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89002425 FORM B- --BUILD ING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA DEC 2 6 1989 FORM NO. 1620 Town Worcester Address 7 Maxwel1 Street Historic Name Philip Duke Three-Decker ..Photot e3"*Indica3e adhress k and property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. Sketch Map: Draw wap 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 Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1888 Source Worcester House Directory Style Italianate Three-Decker Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric wood clapboard Outbuildings 2 sheds Major Alterations (with dates) none See attached map.
Condition very good Moved Date Acreage less than 1/4 acre Setting Urban, 19th century, multi- family, residential street. UTM REFERENCE 19/268990/4680050 USGS QUADRANGLE Worcester South SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by John Callahan Organization Clark University Date February 1981 Revised by Michael Steinitz for MHC-12/88 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Philip Duke Three-Decker possesses irtegrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant representative building from the earliest phase of three-decker construction on the southern slope of Vernon Hill, an Irish and Swedish, working-class neighborhood, where many residents were employed in nearby steel mills in South Worcester and Quinsigamond Village.
The house is also a remarkably wel1-preserved, well -detailed example of the Italianate style of three- decker construction popular locally in the late 19th century. The Duke Three- Decker thus meets criteria A and C of the National Reeatutes and evaltate in terms of ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluaté other buildings within the community. Architecturally, 7 Maxwell Street is an unusually well-preserved and well- detailed house that retains many features characteristic of Italianate three-decker design in Worcester. The house has the characteristic side-hall plan. It is sheathed in wood clapboard and has a hip roof. asymmetrical main facade has a side-bay entry of double-leaf, panelled doors.
A single-story porch extends across the facade, and features turned posts with bulls-eye ornament, decorative brackets, and an open balustrade. Evenly spaced, decorative, paired brackets are located in the roof cornice overhang. Windows have 2/2 sash with simple surrounds and rope molding on the window caps on the main facade. Racades th sip2e Buzzo 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. 1888 on the southern slope of Vernon Hill, the Duke house is one of the earliest surviving three-deckers in a neighborhood of working-class residences which were mostly owned and occupied by Irish and Swedish families. Many occupants were employed by the nearby Washburn and Moen South Works or oy the Quinsigamond Works, both steel wire mills.
From 1888 to the 1920s, 7 Maxwel1 Street was owned and occupied by Philip Duke, a laborer, or by his son, Philip F. Duke, a machinist. The earliest known tenants, in 1888, included Patrick McDonough, John Mattimore, William Rogers, John Gallagher, and John Minns, all laborers; Oscar Lindquist and C.F. Bergstrom, wiredrawers; and F. Nilson, a wire drawer. In 1900, residents included John and Edward Feeley, Patrick Mahar, and Nils Fallstrom, all wireworkers. By 1930, 7 Maxwell was owned by John Shea, a craneman. Tenants included Raymond Shankel, a wireworker, and Albert Murphy, a chauffer. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Wocester Directory, Worcester House Directory, 1888,1890,1900,1912,1920,1930. L.J.Richards, Atlas of the City of Worcester, 1896, 1911, 1922. J. Callahan et al., Worcester Three-Decker Survey, 1981.
8/85 (nps f'orm 10800a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 12/26/90 Section number. Page _ Worcester Three-Deckers MRA Worcester County, MASSACHUSETTS 11. Crystal Street Historic District Substaatire Bevlopr Keeper Date Listed bettx. Javae 02-00-92 12. Davis, Rodney, Three-Decker ruliestu tei National Register 13. Davis, Wesley, Three-Decker Substantive Revier 14. DEan, Mary, Three-Decker Entored Ti the dational Registez Attest fReeper AeluuByu 2/9/9. Attest for koopoßetkf. Seuge 02-00-5 Attest HReeper AelmeByur 2/2/50 Attest 15. Delsignore, Louis, Three-Decker 16. Dodge, Helen, Three-Decker Entered in tha National Register YKeeper- Auleupyen 2/2/5c Attest Entered in the Vational Register faéeper AeluuBge 219/94 17.
Doran, Thomas F., Three-Decker untered in the National Begister Attest fKeeper DeluuByen 31912 18/ Drew, Elvira, Three-Decker Entered in the National Register Attest fakeeper AilmuBgen 31124 19. Duke, Philip, Three-Decker Attest Entered in the Mationad Begister fKeeper- Attest Ailour Bagun 3191/90 20.
Dworman, David, Three-Decker Intered in the Nationai Bogistery Lttéeper LeluuByen319/90 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Duke, Philip, 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: 89002425 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: N SLR DRAFT: N REJECT PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N 2/2/90 OATE Intered I'n tha Vational Begister 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 DESCRIPTION current 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 photograpns - presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date lucreasto Three Dockers MRA PAILIP DUKE THREE DECKER MAXWELL STREET WORCESTER, MA mc #1620 Kodalux Processing Services MAY 89 N Philip Duke Three-Decker 7 Maxwell Street, Worcester MHC # 1620 MORCESTE MTS Ace 418 100 FT 200 417 5TM MAXWEL 3 CAte* AV Htreza 5-005 MAXWEL MAXWELL HENRIETTA I0 NONY3A BURTON unRAvto BT) SATTTO ACCOMMODATION GOUKESTER RÒ 12 LAMnAo Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000305