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PORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 JAN 0 2 1990 Town Address Historic Name AREA FORM NO. F 142 Swansea, Mass. MRA SWANSEA 1129 Gardner's Neck Road Francis L. Gardner Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. Use: Present Residence Original Residence DESCRIPTION Date 1903 Source Assessors' Records Style Colonial Revival Architect Edward I. Marvell Exterior Wall Fabric Stained shingles Outbuildings 3-car garage with back worksho! 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) Major Alterations (with dates) Railing about upper deck removed c. 1950.
(at rear) Condition Excellent with original fabric intact. MovedNo Date Acreage One acre or less Setting _Situated on an open flat let, this substantial house is well sited in a prominent neighborhood. UIM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE SCALE 19 316780 4620900 Fall River, MA:R.I. 1967-79 1:25,000 Recorded by Kay Flynn/Ruth Waring, May 1978 Organization Swansea Historical Commission Date January 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Francis I. Gardner House, 1129 Gardner's Neck Road, possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling. It meets criterion A in its association with community development from market gardens to suburbia, and Criterion C as a well-preserved architect-designed Colonial Revival house in early 20th-century Swansea. The house is significant on the local level.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. This substantial, though not elaborate, Colonial Revival house built in 1903 was designed by a prominent Fall River architect, Edward I. Marvell. The characteristic features of this 2-1/2- story, 3-bay Colonial Revivalare its hipped roof with full-width, one-story porch, square plan, two brick chimneys with Tudor Revival design, paned windows in the hipped dormers, 2-story side bay window, and decorative tracery above some of the one-over-one light windows. The interior has the original oak panelling; oak staircase with carved newel post; oak fireplace with Italian marble tiles. There are leaded glass panels by and over the front The exterior of the house is unchanged except for the removal of the railing on the upper deck of the house.
It has been carefully maintained by its present owner and stands as an excellent example of Colonial Revival architecture. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. This house was built on the site of a large old farmhouse, the home of Leland Gardner, a descendant of the original purchaser of Gardner's Neck. Leland Gardner conducted extensive market gardening on the large farm. The greenhouses used for the propagation of the plants contain fifty thousand square feet of glass. cucumbers. Much of it was shipped each evening on the famous Fall River Line boats to New was served in the Sest hotele The produce was mainly celery, tomatoes, and York City where it was served in the best hotels. Mr.
Gardner's sons Francis and Chester, continued this thriving business until about 1925 after which much of the property was sold for home sites. The greenhouses have been demolished. Francis L. Gardner, son of Leland Gardner, had this house designed and built in 1903. It is typical of the more substantial type of development that was being built in the affluent areas in Swansea. The town was evolving from an agricultural to suburban town. F.L. Gardner was a town selectman for many years. Market gardening occurred in scattered locations in Swansea during the first decade of the 20th century. In addition to F. L. Gardner & Co., other market gardeners were established at Hortonville and Touisset. The Gardner family business appears to have been the only one of its kind operating on the Neck at a time when := area suburban development was flourishing.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Assessors' records, Swansea, MA. The Stage Coach, 1976. Town Reports. Helen Pierce Interview, 2/88. 1908 Somerset directory (includes Swansea). NPS Form 10-900-e (8-88) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page. Swansea MRA Bristol County, MASSACHUSETTS 11. First Baptist Church and Society OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 12. Gardner, Francis L., House 13. Gardner, Joseph, House 14. Gardner, Preserved, House 15. Gardner, Samuel, House 16. Hooper House 17. Hortonville Historic District 18. Johnson, J. V., House 19. Luther House 20.
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MRA 1986 View NW 1129GardersneckRd 13 MHC#F142 1129 GARDNERS NECK RA. Gas KEY -= house =garage 210- 200 240.Tba 11 '50 100' 160' GARDNERS 300° ROAD NECK 127.4 is. 116. 1016 155.07 102. '00., <6 92 g' 162 198.96M 150.28 100' 103 167.0' 10g. 100- DIVISION 190.2' 182.5' 90- 100- WILDER S0- So 200- INTON '00 ROAD '50. 185 150 5 SYCAMORE 180 150 1961/ REVISED 10/82 PROPERTY MAP TOWN OF SWANSEA BRISTOL COUNTY. MASSACHUSETTS AMES W. SEWALL COMF SCALE 1 INCH = 100' OLD TOWN. MAINE POE ARSTUSING PURFOSES ONLY 46 .. TTo 86 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000296