Nomination for Fisher--Richardson House

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NPS Form 10-900 RECEIVED 2280 (Rev. 10-90) OMB No. 1024-0018 9le United States Department of the Interior National Park Service JAN / 3 1998 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 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, 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 other names/site number Fisher-Richardson House 2. Location street & number 354 Willow Street n/a not for Publication city or town Mansfield N/A _ vicinity state_Massachusetts code_MA county Bristol code_005 zip code_02048 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that thisk 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 Emeets - does not meet the National Register Criteria.

I recommend that this property be considered significant - nationally O statewide [Nocally. (- See continuation sheet for additional comments.) udits B. MeDonough Signature of certifying official/Title Judith B. McDonough, Executive Director 1172998 Masssachusetts 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. (O 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): Date of Action 2/11/99 Fisher-Richardson House Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) _ private X public-local _ public-State _ public-Federal Category of Property (Check only one box) X building(s) _ district _ site _ structure _object Bristol, 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 "NIA" 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 1 objects 1 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) RECREATION AND CULTURE: Museum 7. Description rchitectural Classificatio inter categones from instruction: Colonial Colonial Revival . Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation stone walls weather board roof shingle other Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) NPS Form 10-900-e 8-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - / Page - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts 7.

DESCRIPTION Willow Street is a long curving street running from the northwest to the southeast between two of the town's primary north-south routes, South Main and School streets, south of the town center. The Fisher- Richardson House sits on a small lot measuring 34,700 square feet within an area that was developed primarily in the mid-twentieth century. A handful of early buildings survive along the road to the west of the Fisher-Richardson House and east of the Rumford River, including an ample Italianate end house with connecting barn, a smaller altered end house, and a hip-roofed Federal ell house. Nearby on Geneva Street is a small Fisher and Richardson family cemetery.

At the east end of Willow Street, near the densely settled South Main Street afe a cluster of mid-twentieth-century Colonial Revival houses of large saltbox sits to the west of the Fisher-Richardson House, while three Colonial Revival capes are ranch and split level form. The Fisher-Richardson House sits close to the road at the front center of the small grassy lawn. The roof ridge of the house parallels the roadway and the house presently faces to the south. A small number of perennials and annuals surround the house in spring and summer, but there are no larger foundation plantings. The lot is bordered by deciduous and evergreen trees. The front of the lot has no sidewalk or fence. To the rear of the house, a post and rail fence divides the rear third of the lot from the front. A door, and windows in each lateral wall.

A number of outbuildings survived in deteriorated condition on the house lot when restoration was undertaken, including a small New England-style barn at the east side, a large carriage house in the English barn form in the center, and a small gabled shed to the west. All were demolished in 1930. The overall dimensions of the Fisher-Richardson House are about forty-five feet in length and about twenty-six feet in depth. The walls of the house are covered in overlapping weatherboard, set with an average of six inches to the weather, and unfinished. Its gambrel roof is covered with closer-set shingles Its facade measures six bays in width, with its primary entry located to the right or east of center in bay tour.

Constructed in two stages, the right or eastern portion, consisting of the entry bay and two eastern window bays, was the first built in the mid eighteenth century, followed by the section marked by the western three window bays at the end of the eighteenth century. Two brick chimneys sit on the roof ridge, near the center of the building. The house's side elevations are sparsely lit, with two regular openings, one for each tier of rooms on the first floor, and a single window lighting the garret story. On the eastern elevation, two first-floor windows are found; on the western elevation, a secondary door (continued) NPS Form 10-900-8 8-86 United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 7 2 Page OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts provides entry to the front room, and a window is positioned in the rear. The rear elevation is, as is common, the most irregular, with a door and two nearby windows positioned in the older eastern half and two more widely spaced windows positioned in the newer portion. The windows are all painted, six- over-six double-hung sash set in plain cases with angled lintels. The doors are all board set into simple rrounds. The fieldstone foundation is obscured by the present grade. A low bulkhead is located off tl ont portion of the east lateral wall. The house's well is located quite close to the west lateral door ar is currently covered with a wooden surround. A well sweep is located to the rear of the well. The majority of these materials were put in place during the 1930 restoration of the house.

