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 # Willard-Fisk House Name of Property 10.
Geographical Data Worcester County, MA County and State Acreage of Property 5.25 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1.19 262370 4695680 Zone Easting Northing 2. Zone EastingR Northing 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, for Holden Historical Commission, name/title with Betsy Friedberg, National Register Director, MHC organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission street & number_220 Morrissey Boulevard city or town Boston Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: _ state_MA _ date_November 1995 telephone (617) 727-8470 _zip code_02125 Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) 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 (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Judith Haran street & number_123 Whitney Street telephone city or town Jefferson state_MA zip code_01522 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibiliy 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 including the 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. (ooS Form 10800-a OMB Approvel No. 10240018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service * RECEIVED 2280 National Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet JAN 2 5 1996 Section number Page . 1 Willard-Fiske House NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACE Holden (Worcester Cotmy) NATIONAL PARK SERVICI Massachusetts 7. DESCRIPTION The Willard-Fisk Farm consists of five buildings and one structure, of which four are contributing to the architectural and historical significance of the property.
The late 18th century 2 1/2 story, five bay brick building with clapboarded ell is the focal point of the complex. Other buildings include a 2 1/2 story vertical board barn thought to date to the 19th century and altered for use as a chicken coop c. 1940, a large 20th century chicken house, a small 20th century wooden shed and a wooden wellhouse reconstructed in 1994. A series of dry stonewalls are located throughout the property. All buildings and structures retain architectural and historical integrity and are consistent with the evolutionary architecture demonstrated by the dwelling.
Facing west and resting on a granite foundation, the main house of the complex is a 2 1/2 story structure which, with the exception of the clapboarded rear elevation, is constructed of brick, formerly painted white, laid in an American bond alternating six rows of stretchers to a single row of header brick. The gable roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles and is punctuated by two interior brick chimneys with corbel caps. Centered on the five bay facade, the entrance contains a glass and panel door with a plain enframement which is recessed slightly and a five light transom. Windows on the first floor contain doublehung twelve-over-twelve sash with modern replacement sash of the same configuration on the second floor, replacing what were until recently two-over-two Victorian era replacements.
The gable ends are a single bay deep with twelve-over-twelve windows located toward the front and a six- over-six sash lighting the attic. The flush ends display shallow cornice returns with a cyma reversa molding profile. On the facade two courses of brick separate the tops of the second floor windows from the slightly projecting frieze. Centered behind the main house is a 2 1/2 story ell resting on a mortared stone and fieldstone foundation. The side walls are clapboarded while the rear elevation is sheathed in vertical board siding. Windows on the ell include primarily two-over-two sash with several six-over-nine windows toward the rear. A glass and panel door is located on the west side while to the rear is an angled single bay which has been infilled with a door opening and screens.
A brick chimney rises from the north roof slope while a single story addition fronts the north elevation of the ell. Interior Description The single pile, double chimney main house displays a center hall plan. The main entrance hall has a simple open string staircase decorated by simple brackets, simple stick balusters and a square newel post with cap. Simple wainscotting with a baseboard and top molding lines the walls throughout the front rooms excepting the upstairs south room. Other details include boxed cornerposts, exposed beams in the northwest chamber and thin, six recessed panel doors set in architrave moldings. The most elaborate mantel is that in the front (southwest) parlor. The Federal mantel displays a rectangular opening with colonettes, frieze, bed moldings, projecting end blocks, a projecting but unadorned central tablet and a mantel shelf.
A mantel with a rectangular opening and architrave (continued) (P8Form 10.000a OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 2 Page Willard-Fiske House Holden (Worcester County) Massachusetts molding is found in the other first floor room while simpler mantels are located upstairs. Behind the main block, in the ell are a small "birthing" room and the original kitchen retaining a cooking fireplace with beehive oven, in a somewhat deteriorated condition. Twentieth century alterations upstairs include a bathroom and kitchen. Description of Outbuildings and Landscape To the southeast of the house is a large two story clapboarded structure resting on a concrete foundation and constructed as a chicken coop in 1948.
