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1443 NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) OMB No. 1024-0018 RECEIVED 413 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NOV 7 1995 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in Rówto 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." For functions, 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_Hubbard-Dawson House other names/site number N/A 2. Location street & number_925 Main Street N/A not for publication city or town Holden _ N/A vicinity state_Massachusetts code MA - county_Worcester _ code_027 _ zip code _01520 3.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 As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. .In my opinion, the property meets - does not meetthe National Register Criteria.

I recommend that this property be considered significant nationally - statewide locally. ( See continuation sheet for additional comments.) uditz D. MeDonoua Agnature of certifying official/Title Judith B. McDonough, Executive Directol 112/95 Massachusetts Historical Commission, State Historic Preservation Officer State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the propertymeets 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. Natjonal Park Service Certification 1, hereby certify that this property is: dr entered 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): Date of Action 12-13.95 Hubbard-Dawson House Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) X private _ publc-local _ public-State - public-Federal Category of Property (Check only one box) X building(s) _ district _ site _ structure _ object Worcester, MA County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing 1 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 buildings sites structures objects 1 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) ITALIANATE QUEEN ANNE COLONIAL REVIVAL Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation brick wallsclapboard, shingle, wood roofasphalt other_brick (chimney) Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (OPS Form 10-000-a United States Department of the Interior National ParkService National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number -1 Page _1 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 RECEIVED 41 NOV 7 1995 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Woreester County)ES DiVISION Massachusetts IONAL PARK SERVICE 7. DESCRIPTION The Hubbard-Dawson property is a 2 1/2 story, frame structure which owes its irregular massing and mixture of Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival detailing to two distinct building periods, c. 1847 and c. 1890. The clapboarded building consists of a 5 bay, double pile original section with two story ell, with later additions at the northwest and northeast corners and along the west elevation. The design is unified by a variety of decorative features including the columned porch fronting the original structure, porte cochere and a profusion of brackets.

Set on a corner lot at the intersection of two heavily traveled streets, the Hubbard- Dawson House fronts north, less than twenty feet from Main Street, and is surrounded by a modest, cultivated lawn which slopes uphill slightly toward Salisbury Street. Although small c. 1950 houses have been built east and south of the house, trees planted at the perimeter of its present lawn preserve the impression of larger grounds and offer visual integrity to the property. Other than the division of the original single family dwelling into four apartments, the house is otherwise little altered from its late 19th century state. The property possesses integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. Despite extensive alterations c.

1890, the central gabled, five bay Italianate facade is still clearly visible and continues to serve as the primary entrance to the structure. The original main block of the house, facing north, is a two and a half story structure sheathed in clapboards and resting on a brick foundation. The gable roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles and punctuated by two interior corbel cap chimneys on the rear slope. The center entrance displays a plain wooden surround and contains a set of double doors, each leaf of which displays a rectangular upper glass pane and two lower panels. Windows on this part of the structure contain two-over-two sash with simple slightly projecting surrounds. Missing are the shutters seen in late 19th and early 20th century photographs.

The tops of the second floor facade windows butt against the bracketed cornice board while the opening in the facade's center gable displays an entablature lintel and contains louvered blinds instead of glass. The original facade is fronted by a single story Colonial Revival porch supported by Roman Doric columns, spanned by turned, attenuated balusters with urned, chamfered newel posts near the stairs. The columns rest on yellow brick piers interspersed by rectangular latticed airspace panels. Historic photographs indicate that this early 20th century porch replaced an earlier, less deep, Italianate porch with chamfered posts, and was apparently constructed when the adjacent porte cochere was added several years after the two story front addition.

(continued) NPS Form 10-900- 8-88) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number _/ Page - 2 - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Worecster County) Massachusetts Extending the porch tothe east andof equal width, the porte cochere is square in plan and capped by an asphalt-shingled hip roof with knobbed finial and weathervane. The structure is supported by elongated Roman Doric columns with a turned baluster frieze decorated by cut- out jigsawn panels nearest the columns. An arched frieze supported by brackets with sunburst motifs marks the stairs leading up to the front porch. Both the porch and porte cochere are decorated by bracketed cornice, simpler, but still reminiscent of that at the roofline. Projecting slightly from the west end of the facade is the north face of the c.

1890 addition. Also two and a half stories in height, the addition features a pedimented end, surrounded by brackets and framing a Palladian window in the attic, displaying a multi-light over single light sash. Both first and second floors of the facade are a single bay wide, containing a slightly wide picture window with the upper horizontal pane and two supporting outer glass panes filled with stained glass, framing a central pane of clear glass. The area to the east of the window on each floor has been cut out and on the second floor consists of a recessed porch decorated by archways with latticed spandrels and a two tier turned balustrade. The west elevation of the house consists of the original two story ell from which a curved two-story porch projects at the northwest junction with an additional two story pediment-end projection on the west side of the rear ell.

The c.1890 section closest to the facade measures two bays wide with wide 2/1 windows and a pedimented dormer centered on the roof containing a single eight-over-two window. The two story porch also dates to this era and displays a two tier turned balustrade, featuring stick balusters below and smaller knobbed balusters above, and a spindle frieze.It is supported by chamfered posts on the first floor and columns above resting on square bases. On the first floor a paneled, three sided bay window and individual small, rectangular Queen Anne Sash, are sheltered by the porch. Both the original ell and the section beyond have 2/2 windows. . Wood shingles decorate both the front dormer and the pedimented end toward the rear. Historic photographs indicate that a bracketed door hood was removed on this side when the additions were made.

The fenestration pattern of the ell's rear and east elevations is balanced on first and second floors with corresponding, although not always identical, openings. Those on the second floor butt against the bracketed cornice board. Windows include two-over-two sash, smaller six- over-six sash, rectangular hinged Queen Anne style windows and a three sided first floor bay window capped by a rectangular wood-shingled bay above. A pedimented door hood supported by a pair of brackets marks the four panel door entrance to the rear of the ell. (continued) (oº8 Form 10-800-. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number 7 Page 3 OMB Approval No.

10240018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Worecster County) Massachusetts Interior Description The interior of the Hubbard-Dawson House is divided into four apartments, as it has been since it was converted into a multi-family dwelling c. 1920. Interior features which appear to be original to the c.1847 structure include the knobbed round newel post and turned balustrade adorning the central staircase in the front hallway as well as the marble fireplace with central cartouche in the first floor parlor occupying the northeast (front) corner. Four panel doors predominate in this part of the house; door and window surrounds display beaded torus surrounds and include several arched openings. Inside the addition at the northwest corner of the house, the moldings display bullseye cornerblocks.

There is a doublewide opening in the second floor, northwest corner room, while the opening in the corresponding space downstairs has been blocked down to a singular opening. The first floor, northwest corner rooms displays a handsome late 19th century fireplace and mirrored overmantel with shelves and tiled fireplace opening and hearth. Colonial Revival detailing includes bead moldings and fluted pilaster detailing. A similar fireplace in the room upstairs lacks the overmantel. Other evidence of the late 19th century alterations include stained glass windows, Queen Anne sash with a border of small square panes and vertical tube radiators. Wood floors are found throughout the house. Intrusions include the introduction of bathrooms and kitchens displaying c.1950 linoleum, cabinets and lighting fixtures.

Description of Grounds There are no longer any outbuildings associated with this property. Historic photographs and an illustration on the 1892 Map of Holden indicate that a large barn once stood to the southeast of the house. According to the present owner, this barn was rehabbed into a duplex during the 1940s. A small wooden garden structure was also located to the northwest of the house, as was a windmill tower. A picket fence formed a boundary along Main and Salisbury Streets. The house is surrounded by a modest lawn area while a paved driveway extends from Main Street, under the porte cochere to the east of the house. A number of ornamental plantings are found in the area around the house including lilacs, honeysuckle, forsythia, roses and daylilies.

There are several mature maple trees to the north of the house and a large horse chestnut tree adjacent to the porte cochere, while pine trees are found along the street line and act as a screen between the original house and the newer houses built around it c. 1950. (continued) (UPS Form 10-800-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number- 7 Page. 4 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Woreester County) Massachusetts Although the Hubbard-Dawson House is situated on a parcel which measures 2.83 acres, the nomination includes the approximate half acre of property including the house and immediate surrounds. The original tract of land consisted of sixteen acres and consisted of eighteen acres when Charles Dawson purchased the property in 1877.

The other houses on the lot were apparently built in the 1950s, shortly after the Hubbard-Dawson House was sold out of the Dawson family in 1948. Archaeological Description No sites are currently recorded on the Hubbard-Dawson House property, however, it is possible that sites are present. Three prehistoric sites have been recorded in the general area (within one mile) including one site (19-WR-181) located on a terrace bordering a brook between Chattin and Dawson Ponds and two sites (19-WR-182, 183) on terraces north and south and south of a dammed tributary stream immediately east of Chattin Pond where it meets the Boston and Main railroad. The physical characteristics of the parcel, a well drained level to moderately sloping land surface within 1000 feet of wetlands including unnamed ponds and swampy areas indicates similar locational characteristics to the known sites listed above.

Given this information, the size of the parcel (1/2 acre) historic development on the parcel and known local/regional site densities, a moderate potential exits for recovering prehistoric resources. There is a moderate to high potential for recovering significant historic archaeological resources on the property. Further documentary research combined with archaeological survey and testing can determine whether or not structural remains survive from the Horace Partridge house which stood on this property in 1832. Structural remains may also survive from outbuildings associated with the early Partridge House and later occupations during the Hubbard-Dawson family ownerships. Historic photographs indicate a large barn once stood to the southeast of the house. Survivals from this barn may exist on the nominated property.

Occupational related features (trash pits, privies, wells) also likely survive in the area surrounding the house and any outbuildings. .These remains could date from the 1832 period or earlier to the 20th century. (end) Hubbard-Dawson House Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. X B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X 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 religious institution or used for religious purposes. _ B removed from its original location.

_C a birthplace or grave. _D a cemetery. _E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. _F a commemorative property. Worcester County, MA County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) ARCHITECTURE INDUSTRY COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT Period of Significance 1847 - 1945 Significant Dates ca. 1847 1892 - 1898 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Charles Dawson Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Unknown _G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: _ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 X State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested _Other State agency _ previously listed in the National Register Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government Register _ University _ designated a National Historic Landmark Other _recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: # Massachusetts Historical Commission _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Hubbard-Dawson House Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 1/2 acre UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1.

19 265050 4691650 Zone Easting Northing 2. Zone Easting Northing Worcester County, MA County and State 3. Zone Easting Northing 4. Zone Easting _ See continuation sheet Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11.

Form Prepared By Lisa Mausolf, Preservation Consultant, with Susan McDaniel Ceccacci for Holden Historical Commission, name/title with Betsy Friedberg, National Register Director, MHC organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission street & number_220 Morrissey Boulevard date_August 1995 telephone_(617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state MA zip code_02116 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Asketch map forhistoric districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property.

Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Joanne Crystoff Reilly street & number38 Mason Road telephone_(508) 829-9611 city or townHolden _state_MA zip code_01520 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected forapplicationsto the National Register ofHistoric Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).

Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response includingthe time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. (eps Form 10-000-a United States Department of theInterior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page1 OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Worecster County) MassachusettsR 8.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Hubbard-Dawson House is architecturally significant as one of Holden's largest and most elaborate surviving examples of late 19th century residential architecture. Despite its evolutionary nature, displaying characteristics of both the Italianate and Queen Anne/ Colonial Revival styles, the property retains a high level of architectural integrity. The property is also significant as the home of local mill owner and wool manufacturer, Charles Dawson. It is significant for the period beginning c.1847 when the first part of the dwelling was constructed to 1945, marking the National Register 50-year cutoff. Significant dates include c.1847, the initial construction date, and 1892-1898, the date of the later addition and alterations. The property retains integrity of location, design, association, materials, and workmanship.

Integrity of setting and feeling have been only slightly lessened by the construction of seven c. 1950 houses on the remaining acreage of the property. The Hubbard-Dawson House meets Criteria A, B, and C of the National Register of Historic Places and is significant at the local level. Areas of significance include architecture and industry, as well as community planning and development, for the growth and development of the industrial village. Because of Holden's small population and essentially rural character, large and imposing houses were rarely built here during the 19th century. Those more imposing houses that were built in Holden express their small town origin in their simplicity and vernacular character.

Study of vignettes of important houses shown on the 1892 bird's eye view map of Holden indicates that those few large late 19th century residences built here (the Davis Homestead on Reservoir Street and the William A. Howe House (1888) on Main Street) were no more elaborate in their detailing than the Hubbard-Dawson House. Yet, even in its comparative "high" style, the Hubbard-Dawson House, reflects its small town origins. Even after its 1890s alterations, it does not compare to the level of style and sophistication of the homes of many manufacturers and successful business men built during the same period only a few miles away in Worcester. No other Colonial Revival/Queen Anne style houses of this size or elaborateness still stand in Holden.

The Ethan Davis House (Crystal Spring Farm) at 57 Reservoir Street dates to about 1883 and is a large 2 1/2 story hip-roofed structure displaying limited stick style ornament. The William Howe House on Main Street was destroyed by fire in 1979. The only other major structures known to have existed here in this style were resort hotels which are no longer standing (continued) NpS Form 10-000-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number 8 Page 2 OMB Asprovel No. 10240018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Worecster County) Massachusetts Photographs and illustrations of the Hubbard-Dawson House made before its alteration in the 1890s show it to have been a vernacular expression of the Italianate style.

Built on a traditional two story, double pile, five bay, center-entry plan with paired interior chimneys, it had a center facade gable, bracketed eaves, and a single story porch the width of its facade. The center facade gable and bracketed eaves are still part of the existing structure. The Hubbard-Dawson House was one of a handful of vernacular Italianate houses built in Holden at the mid 19th century although few are still extant. Holden's major example of the style was the Gleason-Gould House (1853), located at the corner of Highland Street and Phillips Road, and demolished in 1972. A large two-story, gable front Italianate Villa, the house was built on a cruciform plan with a campanile, adorned by quoins and brackets. Nearby, the S.W.

Armington House (c.1855) still stands at 85 Highland Street, a 2 1/2 story gablefront structure displaying Italianate details including quoining and a profusion of brackets. Edgemere, the residence of the mill-owners at Quinapoxet was a 2 1/2 story cross- gable vernacular Italianate style structure which, like the Hubbard-Dawson House, also displayed late 19th century alterations including a wrap-around porch. The house was located opposite Mill Street but is no longer extant. A one-and-a-half story, two family mill tenement (c. 1860s) with a center facade gable still survives slightly altered at 1586 Main Street in the Jefferson area. Two other vernacular Italianate houses also stand in Jefferson on Fairview Avenue.

The only other house displaying a five bay facade and center gable dormer is the house at 37 Fairview Avenue, which is not contemporary with the Hubbard-Dawson House but was built in 1882. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE This house is historically significant as the home of Charles Dawson (1832-1914), one of the town's major 19th century textile manufacturers. Dawson lived here from 1877 to 1910, for more than thirty of theapproximately forty years that he operated the prosperous Moss Brook Woolen Mill nearby. Passing successively to Dawson's daughter and granddaughter, the house retained its association with the Dawson family until 1948. The major historical significance of this house is as the home of Charles Dawson, founder, president and treasurer of the Dawson Manufacturing Company.

From 1872 to 1910 his company occupied the nearby Moss Brook Woolen Mill (no longer standing) on Salisbury Street in the locality once known as Dawsonville. Recognized for the manufacture of quality woolen goods, the company initially produced satinets and melton flannels and later cheviots and cassimeres. At times, despite running both day and night shifts, the mill was unable to (continued) (eps Form 10-800-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number 8 Page 3 - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Woreester County) Massachusetts keep up with the orders. Around the turn of the century, the mill employed sixty-five to seventy hands and produced about 10,000 yards a year of fancychevoits and cassimeres. Charles Dawson was born in Lancaster County in England in 1832.

In 1845, after early experience working in a cotton mill in England, Dawson came to the United States at the age of fourteen with his family, settling in Millbury, Massachusetts. Having worked for a number of years in various mills, he started in business in Worcester at an unspecified date, dealing in mill supplies until 1871. Mr. Dawson was a Republican and served as a delegate to numerous nominating conventions of his party. He was Holden assessor for one year and held the post of selectman for three years. He married Jane E. Osborn of Egremont, Massachusetts in 1852. They had three children who grew to adulthood. A son, Charles A. Dawson, joined his father in the business in 1893 but, due to poor health, resigned and died in 1903.

Dawson's Textile Operation in its Historic Framework Charles Dawson's operation of the Moss Brook Mill coincides with the most prosperous period of textile manufacturing in Holden. Although his was not the largest of the town's textile mills, it was a successful local enterprise that made a positive contribution to the local economy under his forty year ownership. Holden's economic base until the early 19th century was almost entirely agricultural. During the first and second decades of the century, carding and spinning mills began to appear along the town's streams. By 1845 there were five cotton mills and four woolen mills in Holden. Textile manufacturing was to be the town's major industry for the remainder of the century. In 1865, 320 persons were employed on Holden's 145 farms, while approximately the same number of persons were employed in industry in the town.

Manufacturing was an important part of the town's late 19th century economic base, although agriculture also remained a significant contributor to the town's economy through the end of the century. In 1868 Charles Dawson, as part of the partnership of Crompton and Dawson, took over the Moss Brook Mill in Holden which had been established prior to 1854 by Col. Samuel Damon. With Dawson still a partner, it was later operated for a time as Dawson & Guild. In 1870 Charles Dawson moved to Holden and devoted his whole time to the mill. By 1873 he had become the sole owner of the business. Dawson sold the mill to another concern in 1910 and five years later it was operated as the Holden Woolen Mill.

In 1925 it was closed and the (continued) (0PS,Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page- 4 OMB Approval No. 10240018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Woreester County) Massachusetts water privilege was taken by the Metropolitan District Water Commission, which removed the buildings. The Town of Holden Dawson Park and Recreation Area now occupies the site of the Dawson Mill Village. During Dawson's ownership both the mill and mill village were greatly improved. For more than twenty-five years he continued at the head of the business, adding from year to year new equipment and building new tenements to house an increased number of workers. Dawson is said to have ranked among the most progressive and successful woolen manufacturers of the county.

Dawson's Moss Brook Woolen Mill was one of three woolen mills operating in Holden at the end of the 19th century. Throughout town, industrial villages grew up around the larger Holden factories, rivaling the population of the town center itself. In 1895, when the town center had a population of 600, the populations of the various villages were: Chaffinville, 226; Dawsonville (around Dawson's Moss Brook Mill), 203; Jeffersonville, 826; Quinapoxet, 361; North Woods, 120; Springdale, 143; and Umionville, 123. Today, except for the villages of Jeffersonville and Eagleville, the former existence of these earlier industrial communities is no longer easily recognizable as a result of demolition and modern development. Around the turn of the century the textile industry became less successful as Holden's mills dwindled in production.

