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/ AUG 2 5 1998 MARS. HIST. GQMM FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Plymouth B 17i 7r?

1 / AUG MARS. HIST. GQMM FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Plymouth B 17i 7r? Town Kingston Place (neighborhood or village) Address P4D Main Street Historic Name Cobh/Bartlett House Uses: Present residence Original residence of Construction c Source maps & Bartlett papers Style/Form ape_ Architect/Builder Exterior Material: Foundation lough random ashlar Wall/Trim wood shingles Roof wood shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures Major Alterations (with dates) Condition good Moved [X]no Dyes Recorded by Deirdre Brotherson Organization (-J\ 111 Parish K>,., Church Kingston Historical Commission (month/year) May 1398 Acreage 6 acres Setting linear village RECEIVED Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions when completing this form.

2 BUILDING FORM ^ -j< ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION IE see continuation sheet Describe architectural features Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. SEE CONTINUATION SHEET HISTORICAL NARRATIVE M see continuation sheet Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. SEE CONTINUATION SHEET BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES M see continuation sheet SEE CONTINUATION SHEET Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. 5 completed National Register Criteria Statement form. If checked, you must attach 7/92 T

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Community Kingston Property Address 240 Main Street Area(s) IB, Form No.

3 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, Massachusetts Community Kingston Property Address 240 Main Street Area(s) IB, Form No. 178 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: The residence at 240 Main Street was built c This 4x3 bay, wood frame, 1-1/2 story building sits on a rubble foundation. The building is clad with wood shingles. The gambrel roof is covered with wood shingles. One brick chimneyis located slightly off-center at the ridge. The entrance contains a 4-panel wood door with flat surrounds and a 4-light transom above. The windows contain 6/6 wood sash with flat surrounds and a molded drip cap. The corner boards are thin and flat. The is a small 1 x1 bay addition (c. early to mid-19th c.) on the north side of the house, the rear 1x2 bay ell has a shed roof. A 2x3 bay, 1-1/2 story, front gable bard clad with wood shingles sits toward the rear of the property. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE: FROM: Bartlett, Cornelius A. Houses, Occupants, etc. in Kingston, Massachusetts (Between the Forge Bridge and the Great Bridge): Annotations of 1942 by E.F. Drew and of 1972 by Doris M. Johnson, Kingston, MA (#17) This house was built by Gershom Cobb, probably The land on which it stands was conveyed to Mr. Cobb by Mr. John Brewster, Inn holder, 3rd day of March Twenty rods on the Bridgewater road, and running to Jones River. Consideration sixteen pounds of lawful money of New England Jan. 6th, Mr. Cobb conveyed this house and lot - the same he bought of Mr. Brewster to Joseph Bartlett, Jr., for the sum of 146 pounds, 3s, 8d. This house has been owned, and occupied by him, and his decedents, to this date. He died in N. C. Sept. 28th His widow, with five children, occupied the house after his decease. The 3d day of Nov. 1772, Joseph Bartlett Sr., father of the above Joseph, purchased of Robert Bradford, administrator on the estate of John Brewster, a lot of land, adjoining the estate purchased of Gershom Cobb, as above, on the west side - about 25 acres more or less. This property, after the death of Joseph Bartlett, Sen. (June 6th 1783), was heired by his son Joseph, and became part of his estate which was divided between the widow and children of Joseph Bartlett, Feb It then contained over 32 acres, extending from No. 10 (266 Main Street) to No. 20 (234 Main Street). About 70 rids on Bridgewater road, and about 100 rods by Jones River. It now contains about 12 acres. The first lot sold, out of this estate, was for the Baptist meeting house, $100- Feb. 1857, Uncle Charles Bartlett sold to Martin Tupper, and others, about 27 rods on the road, and running to the river; above the old meeting (house) for about $1000. The house and the 12 acres are now owned, and occupied by C. A. Bartlett, wife and her nephew, Charles C. Drew. Notes E.F.D. After the death of Isable (Drew) Bartlett, widow of Cornelius, many years after her husband, the place was sold to William C. Hathaway of Plymouth, plumber and steam-fitter. Mr. Hathaway's son Isaac, married a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Adams) Holmes, the latter then living at No. 16 (241 Main Street) across the street. I&ssac lives at No. 17 (240 Main Street) with his wife Dorothy and two children; also his widowed mother. On the west, the lots on which the old Baptist meeting house was built (no. 12a [248 rtmin Street]), No. 13 [246 Main Street] (Joseph Holmes 2d), and the High School lot, (no. 61 [238 Main Street]) purchased by Herbert Soule, and now owned and occupied by Albert H, Holmes, son of Albert E. (No. 13 [246 main Street]) has been taken off the original frontage. DJM: The author of this story, Cornelius A. Bartlett, reportedly wrote his manuscripts in the little addition on the west side of the house, now numbered 240 Main Street. Isaac and Dorothy's children were Isaac junior and Mary Hathaway Cherry. The occupants in 1993 are Marion and Kenneth Lanagan.

