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FORM F - STRUCTURE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTONSTREET BOSTON, MA 02116 DEC 0 5 1989 2290 MDC - TRA, MASS. AREA FORM NO. 3-3 Town Address Name Ownership: Framingham West of intersection of Winter ana Fountain Streets Framingham Reservoir #2 Dam & Gate- nouse MDC Public Private Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5" black and white) Indicate address on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. Sketch Map: Draw map showing structure's location in relation to nearest cross streets, buildings and/or geographical features. Indicate all bufldings between inventoried property and nearest intersection. Indicate north. See attached Type of Structure (check one): . bridge canal dam fort gate kiln 11ghthouse pound powder house street tower tunnel wall windmilT other and gatehouse -DESCRIPTION Date - 1877-1870 Source Internal Renort.
Desmond Fitzrerald, 1898 Architect Engineer/Designer (if known): Georre Clouch, Architect Construction material earth, granite, concrete Alterations (with dates) n/a Condition rood UTM REFERENCE USGS QUANDRANGLE SCALE 19/298340/4683860 Framingham, MA 1:25,000 Moved no Date Acreage. one acre Setting crowden suhurhon commencial and . and residential area Recorded by - Jane Carolan Organization Louis Berrer & Associates Date February 1984 MDC - TRA, MASS. NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) Framingham Reservoir #2 Dam and Gatehouse are significant for their association with the Sudbury Supply, the second water supply system built by the Metropolitan Water Board of the city of 3oston. The Dam and Gatehouse are examples of muncipal water technology and architecture of the mid to end of the nineteenth century (1876-1878).
The gatehouse is further considered eligible since it was designed by George Clough, Boston City Architect from 1873 to 1883. The dam and gatehouse retain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling and meet Criteria A and C of the National Register of ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important design features and evaluate in terms of othertinuec structures within the community. Framingham Reservoir iF2 Dam' and Gatehouse is in the crowded suburban town of Framingham. This is the southernmost reservoir of the three Framingham Reservoirs. It runs north/south and is crossed, at its southern end, by Conrail tracks. The gatehouse is a granite rectangular structure with a steep hipped roof, an eyebrow dormer and brick chimney.
The structure has round arched doors and windows and rough cut granite walls with smooth granite quions, cornice, and window and door surrounds. "he gatecnamber, inside the gatehouse, contains four 4'x'5' gates which regulate water flow from Reservoir #1 and :2; three 4'x'5' gates and two 4.5' x 41 gates wnich reculated water into a 48" pine which was connected with Dam #1; and a 24" pive to Ashland Reservoir. dam above the foundation was constructed by S.V. Trull and N.Wood, Cohoe, NY and E.F. Murray, Troy, NY. The gatehouse was constructed by James Fagin, 3oston and designed by George A. Clough, Boston City Architect. Ihe dam has a masonry overfall centered between two earthen embankments. The embankments have walls of rranite rubble masonry laid in cement on a foundation of compacted sand.
(cont.) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain historical importance of structure and how the structure relates to the development of the community. The three Framingham Reservoirs, including dams and gatehouses, were constructed during the phase Il expansion of Boston's municipal water supply system (1875-95; refer to Overview, Section 8, pp. 2-6 for additional information). Basically this phase supplemented the Cochituate Aqueduct (Area A) of phase I by extending the system further west to the Sudbury River water shed. The major nominated resources associated with this phase are the Sudbury Aqueduct (Area B) and the three Framingham Reservoirs (3-2, 3, 4). Although its water quality was not the highest, the Sudbury River was selected as Boston's new source in 1872 because it would provide a large and consistent amount of water.
The Framingham Reservoirs were built in an attempt to ameliorate the problem of water quality. They served as giant settling basins that allowed natural cleansing of the water by pooling it and letting heavier foreign material fall to the bottom. Mains in the dams were placed so that water could be taken at higher levels to avoid pollution. Under the direction of Joseph P. Davis, a civil engineer, and Alphonse Fteley, Resident Water Board Engineer, the Sudbury Aqueduct was constructed from Farm Pond in Framingham to the Chestnut Hill Reservoir (Area E) in Brighton, along with three settling and storage reservoirs on the north branch of the Sudbury River in Framingham, and a conduit from the dam at Framingham Reservoir *1 to Farm Pond. The Ashland Reservoir (4-3) was added to the system in 1885 as reservoir *4, as was the Hopkinton Reservoir (4-4) in 1891 as reservoir *6.
