MARLBOROUGH SURVEY OF mSTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES: RESOURCES POTENTIALLY ELIGffiLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF mSTORIC PLACES 8/25/95 NOTE: Only thirteen historic resources in Marlborough are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in eight nomination forms--for the Wachusett Aqueduct District, the Water Supply System of Metropolitan Boston (including a separate nomination for the Marlborough Brook Filter Beds), the John Cotting House, the Goodale Homestead (in both Hudson and Marlborough), the Peter Rice House, the Temple Building, and the Warren Block. Many more properties are eligible for listing, either individually or as part of a district. 1. Potential National Register Districts NOTE: Documentary and contextual information on these potential districts is to be found, in some cases, on individual inventory forms, and in others, on large area forms. Some potential districts represent only a portion of the total properties included on an area form; others overlap the boundaries between two or more areas. In the latter case, information from more than one area form could be combined to form the basis for a district nomination. BOSTON POST ROAD: Wayside area: a small district based both on architectural and developmental significance, as well as the involvement of Henry Ford in the creation of an early-twentieth-century "historic" village. EAST MAIN/MIDDLESEX SQUARE: Intersection of Lincoln/Stevens/E. Main from ca. 135 through 167 E. Main. Includes lower Stevens St. to #24 and the Chipman Cemetery, and 7 Walnut Street. FARM ROAD: from #29 through 458, possibly extending thematically to #580. FAIRMOUNT HILL: Fairmount Street through #64, Newton Street from #39 to end. HILLSIDE SCHOOL: 192 through 438 Robin Hill Road. MAIN STREET, from #51 (the Thayer Tavern) through Bates Avenue, with short sections of side streets: Bolton to #36, 37 High Street, Prospect through #27, Rawlins Street (White City Diner), east side of Washington Court, Washington Street from Immaculate Conception School to Prospect, MONUMENT SQUARE/LOWER MECHANIC STREEf: Monument Square to Lincoln Street, including the Commonwealth Armory on Lincoln Street. PLEASANT STREET: first block, through #64; possibly including the West Church and the Morse & Bigelow Store on Lincoln Street. PLEASANT STREET: Fire Station #2 through #126 Pleasant, including the Frye Boot Co. PLEASANT AND ELM STREETS: Pleasant Street near the intersection of Elm, including the Mitchell School, L.A.fL.P. Howe House, and 68 Elm Street. Might be extended south to Fire Station #2 combine with the previous district. UPPER PLEASANT STREET: Pleasant Street from the Walter Frye House (187 Pleasant) through 235, (the L.P. Howe House). Might be combined with the district above. ST. MARY'S area: St. Anne's Academy, St. Mary's Rectory, St. Mary's Church; possibly including #225 West Main Street. WEST MAIN STREET: from #32 through 123, including some sections of associated side streets: Winthrop to Witherbee, most of Witherbee. 1
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MARLBOROUGH SURVEY OF mSTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES:RESOURCES POTENTIALLY ELIGffiLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF mSTORIC PLACES
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NOTE: Only thirteen historic resources in Marlborough are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in eightnomination forms--for the Wachusett Aqueduct District, the Water Supply System of Metropolitan Boston (includinga separate nomination for the Marlborough Brook Filter Beds), the John Cotting House, the Goodale Homestead (inboth Hudson and Marlborough), the Peter Rice House, the Temple Building, and the Warren Block. Many moreproperties are eligible for listing, either individually or as part of a district.
1. Potential National Register DistrictsNOTE: Documentary and contextual information on these potential districts is to be found, in some cases, on individualinventory forms, and in others, on large area forms. Some potential districts represent only a portion of the totalproperties included on an area form; others overlap the boundaries between two or more areas. In the latter case,information from more than one area form could be combined to form the basis for a district nomination.
BOSTON POST ROAD: Wayside area: a small district based both on architectural and developmentalsignificance, as well as the involvement of Henry Ford in the creation of an early-twentieth-century "historic"village.
EAST MAIN/MIDDLESEX SQUARE: Intersection of Lincoln/Stevens/E. Main from ca. 135 through 167E. Main. Includes lower Stevens St. to #24 and the Chipman Cemetery, and 7 Walnut Street.
FARM ROAD: from #29 through 458, possibly extending thematically to #580.
FAIRMOUNT HILL: Fairmount Street through #64, Newton Street from #39 to end.
HILLSIDE SCHOOL: 192 through 438 Robin Hill Road.
MAIN STREET, from #51 (the Thayer Tavern) through Bates Avenue, with short sections of side streets:Bolton to #36, 37 High Street, Prospect through #27, Rawlins Street (White City Diner), east side ofWashington Court, Washington Street from Immaculate Conception School to Prospect,
MONUMENT SQUARE/LOWER MECHANIC STREEf: Monument Square to Lincoln Street, includingthe Commonwealth Armory on Lincoln Street.
PLEASANT STREET: first block, through #64; possibly including the West Church andthe Morse & Bigelow Store on Lincoln Street.
PLEASANT STREET: Fire Station #2 through #126 Pleasant, including the Frye Boot Co.
PLEASANT AND ELM STREETS: Pleasant Street near the intersection of Elm, including the MitchellSchool, L.A.fL.P. Howe House, and 68 Elm Street. Might be extended south to Fire Station #2 combine withthe previous district.
UPPER PLEASANT STREET: Pleasant Street from the Walter Frye House (187 Pleasant) through 235, (theL.P. Howe House). Might be combined with the district above.
ST. MARY'S area: St. Anne's Academy, St. Mary's Rectory, St. Mary's Church; possiblyincluding #225 West Main Street.
WEST MAIN STREET: from #32 through 123, including some sections of associatedside streets: Winthrop to Witherbee, most of Witherbee.
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2. Properties individually eligibleBased on the information gathered in the two phases ofthe survey of 1993-95, in the consultant's opinion, thefollowing properties are likely to qualify individually for National Register designation because of theirimportance to the community, region, or country, and for their well-preserved architecture.
MHClMap # Street address Historic name
11ASH STREET19 Solomon Barnes House
BATES AVENUE81 First Baptist Church
BEACH STREET807808
Immaculate Conception CemeteryS1, Mary's Cemetery
909BELMONT STREET EXTENSION
Sligo Hill Water Tank
4BERLIN ROAD615 Sylvanus/Eber Howe House
3839
BIGELOW STREET340551
Abraham Howe HouseBenjamin Howe House
73BOLTON STREET370 Joseph Howe House
1415
BOSTON POST ROAD929982
William Hager HouseAmos/Jonas Darling House
34 (45)BRIGHAM STREET303 Samuel Brigham, II House
141BROAD STREET9 Rev. Horatio Alger, Sr. House
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MHC/Map # Street address Historic name
22BROADMEADOW ROAD506 NewtonlDadmun Homestead
BROWN STREET800
CENTRAL STREET805
116CHESTNUT STREET84
5655
CONCORD ROAD5401126
21EAGER COURT45
195EAST MAIN STREET83
6957
ELM STREET159475
5859
FARM ROAD180418
164166167168
FAIRMOUNT STREET37495064
44FOWLER STREET29
Spring Hill Cemetery
Old Common Cemetery
Frye Boot Co.
John Howe, Jr/William Weeks HouseJohn Weeks House
Eager House
Samuel Chipman House
Samuel Howe HouseJacob and Thomas Rice House
William and John Harrington HouseJoseph and William Morse House
Caleb Witherbee HouseS.N. Aldrich HouseThomas Hurley HouseWilliam A. Onthank House
John Howe House
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MHC/Map # Street addressGLEN STREET228650,651
51HEMENWAY STREET768
83HILDRETH STREET27
205 153
52HOSMER STREET616
18278
HOWE STREET37173
144LINCOLN STREET419
MAIN STREET9111121138064105120
5157
140179-181
92181
MAPLE STREET63175
10570
MECHANIC STREET4053
171170
NEWTON STREET105111
Historic name
B. Brigham House and bam
Supply and John Weeks House
Rev. Sylvester Bucklin HouselMarlborough HospitalHildreth(?)/Robinson House
Uriah Maynard House
Rice & Hutchins Shoe FactoryHezekiah Maynard House
Morse & Bigelow store
Union CommonThayer TavernLoring/Curtis HouseCentral Fire StationMarlborough City HallPeoples National Bank, IIMarlborough High School
FarwelllO'Connell HouseDennison Manufacturing Co.
Post OfficeO.W. Albee House
William N. Davenport HouseMichael J. McCarthy House
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MHC/Map # Street address Historic name
803NORTH ROBIN HILL ROAD (LYNCH BOULEVARD)
Robin Hill Cemetery
9124
NORTHBOROUGH ROAD31139
1501481475379122801
PLEASANT STREET40464764
235
183184
PROSPECT STREET2327
12SPOONHILL AVENUE33
19985809
STEVENS STREET3/517
60STOW ROAD726
SUDBURY STREET
802
18UNION STREET115
Felton/Brown/Dunton HouseGershom Rice, II Homestead
William Morse HouseE.I. Morse HouseWilliam Dadmun HouseJohn Clisbee HouseFire Station #2L.A!L.P. Howe HouseMaplewood Cemetery
McDonald HouseCampbell House
Stow House
O'P. Walker HouseJohn Chipman HouseChipman and Rocklawn Cemeteries
Josiah Howe House
Weeks Cemetery
Joseph Howe, II/William Howe House
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2. Properties individually eligible,. cont.
MHC/Map # Historic nameStreet address
161WATER STREET35 Philip Byrne House
84137806
WEST MAIN STREET3565/69
Marlborough Public LibraryStephen Phelps HouseBrigham Cemetery
WILSON STREET804 Wilson Cemetery
3. Properties eligible as part of a National Register District.
902BATES AVENUEThe Volunteer
504193192
BOLTON STREET28 (30)3673
Congregational ParsonageRandalllPhelps House
124-126BOSTON POST ROAD (East)1015 Parmenter/Garfield Store complex
9515996
BROAD STREET2026
St. Anne's AcademySt. Mary's RectoryS1. Mary's Church
CENTRAL STREET185 Sts. Anargyroi Church
47COOK LANE407 Silas Temple House
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MHClMap#
3. Properties eligible as part of a National Register district,. cont,
542200544545560546559557201556558
132
1122112011191346639641111311121111
162163165
194
119; 186-18718810282
Street address
EAST MAIN STREET135138140148151156157160165166167
ELM STREET68
FARM ROAD2992104218327386458523540580
FAIRMOUNT STREET253438
HIGH STREET37
LINCOLN STREET293-301305/307342350
Historic name
Nourse HouseFelton HouseWhitneylDadmunIHolyoke HouseMortimer HouseBowen HouseDavis House
Davis Housec.i, Bliss HouseDavis House
Horn HouseTemple HouseTemple(?) HouseFrancis Barnard homesteadJohn and Gershom Bigelow HomesteadMorse/Arnold HouseWilliam Morse HouseWilliams HouseAdonijah Newton HouseJoseph Arnold House
Joseph Cosgrove HouseBrigham/Davenport HouseFrederick Smith House
John Brown BellFeeleylPastille BuildingSher BuildingCorey BuildingPeople's National Bank, I
First National BankRice BlockAddison BlockMiddleton BuildingThe DoughboyTown Common
Marlborough Savings Bank
Coolidge House
Soldiers' Monument
NEWTON STREETentire street, from 39-125, (with the exception of 94 Newton)
PLEASANT STREET20-6086117121126154
187200207207208
(first block-see Area Form L)West Church (West Meetinghouse)Dr. John Baker HouseF.A. Howe HouseRice/Holyoke HouseLewis Frye HouweMitchell SchoolWalter Frye HouseW.N. Davenport HouseFrye outbuildingsHowe/Frye House/Convent of St. ChretienneGeorge Russell House
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MHC/Map #
698699700701
98
209
1241, 1242124312441245124612471248, 1249
543196197198
202
191190189
86
Street address
PLEASANT STREET, cont.208A222223234
PROSPECT STREET
RAWLINS AVENUE
ROBIN HILL ROAD192217356402407419438
STEVENS STREET4/6101624
WALNUT STREET7
WASHINGTON COURT111725
WASHINGTON STREET16105-116
Historic name
Howe/Wheeler HouseRussell Frye HouseHerbert Hazelton HouseRobert Frye House
Immaculate Conception Church
White City Diner
Cook farmhouse and outbuildingsDalyrymplelWaugh HouseBigelow farmhouseDrinkwater Hall, Hillside School
barn/gymnasiumBigelow farmhouse and bam
Brigham duplexBrigham HouseThankful Stowe HouseWhitneyIHall House
Thomas Jackson House
Immaculate Conception ConventImmaculate Conception RectoryImmaculate Conception School
Washington Street School
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