4 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Kingston Property Address P4P, Main Street Massachusetts Historical Commission, 220 Morrissey Blvd. Area(s) FormNo. Boston, Massachusetts B BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bartlett, Cornelius A. Houses. Occupants, etc. in Kingston, Massachusetts (Between the Forge Bridge and the Great Bridge): Annotations of 1942 by E.F. Drew and of 1972 by Doris M. Johnson, Hurd, Hamilton (editor). History of Plymouth County. Philadelphia, PA., [KPL] Melville, Doris Johnson. Major Bradford's Town: A History of Kingston: Kingston, MA., [KPL] Peckham, Rev. Josia. History of Kingston in Plymouth County Directory Thompson, Elroy S. History of Plymouth. Norfolk, and Barnstable Counties. Massachusetts. New York, NY MAPS: 1726 Kingston. John Gray [MHC] 1795 A Plan of the Town of Kingston. John Gray. [MHC] Five School Districts [KPL] 1876 Town of Kingston. Boyden (w/directory). [KPL] 1876 Town of Kingston, Enlargement of Village. Boyden. [KPL] 1879 Atlas of Plymouth County. George E. Walker. [MHC] 1896 Bird's Eye View of Kingston [KPL & MSL] 1903 Atlas of Plymouth County. George E. Walker. [KPL] Sandborn Insurance Company Maps: Plymouth: 1896 June 1901 April (1896, 1901, 1906 include Kingston Village 1906 Feb. and Factories in Kingston) Kingston: 1912 (6 sheets) 1925 (7 sheets) 1943 (7 sheets) 1954 (8 sheets)

5 Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, Massachusetts Community Kingston Property Address 240 Main Street Area(s) FormNo. B [178 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: M Individually eligible Eligible only in a historic district IS Contributing to a potential historic district Potential historic district Criteria: EA B EC D Criteria Considerations: A B DC D E F G Statement of Significance by Deirdre Brotherson The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. This property is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building to a Historic District (Area B). This district is eligible under Criterion A (associated with events that have made a contribution to the broad pattern of our history) as a building which is part of a linear village on Main Street which has evolved from a village area to a residential neighborhood (there are few commercial establishments on Main Street - they have shifted to areas near the railroad) but the architecture in this linear district continues to tell the story of the evolution of this area through the variety and high quality of the architectural styles (Criterion C: the building embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction - as a contributing architectural member of this district.) This property is also individually eligible under Criterion B at the local level for local historian Cornelius Bartlett.

FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston In Area no. Form no. Town _ ^ A i Address 40 M?jJn Sf Name.

6 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston In Area no. Form no. Town _ ^ A i Address 40 M?jJn Sf Name. Present use Jrt A< fjlaj f Present owner Description: 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. Hf-f Source CJA^^SST Style aciw)la^l-vz^ Architect Exterior wall fabric a (^B^rf^ Outbuildings (describe) Other features Altered Moved 5. Lot size: 6?, X, One acre or less Over one acre Approximate frontage / ' po NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE HJSGS Quadrant EV1HC Photo no. Approximate distance of building from street 1 L 6. Recorded by Organization (over) 20M-5-73-O75074

7 7. Original owner (if known) Original use ^^^J^e^ULt - Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) /o (< n Q iri/cp /O.AA -«/i/n Q.^.^*. 0 <XJl (fc &V>&-" OA &$S4 S^d2 J r\ J mj^j^tmji Jhfr^ko J2 S~ "3L a-*m A. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) 3/73

Plymouth 163. Place (neighborhood or village)

Plymouth 163. Place (neighborhood or village) USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Plymouth 163 Town Place (neighborhood or village) Address 2 Cross Street Historic Name Uses: Present residence Original residence Date of Construction c.1850 Source maps Style/Form