During the period 1915-1930, Holden gradually changed its former industrial-agricultural complexion. One by one the town's textile mills closed. Only the large woolen mills at Jefferson survived into the third decade of the century, finally ceasing production in 1939. Several former industrial sites, located on water privileges, were taken by the Metropolitan District Commission reservoir system. Today there are no functioning textile mills in town. During the same period, Holden underwent considerable development as a Worcester suburb. Today, Holden is chiefly residential in character. The town does have some industry, diversified in type, which is all located in a mid-late 20th century industrial park in the southern section of town.

The Hubbard-Dawson House Before and After its Occupancy by Dawson: Construction by Eli Hubbard On this site as early as 1832 there stood a house of unknown size and description, owned by Horace Partridge. It is not clear whether any of that earlier house may have been incorporated into the present structure. (continued) (epS Form 10.000-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 5 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Woreester County) Massachusetts The earliest documented owner of the house was Eli Hubbard, 2nd. Hubbard, the son of Benjamin and Polly Hubbard of Holden, was born in 1820 and married Sarah A. Watson in 1845.

In 1847 he purchased from Horace Partridge sixteen acres of land one half mile southwest of Holden Center at the junction of the old and new county roads (Salisbury and Main Streets respectively). The earlier portion of the present house was presumably built at about this date. In 1867 Hubbard purchased ten additional acres from Joseph Davis. Hubbard's charter membership in 1875 in the Holden Grange, #78, Patrons of Husbandry suggests that he was a farmer. The Hubbard family was among the first families to settle in Holden in the early 18th century. Members of this family were both numerous and prominent in the town all through the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1877 Hubbard sold the house and eighteen acres to Jane E. Dawson, the wife of Charles Dawson.

The 1898 Worcester County Atlas indicates that at that time Hubbard still owned a house that he had owned sinceat least 1870, across the road from his former home. Later Occupancy by Dawson Family Members The Hubbard-Dawson House was sold in 1910 to Alida A. Chenery, a daughter of Charles Dawson. Mrs. Chenery and her husband lived there until 1922 when the house was sold to their daughter, Carrie I. Cate and her husband, Frank. About this time the house was converted into a multi-family dwelling. The Cates raised their family in the house and in 1948 sold it to John F. Crystoff. The house is currently owned by Joann Crystoff Reilly and still serves as a multi-family dwelling. Archaeological Significance Since patterns of prehistoric settlement in Holden are poorly understood, any surviving sites would be significant.

Prehistoric sites in this area can contribute to a greater understanding of Native American settlement and subsistence patterns in the Central Massachusetts/Worcester Platean locale and the relationship of those sites to sites is the coastal lowlands. Sites in this area can also be used to test hypotheses relating to prehistoric settlement and subsistence in different riverine drainages. The Hubbard-Dawson house lies near the southern extent of the Nashua River (Merrimack River) drainage with the Blackstone River drainage located in neighboring towns to the south and (end) NP8 For 10-000g United States Department ofthe Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number - 9 Page _ 1 OMB Approval No. 10840018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Woreester County) Massachusetts 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES MAPS Map of the Town of Holden.

Surveyed and Drawn by Charles Chaffin, 1832. Boston: Pendleton's Lithography, 1832. Atlas of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: F.W. Beers, 1870. Holden, Massachusetts, 1892. Boston: O.H. Bailey & Co., 1892. Atlas of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co., 1898. BOOKS Estes, David Foster. The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894. Worcester: C.F. Lawrence & Co., 1894. Prouty, Florence N. History of the Town of Holden, 1667-1941. Worcester: Stobbs Press, 1941. Skillings, Charles, Clare M. Nelson & Ross W. Beales, Jr. A Pictorial History of Holden, Massachusetts. Holden: Holden Historical Society, Inc., 1991. Zook, Nicholas. Holden: The Evolution of a Town. Holden: Holden Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Biographical Review, Vol. XX, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1899. OTHER MATERIALS Photographs of the Dawson House from the collections of Charles Skillings, Holden. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Inventory Form, "Dawson Mansion", Holden Survey, March 1978. (continued) (PS Form 10-900 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number 9, 10 Page 2,1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden (Woreester County) Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission, "Reconnaissance Survey Report", Holden, 1984. (end) 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The house is situated at the northwest corner of Lot #5, Holden Assessor's Map #173. The bounds of the nominated parcel are indicated in pencil on the attached Assessor's Map.

The total 2.83 acre lot is bounded on the north by Main Street, on the west by Salisbury Street, on the south by railroad tracks. The portion of the lot being listed on the National Register measures approximately one-half acre and is indicated visually by trees that screen the newer houses from view on the south and east sides and by Main Street on the north and Salisbury Street on the west. BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION Because of the large number of noncontributing buildings on the parcel, the boundaries of the nomination have been drawn to include only the area immediately around the Hubbard- Dawson House and lawn, excluding the seven c. 1950 houses on the lot. (end) NPS Form 10-800-8 (8-88) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Hubbard-Dawson House Holden, Mass.

Salisbury Street maple 01 Res davizos birch fossutaia maple Miacs I- Main Street ne. hone suckle hlac driveway horse chestnut Key c.1847 C.1892-1898 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Hubbard--Dawson House NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 11/07/95 12/08/95 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 11/22/95 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 12/22/95 REFERENCE NUMBER: 95001443 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 12:13.95DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.

/CRITERIA REVIEWER TELEPHONE DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N HUBZARD-DAWSON HOUSE MAN STREET AT SAUSBURY STREET HOLDEN, MASSACHUSETTS PHOTOGRAPHER: SUSAN MADANIEL CECCACCI DATE: dANUARY 1988 NEGATIVE: HOLDEN HISTORICAL COMMISSION DESCRIPTION: MAIN FACADE AND EAST SIDE, VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST PHOTO I OF 6 Hubbord-Dawson Hosese 925 MainSt. at Salisbunyst. Holden, Mass achusetts Photogvapher: Lisa Mausolf Date: February 1994 Negative:Holden Historical Commissim Descriptm: West + Reor (South) Sides, looking northeast PHOTO 2 OFG Hubbard-Dawsan House 925 Main St. at Salisburyst. Holden, Massachusetts Photographer: Lisa Mausolf Date: February 1994 Negahve: Holden Histuncal Commissim Descriptim: Rew (South) and east sides 10oking nothwest PHOTO 3 OF 6 Hubbard-Dawsm House 925 MainSt Holden, Mass. L.

Mausolf June 1994 Neg: Holden Hist comm Desc: 1ST fleor NW ovner voom Mantel looking south PHOTO 4 OF 6 Hebbard-Dawsm House 425 Mainst Holden, Mass. L. Mausolf June 1994 Neg: HoldenHist Comr Desc.:Upstairs, Nw cor lookingnorth PHOTO 5 OF 6 Hubbard-Dawsmntouse 925 MainSt. Holden, mass, L.Mausolt June 1994 Neg: Holden Hist Comm DesE: Newel hont hall Posking south PHOTO 6 OF 6 TE TOMI LACIDAN The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission RECEIVED 413 November 2, 1995 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P. O. Box 37127 Washington, D. C. 20013-7127 NOV 7 1995 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Dear Ms.

Shull, Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Hubbard-Dawson House, 925 Main Street, Holden (Worcester County), Massachusetts 01522 The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. The owners of the property within the district were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betary tare Friedherg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission cc: Susan Ceccacci, Chairperson, Holden Historical Commission Robert V. Johnson, Chairperson, Holden Board of Selectmen Joanne Christoff Reilly, 38 Mason Road, Holden Janet Baker, Head Librarian, Holden Public Library Lisa Mausolf, Preservation Consultant Enclosure 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 - (617) 727-8470