The building is capped by an asphalt, gable roof and is oriented with its gable end facing west. The long side elevations are punctuated by four, three light windows on each floor. The gable end displays close eaves with double doors and a single door on the first floor and three multi-pane windows above. To the northeast of the former chicken coop is a two story vertical board barn, also oriented with its gable end to the street. The barn rests on a concrete foundation and is punctuated by two four- by- four windows on each floor of the gablefront with a single one-over-one window in the attic. The side elevations are lit by window strips consisting of three sets of four-by-three windows. The barn appears to date to the 19th century and was retrofitted for use as a chicken house in the 1940s by John Ford.
A small wooden shed constructed of plywood and asphalt siding is located to the northeast of the house. The Ford constructed the building in the early 1940s for use as a brooder house. It is capped by a shed roof with exposed rafters. To the south of the house is a wooden wellhouse capped by a gable roof which was reconstructed with new materials in 1994. The property is located in the rural northwestern part of Holden, between the village of Jefferson and the Rutland town line. The 5.25 acre lot surrounding the house can be described as predominantly open field surrounding the house with woodlot beyond. The original tract of land was in excess of 69 acres until 1953 when the bulk of the property was taken by the City of Worcester. A dirt driveway extends to the south of the house, leading to the barn at the rear.
The south edge of the drive is bordered by a dry stone wall and large substantial oak trees. A line of maple trees runs along the streetline while pine, oak and maple trees radiate in a northwest line from the northwest corner of the house. Several old apple trees are located to the northeast of the house, in the vicinity of the former brooder house. An open field extends to the south of the driveway and stonewall. Archaeological Description Although no prehistoric sites are currently recorded on the Willard-Fisk Farm property, sites may be present. At least two sites are recorded in the general area (within one mile), both of which lie around the periphery of flooded wetlands at the Quinapoxet Reservoir and Maple Spring pond. These sites represent a low to moderate density of underreported prehistoric sites within the Nashua River (continued) (PS Form 10.000-a OMB Approvei No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7,8 Page 3,1 Willard-Fiske House Holden (Worcester County) Massachusetts drainage, part of the Merrimack River system. The physical characteristics of the property including ell drained, level to moderately sloping land surfaces within 1,000 feet of wetlands indicate favorabl ocational criteria for Native American subsistence and settlement activities. Given the abov information and the size of the property (4.2 acres), a moderate potential exists that significant sites are present. There is a high potential for the recovery of significant historic archaeological remains on the property. Subsurface features relating to the original construction of the house may survive in the immediate area around the house.
Structural remains may also survive from agricultural and domestic related outbuildings in the area surrounding the house. Outbuildings on the property presently include a barn dating to the 19th century and a 20th century chicken house and shed. Archaeological evidence of An earlier barn and outbuilding should also survive probably dating to the 18th century. Occupational related features (trash pits, privies, wells) dating to the 18th through 20th centuries also likely survive on the farm property. Domestic related trash deposits should exist around the house with more exclusively agricultural or animal related trash areas around outbuildings or peripherical areas around the farm complex. Privies are presently unknown on the property but should also survive in the area of the main house.
The location of a well covered with a new well house is known, however it is not known whether or not it dates to the original 18th century house construction. A series of late 18th and 19th century dry-laid stone walls are also located throughout the property. (end) 8. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Willard-Fisk House is a well preserved example of an eighteenth century dwelling, significant as one of the best extant examples of early brick domestic architecture in the town of Holden. The property retains architectural and historical integrity and is significant for the period beginning in the late 18th century when the first part of the dwelling was constructed to 1945, marking the end of the National Register fifty year cut-off. The property retains integrity of location, setting, design, association, materials, workmanship and feeling.
