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1 FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no. M.ASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COM1\'1ISSIO:\ Office of the Secretary, state House, Boston 1. Town. _:)--:"l. "h!)~ _"'O;". ~t~:. ---_.._-- Name 0. ::..::~lbee ~::.ouse Present use :..<.esidence Present owner Hr..L~ichar d J.,1hite 3. Description: 2} Story Brick Date _1820 Source_~ub. LocBl Bistor_i_e_s ~ style 2ederal 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. -Indrcate north. Architect Hone Exterior wa ll fabric :.<.~d Br-Lck Outbuildi ngs (describe)_i,_lo_n_c _ Other features Gable. end. f a ce s _.~I- LrWc..OL t/ s r: _.. D~O r;.ay n- r q~d 16) D O N CENTRAL sr 10 C o so WfrlieRB~E sr \ \ o Street Altered Moved 5. Lot size: Date Date On8 acre or less x Ove r one acre Approximate frontage_~q_l<_ '_e_.e_. _t. _ Approximate distance of building from street 15 Feet 6. Recorded by Erne.st Ginne.tti Organization Marlborough Historica~ COmmiss~on Date 6/24/78 (over) 30M-5-77

2 Original use ~(.csijencc Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_._ ~_(~_s_j o 'e_._n_c_8_ ~ _ 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political x Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social! humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) Lucas BigeloH buil.t this house and lived here until he moved. to " the corner of Lincoln and Pleasant streets, whe.n Hr. 0.;,1. Albee carne to l'5arlborour;hfrom Hilford. in 1833 and. bought this place whe r'e he resided until the tir.1eof his death. Nr. Albee "vas to Har-Lbo r-ough,,:'hatdr. Arnold was to Rugby. Taking posi.tri.on as ~)rincipal of the. old. Gates Academy, he. distinguished himself not onl.y as as educator of ind.omitab1e perserverance and courage of conviction, but as a friend and moulder of character of the rising generation. He served the. t own as Representative to the General Court, Senator, Deputy of U. S. Government Internal ~~evenue and in many other prominent positions. rle was respected by citizens and students alike. and. there can be no d.oubt that Mr. Albee in his day did more. than any other man in to"m to awaken an interest in Education. 10. Bibliogr aphy and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, -early maps, etc.) Historical Re.miniscences of Marlborough, Ella Bigelow, Marl History of Marlborough Hass., Charles Hud.son, Boston and 1835 Maps of Marlborough.

3 FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Assessor's Dumber USGS Quad Area(s) I BI IMarlborough I I C I 70 Forni Number Town Marlborough Place (neighborhood or village) _,.- -,...- _.... '... -~--_.--. ",....-'0,.0' _.~.., _-- Address West YjJ1age 53 Mechanic Street Historic Name 0 W Albee House Uses: Present Dwe!Jjng Original DweJJjng Date of Construction ca Source Maps; style. Style/Form Greek Revival Architect!Builder.. J1 u. k... n.. o... u w... _ Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation Wallffrim Roof dressed granite brick, with wood-clapboard pediment asphalt shingle Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) Wood fire escape added at rear; small shed dormer on N ; N new sash in gable' 20th centm)' See also P 2 Condition exceijent Moved [X] no [ ] yes Date N/A Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Organization for Marlboro His! Camm Date 3/31194 v. Setting On sma]1 comer Jot in 19th.C residential neighborhood; concrete-block store next to early 20th-e

4 BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. The Albee House, one of the most intact local examples of the early Greek Revival, is also a unique example in Marlborough of the style in its pedimented, side-hall-entry, gable-end form executed in brick. It is a small 2 1I2-stol)' three- by four-bay gable-roofed, rectangular building, of common-bond brick construction to the roofline, with a clapboarded facade pediment. A small pedimented dormer on the south slope of the roof is probably original to the house. The building is typically early-greek Revival in its detail. A wooden fretwork panel fins the entablature of the main entry, which has a sidelighted, eight-panel door with heavy applied moldings. The windows are 6-over-6-sash, with a tripartite sidelighted window in the pediment gable. The foundation is granite, as are all window sills and lintels, the wide door lintel, and the wide steps in front of the entry. This house was formerly much larger, with a 2 1I2-stol)' wing extending eastward from the rear northeast comer. With the expansion of Charles Albee's business, by 1885 the wing had grown to three stories, and a one-story grocery store section had been added at the front, abutting the main part of the bouse. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE.[X] see continuation sheet Explain 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. Deed research will be necessary to clarify the construction date of this house. Although it does not appear to be shown on the 1830 or 1835 maps, according to Bigelow it was built prior to 1833 by Lucas Bigelow, who lived here until he moved to the comer of Lincoln and Pleasant Streets and sold it to Obadiah W. Albee. 1 ) <.:~ One of the most influential citizens in Marlborough in the middle of the nineteenth century, in 1833 Obadiah Albee ( ) came to Marlborough from Milford, just after his graduation from Brown University, to take over as principal of the Gates Academy. Founded as the Marlborough Academy in 1826, that institution and the Masonic Lodge had built a combined school and lodge building at the old common in From that time, however, the school had been in declining circumstances. Mr. Albee is given credit for singlehandedly rescuing the school and returning it to a position of prominence in education at a time when there was great concern about the quality of the town schools. A firm believer in education for all, however, when the town opened its first high school in 1851, he helped facilitate the absorption of the academy into the new institution, and he was appointed its first principal. Mr. Albee remained at that post through 1860, the year the town replaced the old academy building with a three-story, Second Empire high school building. (Cont.) BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [X] see continuation sheet Bigelow, Ella. Historical Reminiscences of the Early Times in Marlborough Gardner, Ralph D. Horatio Alger, or the American Hero Era. New York: Arco Publishing Co., Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough Maps and Atlases: Walling: 1853, 1857, 1871; Beers: 1875; Bailey & Hazen: 1878; Walker: 1889; Sanborns. Marlborough Directory: Pitman, J.A. Notes on the HistOI)' of Marlborough. Marlborough: Times Pub~shing Co., [ X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

5 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Marlborough Property O,W. Albee House Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Area(s) C Form No. 70 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, cont. He subsequently retired to take up other pursuits. Even before his retirement, he had served in the Mass. House of Representatives, (in 1849 and 1851), and in the state Senate in 1855 and In 1861, he was appointed to fill the remainder of the Senate term of the Rev. Horatio Alger, who had left Marlborough for Natick. An ardent and eloquent abolitionist, while serving in that year he was instrumental in drafting the state's free slave law. He also took over the Rev. Alger's position as editor of the Shenstone Laurel, the publication put out by the Shenstone Society, (see Area Form C: "West Village",) for which he became the chief contributor, as well. (The Shenstone Society was a village-improvement group formed in 1853 for the purpose of beautifying and landscaping the rapidly-growing "west end", Members of the society planted shrubs and shade trees every spring for twenty years.) Among Obadiah Albee's other local roles, he was a Director of the North Branch Railroad, and, according to one source, was a trial justice in the Marlborough police court. After Mr. Albee's death in about 1870, this property was inherited by his widow, Margaret, who lived here until at least The house then fell to their son, Charles H. Albee, who also lived here with his family for many years. With Charles W. Nourse, Charles Albee established a grocery, furniture business, and auction house in a former building that abutted the north side of the house. He also apparently built the three-story store block at 57 Mechanic Street for the business. In a bouse directly to tbe rear (demolished), another son, Milton H. Albee, established a photography business, which operated there through the turn of the century. Both Charles and Milton bad fought with the Mass. 5th Regiment in the Civil War, Charles with Company I, and Milton with Company E. Another brother, Eugene, had fought with the 9th Regiment, Company I. In 1900, Charles was Commander of the John A. Rawlins Post 43, G.A.R.

6 Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Community Marlborough Property Address 53 Mechanic Street Area(s) Form No(s). C 70 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form aleck all that apply: [x] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] Contributing to a potential historic district [] Potential historic district Criteria: [x] A [].B [x] C [J D Criteria Considerations: [] A [] B [] C [] D [] E [] F [] G Statement of Significance by F_o_r_be_s_I_S_c_h_u_le_r _ The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. The Obadiah W. Albee House is eligible for the National Register for meeting Criteria A and C. The property is representative of a well appointed Greek Revival structure suitable for the headmaster of the local private Academy and later the High Scbool principal, Obadiah Albee. The house is the only extant Greek Revival gable-end dwelling of brick construction in Marlborough. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.

