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rurT D - DULLUINU MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photos 21:1 left-hand chamber 21:2 right-hand chamber 21:3 right-hand room 21:5 staircase 21:7 exterior L A JAN 2 4 1990 FORM NO. Sketch Map: - Town Ipswich - 009 Address Labor in Vain Road Historic Name House on Labor-in-Vain Road Belosellsky HOuse Use: Present Residence Original Residence DESCRIPTION Date post-1720 Source A.L. Cummings' stylistic anal. Style ysi: Ist Period core, 2nd Period. IInisir Architect- Unknown Exterior Wall Fabric Clapboards Outbuildings None Rantoul Pund - Laber ln lain Rd Major Alterations (with dates) Side ell: 1810; lean-to dormer taised, ca 1900; Iear wings added, early 20th Fox Creck Ad Condition Excellent Moved No Date N/ A Pargilla Acreage _ part oE 557 acre estace.
Setting isolated, rural, overlooking salt marsh - private road IM REFERENCE SGS QUADRANGLE CALE Z E N 19 / 352-020 / 4726-410 Ipswich 1:25,000 Recorded by Organization Anne Grady Boston University Date June 1986 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Conmmity : IPSWICH Form No: 31 property NameLabor Sen-Vain abrsenain Ho Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. SIGNIFICANCE The house on Labor-in-Vain Road retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship and setting in its late First Period frame, and transitional finish which embody distinctive characteristics of form and construction eligible under Criterion C.
The combination of a chamfered frame with early Second Period style turned balusters on the staircase provides insight into the gradual process of assimilation of Second Period style, Renaissance-inspired decorative features by rural craftsmen. When studied in comparison to the Smith House nearby at 142 Argilla Road (also surveyed) of similar date and with nearly identical staircase trim, this house is likely to yield important information about. carpenty practices in Ipswich in the transitional period; thus it is eligible for Criterion D, as well. The decoration of the chimney post with a stop at the floor end of the chamfer as well as at the ceiling end is a rare variant of frame embellishment noted in only 3 or 4 buildings in the survey area.
EXTERIOR DESCRIPTION The main body of the "Belosellski" House on Labor-in-Vain Road is 5 bays wide, one room deep and 2 1/2 stories high with a rear lean-to which may be integral. The house was extended by an ell to the left rear c. 1810 and by a full lean-to dormer in the late 19th or early 20th century. A second ell of 2 stories and a screened porch were added to the rear, very likely in conjunction with use of the building in the 20th century as the club house for the Labor-in-Vain country club. The clapboarded exterior has simple late Second Period Vernacular trim. Symmetrically placed sash windows have molded enframements. The central doorway has pilasters and an entablature with broad frieze. A central chimney pierces the roof. MAJOR FIRST PERIOD FEATURES First Period features, in the form of an exposed, decorated frame, are in the right-hand room and chamber.
In the right-hand room, the longitudinal summer beam, the chimney girt, the front (south east) corner post and the chimney posts have inch-wide flat chamfers and lamb's tongue stops. The chimney post has the added embellishment of a taper stop near the floor. An interesting, possibly original feature of this room is the open grill work transom above the door to the lobby. Square dowels set on a diagonal form the grill. -1- Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity : IPSWICH Form No: 31 Property Name: Belosellski House Labor-in-Vain House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. In the right-hand chamber, all the framing is exposed and has inch-wide flat chamfers and lamb's tongue stops.
Rising braces are exposed in the rear wall of this room, but whether their presence indicates plank frame construction is unknown. In the lobby the staircase is embellished with a handrail molded on both sides and with possibly original turned balusters, of early Second Period style profile. The balusters are similar in profile to those found in the Smith house nearby at 142 Argilla Road. In the attic, a principal rafter/common purlin roof made with oak timbers is visible. LATER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES The house retains Second Period trim on the fireplace walls in the right-hand room and left-hand chamber, including panelled cupboard doors in the downstairs room and raised-field panelling and a bold bolection-molded fireplace surround in the upstairs room. Trim in the Federal style including mantel pieces is found in the right-hand chamber and the c. 1810 wing to the left.
Following a frequent pattern in early 20th century restorations, the right-hand room in this house was thrown open to the lean-to to form a larger living room. New finishes in the lean-to part of the room drew upon historic features of the house:| a bolection molding at the fireplace, small overmantel panels and boxed beams finished flat chamfers and lamb's tongue stops. BOUNDARY DISCRIPTION The House on Labor-in -Vain Road is situated near the middle óf the nearly 600 acre estate. It is separated from other buildings on the estate visually and physically. The line of convenience drawn around the house follows the gravel road that passes the house on the south and west sides. The 150' square includes the house, surrounding garden and yard and a small fence defining the space immediately around the house.
-2- Staple to Inventory form at botton NPS Form 10-000 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR State Nomination/Type of Review J 41. Hastings-Morse House Date/Signature Intered in the Natlona1 Boglatar xoodelouifZyau 9141/5 42. Hazen--Kimball--Aldrich Hoyfftered in the fkeeper KklaGyu 319/90 National Register Attest Entered in the 43. Hazen--Spiller House National Bogister XlouByas 3/4/90 Attest 44. Henfield House Bubatantive Hertas Keeper Attest 45. Herrick, Ella Proctor, House Intered 1n the TReeper_ National Registér AlarByau 3/9/90 Attest 46. Hopkinson, George, House Entered in the Hataod 1neeletor TReeper Stelamßßyen 3/4/40 Attest 47.
House at 922 Dale Street Entered in the Hational Register Keeper AelasesByu 3/9/40 Attest 5448.House on Labor-in-Vain Road, dubstenatve Berdey Soricper Betfy Savage 3/9/90 Entered 1n the 49. Howe Barn National Register AelauByen 3/9/20 50.Humphreys, Sir John, House Entored 1n tha Hational Regiater Attest Aelaresygye 319210 (e8 Fom 10-900a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number.
Page - SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD NRIS Reference Number: 90000234 Date Listed: 03/09/90 House on Labor-in-Vain Road Essex Property Name County First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR Multiple Name MA State This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, amendments, notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included in the nomination documentation. for BettofJarge Signatuzé of the Keeper ============================ Amended Items in Nomination: 03/09/90 Date of Action === Geographical Data: VBD The handwritten scale on the sketch map supersedes the typed or printed one: the handwritten scale is the appropriate scale for the reduced map. The acreage is <1. This information has been confirmed with Ann Tait, MASHPO, by telephone.
DISTRIBUTION: National Register property file Nominating Authority (without attachment) UNTTED STATET DEPTRPAROTE INTBRIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY House on Labor-in-Vain Road NAME: MULTIPLE First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Essex DATE RECEIVED: 1/24/90 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 2/23/90 ATE OF PENDING LIST: 2/07/90 ATE OF 45TH DAY: 3/10/90 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 90000234 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: OPPER NPOTAPROBLEM: N PANDSCAPE: NTESS THANS0 VEARS N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: Y NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT _RETURN REJECT 3/9/40 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA Accept CXD REVIEWER DISCIPLINE Urcus DATE lifeeqnal Stistory DOCUMENTATION see attached comments ysee attached SIR BN 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 USGS maps photographs presentation sketch maps OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date houre on Lah Ipsurch, in Ist Pericd Buldlings of E Me, TR 21-7 Labor unlai Ipowrce rigtt room Ict Porel Bulhysef is.
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