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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 MAY 22 1989 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5*, black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. 6:) 39412 E STREET CAMBRIDGE /"= 200' - WEDGEMERE UTM REFERENCE 19,322490.4702190 USGS QUADRANGLE LEXINETON MASS, SCALE 1:25,000 DARTMK 641 AREA FORM NO. 34 Town (Winchester, Mass. M.R.A.) WIN CHESTER Address 223-225 Cambridge Street Historic Name Henry Grover House Use: Present dwelling Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date 1880s Source Deeds Style Vernacular Architect _ unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings three barns /C Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition Good Moved no Date Acreage 9.29 acres 0019-0124 Setting Open rural setting along early road from Cambridge. Presently mixed commercial/residential use.
Recorded by Carol Ely Organization Winchester Historical Comm Date 9/78; revised 10/87 by H. White Formerly: 179-181 Cambridge Street (before 1928) NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) - The Henry Grover farm is notable as a rare surviving ensemble of agricultura buildings preserved in their original open rural setting. Therefore the Henry Grover farm meets Criterion A ofnthe National Register of Historic Places. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The Henry Grover House is a double house consisting of two side-by-side identical units. The Grover House is two-and-one-half stories, and based on a rectangular plan with a two-and-one-hali story rear ell. Ihe four-bay facade is symmetrically arranged, with paired center entrance doors set within an open porch.
There is a one-story polygonal bay on each side elevation. The gable roof is of moderate pitch, with the ridge parallel to the street. Window sash is of two-over-two configuration throughout. Iwin interior chimneys are placed on the rear slope of the roof. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. On this site stood a house built circa 1823, by a well-known local ,housewright/carpenter Dana Fay. The Dana Fay. house was moved in two sections circa 1884: the main block of the house was moved to 37-39 Pond "Street (q.v.) and the rear ell appears to have been moved directly across - Cambridge Street (236 ambridge Street).
Henry Grover, a farmer, bought the property from Charles Mason in 1884, and had the old Fay house moved, making way for the present house, which he shared with Frank Grover until 1912. Other structures listed on the farm of almost 25 acres, were a barn, two greenhouses, two henhouses. The house came under the ownership of the Purcell family in 1923. The house and 9.5 acres of the surrounding land were retained as a parcel. The Purcell family continues to farm some of the acreage, and sells flowers from a roadside stand known locally as "Purcell's Pansy Patch". _BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Deeds. History of Winchester, by H. Chapman, 1936, PP.98, 182.
Archival Center, files (photograph on cover of file #SB-34) 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 Section number Page OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 MAY 2 2 1989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Winchester MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 21. Gardner, O.W. Hause Entered in the Hational Beglatar 22. Ginn Gardener's House Entered in tha National Registaz 23. Grover, Henry, House Entered in the Natlonal Regtater Date/Signature frooper AutumBgun 115/04 Attest Ikoopor AelmuZgun 715164 Attest Reeper AelmByu7/5/84 24. Hovey--Winn House 25. Hutchinson--Blood House 26. Johnson--Thompson House 27.
Jones, Marshall W., House Entered in the Natlonai Begister Attest Entered 1n the Natlonal Reglater fReeper Allrugu715/89 Attest Entered in the y Keeper National Becister AiluaBgan 11014 Attest Entered in the Natlonai Register Kxopor Ahlae igun1164 Keeper AkluuaByen21oty 28. Locke, Asa, House Attest Entered in the LKeeper Mational Register AeluBgun 2/0169 29. Mann, James H., House 30.
Mason, John, House Attest Entered 1o the National Register Aelmeßzu 41/69 Attest Entered in the National Begister /Kéeper Ailmuzar 1/5/69 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Grover, Henry, House NAME: MULTIPLE Winchester MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: 5/22/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 6/22/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 6/06/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 7/06/89 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000641 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: OPERA N PDTA PROBIEM : N PER APE PROS THA N SO P NU PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT _RETURN REJECT 2/5/89 DATE Entered in the National Regiater 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 OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone _presentation Signed Date Grover, "n"House 223-225 cambridae St.
Winchester, Ma MRA MHC Inr. #34 1/88 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000303