The Willard-Fisk House meets Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places and is significant at the local level. The Willard-Fisk House, along with the nearby Brown-Davis-Frost Farm at 17 Whitney Street, are the largest and most substantial surviving examples of early domestic architecture in Holden. Although the general form of these two-and-a-half story, five-bay, center entry brick houses can be called Georgian, both are lacking any of the Classical ornamentation that distinguishes it. Both houses are notable for their use of brick which was rare in the Colonial period in Central Massachusetts and their interior end chimneys appear to be early examples of double chimneys in Central Massachusetts. The two (continued) (OPB Form 10.900a OMB Approver No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number 8 Page 2 Willard-Fiske House Holden (Worcester County) Massachusetts structures are the earliest known brick structures in Holden. Later brick structures, constructed during the Federal period when brick became more common, include the Lemuel Davis House (1797) at 1204 Main Street, a multi-family house at 184 High Street (c.1820) and several altered structures including the John Jefferson House (c.1800) at 1242-44 Main Street and the Drury House (1828-1832) on rattle Street.
The section of Holden which had the largest concentration of brick buildings during th arly 19th century was High Street in Jefferson, known as "Brick City" during the time due to th number of brick buildings found there including a single family house, a multi-family house and a school. In 1772 Rev. Mr. Daniel Rogers of Littleton sold one hundred and five acres of land to Daniel Willard. Willard died five years later and his wife, Elizabeth, a tailor sold the property to David Fisk. A prominent local citizen, David Fisk was a deacon at the Congregational Church in 1762. In 1775, on the sound of the Lexington alarm, he marched from Holden to Cambridge in the Major Paul Raymond Company of Militia. During the Revolution he served in the Continental Army. He held a number of town offices including that of selectman (1761-2; 1769-71; 1777) and Town Clerk (1783- 1786).
He married Ruth and children included Ruth (b. 1754), David (b.1761), Samuel (b.1764) and Lemuel (1767-1852). David Fisk married Elizabeth Chickering in 1775. In 1792 David Fisk sold the property to his son, Lemuel, for 120 pounds. In 1800 Lemuel married Eunice Rice of Northborough and subsequently had ten children here. In 1850 Lemuel Fisk gave his son John (b.1803), an undivided half interest in about 177 acres of land on both sides of two town ways. [It is notable that the boundaries in the deed mention the "land sold by the grantor (Lemuel Fisk) to Ethan Davis Esquire and since known as the Dana Frost Land".] Lemuel Fisk conveyed the land with the understanding that John would agree to farm the land during the natural life of his father (Book 460, Page 315-7).
The 1850 Agricultural Census indicates that in that year Lemuel and John Fisk each owned 63 improved acres and 25 unimproved acres, for a total of 176 acres, valued at $2,400. Shortly after conveying the second half of the property to his son John, Lemuel Fisk died in 1852 at the age of 85 years. The property passed from the Fisk family when third generation member, John Fisk, sold to Boylston Vinton in 1852 for $2,000 (Book 491, Page 576). Three years later, Vinton sold the property, "known as the Lemuel Fisk farm" and consisting of about 70 acres to John Davis for $2,000 (Book 546, Page 233). According to the Agricultural Census of 1860, John Davis' farm consisted of 116 acres and was valued at $2,000. In 1864 John and Lucy Davis sold the property containing 69 acres and 27 rods to Jerry Fitzpatrick for $1,400.
The 1880 Agricultural Census indicates that in that year Jerry Fitzpatrick owned 15 acres of improved land, 45 acres of pasture and 10 acres of woodland valued at $2,000. A modest agricultural operation is depicted by the Census including four milk cows producing 150 pounds of (continued) (08 Form 10.0000 OMB Approvel No. 1021-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 8 3 Section number Page Willard-Fiske House Holden (Worcester County) Massachusetts butter in 1880, 14 chickens and varied crops. The Fitzpatrick family continued to own the property for sixty-five years until Julia Fitzpatrick Partlow sold the property in 1929. The Ford family has owned the property since 1943. Local tax valuations indicate that the family was actively involved in poultry farming beginning in the 1940s.
From just 80 fowl in 1945, the holdings had increased to 1180 fowl in 1948, when a poultry house was constructed. By 1950 the farm was no longer engaged in large scale poultry farming. The lot which had remained the same size - 69 acres and 27 rods - since the 1850s, was reduced to 5.22 acres in 1953 when the City of Worcester took 66.57 acres for reservoir purposes. Archaeological Significance Since patterns of prehistoric occupation in Holden are poorly understood, any surviving sites would be significant. Prehistoric sites in this area can help towards a greater understanding of Native American settlement and subsistence throughout the Central Massachusetts uplands and Worcester Plateau in general with an emphasis on settlement pattern site relationships within the Quinapoxet/Nashua River drainage and overall Merrimack River system.
Prehistoric sites this area can help test the importance of river drainage systems to Native settlement and subsistence models. The Willard-Fisk Farm 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 the Chicopee River drainage (Connecticut River) to the west. Prehistoric sites in this area may contain data which enable a study of the extent to which these drainages influenced the social, cultural and economic systems of people who lived in the area. Historic archaeological remains described above have the potential to further document 18th through 20th century landuse on the farm as well as provide detailed information on the social, cultural, and economic characteristics which typified life in a rural Central Massachusetts agricultural community.
Archaeological features in the area immediately surrounding the house may provide insights into techniques of brick construction which was rare during the Colonial period in Western Massachusetts. Archaeological survey and testing can also help identify the locations of earlier outbuildings on the property which would help reconstruct the lay-out of the farm during its earlier period of use. These remains combined with the detailed analysis of occupational related features can help identify changes in the agricultural use of the property and the lives of the farm's inhabitants. Occupational related features can be used to determine the extent to which the farm's inhabitants typified agricultural life in a rural Central Massachusetts community. Stone walls present on the property may provide clues to earlier divisions of land and agricultural use of the property.
(end) (OPB Form 10-000-a OMBApprovel No. 10240018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 1 Page Willard-Fiske House Holden (Worcester County) Massachusetts 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Damon, Samuel C. The History of Holden, Massachusetts 1667-1841. Wallace and Ripley, Printers, 1841. Estes, David Foster. The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894. Published by the Town. Worcester: Press of C.F. Lawrence & Co., 1894. History of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Boston: C.F. Jewett and Company, 1874. Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis and Co., 1889. Massachusetts Historical Commission. Reconnaissance Survey Report for the Town of Holden, 1984. Prouty, Florence Newell. History of the Town of Holden, Massachusetts, 1667-1941.
Worcester: Stobbs Press, 1941. Skillings, Charles T., Clare M. Nelson & Ross W. Beales, Jr. A Pictorial History of Holden, Massachusetts. Holden: Holden Historical Society, 1991. Town of Holden Valuations, Various years. 225th Anniversary, Holden, Massachusetts 1741-1966. Holden, 1966. U.S. Census "Agricultural Schedules for Holden, Massachusetts", 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880. [Microfilm collection, National Archives, Waltham, Massachusetts]. Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester: Published by Franklin P. Rice, 1904. Worcester County Registry of Deeds. Zook, Nicholas. Holden: The Evolution of a Town. Worcester: Davis Press, 1976. MAPS Beers, F.W. Atlas of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: F.W. Beers, 1870. Chaffin, Charles. Map of the Town of Holden. Boston: Pendleton's Lithography, 1832; reprinted by the Holden Historical Society, 1977.
(continued) (P8 Fom 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 10240018 Section number 9, 10 Page 2,1 Willard-Fiske House Holden (Worcester County) Massachusetts Sanborn Insurance Company. Atlases of Worcester County. Philadelphia: 1898, 1910, 1921, 1932. INTERVIEW John Ford, June 1994. (end) 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Verbal Boundary Description The nominated property occupies Map #57, Lots 2.1 and Lot 8, in the local assessors' records (see enclosed copy of map). The boundaries for the purposes of the National Register nomination encompass a 5.25 acre houselot defined by stonewalls surrounding the house on the east side of Whitney Street, just north of the intersection. Referring to Assessor's Plat #57, Lot 8 and Lot 2.1, the boundaries begin.
Boundary Justification The boundary of the nominated property is drawn to include that acreage which survives from the original parcel and which is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination does not include acreage which was originally part of the property but which has been subdivided to other parties over the years. From the 1850s until the late 20th century, the property contained 69 acres and 27 rods. In recent years the acreage of the property has been lessened by further subdivision. The property presently includes 5.25 acres and does not resemble its early configuration. Initially 69 acres, the property reached a maximum of 176 acres under the ownership of Lemuel Fisk. From the 1850s until the late 20th century, the property contained 69 acres and 27 rods. In recent years the acreage of the property has been lessened by further subdivision.
The significance of the house is not dependent upon agricultural history and thus, the acreage does not contribute to an understanding of the development of the property. (end) Resource Main House Barn Chicken House Shed (Brooder House) Wellhouse Stone walls WILLARD-FISK FARM HOLDEN, MASS. DISTRICT DATA SHEET Construction Date late 18th century 19th century (altered c.1940) 1948 c.1940 reconstructed 1994 late 18th-19th c. Contrib. (C) or Non contrib.
(NC) NC NC NITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIO ATIONAL PARK SERVIC NATTONAE REOAETR OE HINTORIE PIACBS REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Willard--Fisk House MULTIPLE NAME : STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 1/25/96 2/22/96 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 2/06/96 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 3/10/96 REFERENCE NUMBER: 96000163 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 2/23/94 DATE ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: Entered in tne National Register RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER TELEPHONE DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) OMB No. 1024-0018 .
United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 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." For functions, 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_ Willard-Fisk House other names/site number N/A 2.
Location street & number_123 Whitney Street -N/A not for publication city or town_Holden N/A vicinity state Massachusetts _codeMA _ county_Worcester _ code_027 _ zip code _01522 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 -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 L does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant - nationally - statewide Nlocally. (- See continuation sheet for additional comments.) 412/96 Signature of certifying official/Title Judith B.
McDonough, Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission, State 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: - 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 yational Registe Lother (explain) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Edaon/ Beall 4-19.46 Additional Documentation Accented Willard-Fisk House 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 3 2 buildings sites 1 structures objects 4 2 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 AGRICULTURE: agricultural outbuildings, animal facility Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: single dwelling 7.
Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Georgian Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation_granite walls_brick wood roof asphalt other Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) see attached) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION PROPERTY Willard--Fisk House NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester DATE RECEIVED: 4/05/96 E OFHTEDHiST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 96000163 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 5/20/96 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N OTHER: PDIL: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : 4.19-9G DATE Additional Documentation Accerted RECOM.
/CRITERIA REVIEWER TELEPHONE - DISCIPLINE - DATE DOCUMENTATION see : attached comments Y/N attached SLR Y/N Willand- Fisk House 123 WhitneySt. Holden (Veffersm), Mass, (Worcerter Count) photographer: Lisa Mausolf Date: June 1994 Negative: Holden Hist. Commissim Descriptim. Barn 1 lookinng nntheast at west+ south elevahas Zolce Willard-Fisk House 123 Whitney St. (Worcester Caunty) Holden (Veffersm), Mass. (Worcester lunty Photographer: Lisa Mausolf Date: June 1994 Negahve: Holden Hist. Commissim Descriptim: Facade (West) + south elevaha looking natheast 1MC Willad-Fisk House 123 wn.tneHo(den), ,Mass.( Worcester lanty) PhotographeriL. Mausolf June 1994 Neg: Holden Hist Comm. Desc: Shed looking Nw 30/4 Willard-Fisk House 123 whithenst Itolden (Jeffersm), Mass. (WorcoserCani) rhotogvapht. L. Mausolf Neg: Holden Hist Comm Desc: Orig.
