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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON 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. UTM REFERENCE 19/269670/4687650 USGS QUADRANGLE Worcester North SCALE 1:25,000 0700s-/ AREA UELUIJ00 FORM NO. 1836 Town Worcester Address _ 80 Fairhaven Road Historic Name Lars Petterson-Silas Archer Three-Decker Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION Date ca.
1920 Source Worcester House Directory Style Colonial Revival Three-Decker Architect possibly Lars Petterson Exterior Wall Fabric wood clapboard and shingle Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition excellent Moved Date Acreage less than 1/4 acre Setting Early 20th century, urban, single- and multi-family, residentia street. Recorded by Michael Steinitz Organization for MHC Date December 1988 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Lars Petterson-Silas Archer Three-Decker possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. significant as a representative example of the suburban, multi-family, residential development that characterized the Greendale section of northern..
Worcester in the early 20th century, where many working-class families were drawn by employment opportunites at the nearby Norton Company and other factories. It is also an unusually well-preserved, well-detailed example of Colonial Revival three-decker design. The Petterson-Archer Three-Decker thus meets criteria A and Cof the National Register of Historic Places on the ARCHITECFURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. Architecturally, 80 Fairhaven Road is a remarkably well-preserved and finely detailed example of local Colonial Revival style three-decker construction. The gable-roofed building is clad in wood clapbaord, with wood shingle bands between stories. The asymmetrical main facade contains a recessed, three- tier porch with paired Tuscan columns.
The porch is flanked by a shallow, three-story bay window. The side elevation contains a shallow, square projecting bay with triple windows, which is capped by a small, pedimented gable. The roof cornice overhang shelters both modillion blocks and dentils, and a pendant marks the bay window corner of the main facade. Stairvells.and front parlor side walls have geometric pattern decorative lights. Window sash is 6/1 with simple surrounds. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Greendale section of northern Worcester was subdivided in the first decades of the 20th century, and developed as a single- and multi-family residential neighborhood.
It served both those employed in nearby manufacturing firms, particularly che Norton Company, and those who commuted by streetcar to employment in other parts of the city. The greatest concentration of three-deckers in the neighborhood were built in the southwest section, where the Petterson-Archer Three-Decker was built ca. 1920. The first owner of both 80 and 76 Fairhaven Road was Lars Petterson, a contractor who owned more than a dozen other buildings in the Greendale and Lincoln Street areas. Residents in 1920 included Raymond Knowles, a steamfitter; Jefferson Pierce, a foreman; and Dorothy Ramsdell, a stenographer In the 1920s the house was owned by Silas Archer, who also lived here.
Residents in 1930 included Burton White, a cost clerk for American Steel and Wire; Marsden Lewis, a sweeper for the Norton Company; and Kenneth Whitcomb, a production clerk for the Heald Machine Company. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Worcester Directory, Worcester House Directory, 1920, 1930. L. J. Richards, Atlas of the City of Worcester, 1922. J. Callahan et al., Worcester Three-Decker Survey, 1981. 8/85 (Ne Form 10800g United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 12/26/59 Section number Page. Worcester Three-Deckers. MRA Worcester Oounty, MASSACHUSETTS 61. Nelson, Christina, Three-Decker Entered in the National Register Date Listed 62. O'Brien, Richard, Ihree-Decke"atored in the Mational Begiater FKeeper SelmusByur 2/2h0 Attest Ueeoper AuloueBzue 1a150 Attest 63.
O'Connor, James, Three-Decker untered in tne Mational Register Keeper Alelvus Bgua se10 64. O'Connor, James--John Irybowski Three-Decker Entered in the Hational Register Attest pkeeper Attest 65. Perry Avenue Historic District Substantive HewiowbrKeeper KilvnDyea tec Biltof Sange 02-09% Attest /Keeper 66. Petterson, Lars--Ado1ph Carlson Three@Decker Entered in Natlonal Register Silmu Byur 219k0 Attest b7. Petterson, Lars--Pred Gurney Three-Decklh t.he Mational Registei t Keeper Aulau Byud 31210 Attest 68. Petterson, Lars--Silas Archer Three-Decker Intered in the #stional Register 69. Petterson, Lars--James-RBidy Three-DeckeK the iesti0pad Register |Reeper Lelvu Dgur 317k0 Attest tKeeper AleloupSguws1zto Attest 70.
Providence Street Historic District intered in the fKeeper AelauByeu 21915 Nationad Regiater Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Petterson, Lars--Silas Archer Three-Decker NAME: MULTIPLE Worcester Three-Deckers MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester DATE RECEIVED: 12/26/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 1/25/90 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 1/09/90 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2/09/90 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 89002359 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: OPPERPOAPROBIEME NPERTOAPEPROMAPROTED N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 2/2/90 DADE Entered in the Nat1onal Register 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 Wereesto Thee Pecko MRA LARS PETTERSON - SILAS ARCHER THREE DECKER 80 FAIRHAVEN ROAD WURCESTER, MA MHC#153busooud seyes bubsoccld xnyepa B 7EL00 73 22 .12 1.2 75 954p CLAICEY AN Lars Petterson-Silas Archer Three-Decker 80 Fairhaven Road, Worcester MHC # 1836 8 13 FNO .20 173 FAIRHAVEH D tti CHEENDALÉ JLS AIRLIE 7450 TOS J28 b 348 72.9 RD 14 112 !?!
B- 115 3) C: 021N10 -i19 IN 138 A ECrUAT lod MESA HILLCROFT T0 wari CUTTING 12 pt. SCALE OF FEET SOPTAIONT SANDOAN MUP COMAINT. IN Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000305