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NPS Form 10-900 (Oct. 1990) OMB No. 10024-0018 998 United States Department of the interio._ National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form JU: 061992 This form is tor use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in, How to Complete the Nationa/ Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box o by entering the intormation requested. It an item does not appiy to the property being oocumented. enter "N/f" tor "not applicable." For tunctons, architectural,classitication. materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories trom the instructions. Piace additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewnter wora processor. or compute:.
to compiete all items Name of Property historic name - Stoughton Public Library other names/site number- Lucius Clapp Memorial (preferred) 2. Location street & number_ 6 Park Street NZAnot for publication city or town Stoughton NZA vicinity stateMassachusetts code MA - county Norfolk code 021 zip code 02072 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certity that this X nomination _ request tor determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards tor registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and protessional requirements set torth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion. the propert * meats -does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered signiticant Lu nationally - starewide 2Xlocally.
( See continuation sheet tor additional comments.) suditzB. M.Denaugh 6/30/92 Signaiure of cefitying oficialTite Judith B. MeDonoughlate Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Conmission, State Historic Preservation Offieer State of Feaeral agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register critena. (C) See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature ot certitying official/Title State or Federal agency and Dureau National Park Service Certitication I nerepy certity that the property is: entered in the National Register. L See continuation sheet. D aetermined eligible tor the National Register - See continuation sheet. -determined not eligible for the National Register. - removed trom the National Register. - otner, (explain:) Date Antorod in the Signature of the Keeper Selanlyu.
Mational Begiste: Date gi Action S/18/22 Lucius Clapp Memorial Name of Property 5. Classitication Ownership of Property (Cneck as manv boxes as apoly: - private Ex public-loca: L public-State - public-Federal Category of Property (Cneck oniy one box; * building(s) - district L site - structure object Norfolk County, MA County and State -Number:of Resources within Property== (Do not include previousiy iisteo resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing 1 0 Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" it property is no: part of a multipie property listing.) N/A 6.
Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories trom instructions) EDUCATION: library buildings sites Structures 1 objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 Current Functions (Enter categories trom instructions) EDUCATION: music library historical library RECREATION & CULTURE: museum 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories trom instructions) LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS Colonial Revival - Georgian Revival Materiais (Enter categories from instructions) foundation - STONE: granite walls BRICK roof_ other _ STONE: slate limestone & wood trim Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Lucius Clapp Memorial * Name of Property 8.
Statement of Sianiticance Appiicable National Register Criteria -- (Mark "*" in one or more doxes tor the crneria cuatving the propeny Tor Natonal Register listing.) * A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our nistory. L B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. * C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: - A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes.
- B removed trom its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. = D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a cormernorative property. - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50years. Norfolk County, MA County and Siale Areas of Significance (Enter caregorres tromn insiructions; ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT Period of Significance 1903 - 1942 Significant Dates N/A Significant Person (Compiete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Atherton, Walter Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the signiticance of the property on one or more continuation sneets.) 9.
Major Bibliographical Reterences Bibilography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in prepanng this torm on one or more continuation sneets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 x State Historic Presèrvation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency -previousiy listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previousiy determined eligible by the National - Local governmen! Register - University - designated a National Historic Lanamark Lx Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # Name of repository: Massachusetts Historical Commission - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Stoughton Public Library Lucius Clapp Memorial Neme of Property NorIolk countyMA County and State 10 Geooraphicel Data Acreage o1 Propenty1/3 acre (17,370 sq.
ft.) UTM Reterences (Place additonal UTM reforences on a continuation sneet.) 1 1.9 Zone 326300 Easting 4665480 Nortning 3 -- Zone Lasting 2 4 - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundares were seiected on a continuation sneet.) 11. Form Prepared By Alice Petruzzo, Stoughton Historical Commission; Gretchen Schuler name/title NR Edit. Consultant with Betsy Friedberg NR Director MHC organization - Massachusetts. Historical Commission _ date _ June 1992 street & number 80 Boylston Street teiephone _ (617) 127-8470 city or town - Boston state MA zip code 02116 Additional Documentation Supmit the tolicwing items with the complered torm: Continuation Sheets Maps Northing 4 USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute seres) indicating the property's location.
