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1441 NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service RECEIVED 41 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NOV 7 1995 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions/ in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable."Forfunctions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a).
Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name_Stony Farm other names/site number 2. Location street & number_428 Salisbury Street N/A not for publication city or town_Holden _N/A vicinity state_Massachusetts code_MA county_Worcester _ code_027 zip code _01520 3. State/Federal Agency Certification s the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, 1 hereby certify that thisAnominatic request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property 2meets -does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant J nationally - statewide Nocally.
(- See continuation sheet for additional comments.) suditz B. Midonouga Signature of certifying oficia/Tite Judith EMcDonough, Executive Director "/2/95 Massachusetts Historical Commission, State Historic Preservation Officer State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets [does not meet the National Register criteria. (See continuation sheet for additional Comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby certify that this property is: Mentered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. - determined eligible for the National Register - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the National Register -removed from the National Register - other (explain): Yason National Register Date of Action 12.13.95 Stony Farm Name of Property 5.
Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) X private - public-local -public-State - public-Federal Worcester County, MA County and State Category of Property (Check only one box) X building(s) _ district site structure - object Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing 5 1 buildings sites structures objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) N/A 6.
Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: single dwelling, secondary structure AGRICULTURE: agricultural outbuilding Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: single dwelling, secondary structure AGRICULTURE: agricultural outbuilding 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) FEDERAL Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation_granite wallsweatherboard roofslate other Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Nº8 Form United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 10240018 RECEIVED 41 NOV 7 1995 Section number 7 Page 1 Stony Farm Holden (Worcester County)ISION Massachusetts PARK SERVICE 7.
DESCRIPTION Stony Farm House is a 2 and 1/2 story, 5 bay, double pile frame, Federal style residence with an offset two story ell. The building is set on a granite block foundation and the walls are sheathed in clapboards. The slate-covered gable roof is punctuated by two interior brick chimneys. The property is located about four miles east of Holden Center, on the east side of Shrewsbury Street, a heavily traveled road leading to Worcester. To the south of the house is a 19th century shed and a six car stuccoed garage constructed in 1936, reached by a semicircular driveway from the street. An early 20th century shed and a leanto are located in the open field behind the house, while the remains of an early 20th century pool and pump house are located in the woods behind the house. A large gambrel-roofed barn is located to the north of the house, set close to the road.
Constructed in 1981, it was built on the foundations of an earlier barn destroyed by fire in that year. The property is in excellent condition and retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Set back approximately fifty feet from the road, the facade of the main house block faces west. The fenestration pattern of the facade is balanced although not equally spaced. All of the windows have six-over-six sash with slightly projecting simple architrave surrounds flanked by louvered blinds. Those on the second floor extend to the frieze. The center entrance contains a six panel door flanked by partial, four-light sidelights and capped by an entablature lintel.
Architectural trim is minimal and unadorned including flat cornerboards, a slightly projecting boxed cornice on the lateral eaves articulated by cyma recta, ovolo and torus moldings, and shallow returns on the gable ends. Both the north and south gable ends feature two widely spaced bays. The first floor front window frame on the south side has been replaced. A c.1895 photograph indicates that at one time a single story, three-sided bay window occupied this space with an adjacent doorway, also no longer extant. Similarly, on the north side plain moldings are noted on the first floor while more decorative moldings are found on the second floor openings. Photographs indicate that at one time a single story sunporch addition spanned the north side with a door located between the two window bays.
According to the present owner, both the bay window and the sunporch were removed during the Wheelers' ownership c.1950. There is an irregular (asymmetrical) fenestration pattern on the rear facade of the main block does not display the balance of the facade. The center entrance contains three-by-three upper panes of glass over a four panel lower section. Three six-over-six windows are located to the (continued) (epa Form 10-800-0 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Sectlon number 7 Page. 2 Stony Farm Holden (Worcester County) MassachusettsR south of the entrance with two similar windows on the other side. Upstairs three six-over-six windows extend to the frieze and like those on the first floor display plain surrounds.
Extending eastward from the southeast corner of the main block is a two story clapboarded the el vas ino to froies poased ontet, ipeher ewmiyrof hehat is poes by oaldle, in 180. This could unfortunately not be verified. The ell was little more than a shed until it was renovated about 25 years ago by the MacPhees. Previously the building contained a kitchen that served as a sugaring house for many families in the area. Spanning much of the first floor on the south side is a three bay, single story, shed-roofed porch supported by square posts with angled caps, resting on a wooden deck. Sheltered by the porch the two outer bays contain six panel doors flanking two six-over-six windows. A modern multi-light picture window is located to the east. The second floor is punctuated by four irregularly spaced six- over-six window openings, also flanked by louvered blinds.
Architectural trim consists of a projecting boxed cornice on the lateral eaves and projecting cornice returns on the gable ends. A brick chimney is centered on the eastern end. The west gable end is two bays wide with six-over-six windows, while the east end is without openings. Spanning the east end is a single story shed, sheathed in board and batten siding and resting on a fieldstone foundation. The front and rear elevations display a parapet while a low gable roof profile and exposed rafters are visible on the eastern end. A single arched opening is located on the south front. A historic photograph of the property taken in 1895 indicate that this shed was preceded by an earlier single story shed with gable roof and lacking the arched opening. The present shed addition appears to date to the early 20th century.
