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FORM B - BUILDING FIRST PERIOD SURVEY 162 -JAN P 4 1990 FORM NO. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photos 87 025 32:11 east (later)1oom, fireplace wall Town Address Winthrop 40 Shirley Street 32:13 west room, fireplace (east) wall Historic Name Deane Winthrop House 32:15 west chamber, fireplace wall 32:16 east (later) chamber, fireplace wal1 32:18 attic, looking part of house west into older Use: Present_Residence Original Residence DESCRIPTION 32:19 32:25 33:3 front (south) slope, west attic, showing evidence of original gable Date ca. 1638-1650 Summer beam at south wall, west room Source Visual analysis by A.L. Cummings exterior Style First Period Architect Unknown Sketch Map:! Exterior Wall Fabric Clabboards Outbuildings - late 20th cu tesl shed Major Alterations (with dates) N/A Condition Good Revere Shirley Moved Passibly Date mid-18th c.
Acreage_ less than one arce Setting Besidenttal reishbarheed ef _closely spaced houses, primarily dating te eariy 20th c. ITM REFERENCE ISGS QUADRANGLE ¡CALE 19 ! 337-160 / 4693-920 Lynn 1:25,000 Recorded by Anne Grady Organization Boston I'niversity Date ADril, 1986 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Cammumity : WINTHROP Form No: 87 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORI CAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Property Name: Deane-Winthrop House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. SIGNIFICANCE The Deane Winthrop House retains integrity of location, design, mate- rials, workmanship, feeling, and association in its First Period frame, plan, and finish. It embodies distinctive characteristics of form and construction under Criterion C.
The enlargement of the structure from single to double cell plan by the middle years of the First Period illustrates a pattern of growth common to many houses in the study area, though rarely accomplished within the First Period. The house also in- corporates rare surviving evidence of 17th Century gables on the facade. The c. 1638 to 1650 construction date, corroborated by Cummings, places the Deane Winthrop house among the earliest surviving dwellings in Massachusetts. The retention of original shadow molded sheathing of two varieties and the presence of an intact principal rafter/common rafter roof with evidence of facade gables and rafter feet exposed at the eaves makes this house among the most significant structures in the study area. EXTERIOR DESCRIPTION The Deane Winthrop House is a 2 1/2 story structure, 5 bays wide and one room deep, with steeply pitched roof and added lean-to.
The original single cell building of 1638 to 1650 is on the left. "Quite soon and perhaps by the same carpenter(s)", [1] the chimney bay was widened and another file of rooms was added to the right (east). With the addition of a lean-to spanning the four eastern most bays in the 18th century, the building achieved its present form. Now characterized by simple 19th-century finishes: clapboards, sash windows, and plain window and door enframements, the building has symmetrical fenestration except in the chimney bay. Here, the doorway and window above are cut off-center to the left, reflecting their initial placement in the original narrower chimney bay. The central chimney at the ridge is a mid-18th century replacement of the original. MAJOR FIRST PERIOD FEATURES First Period features are visible in all areas except the added lean-to.
In the left hand (earliest) first floor room, the transverse summer beam and chimney girt have c. 2 inch wide guarter-round chamfers, flat collars and lamb's tongue stops. Corner posts and girts have one inch wide flat chamfers and taper stops.. In the right hand first floor room, the transverse summer beam and chimney girt have 1 1/2 inch flat chamfers, lamb's tongue stops, and pips. The owner reports that the studs are 4" x 8" laid depthwise and that there is nogging in the outer walls. In the uppér stair hall, the jowled corner post of the original single cell house, with mortise for rising brace, is visible at the center of the present chimney bay.
Staple to Inventory form at botton INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Comrunity: WINTHROP Forn No: 87 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Property Name: Deane-Winthrop House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. In the left hand chamber, the summer tie beam and chimney tie beam have quarter-round chamfers, flat collars, and lamb's tongue stops, except at the south end of the summer tie beam, where there are no stops. The rear girt is pit-sawn and without chamfer. Flared posts in the chamber have inch wide flat chamfers and taper stops. Joist spacing in the floor is 18 to 20 inches on centers.
To the right of the fireplace is First Period vertical shadow-molded sheathing with an unusually deep profile, (apparently the original finish of the wall, although possibly introduced in the 1907 restoration.) In the right hand chamber, ceiling beams are not exposed, but flared corner posts have one inch wide flat chamfers. The fireplace wall retains original shadow-molded sheathing south of the fireplace opening, and a board and batten door with similar molding north of the fireplace. The sheathing is molded on both sides. The same molding profile embellishes the stairhall side of the sheathing and is visible still whitewashed next to the attic stairs. attic exhibits a principal rafter/common rafter roof, with principal purlins framed into the principal rafters.
As Cummings noted, the character of the earlier attic on the left does not differ significantly that of the later right hand side. Cuts in the sheathing of the front slope of the roof indicate that there were gables at eather side of the facade originally. In the lean-to garret, the ends of the rafters originally exposed at the eave on the exterior are visible. The rafter feet are bird mouthed over the plate and shaped to a taper under the eave. LATER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES The chimney, which was built in the mid-18th century, exhibits several unusual features. The foundation arch in the cellar is among the largest in the study area, having a 12 foot five 5 inch vault. The open space in the center of the chimney stack behind the fireplaces is actually accessible through a large rectangular opening, with wooded lintel across the top, inside the closet on The space inside the chimney is c.
five foot square and two stories high. Other modest pre-20th century finishes, including several mantelpieces and perhaps early plaster, survive in the house. HISTORCAL INFORMATION The site was granted in January 1638 to Captain William Pierce, "the celebrated mariner who piloted a number of the earliest settlers to New England." [2] In 1647 or 1648, Pierce's heirs conveyed the property to Deane Winthrop, the youngest son of Governor John Winthrop. The house was acquired by The Winthrop Improvement and Historical Staple to Inventory form at botton INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Community: WINTHROP Form No: 87 Property Name: Deane-Winthrop House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. structure saved and restored by a society for use as a house museum.
As such it is part of a broad pattern of cultural development in New England and an early representative of the preservation movement. REFERENCES HABS Drawings (MASS. - 575). 1. Cummings, Abbott Lowell, Massachusetts and Its First Period Houses, p. 2. Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, P. 176. Staple to Inventory form at bottom Iaps Fom 1000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page OMMB Approvel No. 10240018 /24/90 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR Nomination/Type of Review 1l1. Walcott--Whitney Housenutitu 1u uo Hational Register 112.
Winthrop, Deane, House Entered 1n the National Register Date/Signature Exeeper AeeorerAyen 319190 Attest AKeeper AlelonaBgen 2/9/90 Attest Keeper_ Attest Keeper Attest_ Keeper_ Attest_ Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Winthrop, Deane, House NAME: MULTIPLE First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Suffolk DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: 2/24/90 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 2/07/90 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 3/10/90 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 90000162 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N OTHER: NPDIL: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 3/9/9U DATE Entered in tha Hational Register ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.
/CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINEL 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 verbal boundary description UTMS _boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps _USGS maps _photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone _presentation Signed Date - 33:3 Deare Winthrop House 40 Sturley st Winthrop, MA IsT Percdl Duldinas / E, Ma., T 1985 Nuckiros, mA 40 Shir 1St Deandentenpteise Ist periid Burldhes af E.
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1'=100' 19800 6600 TH 4388 15759 SHIRLEY 133 355 32 3043 4089 4977 3!
1499 28 6753 94 5865 4980 29 4864 4749 4178 4418 FRANKLIN 4975 3768 5 4626 TAPPAN 4500 14500 4500 4500 a500 .500 baallr -957 3 4090 .1500 +500 14500 500 70 10 6825 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000281 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION PROPERTY NAME : Winthrop, Deane, House MULTIPLE NAME: First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Suffolk DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 4/28/11 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 6/13/11 REFERENCE NUMBER: 90000162 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT DATE ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : Additional Documentation Approved REVIEWER_ DISCIPLINE TELEPHONE 613:4 Yhilory DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.
NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 2009 supplemental information First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TRA Deane Winthrop House 90000162 Winthrop (Suffolk), MA Page 1 Re-evaluation of construction date due to dendrochronology As a result of the dendrochronology testing of the Deane Winthrop House in November of 2001, the construction date of Phase I of the building has now been identified as 1675, and the date of Phase II as 1696. The research team consisted of Daniel Miles and Michael Worthington of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory, England, with Anne Grady of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) acting as liaison. Their report, cited below, presented the following results and conclusions.
Six samples were taken from the west section, including one from the downstairs summer beam, one from each of three principal story posts, and from each of two rafters. Four of the samples were dated successfully. One principal post was felled in the winter of 1672/73; another was felled in the spring of 1674, as was a common rafter. The summer beam was felled during the winter of 1674/75. This suggests that construction took place during 1675 or soon after. Six samples were also taken from the east section, three from the principal posts upstairs and three from principal rafters. Only the three posts were successfully dated, two to the winter of 1695/96 and one to 1694. This suggests that construction began in 1696. The full results of the analysis are presented in: D. W. H. Miles, M. J.