A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having-large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Cneck with the SHPO or FPO tor any additional items) Property Owner (Compiete this ner at the requesi of SHPO or FPO.) name - Town of Stoughton street & number _ 10 Pearl Street teiepnone (617} 341-1300 city or townStoughton State MA . zip code _02072 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This intormation is being collected tor applications to the National Register of Historic Piaces to nominate properties tor listing or oetermine eligibility tor listing, to iist propenties. and to amena existing listings. Response to this request is requrred t0 obtain a penefit in accoraance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amenoed (18 U.S.C. 470 e: seq.).
Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden tor this torm is estimated to average 18.1 hours Der response inciuding time tor reviewing instructions, gathenng and maintaining data, ano compieting and reviewing the torm. Direct cornments regaraing this Durden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, Natonal Park Service, P.O. B0x 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Buaget, Paperwork Reauctions Proyects (1024-0018), Washirgton, DC 20503 200 0m 100000 Untted Statas Dopartment of the interior National Park Service Natlonal Register of Historic Piaces Continuation Sheet Section number - Page. 1 sesom iee. 104-0010 Lucius Clapp Memorial Stoughton (Norfolk County) Massachusetts 7.
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION The Stoughton Public Library, now known as the Lucius Clapp Memorial, is situated on the southwest corner of Pleasant Street (Route 139) and Park Street (Route 27) where Washington Street (Route 138) meets Park Street. The location is the center of the Town of Stoughton among commercial and institutional buildings representative of early to mid-twentieth century architecture. The Library is constructed of red brick with Indiana limestone The massing and decorative elaboration is representative of the Georgian Revival style of architecture with classical articulation, a popular form used in many civic and institutional structures of the early twentieth century. The one-third acre lot (17,370 square feet), on which the old Stoughton Public Library is located, is a slightly elevated piece of land with no formal landscaping.
Some shrubbery are clustered at the steps and randomly placed sanus EeW EFCCS around the building and a few trees are scattered on the lot along Pleasant Street and at the rear of the building, where the parking lot for the adjacent bank borders the Library lot. Surrounded on three sides by bank buildings and opposite the Unitarian Church (1970) the property is one of several institutional style buildings and one of the only classical style structures in the immediate vicinity. There are a number of nineteenth century residential buildings retaining architectural and historical integrity in close proximity. The small lot was originally the location of Stoughton's first schoolhouse, built in 1768.
In the nineteenth century the lot was the site of a tavern until 1861 and then a fenced open field adjacent to and part of the Atherton Estate which extended along Park from Seaver to Pleasant Street. The main house of the former Atherton Estate was torn down in the 1950s long after the 1903 construction of the Stoughton Public Library, also known as the Lucius Clapp Memorial, on the plot of land purchased from the Athertons for this purpose. The two-story, brick building includes a full partially raised a vaulted first story, which is the main block of the building, and an attic space within the hipped roof and surrounding parapet. Constructed on a dressed Milford granite block foundation, the building's plan is well balanced and predictable for the period and style of architecture.
The main block is rectangular with a slightly projecting pedimented portico on the main or (continued) Owe rervorel s0. 9003-9958 ca United Stater Department of the interiorneit National Park Sarvice National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Lucius Clapp Memorial Stoughton (Norfolk County) Massahusetts Section number _1 Page_2 southwest facade and a centrally placed rectangular rear ell on the northeast elevation. The main block has a hipped roof, which has recently been restored with slate shingles. The rear central ell also has a hipped roof, and the entrance portico has a gabled facade in front of the parapet which wraps around the portico and main block. A tall detailed chimney extends at the intersection of the main block and the rear ell.
The parapet and decorative cornice wrap around the building enveloping and tying together the main block and entrance portico. Materials are important to the design of the building creating a solid physical presence for a key institutional structure. The granite and brick are strong materials for which the bold design is necessary to achieve the appropriate effect. Indiana limestone trim was most commonly used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. While most of the other trim such as window frames and narrow cornice band under the modillion blocks is wood the blocks are made of sheet metal which is a more durable material against the weather. The Library was built with a slate roof and altered in the mid 1900s. The slate has recently been restored, an important contribution to the preservation of the property.
The simple, yet substantial, classical design of the Georgian Revival building is enhanced with classical ornamentation including heavy molded modillion blocks made of sheet metal at the cornice, the arcaded brick window surrounds with limestone keystones and lintels, the round headed windows, the bold water table creating a base for the first story articulation, and the centrally courses. It is the architectural elaboration, including the modillioned y spaced indonte bESck cornice, the parapet, the ovolo band course just under the cornice and the water table, which wrap around the building and visually unify the structure. Most of the architectural details such as windows and trim are the same throughout the building contributing to symmetry and balance and unification of the parts.
All windows of the main block are made up of nine-over-nine double hung sash flanked by three-over-three sash and topped with a multi-light fan or roundheaded window. The windows have wood frames with a panelled base and are set into an arched opening, the top part of which is articulated with a slightly raised brick band and limestone keystone and tabs accentuating and offsetting the roundheaded part of the window unit. Iwo bands, the projecting raised water table and the ovolo molded cornice band, (continued) 550 r 100001 Unttad States Dopartment of the Intsrior." 9a 30anO: National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Lucius Clapp Memorial Stoughton (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number _. 7 Page 3 which wrap around the entire structure, mark the main story of the library.
The same effect of unity is achieved by the wrapping brick parapet with copper coping and the brick ovolo band above the raised basement windows. Southwest Elevation The main entrance facade of the building, along Park Street, faces southwest and is opposite the 1917 Classical Revival Stoughton Trust Company building (now Bay Bank). The dominant feature of the southwest facade is the two-story, enclosed and slightly projecting portico with paired Tuscan-like monumental columns. Seven granite steps, with iron balustrade on the outer edges of the twelve foot width, approach the entrance portico which projects from the main block by nearly five feet. The paired entrance doors have been replaced by modern glass doors and a "Stoughton Historical Society" sign in the transom, but the entrance frame and roundheaded light over the surround are retained.
pair of round Tuscan pilasters rests on substantial rectangular brick bases with limestone caps. Each limestone half column or pilaster has a square and round base, a slightly tapered shaft and a round and square rim forming the plain capital appropriate for the unadorned order. The pilasters carry the templar gable pediment marking the entrance. The pediment is made up of the molded entablature with sign band of gold leaf letters "Lucius Clapp Memorial", and the heavy raking cornice line of the pediment with sheet metal modillion blocks. The rustication of the sides of the projecting portico wrap to the main block and end where copper downspouts are situated on either side of the entrance projection. The main block has one roundheaded window on each side of the portico and rusticated corners. Under each window is a half basement window.
Northwest Elevation The side elevation facing Pleasant Street is opposite the 1970 modern Universalist Unitarian Church. The three parts of the building and how they relate to one another is best viewed on the northwest facade. The main block projects towards Pleasant Street displaying three bays with a limestone balcony cantilevered at the center bay. In place of the double hung sash is (continued) Unlted States Department of the interlor National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Lucius Clapp Memorial Stoughton (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Section number1 Page. 4 Os4e deroroel Ma. 7840018 an eighteen-light door with a six-light transom opening onto the balcony. The stone balcony has short panelled columns or posts with turned balusters, a molded coping or hand rail, and heavy scroll brackets supporting the balcony.
The molded and panelled tall chimney with corbelled top extending well above the roof line at the rear of the main block is best Street. The rear ell, which is in fact diminished by the main block, displays two stories of four bays each with plain one-over-one double hung sash set in a simple wood frame with limestone sills and splayed brick lintels. The between the middle bays than between the others. The northwest side of the rear partially below grade door to the boiler room. Copper downspouts are located at the most northern corner of the main block and the rear ell. Southeast Elevation To the right of the main entrance is the southeast side of the Library, facing the side of the 1954 Stoughton Co-op The most visible portion of this side is the wall of the main block with three bays each with the roundheaded windows over half basement windows.