The rear (north) side of the ell is punctuated by three first floor openings and two on the second floor, arranged in no certain pattern. The area closest to the main house contains a modern door with 3x3 upper glass. A 6/6 window and picture window light the first floor while upstairs there are two 6/6 windows. Two long vertical strips descend from the roof almost to the first floor near where the main house and ell meet. Interior Description - Main House The double pile, double chimney Stony Farm displays a center hall plan with eight fireplaces, some of which are currently closed. On the first floor, the main entrance hall has a simple open string staircase with stick balusters and a square newel post with cap. The most elaborate mantel is that in the front (southwest) parlor.
In contrast to the plain, stark mantels found elsewhere in the house, the simple Federal mantel in this room has recessed panel pilasters and a wide, plain frieze. The room has a simple, molded chair rail and window trim (continued) NPS Form 10-900-8 8-88 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number - Page3 - Stony Farm Holden (Worcester County) Massachusetts and beaded mopboard. Most of the rooms display encased corner posts, wideboard wainscotting and wideboard floorboards. The northeast room, which functioned as the kitchen until the early 1960s, retains a cooking fireplace with beehive oven although the chimney has been rebuilt. Architrave moldings and four panel doors are found in the northwest room, a utility room that was also used as a "birthing" area.
Like the southwest room, this room lacks wainscoting. Elsewhere thin, six recessed panel doors predominate. Description - Outbuildings Located south of the ell is a single story shed, sheathed in board and batten siding. The building is oriented with its vertical board door centered on the broad side facing the main house. A single doublehung six-over-nine window lights the west gable. An exterior metal chimney is located on the east side. The building appears to date to the late 19th century. Just to the south of the shed is a six car garage building, rectangular in plan and capped by a flat roof. The building is constructed of concrete blocks and faced in stucco. Tax valuations indicate the building was constructed in 1936. The six individual overhead doors with upper lights are recessed slightly. At the cornice line a simple bracket block is located between each opening.
Six three-by-two pane metal windows with brick sills are equally spaced on the rear elevation, again separated by cornice blocks. A single window of the same configuration is located on the south side while a brick chimney with concrete cap is located at the southeast corner. Located to the east of the rear of the ell is a squarish shed building, sheathed in board and batten siding and resting on a concrete foundation. The building is formed by the union of two shed-roofed forms of unequal height, resulting in elevated clerestory openings facing south. The shed roofs are covered in asphalt shingles and display exposed rafter ends. A wooden door with five horizontal panels is located on the west side while four continuous single pane windows light the south side. Both the north and east sides are without openings. The former chicken coop appears to date to the early 20th century.
Located in the fenced field behind the house is an early 20th century small frame sheep shed constructed of vertical board sheathing with a shed roof displaying exposed rafters. Three horizontal slat doors are located on the taller wall. To the north of the main house, set close to the road, is a large gambrel-roofed barn built in 1981, on the site of an earlier barn destroyed by fire that year. The barn is sheathed in vertical boards and capped by an asphalt shingled roof. Centered on the ridge is a square (continued) (P8 Form 1-900a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number 7 Page 4 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Stony Farm Holden (Worcester County) Massachusetts from the former barn.
Care has been taken to make the design of the barn compatible with the older structure and in particular the openings on the north and west sides have been chosen to imitate an older structure. The gambrel front features a set of large double doors, central vertical board opening flanked by two eight-over-eight windows. The rear (east) and south sides display regularly spaced one-over-one windows with a set of three windows in the rear attic. The barn's fieldstone foundation is exposed at the rear which displays a lower level opening. According to Mr. and Mrs. MacPhee, an additional large attached barn, thought to be even older than the barn that burned, was at one time attached to the rear of the house. This barn is visible in a c.1885 photograph owned by the MacPhees. Otherwise, tax valuations indicate the property today is very much as it earlier in the century.
Tax records from 1910 indicate that in that year the property included a house, barn, hennery and carriage/tool shed. By the 1920s a grain room and garage had been added. By 1937 the property was just as it appears today, with a house, barn, garage, poultry house, grain room and shed. The farm retains numerous structural and landscape features reflecting its rural and and define present and former fields. Surviving segments include an east-west wall just south of the barn and a curved section radiating northeastward from a point near the gable-roofed shed. A series of modern beehouses are located just south of the garage and a small, (six foot square) dilapidated early 20th century pump house with slate, hip roof and concrete foundation is located north of the house.
The remains of an early 20th century swimming pool constructed of mortared stone are located adjacent to the pumphouse but are obscured by overgrown vegetation. Landscaping immediately around the main house includes rhododendrons and ornamental evergreen shrubs. A paved semicircular driveway runs in front of the garage and just to the south of the house and ell, shaded by two large sugar maples. A series of mature plantings including lilacs and forsythia line the streetline. The remaining landscape alternates woodlands and open, fenced fields in which a flock of Suffolk sheep are still pastured. (end) Stony Farm Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance