Major Bibliographical References See Continuation Sheet 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - 2.2 acres Quadrangle name Pittsfield West UT M References A LL8J Zone 6|3,8/2,5,0 Easting CLL ELL 146159AR Northing LLILLL 4ILL GLLJ LuJ Quadrangle scale - 1:25,000 Zone Easting Northing -LLLILILILILAI FLIJ LLILLLI HLU LLILLL LILILLLI Verbal boundary description and justification See attached deed and sketch map 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 Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner, Massachusetts Historical Commission, with name/title James Parrish, former Preservation Planner, Berkshire County Regional Planning organization Commission, and Mark Sangiolo date April 1986 Massachusetts Historical Commission street & number 80 Boylston Street telephone 617-727-8470 Boston 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), 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 Valerie A.
Talmage State Histroic Preservation Officer title Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical CommisSatin 6/12/86 For NPS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register date Keeper of the National Register Attest: Chief of Registration GPO 911-399 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 Nichols-Sterner House, Richmond, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS usa only recaived date entered 9 Page 1 9. Major Bibliographic References Berkshire Eagle, "Albert Sterner, Noted Artist, Dead at 83." December 17, 1946. "Sterner Retrospective Show Biggest Ever of His Works." June 9, 1956. "Flora T. L. Sterner." Obituary, May 5, 1982. Child, Hamilton, Child Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
1885. Gibbs, Rebecca Whitehead, Richmond Looks Back. 1936. The Berkshire Hills. American Guide Series, Federal Writers Project, Works Progress Administration, 1939. Richmond Vital Records to the Year 1850. Richmond Town Reports, 1869, 1877, 1885, 1886, and 1887. L.C.E 16 C.R.Jordan 2.1 R.Kimball 1.Sanagolo® 2.2 Nichbls- Sterner House B.NCreamer 18 L. Roberes, 9 Ps.Fleck ===:= 60 5.LCongdon 24 R.Sgase 1 VET.SCACE 26 F. Barttett 33 H_Stover B Fehlnicah J. Guernsey FBarllell 8 27 store 4 Bai N WWTCG WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Substantive Bevien Nichols-Sterner House Berkshire County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: J sample Reviewer's comments: request appeal Me followng commenta.
JN 25 1986 Working No.. Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 7/24/86 -8/5/86 Action: ACCEPT VRETURN 8-5-86 _ REJECT Federal Agency: XNR decision Recom./Criterig Retun Reviewer Diceine Anasectenel Wstory Date 8/7/86 _ 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 a Atthough the property appeara eligible for architectural xisnificance as 8. Significance Period a weel-prosewved example of c.1820 brick reacaince executted in hanaitional Federal Areas of Significance-Check and justify belowgheek Revioal Style en Richemnd, the Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) not summary paragraph completenesse S VUl clarity applicable criteria X justification of areas checked ] relating significance to the resourceseption criteriag. has not been addressed for propetyjs 0 Dignifican 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 Mlocal State Historic Preservation Officer signature title date 13. Other e the case is snade (orintended for eligibility of th penty under citeria e for astwork as work of a Maps Photographs Other naster, please provide prhotos of snurals + fauy wirk exccuited by terner. Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - porsJaunge (202) 343-9550 Signed PatuikAndues - Date 8 58l6 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 AUG 6 1987 date enter@EP 17 1987 historic William Nichol House and or common 2. Location Nichols-Sterner House (preferred) street & number city, town Richmond Massachusetts Swamp Road/Pittsfield Road N/Avicinity of 025 N/A - not for publication state code county Berkshire code 003 3. Classification Category district building(s) structure site object Ownership - public private both Public Acquisition #/Ain process being considered Status L occupied _ unoccupied work in progress Agcessible - yes: restricted .
yes: unrestricted _ no Present Use agriculture commercial educational entertainment government industrial military - museum - park X private residence - religious - scientific - transportation - other: 4. Owner of Property name Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sangiolo 179 Newton Street street & number city, town Weston N/A vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state Massachusetts courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds street & number Park Square Pittsfield city, town state 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Intentory of the Historic Assets of title the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has this property been determined eligible? Massachusetts - yes *no date 1959 Inv. # 3 federal X state - county - _ local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Commission, 30 Boylston Street city, town Boston state Massachusetts 7.
Description Condition excellent X good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one X unaltered _ altered Check one . original site .moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance The Nichols-Sterner House is located on Pittsfield Road (also known as Swamp Road and Barker Road) in Richmond, a rural hill town on the New York/Massachusetts border in the Berkshire Mountains. Built ca. 1820, the brick house is set on a lot of 2.2 acres on a low rise, enclosed on the south and west by a stone retaining wall, and thickly wooded with deciduous trees and lilac bushes. The house faces south and is approached via a short driveway. It is located in a rural setting.