southeastern Massachusetts during the colonial period and later. In this method, a house frame of rather than employing studs between these major members, this construction method substituted thick planks set vertically and spiked into the sills and plates. Much of the house's post and beam frame can be viewed from its interior, revealing two distinct framing systems. In the older eastern portion, the house frame is composed following traditional structural patterns using the bay system to determine the plan, a chimney bay and a wider room bay in both the front and rear piles. Corner and interior posts mark these structural bays, sitting on sills and foundation, tied with surrounding plates, a bridging girt dividing the front from the rear pile, and a binding summer beam.

Although some sections of the frame were replaced during restoration, enough' survives to document a smooth hewn frame that may originally have been exposed. The newer western portion employs a different frame, in this instance composed of two rooms of equal depth from front to rear and with two equal-sized bays. It shares its eastern posts with the original house, its new posts marking the corners and bays. The chimney was located in the rear pile set toward the central girt rather than in a special chimney bay. In the design of its frame the addition to the house employs the Hemenway--or square--plan, identified first in the Barre, Massachusetts, area and since then noted in many parts of New England. The éast portion of the house has a stone cellar of about six feet in depth beneath it.

Both the old and new roofs are similarly constructed, employing an unusual and exceptionally simple version of a gambrel roof frame. Trusses were built of common rafters and collars at the level of the break in the roof's two slopes, but no purlins join these trusses. portion has four trusses, the newer portion has five trusses, set with the eastern one close to the original end elevation The conjectural plans for the Fisher-Richardson House, provided at the time of restoration, are somewhat unusual. For the first phase of the house's life, its room arrangement was a common one: a single large front room, two smaller ones to the rear, with a lobby entry before the chimney. The reconstructed plan, however, provides only one firebox in the original chimney, creating an oxymoronic kitchen with no fire in the rear pile. The construction of the new western section added four new rooms.

In the front pile, the addition included a large room adjacent to the original house and a small room in the outer corner with its own exterior door. In the rear pile, the outer corner included a moderate-sized room, with a small pantry and a small baffle next to the original house. The off-center chimney provided heat to two of the added rooms--the large front room and the rear outer room--and, most unusually, added a third firebox in the small baffle created by the space adjacent to the chimney bay of the original house and open to the rear central kitchen of the original section. Unheated spaces in the new addition included the small front room, known to the house's nineteenth-century owners as "chaos," and the rear pantry. The removal of the original chimney and the substitution of a through stair passage is conjectured for this period as well.

(continued) - pPs Fomi 10-900a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts Section number 7 Page 3 UMo nyrura im iuTva Only one side of the boards was finished in this way, creating a plainer side for secondary rooms. Well- preserved sections of paneling were replaced in the house, while worn and missing pieces were reconstructed. Mantels were reconstructed for the chimneys and a new set boiler added to the new chimney in the kitchen. New floors were added in several of the rooms. The house is furnished with the collections of the Mansfield Historical Society, including a range of sample furniture, decorative and useful items, display cases, and paper artifacts affixed to the walls.

Archaeological Description A high probability exists for locating prehistoric resources on the Fisher-Richardson House property Six prehistoric sites are recorded in the general area (within one mile) including one site along the Rumford River less than 1000-2000 feet from the property. The physical characteristics of the property, a well drained, level terrace adjacent to an unnamed pond and tributary wetlands of the Rumford River, are also favorable locational criteria for prehistoric settlement and subsistence. Given these factors, the size of the lot (34,700 square feet) and the impacts of housing construction, a moderate to high potential exists for significant prehistoric recoveries on the property. There is a high potential for historic archaeological remains on the property.

