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1496 OMB No. 10024-0018 NPS Form 10-900 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service RECEIVED 413 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NOV 1 6 1994 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the NationalRegister of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete gaphaitemnby marking Uxidin theappropriate boxor arehitetural classticaion, materials, and areas of signiicance, entet oniy pategores and sulcatesonie fi nt hiftuetions. Placo a dionarions, entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete allitems. 1. Name of Property historic name Josiah Tobey House other names/site number St. Anthony's Rectory 2.
Location street & number- 67 Oxbow Road N/A not for publication city or town Falmouth N/Avicinity state Massachusetts code MA - countyBarnstable code 001 zip code 02536 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Placesand meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Zwmeets L does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that thispropertybe considered significant Jnationally statewide /vocally. ( See continuation sheet for additional comments.) udit 6.MDonong 1117/9 Signature of certifying official/Title Juditi B.
McDonougDal Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission, State Historic Preservation Officer State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets - does not meet the National Register criteria. (L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible forthe National Register - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) Date Clson 1la Date of Action 12-9.94 Josiah Tobey House Name of Property 5.
Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) private public-local public-State public-Federal Category of Property (Check only one box) X building(s) district site structure object Barnstable County, MA County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing 1 1 Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part ofa multiple property listing.) N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC / single dwelling RELIGION / church-related residence buildings sites Structures 1 - _ objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC / multiple dwelling 7.
Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) MID-19TH CENTURY: Greek Revival Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation CONCRETE walls_WOOD: weatherboard, shingle roof other ASPHALT Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) See continuation sheets. NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) RECEIVE OMe Aogpoua, N, 03A 018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet NOV 16 1994 Section number - / Page - INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION Josiah TobefT9OUSARK SERVICE Falmouth (Barnstable County) Massachusetts 7. DESCRIPTION The Josiah Tobey house is a Greek Revival, L-plan, 2 1/2-story, frame dwelling with a one-and-a-half- story, stepped-back wing with an ell.
Originally single-family, the house now serves as a two-family residence. The three-bay gable front is stylistically distinguished by its one-story, entablatured, and dentil-trimmed front porch supported by four fluted columns. Wide entablatures accented by dentil moldings run along the sides of the gables of the house, supported by broad pilasters at the corners. The asphalt roof over the gable front is uncharacteristically steep. The walls are finished with painted wood shingles and clapboards. The exterior is painted white; the doors red. The interior chimney is brick; the foundation concrete; the gutters wood; the downspouts aluminum. The interior--particularly the front parlor with slight pediments over all openings--reflects the Greek Revival style in the trim at the windows, doorways, and fireplace.
The house is located on a hilltop on the north side of heavily traveled Route 28 in a section of Teaticket village that is still semirural. From its hilltop site, the house faces East Falmouth and the intersection of Oxbow Road and Route 28. The setting provides a mix of deciduous trees behind the house and a sloping meadow in front with evergreen trees at street level. The property is in excellent condition, and despite its 1991 move to its new site, the exterior of the original building appears to have been little altered since its construction in 1854. The house appears as a single-family house from the front. The main entries to the duplex units are in back. Starting at the gable front: Diagonal lattice covers the space between the ground and the floor of the porch. On the north side of the porch, two granite blocks taken from the original porch foundation serve as steps.
Behind the four fluted columns is a flush-boarded wall broken by a pair of floor-to-ceiling, triple-hung, six-over-six-over-six windows and a wooden door with narrow sidelights. Above the slightly sloped porch roof, the exterior is finished in painted shingles. Two second-floor windows line up between the two windows and the door on the first floor. These are double-hung windows with six-over-six panes. A single double-hung, six-over-six window marks the attic. Moving counterclockwise to the north side: The foundation on the side of the front gable and the side of the wing rises about a foot from ground level before the clapboards and the corner pilasters begin. Three small windows provide light to the basement of the wing. Four double-hung windows line the wing. Window placement is uneven, with one window located where the wing joins the main block of the house.
