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FORM B - BUILDING MAY 1 5 1989 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 MAY 1 5 1099 200=2-37 4 SOUTHBRIDGE MASS MFA AREA FORM NO. A 122 Town Southbridge Address 32 Edwards Street Historic Name J. M. Cheney Rental 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 DESCRIPTION residential Date 1878-1898 Source maps Style Victorian Vernacular Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric_clapboards Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition Excellent Moved no Date nla Acreage lessthanoneacre Setting quiet tree-lined residential street set on a hillside UTM REFERENCE 18/745 180/4662 570 USGS QUADRANGLE Sorthbridae, Mass-Conn SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by E. Woodford, S. Ceccacci ed. S. Ceccacci Organization Southbridge Historical Com- missior Date May 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The J. M. Cheney Rental House is signifiCant for its association with the town's late- 19 th century real estate development and its adapt.ation of the familiar gable-front form to the Queen Anne styie.
It meets - National Register criteria A and C at the local level and retains integrity of design, setting, location, materials, workmanship, 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 Victorian Vernacular style house is representative of many late-19th century houses in Southbridge and in Central Massachusetts in general. This three bay, side hall, gable front plan was the most popular form for a variety of styles of middle and upper middle class houses from the mid to late-19th century. Iypical of many late-19th century houses built on this plan, this house. is eclectic in style. gable window are Italianate in inspiration. A Gothic Revival pointed window is seen in the side gable.
-e es orate Ste, eyte sraaont go. The architrave/cornice window caps and round arched Elaborate Stick Style ornament adorns the gables. The porch bears a mixture of bracketed Italianate and lacy Queen Anne trim. This well preserved house retains its original slate roof, 2/2 sash and its trim all intact and in excellent condition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in-local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The construction of this house was part of a second stage in the development of the Hamilton Street area which took place between 1878 and 1898. The original houses built along Hamilton Street and along Edwards and Marcy Streets were largely the houses of community leaders, industrialists and successful merchants. Built between 1855 and 1870, they were relatively large in size and set on large lots.
As Southbridge expanded after 1870, Hamilton Street and nearby streets gradually became more thickly settled. By 1898, most of.the large lots of the original houses in the area had been broken up and smaller less imposing houses built in between. The J. M. Cheney Rental House was built on a lot which appears to have been part of the side yard of the A. Kinney House (form #A-|23) to its east. Contemporary to the construction of this house, other houses were built to its west on land which was apparently originally part of the Edwards estate on Hamilton Street. J. M. Cheney, who apparently built whis house, was the treasurer of Litchfield Shuttle Company. He lived nearby on the corner of Marcy and Edwards Street in the large Italianate style house formerly owned by Liberty Litchfield. The 1898 atlas shows that he also owned the A.
Kenney House, directly behind his own house, and this more recent house. Although no documentation has been found to prove that this house was built as a rental property, it seems likely that that was the case. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES - maps, atlases, directories 8/85 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Southbridge MRA Worcester Countye MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature 11. Building at 38--42 Worcester Street Entered in the National Register freepet AulnaBgun 602/19 12. Building at 52 Main Street Entered in the National Begister 13. Central Mills Historic District Entered in the National Regiatet 14.
Chamberlain--Bordeau House Entered in the Mational Register 15. Chapin Block Entered lu the Dational Register Attest Freeper AhlumenZgu 6/22/09 Attest kcopor zeeBgur 4/169 Attest hoper AelumByan u/=119 Attest Keeper AeloueByen 4/5=/89 Attest 16. Cheney, A1pha M. House intered in the Matlonal Begister (Keeper AelrueSyu 6/2219 17. Cheney, J.M., Rental Houseu.ea iu ue Hteeper AelnBgen 6/2=/59 Mational Register Attest Attest 18. Clarke--Glover Farmhouse -Keeper MbreByun 6/2/54 19. Cliff Cottage Entered in tne Mational Reglster Entered in the National Register Attest -Reeper XiluBzer 4/22/89 Attest 20. Cole, E., Merritt, House Entered in t9e National Begistar Reeper i Thloußgen 4/2x/89 Attest NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Cheney, J.
M., Rental 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: 89000564 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: SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N V ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 6/22/89DATE Imtered in the National Register ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR ./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 maps OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps photographs presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 32 Edwards Streec T.M.Cheney RentalHse southbridge, MA MNA 1986 Southbndge Historical Commission R011#2-37 152 RB 34 125 BISTE 1A-122- #32 100 126 127 118 1 2F MRA SOUTHBRIDGE MASS 109 BEMOOL DERARTUERT MF JOH E.O'OSHRELL B ASSOCIATES AUBURN MAINE 32 Edwards Street 30 101 36 80 48 47 SOUTHORIOSE, MASS.
SOALE 11200 EX- ENEUPT-10W0 X "º V9, 35 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000294