Further documentary research combined with archaeological survey and testing can determine the locations for structural remains and dates of construction of several outbuildings around the house which were demolished in 1930. At the time of building restoration a carriage house was present as well as a small barn to the east and small gabled shed to the west. It is possible that all or some these structures date to the original construction of the house, however, it appears more likely they were built later, possibly during or after the 1800 expansion when the house doubled in size. It is likely that structural remains exist on the (end) Fisher-Richardson House Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

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pplicable National Register Criteri dara tonat one ofer ore boxes for the criteria quatiying the proper X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. _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 epresents the work of a master, or possesse igh artistic values, or represents a significant an 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. Bristol, MA County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION EDUCATION SOCIAL HISTORY Period of Significance 1743 - 1947 Significant Dates 1930 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion Bis marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder N/A _G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one ormore 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 _ previously listed in the National Register Otderslagengency _ previously determined eligible by the National Register X Local government _ University _ designated a National Historic Landmark x Other _ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: # Massachusetts Historical Commission _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Record # 1eS, Fom 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 8 Section number - Page - 1 8.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts by the town and restored as the community's commemoration of the Massachusetts Tercentenary. The condition of the building at that time led to extensive replacement of compromised materials. The building has been restored and partially reconstructed but much of its early fabric survives; it retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship, place, feeling, and association. The Fisher-Richardson House meets the National Register criteria A and C at the local level. The Fisher-Richardson House is located in the town of Mansfield, an industrial railroad town of Bristol County, Massachusetts.

The area which is now Mansfield was the territory of the Pokonokets at the time of first European settlement.As English settlement moved inland from the early nodes along the coast and at Providence, land in this vicinity was granted to the town of Taunton as the North Purchase in 1668, its northwestern border following the long diagonal that marked the boundary between Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies. This section was separated from its parent town to become the town of Norton in 1711, the northern portion of Norton becoming the town of Mansfield in 1775. Though the town was characterized by its agriculture for much of its early history, it was noted for its deposits of bog iron, and with its neighbors Norton, Taunton, and Raynham was the site of an early iron industry.

During the early nineteenth century, the town was a center for the production of straw braid hats, an endeavor that continued as an important component of the town's economy into the early years of the twentieth century. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the town was positioned as a railroad hub, and utilizing available waterpower sources, a variety of manufacturing establishments clustered here, including jewelry, taps and dies, and chocolate. These flourishing businesses produced a large town center, with a range of exceptional Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Colonial Revival public buildings, including the Town House (1883) and the Soldiers Memorial Library (1901), and a complement of schools and churches.

In the surrounding neighborhoods are ample and modest houses in familiar forms including small and large end houses, picturesque cottages, foursquares, bungalows, and smaller numbers of two-families. The land in this vicinity was part of the Taunton North Purchase of 1668. The 100 acres that included this site were designated lot number 30. The earliest known description of the property is from the 1723 deed, by which Isaac Wellman bought the land. No buildings were noted on the property at that time. Wellman apparently built the first house on lot number 30 between 1723 and 1731, when the meeting to organize the Norton North Precinct was held at his home. His probate record shows that that house was located to the north along present-day South Main Street. Isaac Wellman's estate was divided in 1743, and his son Ebenezer inherited the land on which the Fisher-Richardson House was built.

Ebenezer Wellman apparently constructed this building between 1743 and 1751, when his own estate was divided and a house is mentioned on this site. His brother Timothy inherited the home. Timothy and his wife Rhoda lived here with their three children before selling the property in 1760. The purchaser was (continued) RSFo: 10.900 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts Section number 8 Page. 2 benezer White, the first minister of the Norton North Precinct, who was settled on a 35-acre fan earby. This is one of eight other properties he either bought or sold in the tow OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Richardson House. Lemuel and Mary's family was at its largest in about 1785, when all of their surviving children had been born but had not yet married.

According to tradition, the addition to the house was built when Lemuel and Mary's son Daniel married in 1800 and his bride, Hepzibah, came to live here. It is not surprising that, as the youngest son, Daniel remained in his parents' household. By 1810 three of Daniel and Hepzibah's four children had been born and his parents had moved out-- probably to a second, smaller home they also owned in Mansfield. In 1816 deeds were filed that transferred the ownership of all of Lemuel's property to Daniel. Daniel Fisher is typical of those rural landholders who made a living by engaging in several different enterprises. He operated a gristmill on the nearby Rumford River, worked as a blacksmith, and cut peat from a bog near his home. By 1850, Daniel and Hepzibah's daughter Evelina, with her husband Ira Richardson and their children, lived in her parents' home.

Evelina died the following year; Daniel passed away six years later. In his will, written in 1853, Daniel gave Ira Richardson a portion of his property including the dwelling house to use until Ira's youngest daughter turned twenty-one. At that time, the property woula be divided among Ira's children. Yet Daniel's wishes could not be carried out. Although he had planned to provide his grandchildren with his property, the early deaths of two of them gave Ira ownership of this parcel. Ira Richardson and his children occupied the house during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Richardson served as a captain "in the militia and engaged in a number of trades including carpenter and wheelwright as well as farmer and sexton.

The late nineteenth century saw the house occupied by Ira's daughter, Martha Richardson, who opened the house to a number of the family's extensive branches over her long lifetime. After Martha Richardson's death in 1929, the house was inherited by her niece Emma Frost, then residing in East Orange, New Jersey. It was at this time that the idea of restoring the property emerged. The house had fallen into disrepair, and had even been condemned by the town's fire and police departments. But the reputed age of the property and its long association with the town's founding brought this threat to its survival to the attention of interested town citizens and its new owner.

They called on William Sumner Appleton and Eugene Dow of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities for an opinion about the historic value of the building and were pleased to hear it described as "an interesting type of house that should be preserved." Miss Frost and SPNEA initially negotiated a joint plan to restore the house, which would eventually go to SPNEA at the termination of three life tenancies. Soon, however, as local interest in the property increased, the plan was altered to have Miss Frost offer the house and a small lot to the town, and the town take on the costs of restoration. In February of 1930 the town meeting of Mansfield voted to underwrite the costs and the following April Miss Frost deeded the house to the town. Within a month work on the house began under the direction of the Town Manager, Harold H. Everett, and a local antiquarian, Harold R.

Bliven. The house was repaired and restored using techniques and (continued) Meps Form 10-900-1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 8 Page - 3 OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts To celebrate the opening of the house, and as an additional celebration of the Tercentenary, a pageant was held at the house in September of 1930. Entitled the "Pageant of the House of Romance," the subtitle continued, "Being a Revival of Important Events in the Fisher-Richardson Families to Celebrate the Restoration and the Opening of the Fisher-Richardson Homestead." The pamphlet described the restoration of the house and the pageant, written by the local historian Jenny F. Copeland, a driving force behind the house's restoration.

New England had enjoyed a long history of celebrating town founders when the town of Mansfield took on the Fisher-Richardson House and its restoration. Formed in 1769, the Old Colony Club of Plymouth celebrated Foretather's Day to mark the Pilgrims' landing that same year. As the nineteenth century progressed, the number and frequency of such commemiorations increased, as towns marked their hundredth, hundred and fiftieth, and two hundredth anniversaries of establishment. Townspeople gathered for dinners and speeches, and the literature of local history burgeoned with each celebration. Early in the twentieth century, many of the region's, oldest towns were celebrating their tricentennials, highlighted by the 1930 anniversary of the founding'of Massachusetts Bay.

Pageants like the one held at the Fisher-Richardson House were particularly popular during the early years of the twentieth century as towns took notice of their histories. Interest in the homes of the founders appeared as early as the first decades of the nineteenth century, and included early collectors and preservationists such as Ben Perley Poor. Though the homes of the prominent and those of exceptional age were well known in many Massachusetts communities, it was not until the early twentieth century that historic house museums became popular places to commemorate local history.

Family associations and local historical societies increasingly chose this route, while regional organizations such as the Essex Institute and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities provided leadership and established the first professional standards for research, restoration, and reconstruction. Mansfield must certainly have been among the first town governments to take on a historic house. In 1984 the town reconfirmed its commitment to the Fisher-Richardson House by placing a preservation restriction on the property, to run in perpetuity; charging the town with the maintenance of the property; and requiring written permission of the Mansfield Historical Commission before any alterations were made to its fabric and grounds.

In 1995, the historical commission received a Bay State Historical League Scholar-in Residence grant and hired a historical consultant to conduct extensive architectural and documentary research on the building. The house is open to the public, with tours conducted by the Mansfield Historical Society. Additional information on the Fisher-Richardson House. (continued) mpsfom 10.900eg United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts 8 4 Section number Page Archaeological Significance Since patterns of prehistoric occupation in Mansfield are poorly documented, any surviving sites could this area may represent a new group of sites within these drainages where socio-political systems overlap between peripheral or interior areas of neighboring river drainages. Historic archaeological remains associated with the Fisher-Richardson House have the potential to locate and help reconstruct earlier structures related to the house which no longer survive and provide detailed information on the house inhabitants. Mapping of structural remains and analysis of related artifacts can help document the building sequence on the property and determine specifically when the house was first constructed.

Archacological survivals can help reconstruct the form of the original house and extensive modifications which occurred in 1800, and can also document the degree to which 1930 reconstructions were true to the 18th and 19th century form of the house. Detailed analysis of occupational related features can provide much needed information on the social and economic lives of the house's early inhabitants including the nature and regional/local importance of farming in early 18th century Mansfield, then the northern portion of Norton. Archaeological survivals can help document the social and economic changes which occurred on the farm as the town's economy changed from a more agricultural orientation to one which included agriculture and industry. Some of these local and regional changes may be reflected in new activities occurring on the farm over time. (end) OM8 Approval Na.

10210018 NPsS, Fomm 10-900 - United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts Section number - 9 Page _1 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY Anonymous, "The Fisher-Richardson House, Mansfield, Massachusetts." Undated pamphlet. Benson, Susan Porter, Stephen Brier, and Roy Rosensweig. Presenting the Past: Essays on History and the Public, 1986. Candee, Richard M., "A Documentary History of Plymouth Colony Architecture, 1620-1700." Olde-Time New England, 1969. Copeland, Jenny, "The Pageant of the House of Romance..." Mansfield, 1930. "The Fisher-Richardson House." Olde-Time New England, 1931. Dempsey, Claire W., "The Fisher-Richardson House: Building, Expanding, and Restoring a Mansfield Landmark." 1966. DePaoli, Neill, Maxine Farkas, Peter Stott, and Sarah Zimmerman.

Historic and Archaeological Resources df Southeast Massachusetts. 1982. Massachusetts." Typescript, 1981. _ "Reconnaissance Survey Town Report, Mansfield, Leon, Warren and Roy Rosensweig. History Museums in the United States: A Critical Assessment, 1989. Owen, Carolyn, "Fisher-Richardson House in Mansfield Built by Tauntonian." Taunton Daily Gazette, 7 October 1976. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Archives. Consulted the microfiche records of notes and correspondence about the Fisher-Richardson House, 1929-30; architectural plans by L.G. Foster of 1930; and photographs of 1930. (end) Fisher-Richardson House Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 34,700square feet UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1. 19 315480 4653120 Zone Easting Northing 2. Zone Easting Northing Bristol, MA County and State - 3.

Zone Easting "Zone Easting _ See continuation sheet Northing 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 name/title_Claire W. Dempsey, Preservation Consultant, with Betsy Friedberg, National Register Director, MHC organization Massachusetts Historical Commission dáte July 1997 street & number_220 Morrissey Boulevard telephone _(617) 727-8470 city or town Boston _ state _ MA _ zip code 02125 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets 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 ofthe SHPOor FPO.) nameTown of Mansfield street & number 6 Park Row telephone508-339-4704 city or townMansfield stateMA ,zip code 02048 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 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 including the time for reviewinginstructions, 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. - PS Foim 10900-1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet umo Approvar No. 1U24-010 Section number Fisher-Richardson House Mansfield (Bristol County) Massachusetts 10 Page1 10.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Boundary Description: The boundaries of the Fisher-Richardson House are illustrated on the attached Town of Mansfiek Lssessors Map Number 28, Lots 66 and 67 Boundary Justification: The nominated property includes the entire parcel historically associated with the Fisher-Richardson House since is purchase by the Town of Mansfield for restoration and use as a historic house museum in (end) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Fisher--Richardson House NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Bristol DATE RECEIVED: 1/13/98 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 2/11/98 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF PENDING LIST: 1/26/98 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2/27/98 REFERENCE NUMBER: 98000096 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: NLANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT_ 2/1/98 DATE ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: Entered in the National Register RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER TELEPHONE DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N FISHER-RICHARDSON HOUSE MANSFIELD (BRISTOL), MA JuLY 1996 REAR ELEVATION, NW NEGS.

AT TOWN HALL MANSFIELD Photographer: BARSARA ORLNDO + KATE VIENS FISHER - RICHARDSON HOUSE MANSFIEZD(BRISTOL) MA JuLy 1996 FRONT ELEVATION, SOUTA NEGS.@ TOWN HALL/MANSFIELD photographes: BARSARA ORLANDO + KATIE VIENS The Commonwealth of Massa William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Con Massachusetts Historical Commiss July 11, 1997 Manstey pi3 104 US Postal Service Receipt for Certified Mail No Insurance Coverage Provided. Do not use for International Mail (See reverse (som Carol shull sitret a umerpS Post Office, State, & ZiP Cod BuX 3712 Postage $ Certified Fee A Special Delivery Fee Restricted Delivery Fee Retum Receipt Showing to Whom & Date Delivered Retur Receipt Showing to Whom, Date, & Addressee's Address TOTAL Postage & Fees Postmark or Date T $ Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P. O. Box 37127 Washington, D.

C. 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Fisher-Richardson House, 354 Willow Street, Mansfield (Bristol Co.), MA 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, Betey Fredbey Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure cc: Town of Mansfield, owner Kate Viens, Chair, Mansfield Historical Commission Chair, Mansfield Board of Selectmen Claire W.

Dempsey, Preservation Consultant 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 - (617) 727-8470 Fax: (617) 727-5128 TDD: 1-800-392-6090 Website: www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/mhc The Commonwealth of Massachusetts January 6, 1998 William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission Ms. Alexis Abernathy National Register of Historic Places National Park Service, Cultural Resources Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Dear Ms. Abernathy: JAN / 3 180 HAT FERIOA AI SPACGUMES Enclosed is a resubmitted NR nomination for the Fisher-Richardson House, Mansfield (Bristol Co.), MA. It is identical to the nomination submitted this summer, except for a current signature from the Massachusetts SHPO and the extent of photo documentation. I would appreciate an expedited review on this nomination.

Thank you for checking on this one for us. Please contact me if you have any questions, or if I can help. Sincerely, Wil bay Philip Bergen National Register Assistant Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 : (617) 727-8470 Fax: (617) 727-5128 TDD: 1-800-392-6090 Website: www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/mhc The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission January 7, 1998 Ms. Carol Shull Keeper National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 1849 C Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20240 Dear Ms.

Shull, Enclosed please find the following nomination form being resubmitted: Fisher-Richardson House, 354 Willow Street, Mansfield (Bristol Co.), MA 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 were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 45 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betay Freilhey Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: Town of Mansfield, owner Kate Viens, Chair, Mansfield Historical Commissior Chair, Mansfield Board of Selectmen Claire W. Dempsey, Preservation Consultant 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 - (617) 727-8470 Fax: (617) 727-5128 TDD: 1-800-392-6090 Website: www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/mhc