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540 SOUTHSFINGE MASS MAY 1 5 1989 FORM B - BUILDING AREA MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 D FORM NO. 454 Town Southbridge Address West Street at Main Street Historic Name Globe Village Fire House Coue:-17 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 Use: Present Veterans' Association Original fire Station DESCRIPTION Date 1894 Source plaque Style Colonial Revival Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric brick Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) mansard roof removed from corner tower (late- 19th cemury) Condition Good Moved NO Date Acreage less than ore acie. Setting mix, industrial/commercial/ residential area UTM REFERENCE 18/744 380/4662 650 USGS QUADRANGLE Southbridge MA CT SCALE1:25,000 Recorded by E. Woodford, S. Ceccacci ed. S. Ceccacci Organization Southbridge Historical Com- mission Date May 1986 - NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Globe Village Fire House is signifigant for its association with the expansion and development of Globe Village late in the 19 th century, and for its brick Coloniai Revival design.
It meets National Register criteria A and C at the local level and retains integrity of setting, location, materials, workmanship, design, feeling, and association. The boundaries indicated on the attached assessors map are those of current ownership. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. Almost Greek Revival in its appearance, this fire house has an only mildly Victorian corner tower which was originally capped with a mansard roof. It is not clear whether the Greek Revival reference was intentional or whether the building was merely a retardataire vernacular expression. Blocky gable-front buildings of this type sometimes appear in the Colonial Revival style which was popular in the late-19th century.
The gable front Classically-inspired design and the brick construction of the building relate it to nearby Greek Revival brick houses and to some of the Hamilton Woolen mill buildings across the street. It is possible that the design of the fire station was inspired in part by these surroundings. Simple in design, the structure takes its ornament from its gable cornice and returns, oculus window, corner pilasters, corbel table and segmental arched windows and doors. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in Tocal or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Until 1832 the only fire apparatus in Southbridge was a tub engine belenging to the Hamilton Woolen Company in Globe Village. In 1832 the town made an appropriation of $350 to be matched b private subscription, to buy a tub engine for the town.
At that same town meeting it was voted to establish volunteer teams to man both the new town engine and the existing apparatus owned by the Hamilton Mill. In February 1833, a few months after Engine Company K1 was established in the center, Globe Village Engine Company*2 was formed. As no fire house is shown in Globe Village on the 1855 map of Southbridge, it is likely that the fire engine was kept in some building belonging to the mill until the town built a fire house about 1860. That fire house, which stood on the north sidé of Main Street just east of the bridge over the river, was used until the present building was built. The last two decades of the 19th-century brought several modernizations to fire protection in Southbridge. In 1880 the old "hand engine companies" were disbanded and a new town fire department was established. During the 1890's two new fire houses were built.
building was built first, in 1894, at a cost of $9,000. Five years later a large imposing brick fire house (form #D-401) was built on Elm Street in the town center to replace the much smaller 1860's fire house on Central Street. During this same period the town was able to boast an ample supply of water for fighting fires, supplied by hydrants and subterranean street reservoirs. A"Gamewell Fire Alarm System"was also functioning at this time. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Souvenir of Southbridge 1898. Southbridge : George Grant-Press Print, 1898, pp. 66-69. "Tiger Engine Co. 7 (A New Fire Department for Southbridge)", Southbridge Evening News, 2/14/1964. 8/85 NPS Form10-900- (8-06) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Section number - Page.
Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Southbridge MRA Worcester County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature 31. Gleason, James, Cottage tintered in ino Hational Begister AKeoper ulrBgu 6/2/89 Attest 32. Globe Village Fire House Entered 10 tbg Natlunal Register Hooper@AulmBgua u/zb9 Attest 33. Glover Street Historic District Entered 1n the Keeper AtemuBgun 4/2059 National Registar Attest 34. Hamilton Mill Brick Hoysfered In the National Register Goopos Sbnege 6/2214 Attest 3. Hanteon WL Veor Serteo eter, eouatnt ropor SemmByur 6/219 Entered in the National Register Attest 36. Hamilton Millwright--Agent's House Entered 1n tue fikeeper AuesuByun 6122/84 hational Begtsten Attest 37. Hamilton Woolen Company Historic District fo/Keeper EIVE HevIel pettn Sauage 6/22/89 Attest 38.
Harrington, Theodore, House feeperAelmerByu6/20/04 Entered in tha National Register Attest 39. Hartwell, George H., House Entored in the Aaopor AhemuBigu 6/119 Natlonan Bagiater Attest 40.
Hartwell, Samuel C., House Entorel 10 tha fkecepenhalamlBgen 4/22115 datluia 4out3toz Attest NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Globe Village Fire House MULTIPLE NAME: Southbridge MRA STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 5/15/89 6/16/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 5/31/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 6/29/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000540 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N COMMENT WAIVER: N /ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 6/22/89 DATE Entered in the National Register ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N CLASSIFICATION count resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic current DESCRIPTION architectural classification materials descriptive text 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage UTMS verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _sketch mapsUSGS maps OTHER COMMENTS photographs presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date Globe Village Fire Honse (D-454) Southbridge, MA MN ceccacci, 1986 southbridge Historical society Roll#2:17 west St at Main Street west street Frre tbuse 33
SOUTHBRIDGE MASS 105 110 je/ë×÷ AMCCDME0: 1 ASC1ES D-454 160 A 100 102 181 iad 52 34 39 34 55 34 ASC Coat 1, 03 - 30 48 48 49 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000294