The rear ell facing southeast is four bays wide with two stories of one-over-one double hung sash similar to those on the northeast side visible from Pleasant Street. There are four double hung half basement windows also. Northeast Elevation The rear of the building or northeast elevation faces the 1957 Randolph Savings Bank and the elaborated 1855 Hill House in the Italianate Style. Facing the driveway at the rear is the end wall of the rear ell with only one central bay which has double hung sash at the second story level, a narrow door with iron latch and hinges covering the first story bay and a half basement double hung window also centrally located on the wall. The rear walls of the main block are seen on each side of the rear ell wall.
On the right or northwest side are two basement openings, a door and window and two basement windows; and on the left or northeast side are two basement windows. The cornice of the rear ell has no modillion blocks and the cornice wrap meets the main block between the rake and cornice band of the main block. There is no parapet on the rear block. (continued) r2020018 Untted States Department of the interlor National Park Service Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet ucius Clapp Memoria Stoughton (Norfolk County Massachusetts Section number _7 Page_ Interior The interior of the building is intact displaying the original design intent in terms of spaces and rich architectural ornamentation. has a terrazzo floor with marble baseboards and oak panelled wainscoting and plastered walls.
Centrally located marble steps lead to the central section or lobby with a vaulted ceiling with a skylight affect achieved by glass panels shielding the centered light fixture. Monumental floor to ceiling oak columns on the same axis as the entrance mark the entrance to the meeting room which was the stack room of the early library. The main reading rooms on each side of the central lobby are decorated with oak wainscotting, and molded plastered cornices on plaster walls. The Reading Room at the rear of the Lucius B. Clapp Room on the west side of the Lobby has a large fireplace with ten foot wide oak mantel with carved classical detailing. Above the mantel is a bas relief of Lucius Clapp done by George Brewster. At the rear of the Henry L. Pierce Room on the southeast side of the Lobby is an office with a gas fireplace which has been closed off. The rear ell houses the Edwin A.
Jones Auditorium a room which has no elaborate ornamentation. The basement has several smaller rooms, bathrooms and a vault. Alterations are insubstantial and do not detract from the integrity of the building. On the exterior there was a second chimney on the rear of the main block and southeast side of the rear ell. two symmetrically placed chimneys with balance of design. The second chimney has been capped at the roof line rendering the gas fireplace in the office inoperable. Interior changes are minimal and limited to the ca. 1970 covering over of the staircase in the rear ell which went to the basement. The staircase remains intact in the basement. Archaeological Description No prehistoric sites are recorded on the property or in the general area (within one mile).
In general, the potential for significant prehistoric archaeological remains is low, because of small lot size and construction impacts from the library which has a full basement. In addition, locational criterion (slope, drainage, distance to water) of the property are not particularly favorable for prehistoric settlement. While library construction may have impacted historic archaeological remains on the property, the location of two specific sites on the parcel indicates a (continued) cwfs Acarrn dh. 75060010 pog m United Statez Department of the Interlor National Park Service National Register of Historle Placas Continuation Sheet Section number 1, 8 Page 6,1 Lucius Clapp Memorial Stoughton (Norfolk County) Massachusetts moderate potential for significant historic survivals.
The nominated property is the reported site of the town's first schoolhouse (1768) and a tavern until 1861. Although library construction has likely damaged these resources, the extent of these impacts are impossible to gauge at this time. (end) 8. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Stoughton Public Library, now known as the Lucius Clapp Memorial, located at a central intersection of Stoughton, is important for its association with the development of the Town of Stoughton and for its representation of Georgian Revival architecture, a popular design used in civic buildings in the The Library was constructed in 1903 in response to a need for larger library space and with the gift of long time Stoughton benefactor, Lucius Clapp.