The second window is slightly smaller than the other three. The wing is marked by a wide entablature at the roofline which continues from the north side of the gable front. The gable end of the wing on the north side is one bay wide. Three granite steps and a landing lead to a centrally located nine-light wooden door. A small wooden panel fills the space between the top of the door and the top of the frame of the window it replaces. To the left of the door are two utility meters. Above the doorway is a double-hung, six-over-six window. (continued) NPS Form10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _/ Page - 2 Josiah Tobey House Falmouth (Barnstable County) Massachusetts A new one-and-a-half-story ell joins the house at right angles to this wing, about eight inches back from the edge of the wing. On the north side of the ell are two windows: a double-hung, one-over-one window, slightly smaller than those in the original structure, and a casement window. Dentil molding, an entablature, and a corner pilaster-all features of the original building--appear on this side of the ell, but in each case they are slightly different from their counterparts on the original house. The dentils are slightly wider on the ell, and the entablature and pilasters are slightly narrower.
The overall shape of the house differs on the back, with the smaller, less steeply pitched gable peak of the ell adding to the vertical lines of the gable of the main block of the house. The 1 1/2-story gable end of the ell is one bay wide. At the base is a basement bulkhead. To the left of this is an exterior, clapboard-covered chimney. A one-over-one, double-hung, centrally located window lights the first- floor room, and a similar window marks the second floor. A shed dormer juts out from the right (south) side of the gable roof to increase space on the second floor. On the south side of the ell, a granite step leads to a pair of French doors that serve as a main entrance to one of the duplex units. To the left of the French doors is a one-over-one, double-hung window. Above the doors is a pair of double-hung windows in the shed dormer. There is no entablature on this side of the ell.
A patio of bricks taken from the exterior chimney of the original ell has been laid in the rectangle created between the new ell and the back of the main house. Two floor-to-ceiling, double-hung, six-over-six windows are located at the back of the house, one of them in the wing and the other in the gabled part of the house. Centered at the back gable of the main house is a pair of French doors that provide entrance to the second apartment. Below these doors is a granite step. To the right of the French doors is a one-story, gable roofed, five-foot-wide entry to the basement that projects about six feet out from the house. At the second-floor level, above the first tall window, is a small one-over-one window just under the roof of the wing. Two larger double-hung, six-over-six windows are located above the French doors, and there is a similar window at the attic level.
The exterior of this part of the house is sided in white-painted shingles. The south side of the house shows two six-over-six, double-hung windows balanced between corner pilasters at the building edges topped by a wide entablature. The south elevation is sided in clapboard. A brick chimney rises above the roof on this side of the house. The house's interior reflects the Greek Revival style in the four floor-length windows and in the period trim at the doors and windows. The front room in the three-bay section features slightly pedimented trim over the windows, doors, and the fireplace. The two floor-to-ceiling windows at the back of the house light a room that is now a dining room. A period newel post stands at the foot of the main stair. The floors are hardwood throughout. Ceilings are about eight feet high. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 7 Josiah Tobey House Falmouth (Barnstable County) Massachusetts Page - To meet access requirements for the duplex, two double-hung, six-over-six windows were enlarged into doorways. One of those windows--the one at the back of the main gable--was enlarged to accept a pair of French doors; the other window, on the gable end of the wing, was turned into a single doorway. The new ell was added in 1991 after the house was moved to its new site. This ell replaces a one-story ell that had housed the former kitchen and garage. The kitchen of that ell was part of an older house that had been attached to the Tobey house sometime after 1908. The garage was added at a later date. A 1986 survey by Robert L.
Johnson, a certified building inspector from Hatchville (part of Falmouth), found major structural problems in the rear wing and recommended demolition. To identify the ell as new, the details and trim are slightly different from those on the main structure. The windows are smaller and one-over-one instead of six-over-six. The exterior chimney has been covered in clapboard, and the raking cornice and fascia are simpler than those on the old house. In addition, the frieze, dentil trim, and corner pilasters are different in size from their corresponding features on the old house. The duplex conversion involved permanently locking one door on each floor. One of the doors has been covered with wallpaper on both sides. A second kitchen and a second-floor bedroom were created for one of the units in the new one-and-a-half-story ell.
