In 1976, the former Pittsfield General Hospital added a large wing (named the St. Luke's Pavilion) and in that year, the nominated property ceased to function as a health care facility.
In 1978, the Pittsfield Housing Authority purchased the former hospital and its small storage building (but not the Allen House nor Madonna Hall, whose ownership was transferred to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and shortly thereafter, St. Luke's was converted to housing for the elderly. It was renamed Providence Court at that time. COUNTING RESOURCES Contributing Buildings 1 Noncontributing 1 NPS Form10-900-a (3-82) Expires :102--0-8 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Providence Court Continuation sheet Pittsfield, Massachusetts ltem number For NPS uea orty received 6/J/87 date entered 9 Page 9. Major Bibliographic References Willison, George F., The History of Pittsfield, 1916-1955. Pittsfield, 1957. Berk sh ire Middle District Registry of Deeds, Book 393, p. 63, 1918.
Berkshire Evening Eagle, October 4, 1941, obituary of Mrs. Louisa Allen. Pittsfield Sun Newspaper, November 18, 1885. 1 64/n7 SECOND NORTA ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SPRINGHIELD M PLAN OF LAND TO BI CONVEYED BY BERKSHIRL MEDICAL CENTER THE PITTSFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY SCALE 1'1-100 AUG21,1978 WEFLYNN, ENGR. ITO't 5882 02.27 PAPIRO 26.23 30'RT.OFWAY 156.|9 COMMONWEALTH OF MASS. 124.72 FOURTH 97.85 "ALLEN HOUSE" (ORIG HOSP. BLDG) 20: ST. LUKES HOSPITAL BUILDING EAST STREET EXHIBIT "D" RESUBMISSION WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Revic Providence Court Berkshire County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Working No._ Fed. Reg.
Date: Date Due: Action: 6.4.82 2/2/89 11/20/82 -KACCEPT 11-20-87 -_RETURN REJECT_ Federal Agency: Substantive Review: I sample request Jappeal Reviewer's comments: rocally empotaut A Colonial Revival institutional #NR decision Recom./Criteria MeepKA+C Seussetenal 111887 Nomination returned for: - ildinfactinfconty Auitial refyan enae have 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 - 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 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 DHEH- Providence Court (StLukes) 379 East 5t. Pittsfiekd MA. Photo by: Voel Librizzi on DCC. 3,1983 Neq. @ P.H.A. Photo Nº 1 0 / View is looking JUN 4 1987 CET AHOCE 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 Carol Shull, Keeper National Register of Historic Places P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Danvers, Sprague House, 59 Endicott Street. Pittsfield, Providence Court, 379 East Street.
The properties have been voted eligible by the State Review Board. 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 nominations forms. Sincerely, Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission VT/dr Enclosure 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 JUN 4 1987 - LIBLATATO 093944739 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 September 29, 1987 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dear Ms.
Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination forms returned after substantive review by your staff: Boston, 17 Cranston Street Boston, Hoxie, Timothy, House, 135 Hillside Street Boston (Roxbury), Westerly Burial Ground, Center Street Concord, Thomas Mott Shaw Estate, 317 Garfield Road Pittsfield, Providence Court, 379 East Street Southbridge, Southbridge Town Hall, 41 Elm Street All corrections have been made by the Massachusetts Historical Commission staff. All have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Sincerely, Betzy t.2e. allerg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission encl. OCT 5 1987 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470
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