The Library retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, feeling, association and workmanship and is significant at the local level for Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. The first settlement of what was the South Precinct of Dorchester (1715) occurred in the early eighteenth century along the major north-south routes and at the current town center of Stoughton. The Town of Stoughton was incorporated in 1726 but not until 1797 did it achieve its present boundaries following the separate incorporation of Sharon in 1783 and Canton in 1797. The first parish was established in 1743 and by 1768 the first school was situated at the town center on the lot which later became the location of the 1903 Stoughton Public Library. Early economic development followed the traditional summer agricultural and grazing patterns with lumbering in the winter.
By the mid 1700s shoe manufacturing was a major town industry especially in the villages which were not located on or near water sources. West Stoughton which had water power was the home of early textile mills. With the advent of the railroad came substantial growth of the boot and shoe industry. The population tripled with the influx of a large Irish population between 1845 and 1855. At the end of the Civil War in 1865 the boot and shoe manufacturing employed 1,168 out of a work force of 1,298 in Stoughton. The prosperity of Stoughton's businesses was reflected in the substantial residences and architect designed public buildings of the late nineteenth century.
The interest in and expansion of social, cultural, and educational (continued) Caea sssesore da 1R6-3018 cog United States Dopartment of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historle Places Continuation Sheet Lucius Clapp Memorial Stoughton (Norfolk County) Massachusetts Saction number Page_ 2 activities was also reflective of economic well being of the town. By the end of the nineteenth century Stoughton was a suburban industrial center of the greater Boston area. In 1900 the population was 5,442. By that time the town had a bank, eleven public schools, a newspaper, and seven churches. Services and amenities included telephone, electricity, gas, and railroad service. An electric railway connected Stoughton with Brockton to the south and with Boston to the north. A public water works system was well established by 1892.
The Library was founded in 1874 and had three different homes by 1900 as which time its was located in the 1882 Town Hall. In 1876 the first major bequest came from Lucius Clapp who donated 250 books to ensure its permanence as an institution in Stoughton. In 1881 the Board of Trustees applied to Andrew Carnegie to take advantage of his offer to donate building funds for the construction of public libraries. This appeal did not receive favorable results, thus the Library remained housed in the 1882 Town Hall. In 1902 the Trustees made a plea for private donations to build a library. Lucius B. Clapp responded with a donation of $25,000 which covered the cost of the building. A donation from Henry L. Pierce was used to acquire a substantial collection of books. Lucius B. Clapp (1817-1909) was born in North Easton where his father Charles Clapp was a farmer.
The family moved to Stoughton in 1821 to farm the 75 acre former Merion farm on West Street. Lucius Clapp was educated in local schools and followed his father's vocation of farming. In 1847 he married Emily Waters of a prominent and old Stoughton family. Clapp continued to work as a farmer, travelled extensively, and was involved in local affairs serving on the school board, as a selectman, and as a library trustee. Clapp sold his farm and moved from Stoughton in 1895 due to dissatisfaction over the town's lack of interest in his request to build a safer and more direct road to Easton than existed. However Clapp remained involved in Stoughton affairs as can ge attested to by his 1902 Library donation. Lucius Clapp is buried in Stoughton in the Dry Pond Cemetery within a half mile of his Stoughton home.
The bequest of $25,000 was given to Stoughton with no conditions other than the preference to remain anonymous according to the 1902 Annual Report of the Town Library. However, once the donation was accepted and plans were forming to construct a library, Mr. Clapp became involved by appointing George Monk, Library Trustee, to direct the building of the library. The lot on which the building is constructed was purchased for $6,800 from the Atherton estate, the main house of which was on the corner of Seaver and Park Streets until the 1950s when it was razed to construct the 1954 Stoughton Co-op Bank. (continued) EMME dearerel le 18960018 United States Dopartment of the Intertor National Park Service National Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page.
Lucius Clapp Memorial Stoughton (Norfolk County) Massachusetts The architect for the Library was Walter Atherton (1863-1945) who had been born and raised in Stoughton in the family homestead on the adjacent lot. Atherton trained at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Following his return to Boston in 1896 he practiced in the office of Herbert D. Hale. Atherton, a member of the Boston Society of Architects, designed various public buildings including schools, YMCAs, and libraries. Iwo examples of his work in a similar Georgian Revival style are the YMCAs in Chelsea (1910) and Beverly (1910) Massachusetts. The design for the Library was accepted on May 29, 1903 and the construction took place within the next year.
Dedication of the Library was June 30, 1904 at which time the Chairman of the Trustees, Christopher Farrell, characterized Clapp's gift by stating that "each citizen of the town was an heir to the savings of a lifetime of frugality and thrift". At the dedication tribute was also paid to the Honorable Henry Lillie Pierce, who had been raised in Stoughton, served as Mayor of Boston, and in 1898 donated $25,000 to the Library, the income of which was to be used to purchase books. The Stoughton Public Library remained at this location, which also housed the Stoughton Historical Society at the request made by Lucius Clapp, until 1969 when once again the size of the building could no longer accommodate the continued expanding needs of the community library.
A new modern library was built at 84 Park Street and this 1903 building was renamed the Lucius Clapp Memorial to reduce confusion of having two buildings named the Stoughton Public Library, both on Park Street. The Stoughton Historical Society continued to use the 1903 building and in 1972 the Town voted to lease the entire building to the Historical Society for museum and research center. Since 1982 the Old Stoughton Musical Society also maintains its collection of rare music books in the building and holds rehearsals in the 1903 Stoughton Public Library, now known as the Lucius Clapp Memorial. The 1903 Stoughton Public Library is significant for Criterion A for its representation of an important aspect of community development in Stoughton.
The growth in the sophistication of the community was addressed bý the construction of the Library which in turn fostered the strong local interests in cultural and educational expression. The Library is also significant for Criterion C for its expression of a distinctive style and period of construction popular in civic and institutional buildings in outlying suburban (continued) Oa sosonI da 70940018 coi United States Department of the interior National Park Service Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet Section number .. 8, 9, 1°page 4,1,1 Lucius Clapp Memorial Stoughton (Norfolk County) Massachusetts communities. The buildings which is now known as the Lucius Clapp Memorial continues a general educational and cultural use although the focus has shifted with the 1969 construction of a new public library.
Archaeological Significance Historic archaeological remains described above have the potential for providing detailed information on several of the social, cultural, and economic patterns that characterized growth in 18th and early 19th century Stoughton prior to the town's major growth period. Potential remains from the town's first schoolhouse can be particularly important though documenting the birth of Stoughton's educational system of which the library is apart. (end) 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Atherton, Walter, architect. Original Plans for Library, 1903. Flynn, John E. Beyond the Blew Hills, Stoughton Historical Society, 1976. Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, Libra 937, Folio 341 - 1902. Stoughton. Town Meeting Records, Articles 3 & 4, 1902. Stoughton Collection, Stoughton Public Library. Woodward, Dorothy M. Stoughton Public Library - 100 Years, 1874-1974, 1974.
(end) 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION - The attached Assessor's Map #49, Lot #177 is the legal boundary description of the Stoughton Public Library lot. The one-third acre lot has 134 feet of frontage on Park Street its western border, 32 feet of frontage at the corner of Park and Pleasant Streets, 99 feet of frontage on Pleasant Street its northern border, and is bordered on the east by Lot #176 of the Map #49, and on the south by Lot #178 of Map #49. BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION - The boundary of the property line is the historical and present property line associated with the Stoughton Public Library. It is the parcel which was purchased by the Town from the Athertons in 1902 for the express purpose of constructing a library. The lot lines have not changed since the 1902 purchase. (end) EOWIN A. JoNes AUDITORIUM Readino Rum LUcIUS B clan Lobby OFFIcC HenRy L. PreRce Rm.
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1795 179 14,500 39 80 9, ,9 5 210 8 178 11.227 SEAVER 3,600 t - PARK _ lé 252 ,375 1216 5100 58 446 9,116 214 105' 218 5,040 40-42 219 , 6,300 1220 40,980 +65 95 7,000 59 45 5 Ýíí ,109 6} 0,11 183 12,504 190 ,13,835 91 7,0792 92 8,5616 STREET 13 198 6,205 8 93,8 435 197 9,406 8,0 Lyuuu STRE Stoughton Public Library (a.k.a.
Lucius Clapp Memorial) 6 Park Street Stoughton, MA 02072 Assessors Map #49 Lot #177 10,75M 210 586 208 7,596 213g 7,435 211 69g6 212 6,816 STREET 224 8,185 +228 15,470 22 3 {3, 6 7 209 10,89 199 10,890 287 100,465 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME : Clapp, Lucius, Memorial MULTIPLE NAME : STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Norfolk DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 7/06/92 8/06/92 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 7/21/92 8/20/92 REFERENCE NUMBER: 92000998 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N REQUEST: N PDIL: SAMPLE: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT _RETURN REJECT 8/18/72 OATE) Antered in tha Matlonai Bogiatim 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 -photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone _presentation Signed Date HISTORICAL SOCIETY AALUCIUS CLAPP MEMORIAL 6 PARK STREET MA DOROTHY M.
HOODKARD MAY 1989 STOUGHTON HIST. COMM FIRES #i of 3 SOuTANEST VIEN STOUGITON PUBUIC ALA: LUCIUS CLAPP MEMORIAL - STOUGHTON PUBLIC LIBNAN 6 PARK STREET STOUGMTON, MA. DOROTHY M. WOODWARD MAY 1989 STOUGNTON HIST. COMM. FILES # 2 oF 3 NORTH VIEW LUCIUS CHAPP MEMORIAL - STOUGhTON PUBLIC LBRACY 6 PARK STREET STOUGHTOM, MA DOROTHY M. WOODWARD MAY 1989 STOUANTON HIST. Comm. FILES #3 oF 3 NORTHEAST VIEW, ELL AND REAR ACOMAMISSIOY Ge RETS CHADA * RE0E070 JUL C61992 NATIONAL REGISTER June 29, 1992 Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Deax Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination form: Lucius Clapp Memorial, 6 Park Street, Stoughton (Norfolk County), Massachusetts, 02072. A letter of support has been received by the Stoughton Town Manager (see enclosed).
The nomination was voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betay Traidey Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure cc: Alice Petruzzo, Stoughton Historical Commission Roberta M. DeAndrade, Chairperson, Stoughton Board of Selectmen Philip J. Farrington, Stoughton Town Manager Gretchen Schuler, Preservation Consultant Massachusetts Historical Commission, Judith B. McDonough, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J.
Connolly, Secretary BF June 3, 1992 Unun af Stoughton 10 Pearl Street | Stoughton, MA 02072 | (617) 341-1300 | FAX (617) 344-5048 RECEIVED JUN S 1992 MASS. HIST.COMML Ms. Judith B. McDonough Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 RE: Stoughton Public Library (AKA Lucius Clapp Memorial Building) Dear Ms. Boylston: The Town of Stoughton fully supports the nomination of the former Stoughton Public Library building for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. This building, commonly known as the Lucius Clapp Memorial, has been fully renovated and restored to its original construction. The Building is now the home of the Stoughton Historical Society and houses our museum. The building is also used for many cultural activities. - Mrs.
Alice Petruzzo, Chairman of the Stoughton Historical Commission and past president of the Stoughton Historical Society, will represent the Town at the hearing on June 10, 1992. She is fully authorized by the Board of Selectmen to speak for the Town. Mrs. Petruzzo lives at 1062 West Street, Stoughton and may be reached at 344-5456 or 344-9241. It is possible that our Town Meeting will be in session on June 10, 1992, thus preventing the Selectmen and I from attending this hearing "Valep auing Philip Farrington Town Manager PJF/Imm cc: Board of Selectmen