Nomination for Moore--Hill House

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NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 8-86) OMB No. 1024-0018 RECEIVED United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form MAY 1 3 1988 NATIONAL REGISTER This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1.

Name of Property historic name Moore-Hill House other names/site number Location street & number city, town state MA 82 Franklin Street Peabody code 025 county Essex code N/A not for publication N/A vicinity 009 zip code 01960 3.

Classification Ownership of Property Xl private public-local public-State public-Federal Category of Property X building(s) district site structure object Name of related multiple property listing: N/A Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing 2 1 buildings sites 1 3 structures objects 1 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _ State/Federal Agency Certification As thedesignated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nominationrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register ofHistoricPlaces and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, theproperty meets does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet.

aleue A - dema -4/88 Signature of certifying official Date Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission; State or Federal agency and bureau State Historic Preservation Officer In my opinion, the property meets Idoes not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5. National Park Service Certification hereby, certify that this property is: entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. Tebmeßgur Entered in the Wational Reglstor 6/9/48 removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 6. Function or Use Moore-Hill House, Peabody, Massachusetts:, .*1.

Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Domestic/single dwelling Domestic/single dwelling 7. Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Late Victorian/Italianate Mid-19th Century/Gothic Revival Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation walls roof other Stone/granite Wood/weatherboard Asphalt Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Moore-Hill House, Peabody, built in 1874, stands on the west side of Franklin Street in a densely-built residential area consisting primarily of late 19th-century houses. It is unusual for its integrity; the majority of the houses in the area have been significantly altered with siding or additions.

The house is set back several yards from the street on a 9,150 square foot lot and has a small rear yard planted with grass, ornamental plantings, and several large evergreen trees. A granite retaining wall exists to the north, east, and south of the house, and an asphalt driveway extends along the west elevation. A small shed (pre-1896) and a garage stand behind the house; the garage appears to have been built after the period of significance of the house, and therefore, is noncontributing. The house is rectangular in plan, rising 1 1/2-stories from a granite foundation. Sheathed in clapboards the house possesses an asphalt-shingled gable roof which is punctuated by a broad central gable at the facade. Unornamented cornerboards rise to a broad cornice with paired brackets supporting the deep eaves.

Windows contain 2/2 sash, with the exceptions of dormer at the facade; treatment of window surrounds varies by elevation. The symmetry of the Moore-Hill House is broken by the side porch on the south elevation. The main facade (east elevation) is three bays wide with a central entry at the head of a wooden stoop. The entry contains glazed, panelled double doors set beneath a transom and a bracketed hood. First-story windows are ornamented with hoodmolds. The central gable contains a single arched window set in a decorative rectangular surround. A pair of pedimented dormers with diamond-paned upper sash were added in 1904. The north elevation is two bays wide. Treatment of first-story windows is identical to the main facade, while second-story windows are set slightly closer together in simple molded surrounds.

The rear elevation (west) possesses a central entry containing a single door set beneath a transom. The entry is flanked by two windows set in molded surrounds. Three shed dormers were added in 1904. The central dormer contains paired, small 1/1 sash and is ornamented with decorative shingles, while the outer dormer each contains a 2/2 window, and are sheathed in clapboards. Two chimneys rise from the western slope of the roof. X See continuation sheet NPS Form 10-900-+ (8-06) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Moore-Hill House Peabody, Massachusetts Section number _ Page - The south elevation is identical to the north, with the exception of the porch at the first story. The hip roof, with bracketed cornice similar to the main house, is supported by bracketed, turned posts rising from a simple balustrade.

The porch was enclosed with screens in the early 20th century. The interior is on a center-hall plan and has remained substantially unaltered. The north room at the first story contains a fireplace, and retains an electric light fixture installed by 1896. The central stairway possesses an elaborately curved bannister, and rises to four second-story bedrooms. The house retains many early details, including late 19th-century wallpaper and electric light fixture. Archaeology While no prehistoric sites are currently recorded on the property, it is possible that sites may be present. Several known sites are reported in the general area. In general, however, the potential for significant archaeological remains, either prehistoric or historic, seems low, as a result of small lot size (less than one acre) and intense development on the lot and in the general area. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 8.

Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Moore-Hill House, Peabody, Massachusetts Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: nationally statewide Xlocally Applicable National Register Criteria Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Architecture Community Development Period of Significance 1874-1904 Significant Dates Cult/ral Affilation Significant Person N/A Architect/Builder Unknown State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The Moore-Hi House, Peabody, retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, Teeling, workmanship, and association, and meets Criteria A and 0 of the National Reaister of Historic Places on the local level.

