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FORM B - BUILDING MAY 1 5 1989 545 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 SOUTHBRIDGE MASS - MEA AREA E 502 FORM NO. Town Southbridge Address 141-143-145 Ashland Avenue Historic Name Ashland Mill Tenement 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 residential Original DESCRIPTION residential Date 1855 Source maps, atlases Style Utilitarian Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) doorcs or the rear ca. 1910-1920's!
Condition Good Moved no Da te Acreage one acre or less Setting mixed industrial/suburban out- lving area UTM REFERENCE 18/74M 360/46G|140 USGS QUADRANGLE Sauthbridae, Mass.-conn. SCALE 1125,000 Recorded by E. Woodford, S. Ceccacci ed. S. Ceccacci Organization Southbridze Historical Com- mission Date Mav 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Ashland Mill Tenement is signifiCant as rare surviving housing of Southbridge's early mill development. It meets National Register criteria A and C at the local level and retains integrity of location, materiais, 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.
Resting on a granite foundation this unassuming structure is astylistic in its plainness. It nevertheless bears cornice and window trim typical of the Federal period, suggesting a relatively early date of conscruction. The raised dormers, providing a full floor of living space on the second floor, are apparently original. The only other intact early group of factory houses known to exist in Southbridge is Brick Square (ca. 1837) (form #A-149), associated with the Hamilton Woolen Mill in Globe Village. Unlike the Ashland Mill Tenement, the one-and-a-half story, two family, Greek Revival and Federal style brick houses of Brick Square have much greater architectural pretention. The earliest group of multifamily factory houses known to have been built in Southbridge was a row oi Wooden tenements on Paige Hill Road.
Built about 1815, they were associated with William Sumner's cotton mill (later known as Dresser Manufacturing Company). No documentation of the original appearance of those buildings has been found. It is, therefore, impossible to relate the design of the Ashland Mill Tenements to their only known earlier wood frame predecessor. The Ashland Mill tenement is significant as an early example of factory housing in Southbridge. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. This workers' tenement is located in Sandersdale, a secondary industrial site in the eastern part of Southbridge where Lebanon Brook joins the Quinebaug River. A blacksmith shop was built here about 1815, followed by a saw mill in 1834. A cotton spinning mill, owned by Larkin Ammidown, began operation here in 1834.
It operated under various owners until it burned in 1849. This structure appears to have been one of a row of three or more tenement houses built for operatives of that cotton mill. It seems to be the only remnant of that early industrial endeavor left standing today. began operation at this location, this building is believed also to have served as housing for its workers. Later known as Southbridge Printing Company, that factory functioned as a successful textile printer until the early-20th century. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES - maps, atlases Ammidown, H. Historical Collections, 1874 pp. 383-386 Worcester County Biographical Review, p. 742. 8/85 NPS Form 10-000# (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page OMB Approvel No.
1024-0018 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Southbridge MRA Worcester County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Cover 1. Academic Brochu 2. Alden, William E., House 3. Alden--Delahanty Block 4. Ammidown--Harding Farmhouse Date/Signature fKeeper Betnot Sarge 6-2287 Entered in the National Register KhlansEyen 6/20/89 Attest Entered 1n tbe National Register tKeeper AlelnaBgu 6/22/9 Attest Entered in the Mational Registez TReeper suennsbgus 0/2219 Attest Entered in the 4/2014 National Register Attest 5. Ashland Mill Tenement Entered in the Mational Register 'Keeper AhlusesBgur 4/22/89 Attest 6. Bacon--Morse Historic Distrifitered in the National Register /Keeper AelmeBeju 6/22/84 Attest 7. Beechwood Entered inthe National Register Keeper _ Ahlmnes Egen 6/22/54 8. Boyer, Alexis, House Enterel in th Natiodad Seclater Attest fKeeper 6/20/89 9.
Building at 25--27 River Street Entered in the National Register Attest Fkeeper AulvesByen 6/2/69 Attest 10.
Building at 29--31 River Street Entored in ths Ma:icga1 Raclstor fokeeper Attest AelmusSyun 6/22/89 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Ashland Mill Tenement 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: 89000545 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: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 6/22/84 Entered in the DATE Natlonal 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 USGS maps _photographs sketch maps OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone _presentation Signed Date Ashland Mll Tenement 141-143-145 Ashland Are (e-502) South bridge., MA 1986 south bridge Historical Commission PRBOR Ashland Mill Tene ment 141-143-145 Ashland Are (E-502) Southbridge, MA MRA 1986 Southbridge Histoncal Counission FROAR SOUTHERIDGE MASS 35 109 102 45 Mo6oossoro JENNISON rsssesi B5S0 sesinss KiNGSLEt 10 <0) JONN E.O DO:ELLO ASSOCIATES AUIUr1d LAILIE , 141-145 Ashland Avenul piliaTao fILENO AEAITY 2F ASHI.AND 57 "OTHE 3Af013 MASS.
57 PETdO 43 SurlSAK 58 E-502 #141,143,145 r-Rremer""owi NO paacEa Di Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000294