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515: FORM B - BUILDING MAY 1 5 1989 SOUTHBRIDGE MAOS MRA AREA A FORM NO. 152 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Town Southbridge Address 29-31 River Street Historic Name n/a 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 3-decker Original 3-decker DESCRIPTION Date (g1904-1925 Source Sanborn maps Style Colonial Revival Vernacular Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition Good Moved ho Date na Acreage lessthan oneacie Setting in a row of 3-deckers across strei from Harrington Cutlery factory UTM REFERENCE 18/744 900/4662940 USGS QUADRANGLE Southbridae 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) 29-31 River Street is significant as an example of the distinctive -- - regional multi-family housing type known as the triple decker, constructed during the growth of the t.own's eastern section late in the i9th to early inthe zuth century.
It meets National Register criteria A and C at the local level and retains integrity of setting, iocation, 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. One of two similar three deckers standing next to one another, this house is of the more severe Classical style which was common during the 1910's and 1920's. This severity contrasts with the lacy effect of the porches seen on many three deckers in the Flats, for instance, which were built ten to twenty years earlier. This is one of the best preserved three-decker: in the Hamilton 'Street area.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Opposite the "New Mill" of the Hamilton Woolen Company, this building was built on a plot of land which had remained vacant well into the 20th-century. It is one of a row of six three deckers built in several different designs all at about the same time.
Housing growth continued in Globe Village during the 1920's as a result of the sustained activity of the Hamilton Woolen Company at a time when many other New England textile mills were shutting down, Hamilton Woolen continued to remain competitive in the world textile market through the introduction of new fabrics and by the replacement of obsolete machinery until a strike forced it to close in 1936 - BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES - Sanborn maps 8/85 NPS Form 10-900-# (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. Adden, William E., House 3. Alden--Delahanty Block 4.
Ammidown--Harding Farmhouse Date/Signature fo Keeper BetnY aurge 6-22-81 Entered in the National Register /*eepenk TlamsSyen 6/22/89 Attest Entered 1n the tkeeper AllnesByun 6/22/89 National Register Attest Entered in the National Regiater keeper 0/22/4 Attest Entered in the Hkeeper 4/20/4 National Begiater Attest 5. Ashland Mill Tenement Entered in the bational Begister Keeper AelureBgur 4/22/85 Attest 6. Bacon--Morse Historic Distriftered in tbe Hooper 6/22/14 National Register Attest 7. Beechwood Intered in the National Register 8. Boyer, Alexis, House Enterel in Natiodal Beciater Keeper _ Aklures Zzen 6/27/84 Attest fReeper AheemeSgen 6/22/89 Attest 9. Building at 25--27 River Street Entered in the Natlonal Register j'Keeper ( SelvesBye 6/22/89 10.
Building at 29--31 River Street Entored dn tha Na ic0al Reclator Attest fokeeper ulmussyen 6/2x/89 Attest NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Building at 29--31 River street 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: 89000575 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 VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 6/22/89 DATE Entered In thi National 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 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 USGS maps photographs presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date Bu 29.31 River Street, (A.152) Southbridge, MA ceccacci, 1986 Southbriage Historical commision Roll#4 - M.A SOUTHBRIDGE MASS 3/ 03 GB MF GB 33 144 137 138 140 GB ,120 JOHN E ODDELL A ASSOCIATES RUBUHN, 1o7i 29-31 Rwer street 154 A-152 #29-31 -00 Eal toztes HAMILTON 64 CROSS STREET 45 11.
43 ca 49 27 SOUTHERIDOL, MASS. 48 e: 35 STREET RY.RYIMPT-TOWA 34 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000294