Richmond Pond, a 210-acre body of water beyond which rise the Taconic Mountains, is located 1/2 mile to the north; Stevens Corner, a junction at which are located the remains of an early village center (including several early 19th century residences and a former general store), is 3/4 mile to the southwest; the Lenox Mountains (2,124 feet at their highest point) are 3/4 mile to the southeast. A short distance to the east of the Nichols-Sterner House stands the ca. 1830-1858 Kimball House, a GreekRevival-style wood-frame dwelling that once was owned by members of the Nichols family but that has undergone alterations. The house, a late Federal-style residence with Greek Revival features, is 2 1/2 stories in height with a gabled front.
It is constructed of common-laid brick, with a l 1/2-story brick ell, also gable roofed, set at the building's nor theast side and a single-story greenhouse ell extending from the rear, northern facade. The brick ell is contemporary with the main block, while the greenhouse addition at the rear of the building was added in 1985. The house rests on a dry-laid granite foundation faced with a dressed marble water course. The main block contains two chimneys inside the western wall; an additional chimey pierces the brick ell's gable end at the ridge. The windows (6/6) and doors on both the main block and brick ell have marble 1intels and sills. The main (southern) facade, three bays wide, is dominated by a fine Federal entry surround. Incised pilasters with capitals support a marble arch with beaded key; within the arch is a recessed fan light.
The entry is approached by two half-round brick stairs. The gable is enclosed, with shallow returns resting on the enclosed pediment. Within the gable is a marble-enframed fan window, again ornamented with a beaded keys tone. On its western elevation, the main block is two widely spaced bays deep, with 6/6 sash. Two tall brick interior chimeys project from the edge of the gable roof, one to the south of each of the windows. The ma in block's eastern facade also contains two banks of 6/6 sash, as well as a door, asymmetrically placed. The building's eastern side is dominated by the 1 1/2-story gable-roofed ell, three bays deep and resting on a foundation of granite block, which extends from the structure's northeastern corner.
This ell is three close-set bays wide on the east side(two 6/6 sash flanking continued NPS Form 10-900-2 13-82) - United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form William Nichol House Continuation sheet Richmond, Massachusetts Item number 7 OMB-o. :024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 Far NPS use only received date entered Page 1 a door on the ground floor, 8/4 sash set flush with the box cornice above); the northern gable end is blank save for the interior brick chimey piercing the gab le peak. On the main block, the northern, rear facade of the building is covered on the first story with a recent single-story greenhouse addition, which stands on the site of an early 20th century clapboard ell.
Located on the second story are two 6/6 sash with marble lintels and sills, again asymmetrically placed, and, just to the west of the chimney in the gable peak, an 8/4 sash window set beneath a splayed brick lintel. A narrow chimey of cinderblock, added in the 20th century, was removed dur ing the 1985 renovation. Also projecting from the rear facade is the brick ell's northern facade, two bays deep with a cellar bulkhead. The building's interior retains a number of original features. The main block's side-hall plan, with front and rear parlors of roughly equal size, survives 'intact. Original woodwork, doors, casing, and mantels remain. An entry on the eastern side, behind the stairs, provides access to both the main house and the brick kitchen ell. The kitchen retains its original fireplace, bake oven, and ash pit along with its mantel and cupboards.
The front hall's woodwork has been marbleized; on the wall is a mural depicting several views of the Erie Canal. Both are the work of Albert Sterner, the building's occupant from 1925-1946. On the second floor at the head of the stairs is a mural of a flower-filled urn, painted in a primitive style; it, too, was done by Sterner. Archaeology Whil e no prehistoric sites are recorded on the property, sites have been reported around nearby Richmond Pond. Given the property's location on wel1-drained land overlooking wetlands adjacent to the pond, there is a potential for sites being present. Since very few sites have been recorded in Richmond, any survivals would be significant. There 1s also a potential for significant historical archaeological sites, articularly occupation-related features (pits, privies, and wells) as well as the foundations of buildings and structures no longer extant.
Anal ys is of these features would help to document the social, cultural, and economic patterns that characterized rural life in Berkshire County dur ing the 19th century. 8. Significance Period prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 _X 1800-1899 1900 Areas of Significance - Check and justify below .-.
archeology-prehistoric - community planning archeology-historic conservation agriculture X economics architecture education art engineering commerce exploration/settlement communications industry invention Specific date$1820 Builder/Architect William Nichols Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) landscape architecture law literature military music philosophy politics/government religion science sculpture social/ humanitarian theater transportation other (specify) The Nichols-Sterner House, in Richmond, Massachusetts, retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and feel ing. Built ca. 1820, the house is a wel.1-preserved and stylish example of the transition from the Federal to Greek Revival style, and is one of only two brick houses of the period in Richmond.
The house holds associations with the Nichols family, who occupied the property year-round from ca. 1820 to 1925. The Nichols-Sterner House thus fulfils Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level. Richmond was first settled in 1760, and incorporated in 1765. Because of its rugged and isolated location in the Berkshire hills, the town has been sparsely populated for much of its history. In 1775, the population stood at 921, a figure that would fluctuate little over the next two centuries (1840: Until the late 1820s, Richmond was wholly an agricultural community whose land supported some grazing animals, primar ily sheep. One woolen mill was in operation by 1830; it was located east of Stevens Corner, the town's early 19th century node of settlement.
Stevens Corner grew along a valley at the northeastern corner of Richmond, at the junction of several early roads. One was Pittsfield Road, also known as Swamp Road and, by 1800, the 10th Massachusetts Turnpike. This was the major north/south route over Osceola Mounta in (elevation: 1,460 feet), Iinking Pittsfield to the north and West Stockbridge to the south. The other roadway, Summit Road, led west to neighboring New York State. The nominated property, the remnant of a 19th century farm, was built about 3/4 mile northeast of Stevens Corner on Pittsfield Road. William Nichols, a farmer, built the nominated property ca. 1820 on 103 acres of land purchased from Levi Beebe four years earlier.(The 2.2 acres that are part of the nomination are all that now remain with the property.) The house and land descended in the Nichols family until 1925, when it was sold to Flora Lash Sterner.
Its specific agricultural use is unknown. In the 1820s, Richmond's character was altered as industrialization came to the commun ity: iron ore was discovered just north of the West: Stockbr idge remains of which survive in southwest Richmond, went into operation In 1829, the Richmond Iron Works were organized. The furnace in 1831- The iron industry brought with it an influx of ironworkers that swelled the population to a peak of 1,152 in 1840 and brought a period of relative prosperity to Richmond. A Federal/Greek Revival-style house on Furnace Road continued 9. Major Bibliographical References See continuation sheet 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 2.2 acres 1ttstield West Quadrangle name UT M References AL1,8 L913,82,5,9 Zone Easting 14,61,519,40 Northing LILLL E G Zone D F Quadrangle scale 1:25000 LILLL LILL LLLLL Northing LLILLL LlLu Verbal boundary description and justification see attached deed and sketch map 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 Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner, Massachusetts Historical Conmission, with James Parrish, former Preservation Planner, Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission, and Mark Sangiolo organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date April 1986 street & number 80 Boylston Street telephone (517) 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), 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 Proservation Oficer signature Vaemet Taemage State Historic Preservation Officer title Excutive Director, Historical Commission date fuly 30,1987 For NPS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Dattich Andues date 9/17/82 Keeper of the National Register Attest: Bth Swage date 9/17/87 Chief of Registratio GPO 911-399 NPS Form 10-900-2 (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form William Nichols House Continuation sheeRichmond, Massachusetts Item number 8 MB-*c. :024-001 xpites 10-31-8 Far NPS use only Teceived dale entered Page 1 near the ironworks, built ca. 1830, is believed to have housed the ironworks manager; it is the only other period brick residence in Richmond.
In 1838-1841, the Western Railroad, joining the Boston/Worcester line with Pittsfield, New York State, and points west, was constructed through the valley Its presence spurred the growth of Richmond's ironworks, which continued to develop through the Civil War. Among the customers for Richmond ore were a number of rail companies, who purchased the iron for use in manufactur ing railcar wheels. The railroad was built west of Stevens Corner; over time, its presence reduced traffic along the 10th Massachusetts Turnpike (Pittsfield Road) that passed through Stevens Corner. The latter never became a clearly defined village center, but remained a rural agricultural settlement even as industrialization came to other parts of Richmond. By the 1880s, Richmond's ironworks had entered into decline.
Western competition, particularly from Minnesota mines, and the invention of the cheaper Bessemer process made Berkshire County iron too expensive. 1920, the Richmond mine had closed; the railroad station was demol ished shortly thereafter, workers moved away, and all of Richmond became once aga in a sparsely populated, essentially rural community. At the same time, however, city residents from Boston, New York City, and elsewhere were discovering the summer pleasures of the Berk shire Mounta ins. The Berkshire Symphonic Festival (later Tanglewood) in nearby Stockbridge began in 1936, bringing many visitors and part-time residents to the area. Today, many Richmond residents are seasonal, us ing the v1l lage as a summer community. Others work in nearby Pittsfield. Mrs.
Sterner and her husband, portrait painter and illustrator Albert Sterner, moved to Richmond in the late 1920s and used the house for many years as a summer residence. Their year-round home was in New York City, where Mr. Sterner was well known for his portraiture and illustrations for such magaz ines as Colliers, Life, and Harpers. Among the prizes that he received dur ing his long career The was born in T863) were the National Academician bronze medal, Munich (1905), National Academy of Design Clara Obrig prize (1935), and the Carnegie Prize (1941). Shortly after his death in 1946, at the age of 83, the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield sponsored a retrospective of his works. The nominated property contains several murals and faux work done by Mr. Sterner.
Sterner's occupancy and career, while important to the world of art, particularly illustration, are not of extraordinary significance when in light of the National Register criteria's Exception G. In future, when sufficient distance from the present is achieved, Sterner's work could be evaluated and documented more closely and could then be considered contributing to the property's significance. continued NPS Form 10.900-e - (3-82) OMB-*o. 1024-0018 Expizes 10-31-87 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Far NPS use only National Register of Historic Places received Inventory-Nomination Form date entered William Nichols House Continuation sheeRichmond, Massachusetts Item number 8 Page Mrs. Sterner owned the property until 1981, but did not use it after her husband's death. Instead, the house sat empty, suffering significantly from neglect.
The present owners have restored the property and continue to use it as a vacation home. While its brick construction therefore makes the nominated property almost unique in Richmond, the Nichols-Sterner House is also significant architecturally for its stylish design and detail ing, unusual in this rather isolated section of Berkshire County. While its details--particularly the fine fan-lit entryway--reflect the influence of the Federal style, the building's plan, orientation, and pedimented gable suggest the growing interest in the Greek Revival. The Nichols-Sterner House is also distinguished for its exceptional state of preservation. NP5Form 10.900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Nichols-Sterner House, Richmond, Massachusetts Continuation sheet Item number OMB No.
1024-0018 Expires 10-31-81 For NPS use only received date entered 9 Page 1 9. Major Bibliographic References Berkshire Eagle, "Albert Sterner, Noted Artist, Dead at 83." December 17, T946. "Sterner Retrospective Show Biggest Ever of His Works." June 9, 1956. "Flora T. L. Sterner." Obituary, May 5, 1982. Child, Hamilton, Child Gazetteer of Berkshire County,Massachusetts. 1885. Gibbs, Rebecca Whitehead, Richmond Looks Back. 1936. The Berkshire Hills. American Guide Series, Federal Writers Project, Works Progress Administration, 1939. Richmond Vital Records to the Year 1850. Richmond Town Reports, 1869, 1877, 1885, 1886, and 1887. RESUBMISSION 8700/997 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Nichols-Sterner House Berkshire County MASSACHUSETTS anasteate WezAz Working No.
6/25/86 Fed. Reg. Date: 9 27188 Date Due:. 2/20/87 Action: 9-12-82 resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Lsample request Jappeal RETURN _REJECT_ Federal Agency: AiR decGion Reviewer's comments: Wellpresewed transitional residence accepx utum comnents have veen .technical corrections cited below _ substantive reasons discussed below rectfed. 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 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 Nichols-Sterner House 1819 - 1820 Swamp Road Richmond, MA 01254 James N. Parrish, BCRPC 10 Fenn St. Pittsfield, MA 01201 Photo 1 of 4 - Roll 92 - Frame 20 View NE of front facade and West elevation. Nichols-Sterner House 1819-1820 SwampRoad Richmond, MA 01254 James N. Parrish, BCRPC, 10 Fenn St. Pittsfield, MA 01201 Photo 2 of 4 - Rol1 92 - Frame 24 View of front doorway fan and pediment Nichols-Sterner House 1819 - 1820 Swamp Road Richmond, MA 01254 James N. Parrish, BCRPC, 10 Fenn St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201 Photo 3 of 4 - Roll 92 - Frame 23 View NW of Kitchen ell east side of the house. Nichols-Sterner House 1819 - 1820 Swamp Road Richmond, MA 01254 James N. Parrish, BCRPC, 10 Fenn St. Pittsfield, MA 01201 Photo 4 of 4 - Roll 92 - Frame 22 View south of rear gable showing 1920's chimney and wooden ell. TICE HAN NND SRTED 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 July 29, 1987 Carol Shull, Keeper National Register of Historic Places Department of Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed please find six nominations that were returned to the MHC for technical and substantive corrections.