A 4'-wide-by-6'8"-high section of the upper rear (west) wall and roof of the side gable wing was opened to allow access to the upper floor of the new ell. One of the duplex units is entirely contained in the original house. This unit consists of a living room, kitchen, dining room, and bath on the first floor and two bedrooms and a bath on the second floor. The kitchen has been located in what was formerly a rectory office. The unit's dining room also served as an office. An existing bathroom, which opens off the dining room, is located at the front of the house, and its location may have something to do with the uneven placement of the windows on the wing. The second unit was created in the wing, the new ell, and the attic.
It combines the living room, which used to be the rectory dining room, and a second-floor bedroom in the wing of the original house with rooms in the new ell--the kitchen and bathroom on the first floor and a bedroom on the second floor. The unit's third bedroom, in the attic of the main house, runs the entire depth of the house. As part of the restoration of the Tobey house, the roof and fir deck of the front porch were demolished and replaced. The fluted columns and frieze board were restored, saving 98 per cent of the original material. The foyer--a wood-and-glass enclosure between two of the columns--which probably dated to the 1920s, was removed. The clapboard-sided entrance to the basement was refurbished and reattached as a cellar entry at the house's new location.
Interior changes included the removal of the wooden fireplace mantle from the back room of the main structure to provide wall space for the kitchen in the main-house apartment. This fireplace had been bricked solid and enclosed when the (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number/ Page - Josiah Tobey House Falmouth (Barnstable County) Massachusetts chimney was rebuilt in 1940. Existing closets in the kitchen were used as pantry, linen closet, and for a stacked washer and dryer. In addition, a partition was removed from the second floor and replaced by a section of original balustrade found in the attic. This partition had enclosed a bathroom. This bathroom was converted to a half-bath and relocated to allow passage to the ell.
All the changes were documented in Part I, Part II, and Part III of the applicant's Historic Preservation Certification Application, which John D. Hnedak, Chief of Technical Assistance Branch of Cultural Resource Management for the National Park Service's National Register Program, has determined meets the Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation." The house is approached by a steep driveway from Oxbow Road, which is a one-way street for traffic headed west. The driveway ends in a blacktopped parking area at the back of house that connects to the brick patio. A walk continues along the north side of the house to the single-door entrance at the gable end of the wing. Opposite the back entrances on the west side of the parking area is a small, white, gable-roofed shed on cinderblocks and, on the neighboring lot, a chain-link-fence-enclosed electric substation.
The substation belongs to the Commonwealth Electric Company and will be buffered by landscaping; the substation is scheduled to be dismantled by ComElectric within the year. The house was moved in 1991 from its original site on the south side of East Falmouth Highway (Route 28) to a hilltop a half-mile west on the north side of the same highway in Teaticket. Within its 1.2-acre site the land rises from an elevation of 24 to 50 feet above sea level. The 233-foot-wide site was created in 1953 when Route 28 was straightened. Route 28 had previously followed the path of Oxbow Road. There are no records of this site being built upon before the road was relocated. The site is bounded by land owned by ComElectric on the west and, on the east, a street-level lot also owned by Christopher Shea.
Two other houses share this wooded island, but they are not visible from the East Falmouth approach to the Tobey house. In its new location, set back further from the road and on a hill, the house has regained some of its prominence and its appearance of rural isolation.Its former location had been substantially changed by the construction of St. Anthony's Church, a much larger structure, to the east in 1923; expansion of the church parking lots and of the cemetery stretching behind the house; and more modern residential construction across the street. In its present location, the house is visible on Route 28 only from the East Falmouth approach, and the house now serves as a landmark reminding viewers of East Falmouth's history. Trees block the view for those approaching the house from Falmouth.
Other Greek Revival and Queen Anne style farmhouses on the south side of East Falmouth Highway and the north side of Oxbow Road face toward their respective roads. The house was moved because its owner, St. Anthony's Church, was building a new rectory and would have demolished this building if another site had not been found. The house was raised from its concrete foundation on steel beams and moved in one piece. (The front porch and small back entry were removed and reattached to the house at its new site.) (continued) Josiah Tobey House Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance