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MAY 1 5 1989 5602 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 SOUTHBRIDGE MASS MRA AREA FORM NO. A 117 SU=2-3% Town Southbridge Address 428 Hamilton Street Historic Name William E. Alden 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 Cu-1882-1887 Source maps/visual analysis Style Victorian /Queen Anne Architectunknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard/shingle Outbuildings Stick Style carriage house (C) Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition Excellent Moved no Date nla Acreage one acre or es Setting tree-lined residential street, late -19th, early-20th c. single and multifamily houses, church next door UTM REFERENCE 18/744 760/4662910 USGS QUADRANGLE Southbridae, Mass-conn SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by E. Woodford, ed. S. Ceccacci Organization Southbridge Historical Com- mission Date May 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The William E. Alden House is significant for its association with the town's late- 19 th century real estate development and its adaptation of the familiar gabie-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. This is a handsome and well preserved example of a Victorian style house with Queen Anne over- tones. More elaborate and more original in plan and design than the typical middle class Victorian style of the period, it is less imposing than larger, grander houses such as the A.M. Cheney House on Chestnut Street (form #C-325). Victorian in its somewhat vertical lines, the house has a broad sweeping roof, ornamental panels and some shingle siding which are typical ly associated with the Queen Anne style.
Its turned porch posts and balusters are also of the Queen Anne style. Other features such as the asymmetrical design and the complexity of the roofline are common to both styles. The board and batten carriage house, with cupola and facade balcony is of the same style and makes a significant contribution to the historic feeling of the setting. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the bullding relates to the development of the community. This house was built as the home of William E. Alden, Jr., who with his father, William E. Alden, ran a grocery and dry goods business on Main Street in Globe Village. The store was located in the Alden Block (form /A-148) (1878-1888), a fine high style Victorian commercial block which they had built. It was the only brick commercial block in Globe Village.
The construction of this house was part of the earliest development of this section of Hamilton Street. In 1878, shortly before it was built, only the church next door and a small house to its east were standing here. The land across the street from it remained undeveloped until the early-20th century. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES maps, atlases, directories 8/85 NPS Form 10-000 (8-06) 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 Date/Signature foKeeper Bett Sauge 6-22-87 Entered in the National Register Themnastyen 6/20/89 Attest Entered in tbe National Register Akeeper AelmeaByun 6/22/89 Attest Enteredinthe Mational Register FReeper AulresZyus 4/22/84 Attest 4. Ammidown--Harding Farmhouse Entered in the National Begister Keeper ( AhlareaBgii 4/2019 5. Ashland Mill Tenement Entered in the Mational Register Attest AKeeper Aulue Byun 4/22/04 Attest 6. Bacon--Morse Historic Distr ftered in the National Register Keeper AeluuByu 6/22/89 7. Beechwood Intered in the National Register Attest ttaoper subnesSzen 4/24/15 8. Boyer, Alexis, House Entera! in thr Natlonad Seclater 9. Building at 25--27 River Street Entered in the Natlonal Register fkeeper suBgun 6/22/89 Attest fKeeper AelvesBgen 6/22/69 10.
Building at 29--31 River Street Entored 1n tba N3 inpal Raclator Attest forkeeper Aulmeagun 4/22/89 Attest NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Alden, William E., 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: 89000562 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 6/22/84 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: Entered Te tha Mationel Register 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 verbal boundary descriptio UTMs boundary ¡ustificatiol ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps _USGS maps photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date presentation William EAlden Honse, A 117 southbniage, MA MR Ceccacci 1986 southbridge Historical commision Roll # 2.32 31 R9 144 15370 212:2- 137 138 -hil.
51! MRA SOUTHBRIDGE MASS JCHN E.O'DOIIELL A ASSOCIATES RULN 428 Hanulton Street À-1171 #428 64 100 50 55 T27 49 SOUTHBRIDOE, MASS. !! 56 * 30 27 MAF 33 34 48 vE22: PINE STREET 35 34 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000294