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FÖRM 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 19/267400/4682530 Worcester North USES QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:25,000 2407 AREA DEC 2 6 1938 FORM NO. 1828 Town Worcester Address 29 Dewey Street Historic Name B.E. Ridyard Three- Decker Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION Date ca.
1910 Source Worcester House Directory Style lueen Anne Three-Decker Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric wood claphoard Outbuildings none and shingle Major Alterations (with dates)none Condition good Moved Date Acreageless than 1/2 acre Setting In a row of three-deckers opposite a parking lot in an area of mixed 19th century residences, commercial, and light industrial use Recorded by Michael Steinitz Organization - for MHC Date December 1988 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The B.E. Ridyard Three-Decker possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant as a representative example of the three-deckers built in the last stages of residential infill in the first decade of the 20th century in the Piedmont area, an ethnic, working-class, multi-family residential district.
It is also an unusually well-detailed and unaltered example of the use of Queen Anne style elements in three-decker construction. The Ridyard Three-Decker thus meets criteria A and 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. 8 Architecturally, 29 Dewey Street is a well-preserved and well-detailed three- decker that retains Queen Anne design elements. The building has a typical side-hall plan. It is sheathed in wood, with wood shingle bands between stories The shallow hip roof has a small gable dormer centered over the main facade. A wide cornice overhang shelters regularly spaced, decorative brackets. The facade is asymmetrical, with an entry bay containing a three-tier porch, flanked by a three-story bay window.
The porch is notable for its turned posts with delicate brackets, and for its unusual bracket-motif balustrade and frieze design. Windows have simple casements and caps. Geometric stained-glass upper lights are set in the front bay windows. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Built ca. 1910, the Ridyard Three-Decker was located at the western edge of the working-class residential district that developed in the late 19th and early :0th centuries west of downtown Worcester. Within this area of mixed cottages, multi-family houses, and light industry. Dewey Street was an area of concentrate three-decker development. The first known owner of 29 Dewey Street was B.E. Ridyard, about whom little is known.
Residents in 1910 included Edward Hennessy, an optician; Alphonzo Smith, a stockeeper; and Harry Haverly, an inspector. By 1920, the building was owned by Tracy Murdock, a salesman. Occupants in that year included Arthur Murdock, a carpenter; George Tarbell, a clerk; Helene Tarbell, a cashier; and Thomas Roussel, a repairer. In 1930, Arthur Murdock owned the building. Residents in that year included Walter Shales, an office manager; Mrs. Inez Eldridge, a City Hall secretary; and T. Chester Hayes, a clerk. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Worcester Directory, Worcester House Directory, 1910, 1920, 1930. L.J. Richards. Atlas of the City of Worcester, 1911, 1922. J. Callahan et al., Worcester Three-Decker Survey, 1981.
8/85 (NP87om 108000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _ Page- Worcester Three-Decker MRA Worcester County, MASSACHUSETTS 71. Provost, Arthur, Three-Decker fKeeper Entered in the Hational Reglater Attest 72. Reed, Frank, Three-Decker Entered 1n the fKeeper Hat1onal Register Attest /Reeper 73. Ridyard, Albert, Three-Deckeintered 1n tba Hational Register 74. Ridyard, B. E., Three-Decker Intered 1n tba Hational Regiater Attest VKeeper Attest /Keeper 75. Riordan, John, Three-Deckerentered 1n the National Registex Attest 76. Roynane, Catharine, Three-Decker 6 Keeper Entered 1n the Matlozad Hegiater Attest /Keeper 77. Shea, Bridget, Three-Decker Entered in the National Registes Attest 78. Simpson, Clara. Three-Decker intered in the Matlonal Rogistex /Reeper Attest 79.
Smith, Ellen M., Three-Deckeftered in the latorad noflatas Akeeper Attest 80. Stoliker, Edna, Three-Deckerdubstant1ve RovieKeeper Attest OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 12/26/89 Date Listed AeloueBgan 2/9192 SelouByu 2/9150 HelmurDye 2/9/90 AuleuBgen 2/9/90 AilouBgen 2/9/90 sulargen 2/9/90 ShbrsByu 2/9/40 Allocaßyen 2/9/90 SllesByun 219/40 Botk LuaSe 02-09-90 - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Ridyard, B.
E., 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: 89002402 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: N SLR DRAFT: N REJECT PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL: 2/2/40. DATE Entered in the Natlonal Regiater 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 worcesto Three Decker MRA B,E. RIDYARD THREE DECKER 29 DEWEYI STREET WORCESTER, MA MHC # 1828 BS N hi'dalux Processing Services MAY 89 N PARK PInCILS ERPWSL .)x.
P99 KAVITT sQ ,7--, ilRonhi FALLING U7C S. 7 POSTS BLDG NEH ENVELORE FASSOC RISK ENMTANO GO. 50c OFF's NC -1976 (C8) 30 laca. DEWEY HPESL - M ?2S P 225 LINEN SERVICE (c e) 4 223 CHANDLER B.E. Ridyard Three-Decker 29 Dewey St., worcester MHC # 1828 5l N SCALE OF FEET, 105 PLEASANT (c.. ar.r) J ((c o) 2etana wNx. Mee Co som ci) PRIr GMAMOE cane ti a. N. e s'ases AUSTIN 1966 (c MASON seRcet ... la . 20 7E7- tz3 Fecaii 3 milaes 207 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000305