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FORM_B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 8900243) AREA DEC 2 6 1989 FORM NO. 1609 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 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 Town Worcester Address 31 Russell Street Historic Name Gilbert Hadley Three- Decker Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1888 Source Worcester House Directory Style Stick style Three-Decker Architect unknown: possibly Herman or Gilbert Hadley Exterior Wall Fabric wood clapboard Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none See attached map.
Condition excellent Moved Date Acreage less than 1/4 acre Setting urban, multi-family, residential street UTM REFERENCE 19/267800/4682590 USGS QUADRANGLE Worcester North SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded byJohn Callahan OrganizationClark University Date 1981 Revised for MHC by Michael Steinitz-12/88 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Gilbert Hadley Three-Decker possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant for its association with a middle-class residential district that extended westward from downtown Worcester inthe late 19th century in the Piedmont It is also a remarkably well-preserved and unusually detailed example of Stick style three-decker architecture, particularly notable for its unusual array of porches.
The Hadley 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 o1 other buildings within the community. 8 Architecturally, 31 Russell Street is an unusually well-preserved three- decker, remarkable for its extensive array of multi-tiered porches, a display of Stick style ornament unparalleled in Worcester. The building has the characteristic side-hall plan with a side-wall jog. The asymmetrical, three- bay facade contains an end-bay entry with a double-leaf, panelled door. The hip roof contains an unusual shed dormer centered on the fiont slope. roof cornice overhang has regularly spaced, decorative brackets. Windows have 1/1 and 2/2 sash, with simple surrounds. Most notable is the extent of. porchwork on the side-elevations of the building.
A single-story porch extends across the main facade, and wraps around the side wall, where it extends to full, three-tier height. From the opposite side wall an additional three-tier porch projects outward. The porches are supported by chamfered pos and contain stick work balustrades, friezes, and large cut brackets. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Hadley Three-Decker is located on the western edge of the middle-class residential neighborhood that developed west of Crown Hill in the late 19th century. The house was built ca. 1888, probably by the Hadley Company, carpenters and contractors, which listed its business location at neighboring -The first known owner of 31 Russell Street was Gilbert S.
Hadley, a carpenter, who also lived Residents in 1890 included William Pratt, an optician; Bernard Vassall, an insurance agent; and Walter Dodge, a clerk. Residents in 1900 included Addison March, a policeman; Walter March, a bookeeper; G. March, a music teacher; George Battelle, a mason; and S.W. Linclon, a printer. By 1910, the nouse was owned by Florence S. Winslow. Residents included J. Archer Winslow, a pressman; Samuel Small, a harnessmaker, and Walter Bryson, a toolmaker. The Winslow family resided here through 1930. Other residents in 1930 includec John F. McDermott, who ran the Refined School of Dance; George Stone, an insurance agent; and Edwin Stone, a machinist. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Worcester Directory, Worcester House Directory, 1888,1890,1900,1910,1920,1930. L.J. Richards, Atlas of the City of Worcester, 1896, 1911, 1922. J.
Callahan et al., Worcester Three-Decker Survey, 1981. 8/85 Ips rfom 108000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page. Worcester Three-Deckers MRA Worcester County, MASSACHUSETTS 21. Elm Street Historic District Substantive Review OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 12/26/89 22. Erikson, Knut, Three-Decker Entered in the National Register 23. Euckid Avenue--Montrose Street HisterifdDistttiet National Register 24. Fay Street Historic District 25. Flagg, Levi, Three-Decker 26. Fondeiney George, Three-Decker 27. Friberg, Andrew, Three-Decker 28. Giguere, Thomas, Three=Decker 29. Gullberg, Evert, Hause-Decker 30.
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Attest 6Reeper Attest fKeeper Attest 07/00/p Aelou Byar 01919 AllauByuo/4/8 Auluu Bogu 219/5 HteluuBgan 2/9/94 AulmusByan2/9/9 Aulu Byus319/96 SloAgen 219/96 2/9/50 AehuaByent4/9 UNIPED STATEN DERAPAESOTE TNPERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Hadley, Gilbert, 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: 89002433 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: N PDIL: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: N SLR DRAFT: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N NATIONAL: REJEOT 2/9/90 _DATE Entered 1n tha Mational Registor 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 Signed Date presentation Worcesto Prea-Decters MRA GILBERT HADLEY THREE DECKER 31 RUSSELL STREET WORCESTER, MA MHC # 1609 souyues uulssavuld Gilbert Hadley Three-Decker 31 Russel1 St., Worcester MHC # 1609 46 PLEASANT WINSLON ST"RUBLIC SCHOOLL WINSLOW LARCH
A/31 AUSTIN RUSSELL = 342 148 FALE'O StA 40 MERRICH 6 STGE 4 UEEN Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000305