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MAY 1 5 1989 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 56° SOUTHBRIDGE MASS MRA AREA A FORM NO. 114 Town Southbridge Address 306 Hamilton Historic Name Alexis Boyer House 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 residential DESCRIPTION Date 1888 Source maps & directories Style Oueen Anne Vernacular Architect A.
Boyer Exterior Wall Fabric clapboards Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) _ none Condition Good Moved Date 11/a Acreage less than one acie _Setting mixed commercial/residential street lined mostly with houses, cottages & multi- family dwellings g late-19th c. UTM REFERENCE 18/745 030/4662850 USGS QUADRANGLE Southioridge, Mass-conn SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by E. Woodford, S. Ceccacci ed. S. Ceccacci Organization_Southbridge Historical Com- mission Date May 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Alex Boyer House is significant for its association with the town's late- 19th century real estate development and its adaptation of the familiar gable-front form to the Queen Anne style. 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. A rare well preserved example of a Queen Anne Vernacular house in Southbridge, this is one of the best preserved and most elaborate late-19th century residences on this section of Hamilton Street. Outstanding features of the house are the one-story wrap-around porch and the elaborate stickwork and jigsaw-cut trim of the gable apron and bargeboard. At the rear of the house is an outside staircase, an element often seen on Southbridge houses which is believed to be of French Canadian origin. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.
Although Hamilton Street had been cut through in the 1850's, this section remained largely undeveloped until the 1880's. Houses were first built on the north side of the street bet- ween Crane Street and Union Street during the 1880's and 1890's. After the establishment of a separate French Canadian parish and the construction of a church on Pine Street in 1870, this area became popular among that ethnic group. The owner of this house, Alexis Boyer, was a major leader in the Franco-American community. He served in the State Legislature in 1907-1908, the State Senate in 1914 and was also on the State Democratic Committee. Boyer, a builder, is also known for having constructed numerous two and three deckers in Southbridge and for having trained other carpenter-builders who followed him in his trade. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES maps, atlases, directories. letter Janice Morrill to S.
Ceccacci 5/13/86 regarding French Canadian influence on three-dekcer style in Southbridge. Gatineau, F. Histoire des Franco-Americains de Southbridge, Lakeview Press, 1919 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 5.
Ashland Mill Tenement Date/Signature fKeeper Beth Saurye 6-22-87 Entered 1n the Nat1onal Register Thloms Syen 6/20/89 Attest Entered 1n the tKeeper ZlelnesBgun 6/22/89 National Begister Attest Entered in the National Register tKeeper ZuenusZgus 0/22/14 Attest Enteredin the 4/2014 National Begister Attest Entered in the Hational Reglster Akeeper ulne Bgun 412=/05 Attest 6. Bacon--Morse Historic Distrifitered in the National Register Reeper AelmuByzun 6/22/19 7. Beechwood Entered in the National Register 8. Boyer, Alexis, House Entere! in thr Nationai . Becister Attest Heeper AtlnerZzen 4/2+/04 Attest fKeeper 6/20/89 Attest 9. Building at 25--27 River Street Keeper AelvesDye 6/22/89 Entered in the National Register 10.
Building at 29--31 River Street Entored an tba Natingal Rarlstor Attest fokeeper AulneSgun 4/2/81 Attest NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Boyer, Alexis, House NAME: MULTIPLE Southbridge MRA NAME: 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: 89000560 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 Natlonal Begister 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 DESCRIPTION current 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 maps OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps photographspresentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 306 Hamilton St (A-114) Southbridse, ux Alexis Boyer House 1986 Soulintondse Hastorviae Commusnn.
Form# A-114 1986 phsto Sauthbridge 306 Hamitton street Roll# 4 30 HI! A-114 #306 130% 131 124 132 121 100 67 126 69 MRA SOUTHBRIDGE MASS 2f 53 80 STREET 157 Tra" BEHOOL BEPARIUGOS ALF JOVt L.O'EGHRELL & ASSOCIATES AUBURN, 306 tamilton Stieet 73 48 SOUTHORIOSE, MASS. 35 HI 47 36 X HO 49, He, 4T 35 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000294