This vernacular Italianate-style house is a well-preserved example of a modest house enlivened by the use of ornamental details characteristic of the style; it gains additional significance as the only unaltered example of a group of late 19th-century houses developed on Lowell and Franklin Streets between approximately 1871 and 1885. The Moore-Hill House has association with community development patterns in Peabody relating to industrial and population growth. The areawhich was to become Peabody (inc. 1855) was originally part of Salem.

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries the economy was based on agriculture and husbandry, and settlement patterns consisted largely of scattered small farms and the Colonial period, with the establishment of numerous mills and the beginnings of the tanning industry in Peabody providing the earliest hint of- the eventual shift from a rural agrarian community to an urban industrial one. The tanning industry became the focus of Peabody's economy by the mid-19th century. By 1865, there were 92 manufacturing establishments with 1,311 employees; many of these were associated with leather tanning or shoe manufacturing. The manufacturing sector of Peabody's economy burgeoned during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the leather tanning industry expanded. The total male workforce grew 205% from 2,100 men in 1875 to 6,420 in 1915. from 64% in 1875 to 81% in 1915.

During the same period the total population increased 153% from 7,343 in 1875 to 18,625 in 1915. The increase in the population caused by Peabody's industrial growth led to a change in the character of Peabody's residential development, as the town became more urban. The development of the northern extension of Franklin x See continuation sheet 9.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References Moore-Hill House, Peabody, Massachusetts Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previousiy determined eligible bythe National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of property _ Quad- Salem UTM References A 1,9] L3/4,110,6,01 Zone Easting C L less than one acre Scale- 1:25000 4,71,0020 Northing x See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: State historic preservation office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University Other Specify repository: MHC Inventory of Historic Assets #250 D See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description The nominated property includes the buildings and land at 82 Franklin Street, city lot 84-151, bounded as follows: north by Franklin Street, east by land of George and Shirley Pelletier, south by land of Mary L. Andrews and Arnold and Cheryl Pike, west by land of Paul and George Leontakianakos. See continuation sheet Boundary Justification The boundary of the nominated property includes the entire city lot presently and historically associated with the house.

See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By nameltitle Betsy Friedberg, National Register Director/MHC with Claudia DePaola and Kim Brengle organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission _date February 9, 1988 street & number 80 Boylston Street _telephone_(617) 727-8470 city or town Boston _ state_Massachusetts_ zip code_02116 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900- (8-86) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Moore-Hill House Peabody, Massachusetts Section number Page Street is representative of this change, as new streets and many new houses were required to shelter Peabody's rapidly growing population. The lot on which the Moore-Hill House stands was originally part of a larger parcel bought by Stephen Blaney from Frank W. Poor.

Stephen Blaney was one of the principals of Winchester and Blaney, a sheepskin tapaedydto four standings andoa tmmangsto,to nides per wesi murad this time Blaney invested in real estate, laying out a northern extension of Franklin Street and bullding houses along the parallel stretch of Lowell Street, including one for himself at 112 Lowell Street. The 1871 Atlas of Essex County shows Franklin Street subdivided with two houses built on the west side. A large corner lot to the north was still owned by Stephen Blaney at that time. In May 1873, Blaney sold an approximately 9000 square foot lot on the west side of "said street" (Franklin Street, as quoted from the deed) for one thousand dollars to Lutetia and Henry Moore. The Moores built their house, in 1874, and occupied it until 1896.

By 1885,Franklin Street had been developed with numerous houses, and by 1896, it was fully subdivided and developed. According to the 1885-1886 Voting Registration Book, Franklin Street residents were employed in a variety of tields: baker, grocer, clerk, engineer, teamster, tallor, and Janitor, with a morrocco dresser, currier, andshaver listed among them. Henry Moore was one of the few Franklin Street residents employed in the tanning industry in the. mid-1890s. Much of the work in Peabody's tanneries was done by southern European 1mmigrants, particularlyfrom Greece and Turkey. Thelisting of birthplaces 1n the voting records shows Franklin Street residents as native New Englanders. While most tannery workers lived closer to the tanneries in the Walnut Street area half a mile southeast, Franklin Street became home to people occupied in the service sector of Peabody's economy.

In 1896, Moore sold the lot and "buildings thereon" (referring to the house and garden shed) to William H. Hill, who had recently married. William H. Hill started his business career as a clerk in the C.W. Trask Tannery and eventually workedhis way up to the Director of the Foreign Exchange Division at Kidder, Peabody in Boston. After working for Kidder, Peabody for forty-five years, he retired in 1929. Hill was very active in the civic life of what was then the Town of Peabody. He served as trustee of the Warren Five Cents Savings Bank, Secretary of the Sutton Home for Aged Women, and Treasurer of the Monroe House for Boys. For ten years Hill served as head of the Town (continued) OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 NPS Form 10-000-- (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National ParkService National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Moore-Hill House Peabody, Massachusetts Section number- Page . Finance Committee and was also Master of the Jordan Lodge, a member of the Peabody Club, and a trustee of the Peabody Institute Library. Mr. Hill was active during a time when Peabody was developing rapidly from a town to a city based on its industrial growth. Hill's daughter, Ruth Hill, still owns and occupies the house. She remembers being told that 82 Franklin Street was one of the first houses to be electrified, shortly after her parents moved in. The original electric parents moved iae the or yimi stecreeibers lights fixtures are still in place.

82 Franklin Street is an example of how local builders freely applied ornamental details from "highly-style" architecture to embellish simple houses. The Moore-HillHouse is notable as an extremely well-preserved example of a vernacular Italianate-style house. Characteristic details include the bracketed cornice, double doors set beneath a bracketed hood, hoodmolds, arched central window, and side piazza. Gothic Revival influence can be seen in the central gable at the facade. The 1904 addition of pedimented front dormer with diamond-paned sash andshed rear dormers with decorative shingles also contribute to the character of the building. While Franklin Street retains a number of buildings of similar style and detalling, the majority have been altered significantly by vinyl siding or 1nappropriate adaltions. Contemporary 1nt1 houses also exist along Frankiin Street.

NPS Form 10-800- (8-88) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page . OMBApprovalNo. 1024-0018 Moore-Hill House Peabody, Massachusetts Assessor's Maps, City of Peabody: Atlases of Essex County. 1871, 1897, Salem Registry of Deeds, Salem, MA. Deeds, personal records, photographs in the possession of owner Ruth Hill. Gromko, Margaret J. -A report of the Peabody Municipal Light Plant Eighty-five Year History. 1976. Massachusetts Historical Commission Reconnaissance Study Report: Peabody Unpublished. Peabody City Directories, 1884 to present, Peabody Institute Library. Voting records, City of Peabody. Wells, John A. The Peabody Story. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1973. - 16560 * 13972 % 6150 TREET 12 9720 % 11?

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Nationel Fogistee -RETURN _ REJECT_ Federal Agency: MAY 13 1988 6-4/37 188 -appeal 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 -J 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 SignificanceCheck and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect summary paragraph completeness ( clarity applicable criteria justificationof 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: Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Hill House 82 Franklin Street Peabody taken by: Claudia DePaola December 1986 negative: Peabody Community Development Dept. negative number: 7 front elevation Moore-Hill House 82 Franklin St. Peabody, M.A Takenby: Claudia De Paola Decenber 1986 Negative: Peahody Community Development Dept. Negative number: 7 Vien facing west showing facade (east). Photo #1 of5 Hill House 82 Franklin Street Peabody taken by: Claudia DePaola December 1986 negative: Peabody Community Development Dept.

negative number: 22 front and west elevations Mloore-Hill House 82 Franklin St Peabody, MA Taken by: Claudia De Paola Decembe 1986 Negative: Peabody Community Develqment Dept Negative Nembe: 22 Niew south showing facade (east) and worth elevation Photo #2 of5 Hill House 82 Franklin Street Peabody taken by: Claudia DePaola December 1986 negative: Peabody Community Development Dept. negative number: 14 east and rear facades Moore-Hill House 82 Franklin St. Peabody, MA Taken by: Clandia De Paola December1986 Negative: Peahody Community Development Dept. Negative number: 14 Neu notheast showing rear (west) and south elevations. Photo #3 of5 Hill House 82 Franklin Street Peabody taken by: Claudia DePaola December 1986 negative: Peabody Community Development Dept negative number: 15 rear facade Moore.Hill House 82 Franklin St.

Peabody, MA Takenby: Clandia De Paola December 1986 Negative: Peabedy Cammumty Develpment Dept. Negative numbe: 15 View east showing rear elevation Photo #Yof 5 Hill House 82 Franklin Street Peabody taken by: Claudia DePaola December 1986 negative: Peabody Community Development Dept. negative number: 10 outbuildings, garage and garden shed Moore-Hill House 82 Franklin St. Peahody, MA Taken by: Clandia De Paoe December 1986 Negative: Peabody Cammunity Development Dept. Negative number: 10 View looking west from rear of house, showing outbuidings Photo #5of 5 « Conmnonwalti, v ker) May 4, 1988 Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the nomination forms for the following properties: Leominster, F. A.

Whitney Carriage Company Complex Historic District; off 124 Water Street; HPCA #10369MA Medford, Joseph K. Manning House; 35-37 Forest Street Palmer, Union Station; Depot Street Peabody, Moore-Hill House; 82 Franklin Street Worcester, Holy Name of Jesus Complex; Illinois Street; HPCA #10814MA (schoo1) HPCA #11040MA (convent) They 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 comment. No comments have been received to date. Sincerely Betay Fridken Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission BF/es Enclosure MAY | 3 1988 Massachusetts Historical Commission, Valerie A.

Talmage, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary