Built in 1730 (First Period). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.
One of 1,353 National Register listings published here for Middlesex County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1730, First Period.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The chapter on Sherborn Town in History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts : Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, published 1880 names Sherborn. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Holbrooke took possessiou and commenced their labors. They were soon followed b}' Henry Layland, Benjamin Bullard, George Fairbank, John Hill, Thomas Breck, and Daniel Morse. Most of these persons were men of substance, of strong, determined character, hardy, and not easily discouraged, as the event proved. Many of their names still live in the persons of their descendants, who are found among the prominent citizens 'of Sherborn at this day. And they required all the energy and endurance of which man is capable to subdue tlie wild lands " in the wilderness beyond Medfield," and to protect themselves against the lurking Indian. For although the Nipmuck Indians who inhabited this portion of the colony had been treated fairly in the purchase of their lands, and were at first friendly, they were afterwards influenced and controlled by King Philip with disastrous results to the settlers.
Passage source: History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts : Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, published 1880.
These first residents settled in the south and southeast parts of Sherborn, which then included a portion of the present eastern part of Medway. The Indian name for the locality was Boggestow ; it is perpetuated in the name of a meadow, pond, and brook. In various petitions to the governor of the colony and the General Court, the settlers termed themselves " inhabitants of Bogistow," and " inhabitants and proprietors of lands at or near Boggestow."
Passage source: History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts : Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Sherborn Town - 14,425 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Addington Gardner House between 2016 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MEDWAY |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MEDWAY |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | ASHLAND |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,044 specimens collected within 10 miles of Addington Gardner House between 1898 and 1975: 826 Animalia, 152 Plantae, 65 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. L. Bosworth, A. M. Ottley and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Actaea pachypoda Elliott | 1898 | Ernest Charles Smith | |
 | Antennaria howellii subsp. canadensis (Greene) R.J.Bayer | 1898 | Williams, E.F. | |
 | Antennaria parlinii subsp. fallax (Greene) R.J.Bayer & Stebbins | 1898 | not recorded | |
 | Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Hook. | 1898 | not recorded | |
 | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1898 | M. I. Gunn | Natick |
 | Agonopterix atrodorsella Clemens, 1863 | 1900 | E. J. Smith | Sherborn |
 | Apantesis Walker, 1855 | 1900 | E. J. Smith | Sherborn |
 | Apatelodes torrefacta J.E.Smith, 1797 | 1900 | E. J. Smith | Sherborn |
 | Archips cerasivorana (Fitch, 1856) | 1900 | E. J. Smith | Sherborn |
 | Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854 | 1900 | E. J. Smith | Sherborn |
 | Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M.Johnst. | 1900 | C. H. Knowlton | Natick. |
 | Caenurgina crassiuscula Haworth, 1809 | 1900 | E. J. Smith | Sherborn |
All 1,044 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Addington Gardner House: 20 past producers, 4 producers, 3 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkridge Bros--Ashland, Ma. | Iron | Plant | ||
| Ashland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Holliston Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Simeone Stone Corp | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Trimount Bituminous Prod | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Ashland Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Ashland Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ashland Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bird Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Finn Brothers Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherborn, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Lightning | Sherborn | $200,000 | no account filed |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherborn | $20,000 | Trees and wires were downed throughout Sherborn. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherborn | $15,000 | Three trees on Hunting Lane and North Main Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherborn | $5,000 | A large tree was downed in Sherborn. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherborn | $5,000 | A tree between Morse Road and Eliot Street in Sherborn was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherborn | $5,000 | Two trees on Washington Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherborn | $2,000 | A tree was downed on Lake Street. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherborn | $1,000 | A tree on Lake Street was downed across the road by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Sherborn | $500 | In Sherborn, a tree was down on South Main Street (Route 27) at Bullard Street (Route 115). |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
The whole case file for this property - 1,128 words, 12 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 90000179, 12 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Morse-Tay-Leland-Hawes House | 0.5 miles | 1986 |
 | Deacon William Leland House | 0.6 miles | 1986 |
 | Woodland Farm-Leland House | 1.0 miles | 1986 |
 | Joseph Twitchell House | 1.1 miles | 1986 |
 | East Holliston Historic District | 1.1 miles | 2002 |
 | Bullard Farm | 1.5 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000179 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Middlesex County | All 1353 listed properties in this county. |
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