The following nominations are enclosed: Boston (Roxbury), Abbotsford, 300 Walnut Avenue Brockton, Brockton Edison Electric Illuminating Company Power Station Richmond, Nichols-Sterner House Westminster, Ahijah Wood House, 174 Worcester Road Westminster, Nathan Wood House, 164 Worcester Road Winchendon, Old Centre Historic District All corrections have been made.
Sincerely, Betay Fredkg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosures AUG 6 1987 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Ri Property Address: Swamp Road, Massachusetts, the land in Richmond, Berkshire County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows:- That certain piece or parcel of land situated on the northerly side of the highway leading from Pittsfield to Richmond, and bounded northerly, westerly and easterly by land now or formerly of Henry Lamke, and southerly by said highway.
Subject to and together with the rights to draw water from and to maintain, repair, re-lay or reconstruct a pipe conveying water from a spring on the above described premises, which rights are described in the following three instruments: Instrument nn the tothowing ee from William NIchols to Matthew Crittendon dated December 10, 1853 and recorded in the Berkshire Middle District Registry of Deeds in Book 136, Page 317; Deed from Flora L. Sterner to Jane Barbour Drexel dated May 1, 192/ and recorded in sala Registry in Book 433, Page 425; and Agreement between the said Join D. xeL. A. Stirling Calder and Sterner, Mrs. John Drexel, JT; 1928 and recorded in said Mathilde Lamke dated August 6 Registry in Book 439, Page 207. Excepting from the above described premises and not hereby conveying the property conveyed by Flora L.
Sterner, a/k/a, Flora Lash Sterner to Jane Barbour Drexel by deed dated May 1,1927 and recorded in said Registry at Book 433, Page 452. the remaining portion Being/ a portion of parcel I of the premises conveyed to the said Flora L. Sterner, a/k/a, Flora Lash Sterner by deed of Helen M. Nichols and Carrie L. Nichols dated October 14, 1925 and recorded in said Registry in Book 426, Page 207. This deed creates no new boundaries.
Also that piece or parcel of land located in said Richmond, bounded and described as follows:- Northerly by the Northerly line of Swamp Road, as said road was laid out and established before a portion thereof was relocated and altered by an Order adopted by the County Commissioners of said Berkshire County on March 22,1955, and a copy of which 1s recorded in said Registry of Deeds in Book 623, Page 258; See page 2*********** westerly by a line which is the extension Southwesterly in a straight line of the Westerly line of the land owned by the Grantee and located on the Northerly side of said Swamp Road; BOOK1046 Pc120 Easterly by a line which is the extension Southwesterly in a straight line of the Easterly line of the land owned by the said Flora L.
Sterner and located on the Northerly side of Swamp Road; Southerly in part by a portion of the Northerly line of said Swamp Road as the same was relocated and altered by said Order of the County Commissioners dated March 22,1955 and as above described, and in part by the Northerly line of other land already or formerly owned by the said Flora L. Sterner and located on the Northerly side of said Swamp Road; *********** within the limits of said Swamp Road as relocated and altered by said Order of the County Commissioners dated March 22,1955 as above described, and lying between two lines formed by the extensions Southwesterly in straight lines of the present Easterly and Westerly lines of the land owned by the said Flora L. Sterner and located on the Northerly side of said Swamp Road. Being the same premises conveyed to the said Flora L.
Sterner by Quitclaim deed of the INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF RICHMOND, dated March 19,1956 and recorded March 22,1956 in said Registry in Book 638, Page 465&c. Real Estate taxes for the fiscal year having been apportioned between the parties hereto as of the date hereof, the grantee herein assumes and agrees to pay same. and seals this Sermet Yoodraar Bermul Aodian day of June,1981. Lemir T. Jecte,f Lewis I. Jester, Jr onservator ae Daer Harold Baer Co-Conservator COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire, SS. 1e _,1981 Then personally appeared the above- lamed LEWIS T. JESTER,JR. and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act as Co-Conservator and deed,/before me, ry Puby Aparduaau My Commission Expires:2/13/14. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSFTTS Berkshire, SS.
une ,1981 Then personally appeared the aboxe -named HAROLD BAER and unded the foregoing instrument to be his free act and
Block