The long-planned Sudbury Reservoir (see Area F) was added as reservoir *5 in 1893. While the Framingham Reservoirs, Gatehouses and Dams are intact today, increasing industrial development in the area surrounding the reservoirs has made the water unsuitable for use. Thus they have been removed from service. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES "ishnal by Desmond Morris to Frederic Stearns on the Sudbury River Vorks, 15 June 1898 oston jater jorks, Additional Sunnly from Sudbury River Descrintion of the Worls, 1882 8/85. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Conmmity: Framincham Form No: 3-3 Property Name: Iramingiam Reservoir i-2 Dam and Gatehouse Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. NATIONAL RICISDE CRIMERIA: Historic Places.
The boundary of the Framingham Reservoir 2 Gatehouse and Dan which are - being nominated is only the gatenouse and dam and. does not include any land around these structures. The boundary is shown on the attached map, Fraringham Reservoir No. 1, Metropolitan Water Works, Land Plans, January 1913. Scale: 100 = 1'. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCA: The overfall is cranite rubble laid in cement with an earthern embanment on the upstream side. The overfall is covered with granite and originally had iron flashboard standards. For additional information, please refer to Overview, Section 7: Reservoirs, Dams. Large passive reservoirs-of this type have not been included for nomination due to their large size and lack of readily perceivable man-made features. Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form 10-000-8 (8-88) OMB Approvel No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NationalParkService National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page . Water Supply System of Metropolitan Boston MPS Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Worcester Counties, MASSACHUSETTS substantive ReTter COVER 1. Ashland Dam and Spillway < SEK12. Framingham Reservoir No. 3 Dam agdsSetsheve Zevton 3. Framingham Reservoir No. 2 Dam and Gatehouse 4. Framingham Reservoir No. 1 Dam and Gatehouse 5. Hopkinton Dam and Spillway 6. Lake Cochituate Dam 7. Medford Pipe Bridge Suk 8. Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District Ssbataalive Xoytoo 9. Mystic Dam - Suih 10. Mystic Gatehouse Juastanbire Ror1on 11. Mystic Pumping Station 12. Sudbury Aqueduct Linear District 13. Sudbury Dam Historic District 14. Weston Aqueduct Linear District 15. Fisher Hill Reservoir and Gatehouse 16. Forbes Hill Standpipe 17.
Bellevue Standpipe 18. Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District L Scf) 19. Marlborough Brook Filter Beds adostantiva Reyie, DATE LISTED Bats & Sazge 0r-18-90 shemeDye0 1-18-50 Bith Suze or-1B-90 AklnuBgue 1-15-90 AulomByud1-18-90 AulunByud -18-90 AlelansByaa 116-+0 AelanlBguel 1-18-90 sehs Davge 0-18-90 MloeBya 11550 potz-Saze 01-18-90 AueuiByu/1t40 AuenueBguu178-40 AlelenByan 11840 NelmuBgu 11870 AulanDyur 1-18-90 AleemByun1-1840 AeluseDyer 118-96 Xlaupyu11540 frethet Sauge or-18-9 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Framingham Reservoir No.
2 Dam and Gatehouse NAME: MULTIPLE Water Supply System of Metropolitan Boston MPS NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: 12/05/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 1/04/90 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF PENDING LIST: 12/19/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 1/19/90 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89002290 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N COMMENT WAIVER: N LACCEPT _RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: REJECT /18/90 DATE Sntered inthe Watdonal Registeg 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 O NUKES!
MDC - TRA, MASC Franiz hon Maavori Dons Gote 4 June Carolau /Martha Borurus 19 Lowis Berger tAss. hato supply Systendf Metrepolt Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64500254