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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA DEC 2 6 1980 FORM NO. 1677 i Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings i oer a trotrers ail bi dation between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north Worcester Town Address 30 Thorne Street Historic Name Arthur Provost Three- Decker Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1910 Sourceworcester House Directory Style Queen Anne style Three-Decker Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric brick Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none See attached map.
Condition very good Moved Date Acreage less than 1/4 acre Setting Late 19th and early 20th century urban, multi-family, residential street. UTM REFERENCE 19/270320/4681910 USGS QUADRANGLE Worcester North SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by Mona Domosh Organization Clark University Date February 1981 Revised by Michael Steinitz for MHC-12/8 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT(if applicable) The Arthur Provost Three-Decker possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant as a part of the eastward extension of an ethnic (mostly French-Canadian), working-class, residential neighborhood from the Wall Street area in the early decades of the 20th century. It is also an unusually wel1-preserved, well-detailed example of only a handful of brick three-deckers built in Worcester.
The Provost Three-Decker thus meet 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. Architecturally, 30 Thorne Street is a remarkably well-preserved example of a Queen Anne style three-decker constructed of brick, a building material rarely used in local houses of this form. The house has the locally characteristic side-hall plan and hip roof. The asymmetrical main facade has an entry bay with a three-tier porch, flanked by a three-story bay window. Porch details include turned posts, spindle balusters, and small, scroll support brackets. Windows are 2/2 and 1/1 sash. 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 Provost Three-Decker was part of an eastward extension cf multi-family housing from the Wall Street area toward Plantation Street. The district was dominated by families of French-Canadian extraction, and the continued in-migration of families seeking employment resulted in its growth through the first decades of the 20th century. The first known owner of 30 Thorne Street was Arthur Provost, a bookeeper, who resided here through the 1920s. Tenants in 1910 included Arthur Bordeu, a casketmaker; Arthur Laforce, a foreman; and Joseph Laforce, a machinist. In 1930, the building was owned by Nathan Malnikoff, a salesman, who also resided here. Tenants included Albert Gelinas, a shoeworker; and Leon Desrosiers, a cable splicer. 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 (eps)orm 10.900a United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page. Worcester Three-Decker MRA Worcester County, MASSACHUSETTS HKeeper 71. Provost, Arthur, Three-Decker untered in the Hational Begiater 72. Reed,Frank, Three-Decker Entered in the Hational Register Attest fKeeper Attest /Keeper 73. Ridyard, Albert, Three-Decketntered 1n tba National Register Attest 74. Ridyard, B. E., Three-Decker Sntered in tha VKeeper National Regiater Attest l Keeper 75. Riordan, John, Three-Deckerentered 1n the National Registex Attest /Keeper 76. Roynane, Catharine, Three-Decker Entered in the dationed Hegister Attest /Reeper 77. Shea, Bridget, Three-Decker Entered in the Nationa1 Roglatex Attest 18.
Simpson, Glara, Three-Decker intered in the Natlonal Begistes /Reeper Attest 19. Smith, Ellen M., Three-Deckeftered 1n tha Matlogad Beglater Akeeper Attest 80. Stoliker, Edna, Three-Deckersubstantive Revie akeeper Attest OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 12/26/89 Date Listed AelouBgan 2/9152 HulouByu 2/950 HelmirBgun 2/9/90 SilmuBgan 29/90 AiluBga 2/5/90 Sulanyen 2/9/90 SebreByu 2/9/50 LlelresByen 2/9/90 SeleByen 219/90 Buts Juage a2-09-90 - UNZTED STATEN OEPE PAEOTE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Provost, Arthur, 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: 89002444 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: OPPERL N POTA PROBLEM: N TANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT _RETURN REJECT 2/9/90 DATE Entered in the National 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 photographspresentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date lacreesto Thee Deckó MRA ARTHUR PROVOST THREE DECKE 30 THORNE STREET WORCESTER, MA mHcI167> Kodalux Processina Services NC BRANCH ORIENT 4 T...
DUPONT ST. JOSEPH R.C CHURCA A FreANA M-Mo DurT ST ASERN PERO 3 BMOELA MAS Prits 445 THORNE CHROME 5 B'mrins 6 và DaP(Ns 447 -PLANTATION Arthur Provost Three-Decker 30 Thorne St., Worcester MHC # 1677 SCALE OF FET COATRIGNT SANDORN MAP COMANT Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000305