barn + chickencoop 1o0 king NE 4M6 willard-fisk House 123 whimenst Veffersen (Holden), Mass Photogragher:L.Mausolf June 1994 Neg: HoldenHist Comm Dese: Front hall looking west (Worcester Countiy) 50le Willard-Fisk House 133 Wlhstrer fobden, Mass (uecht Cadi) Phiegraphe: Lisa Mausoy Neg: Holden Hist Conin. Desc: sw First Flon Imut Rom looking sE Calce RECEIVED APR 2 7 1995 Thomas W. Fond PO Box : 466 Gandnen, MA 01440 MASS. HIST. COMM. April 17,1995 BF TA Ms. Judith McDonough Massachusetts Histonical Commission 80 Bolyston St. Boston, MA 02116 RE: Nomination of the St. Jefferson/Holden,penty know as the Willard-Fisk House, 126 Whitney Dean Ms. McDonough, Aften neading the anticles in necent issues of The Holden Landmank, please be advised that I nequest that the afonementioned propenty be nemoved from considenation fon national listing at this time.
I am selling the propenty and have no wish to become involved in any problems as to what can on can't be done with the place. When my fathen, the previous ownen, was finst approched about this, we wene led to believe that any listing of the propenty would not inhibit any activities on repains to the propenty. All the information that was sent to me about this matten will be given to whomeven buys the propenty so that if they ane intenested, they can take action on it. Thank you fon your time and effont in this matten. Sincenely, Thones w Thomas W. Fond Ownen, 126 Whitney St. Jeffenson/Holden, cc; manio's holden hist. comm. tile daw TA Nov. 7, 1995 RECEIVED NOV 1315% MASS. HIST, COMM. Dear Mr. Adans, Ms. Cecacci ot the Holdes Hstosaal Commiss.on ashed me to write to you. I an the rew owner ot the Willard-Fishe house at 123 Whitrey St, Holden (also called Jefferson).
I mould I.ke my house to be sn the National Register. Sinceraly, Indich Hran HARAN State of Massachusetto ountyotworestes erye oenk MY COMMISSION EXPIRES Jan10,1997 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission January 17, 1996 RECEIVED 2280 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P. O. Box 37127 Washington, D. C. 20013-7127 JAN 2 5 1996 AT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACE ATIONAL PARK SERVIC Dear Ms. Shull, Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Willard-Fisk House, 123 Whitney 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 owner was informed of State Review Board consideration 30 to 75 days before the meeting and was afforded the opportunity to comment; while he did not object at that time, he wrote to us shortly after the Review Board meeting that he did not wish the nomination to proceed while he was in the process of selling his property; I am enclosing his letter to that effect. Since the date of his letter, however, the property has changed hands, and the new owner has informed us, by way of notarized letter, that she supports the listing of the property on the National Register. Her letter is also enclosed. Sincerely, Betay Fredhery Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission cc: Susan Ceccacci, Chairperson, Holden Historical Commission Robert V.
Johnson, Chairperson, Holden Board of Selectmen Judith Haran, 123 Whitney Street, Holden Janet Baker, Head Librarian, Holden Public Library Lisa Mausolf, Preservation Consultant Enclosure 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 - (617) 727-8470 Fax: (617) 727-5128 TDD: 1-800-392-6090 96-163 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission RECEIVED 2280 APR 5 1996 NAT REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICI March 26, 1996 Ms. Carol Shull Keeper National Register of Historic Places National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 RE: Willard-Fisk House, 123 Whitney Street, Holden (Worcester County), Mass. Dear Ms. Shull: The above property, listed in the National Register on February 23, incorrectly identified as being in Jefferson, Massachusetts.
The correct town is Holden, in Worcester County. I enclose a corrected cover page to be added to the nomination. If you have any questions, please give me a call. Thank you for your attention to this minor matter. Sincerely, Beloy fredtieng Betsy Friedbero National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission CC: Holden Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 - (617) 727-8470 Fax: (617) 727-5128 TDD: 1-800-392-6090
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