Worthington, and Anne Andrus Grady, Development of Standard Tree-Ring Chronologies for Dating Historic Structure in Eastern Massachusetts, Phase II, Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey and Planning Grant Completion Report, Interim Report 2002/6, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities and Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory, May 31, 2002. An abridged version of the report can be found on the website www.dendrochronology.com. The full report can be found at SPNEA, now known as Historic New England, and at the Massachusetts Historical Commission. A note on dendrochronology dating In recent years tree-ring chronologies have been developed for eastern Massachusetts and adjacent regions, and a number of buildings or parts of buildings have been evaluated and given new construction dates due to tree- ring dating, or dendrochronology.
The principle behind tree-ring dating is a simple one: the seasonal variations in climate produce variations in growth which are reflected in the varying width of the annual rings of the tree. The rings in timbers from historical houses are compared with previously dated ring sequences from old-growth trees and from timber from structures with well-established dates to allow precise dates to be ascribed to each ring. Computer comparisons quantify how good the match is between the two. A dendrochronologist then analyzes the results and establishes the date the tree was felled. Some caution must be used in interpreting these dates to determine the construction date of a building. Sometimes timbers from the same construction phase of the same building have been felled one, two or more years apart.
However, it was common practice to build timber-framed structures with green or unseasoned timber, and it is likely that construction was completed within twelve or eighteen months from the felling date. --Dayl Cohen, 08/2007 - GAn ATP ATACH RECEIVED 2280 APR 28 2011 NAT. REGISTER C* HISTOPNC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE The Commonwealth of Massachusetts April 19,2011 Willam Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission Mr. J. Paul Loether National Park Service National Register of Historic Places 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Loether: Enclosed please find supplementary information for 34 properties previously listed on the National Register of Historic Places, reflecting recent scholarship regarding their dates of construction, based upon dendrochronological techniques.
These properties include: Boston (Suffolk County): James Blake House (NRIND, 5/1/74) Pierce House (NRIND, 4/26/74) Cambridge (Middlesex County): Cooper-Frost-Austin House (NRIND 9/22/72) Dedham (Norfolk County): Fairbanks House (NRIND, NHL, 10/15/66) Deerfield (Franklin County): All properties are located within the Old Deerfield Village HD (NRDIS, NHL 10/15/66) Allen House (MHC # 20) John Ashley House (MHC #31) Eldad Bardwell House (MHC #23) Bull-Williams House (MHC #47) Childs House (MHC #53) Frary House (MHC #13) Eliezer Hawks House (MHC #58) Hinsdell-Williams House (MHC #24) Jonathan Hoit House (MHC #9) 220 Morrissey Boulevard.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc Little Brown House (MHC #79) Moors House (MHC #39) Nims House (MHC #12) Russell House (MHC #49) Saxton House (MHC #48) Severance House (MHC #19) John Sheldon - Hawks House (MHC #32) Stebbins House (MHC # 36) John Williams House (MHC # 50) Essex (Essex County): Cogswell's Grant (NRIND 4/19/90) Gloucester (Essex County): White-Ellery House (NRIND, NRTRA 3/9/90) [First Period Buildings of Eastern MA, TRA] Ipswich (Essex County): Paine-Dodge House (NRIND, NRTRA, 3/9/90 First Period Buildings of Eastern MA, TRA Merchant-Choate House (NRDIS, NRMRA, 9/17/80) [High Street HD] Lexington (Middlesex County): Hancock - Clarke House (NRIND.
NHL, 7/17/71) Millville (Worcester County): Chestnut Hill Meeting House (NRIND 11/13/84) Newbury (Essex County): Tristram Coffin House (NRIND, NRDIS, 5/24/76) [Newbury HD] Salem (Essex County): Eleazer Gedney House (NRDIS, 10/1/74) [Gedney and Cox Houses HD] Pickering House (NRDIS 8/28/73) [Chestnut Street HD] - Sandwich (Barnstable County): Wing Fort House (NRIND 6/3/76) Winthrop (Suffolk County): Deane Winthrop House (NRIND, NRTRA 3/9/90) [First Period Buildings of Eastern MA, TRA] Please add the enclosed continuation sheets to the existing National Register nomination files. Sincerely, Betsy tredhery Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosures