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LAUG 0 7 1989 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSION STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 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 SEE ATTACHED MAP UIM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE SCALE 19/334, 580 E/ 4,679,120 N Blue Hills, MA 1: 25,000 1366 AREA FORM NO.
PH 77 Town Address Quincy, MA / MRA 248 President's Lane Historic Name Charles Marsh House Use: Present _ single family dwelling Original single family dwelling DESCRIPTION Date ca.1860s Source Map and directory research Style - Architect Italianate unknown Exterior Wall Fabric wood clapboards Cutbuildings_ -two-car arae(19s)--nc Major Alterations (with dates)none Condition Good Moved Acreage Date n/a less than one acre: 16, 620 sq. ft Setting _ The house is on a spacious lot at the edge of President's Hill one block from a busy commercial intersection. Recorded by Fannin and Iehner/ J. Johnson Organization Quincy Historical Cormission Date June 14, 1986/ May 1987 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) This finely-detailed, Italianate-style house is one of two well-preserved examples of this type in Quincy.
The Charles Marsh House retains integrity of design, location, materials, feeling and association. The house fulfills Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. SEE INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. SEE INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES "A Brief Historical Sketch of the City of Quincy, Mass. " issued by the President's Hill, President's Hill Annex, and Cranch Hill Real Estate Trusts." circa. 1903 Assessor's Records. Robinson's Atlas of the Norfolk County, Mass., 1888. Atlases of the City of Quincy, 1897; 1907; 1923. City Directories.
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMI SSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Form No: QUINCY MA PH-77 Property Name: Charles MarshHse. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - - 248 PRESIDENT'S LANE CHARLES MARSH HOUSE This house is located just outside the former Charles Francis Adams estate and thus precedes the late 19th century subdivision of President's Hill. 248 has been owned by a succession of prominent Quincy citizens. house was built for Charles Marsh, a prosperous leather dealer who sop Chat 18g Nayan One of the older houses on President's Lane, number The worked on Purchase Street in Boston. Marsh was also the president of the Granite Trust Company (established 1836) in 1863 and president of the Quincy Savings Bank (established 1845) in 1879. The house was acquired by A.D.
Chase in the 1880s who passed it down to his son Richard D. Chase in 1887. Richard Chase was founder of his own insurance firm, secretary and treasurer of the Quincy Co-operative Bank and active in the Bethany Congregational Church. By 1907. number 248 Marsh was owned by Luther S. Anderson. Anderson, who owned several pieces of property in the President's Lane area, was the manager and treasurer of the Granite Railway Company. From 1922 to 1935 the house was occupied by the Morrissey family owners of Morrissey Brothers Taxi. Staple to Inventory form at botton INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMI SSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Quincy, MA Form No: PH-77 Property Name: Charles Maugh ttse. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE - - 248 PRESIDENT'S LANE CHARLES MARSH HOUSE This house at 248 President's Lane is one of a few two-and-a-half story sidehall plans in Quincy. and one of two well-preserved examples included in this nomination (the other example is at 183 Pine Street. #566). Gable-end to the street, the main facade is composed of a gable with return eaves supported by double brackets, signature of the style. Within the gable is an arched window. The entrance porch has chamfered posts. small scrolled brackets supporting the roof and dentiled frieze. The fenestration is regular composed of double windows with two narrow lights. the side elevation is an angular one-story bay with a bracketed roof. The house is set on a typical granite foundation. A two-car garage at the rear of the lot is noncontributing.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form (8-06) United States Department of the Interior National ParkService National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page. - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 AUG 7 1989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Quincy MRA Norfolk County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 41. House at 32 Bayview Avenuetered in National Register Date/Signature KhlreByu 9/2/19 Attest LReeper 42. House at 92 Willard Streetntered 1n tba Mational Registar AlorusByun 9/20/89 43. House at 94 Grandview Avenue Entered in the National Begister Attest Reeper Aulrreßgen 9/20/89 Attest 44. Jewel1, David L., House intered in tbe Netional Register Keeper HbraDyu 9pul) 45- Lennon, Edward J., House intered in the National Register Attest Keeper Aelosepyu 9/20p4 46. Marsh, Charles, House Intered in tea Nalional Register 47.
Marsh, Edwin W., House Enteredin tbe National Register Attest LkeeperLlmeDyu 9/20/89 Attest (Keeper_ Alespyu 9/24/89 48. McIntire, Herman, House Attest Satioial Begtstor fikeeper ulaByen 2p0/89 Entered in the Attest 49. Miller, Edward, House Subatantive Review 50. Munroe Building Entered in the National Register Jorkeeper Batlot Savge 3/8/90 Attest ftkseper.
LlenByen 7/20/2 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Marsh, Charles, House NAME : MULTIPLE NAME: Quincy MRA STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Norfolk DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 8/07/89 9/07/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 8/22/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 9/21/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001366 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: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/2489 DATE Entered in the National Registen 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 248 President's Lane charles marsh House, y 87 by: Tulic Johnson at: Planning Dept- Quincy ate: July 1987 ew.North PIt# PH - 77 Quiney, Mass.
N clot'scuny 15729 RES C EIET G Ruscirto e HaM, Poquii RiteM Paj 256 236 PRESIDENT SEE PLAN 1148 =. SSE. PLAN II67 GRANITE BUSINESS Six of i Quincy pamesldardetus TANE ICA SEE PLAN 1169 Address 248 President's Lane QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS / MRA Assessors Map # 1164 1979 Scale: 1 inch equals 80 feet Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000289