7 FORM B - BUILDING l\1assachusetts, HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston, In Area no. Form no. 7/ ~-----~----_.- Town Xarlbor0u~h ----_ _- Address 1L:~ nechanic Street Name Martin ~ice Homestead ~.._-.-- Present use.i.{esidence r- II --~ I I I Present owner I- Js. 1'1a:i:'ieL. Cormier Description; 1 t Story SaltBox Date 1804 Source Pub. Local Histories ~Style Colonial v _.1. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. Architect None ~_._- Exterior wall fabric,.,lood Clapboard. o o o ri o 1'J HVDS~W 517 r:::j a!j u o Q o Outbui ldings (describe) ~_lo_n_e _ Other features 2+ Story t 2 room plan added for Abel Rice son of rrar_t_i_n. ~~~~ _ Altered 5. Lot size: Date One acre or less X Over one acre Approximate frontage 100 Feet Approximate distance of building from street 15 Feet 6. Hecorded by Ernest Ginnet_t_i _ RECt:JVED JUL (over) Organization Marlborough Historical Commission Date 6/14/78 ~. fvlass. HlsT. COIvlM

8 7. ~riginalo~ncr (if kno~n)~_}"_ii_j_r_t_i_~~i_~ i_c_e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Originaluse ~hoe I"Llking and none Subsequentuses (if any) and dates Residence -~~~~--~-~-~~---~-~-~-~~ 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation -- Recreation Agricultural Education -x.- Religion Architectural Exploration/ Science/ The Arts settlement invention Commerce -- Industry -X-- Social/ Communication Military humanitarian Communitydevelopment X Political Transportati on -- '-- 9. Historical significance (include explanatron of themes checked above) Passing up Mechanic Street we come to the house of Martin Rice, a shoe maker by trade, and upon his marriage to Sally l<ice on Harch 5, 1804 he built the above house. II Shoemaking today is vastly different from those early days, Hhen the farmers carried. their hides to the tanners to be made up into leather of various kinds; so Le, kip, cowhi.de, and calf. 'I'heri it.zas taken to the shoemaker's shops 11ith the. owner ' s name. marked on each roll and when boots and. shoes were want ed they would take the measure and. make from their own materials. It Hartin Rice was born t 1arch 29, 1781 and. be twe en the years 180'+ and children were. born to his ~nfe Sally, he died. in 1844 at the age of 63..\, 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor is records, ear ly maps, etc.) Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough, Ella Bigelow 1910, Marl. History of Marlborough Hass. Charles Hudson, Boston and 1835 maps of Marlborough.

9 INVENTORY FORl\1 CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Marlborough Martin Rice Homestead Area(s) C Form No. 71 Additional information by Anne Forbes, consultant to Marlborough Historical Commission, 3/31/94: ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION, cont. Since the inventory form for this property was written, the building has been radically altered. The north ell has been raised to two stories, all the windows and doors have been replaced, the architectural trim has been covered or removed, and the turn-of-the-century porch has been rebuilt to the roofline. ASSESSOR'S # NARRATIVE HISTORY, cont. This house, along with the small farm that surrounded it, was apparently inherited by Abel Rice, 2nd. He lived into the 1880's, and by the time he died, the Rice fann was the only substantial piece of undeveloped real estate remaining in the West Village. After Abel Rice's death, his wife lived on in the house, but the farm was acquired by shoe-manufacturer S.H. Howe, who subdivided it into 23 house-lots, laying out Norwood Street through the western part of the farm. By 1889, with Mrs. Rice still living in the farmhouse, two new houses had been built between it and Elm Street. Most of the others in the subdivision were built during the 1890's. In the early part of this century, the house was the home of Millard Stockwell.. -~{~.....;., BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES~ cont..;~~..-~.~,".; Maps and atlases: Hudson, 1830; Wood, 1835; Walling, 1853, 1857, 1871; Beers, 1875; Bailey & Hazen, 1878; \Valker, Bigelow, Ella. Historical Reminiscences of the Early Times in Marlborough Directories. Pictor.ial Marlborough [ ] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

10 FORM B. BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) MasJachusetts Historical Commission I I IMarlborough I I c, Boston, Massachusetts Town Marlborough Form Number I /0/ Place (neighborhood or village) _ West Village ---- Address Historic Name 40 Mechanic Street Old post Office Uses: Present vacant Original commercial ate of Construction Marlborongh Annual Rep011s Renaissance Revival Architect/Builder unknown.. '. ~,:' Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation \\lanrrrim granite block marble Roof metal, undetermined Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) Doors and windows replaced or removed; original light fixtures beside stairs gone covers most stone surfaces. Condition f. a. i_t Rubberized paint _ Moved [ Xl no [ ] yes Date ---on_i.. A _ Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Setting At comer of Gay St ; commercial Organization for Marlboro His' Camm block to S ; mixed 19th.C residential and Date 3/31/94, modern fast food restaurant opposite

11 BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. In spite of the removal of its windows and doors and its long period of vacancy, the 1912 Marlborough Post Office remains one of the city's grandest buildings. It is a two-story rectangular block of marble on a granite-block base. A parapet of alternating solid and turned-balustrade sections surrounds the shallow-hipped roof, contributing to the box-like effect of the building. Relating in its materials and Renaissance Revival style to the two bank buildings at 181 and 202 Main Street (see Forms #105 and 132,) the Post Office employs many similar details, such as a full classical cornice and a row of two-story arched, keystoned window openings separated by pilasters. Here there are five window bays across the facade, and as at the other two buildings, the main entry occupies the lower section of the center bay. A semi-circular metal hood on narrow fluted pilasters shelters the entry, and wide granite steps flanked by granite-block parapets lead up to it from the street. On either parapet, a granite plinth ornamented with a carved stone volute indicates that a large pair of lamps, probably similar to those at the City Hall, once stood bere. At either end of the facade is a slightly projecting corner pavilion with a single double-hung window at the first story, and a recessed rectangular stone panel above it at the second. The building is three bays deep; the end elevations have double-hung windows at the first story and what appear to have been smaller single-sash windows at the second. Classical moldings surround all door and window openings, and projecting window crowns appear at the first story double-hung openings. Metal grills protect all the windows at basement level. Historic photos show that the large arched 'windowswere two-part, fanlighted, center-mullioned 4 over-a-sash, and those on the sides of the building were 6-over-6-sash. The lamps flanking the door were the columnar type, with single glass globes, and a sculpture of an eagle was, probably in bronze, was mounted above the entry. -, HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain 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. The history of the post office in Marlborough is one of ever-increasing expansion and professionalism. The post office was first officially established in 1799, with Joseph Brigham as postmaster. For many years the post office was kept in private homes, then in a succession of stores, the Thayer Tavern and Exchange Building on lower Main Street, and then in various business blocks, including one that was in the long, slow process of being moved. By the end of the nineteenth century it was located in the Town Hall, and then in the Grand Anny building through the turn of the twentieth century. The cornerstone for this building was laid in april of 1911 by the Marlborough Board of Trade; the building was completed in 1912, during the administration of Mayor John Shaughnessy. The post office has been vacant since BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ ] see continuation sheet Bigelow. Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough Maps and Atlases: Sanborns. Gibbons, W. Former inventory form, Marlborough Historical Society: Moineau photo collection. [X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

12 Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Community Property Address Marlborough 40 Mechanic Street Old Post Office Area(s) Form Noes). 84 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [x] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] Contributing to a potential historic district [] Potential historic district Criteria: [x] A [] B [x] C [] D Criteria Considerations: [] A {] B [] C [] D [] E {] F [] G Statement of Significance by F_o_rb_e_s_/~S_ch_u_l_er The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. _ The old Marlborough Post Office meets Criteria A and C, and is eligible for the National Register individually and as part of a potential District encompassing lower Mechanic Street as a latenineteenth- and early-twentieth century commercial corridor linking Main and Lincoln Streets. As Marlborough's first building constructed for a post office alone, this building is representative of the growth and development of community services which in turn is reflective of the growing population and prosperity in Marlborough in the early years of this century. It is also a well-preserved example of Renaissance Revival architecture, relating in its form, style, and massing to the nearby Marlborough Public Library, which was built a few years earlier.

13 FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number I I I Marlborough I I A I 135 Town Marlborough Place (neighborhood or village) _ Main Street rommercial area Address 7/9 Mechanic Street Historic Name _ Uses: Present Commercial Original Commercial Date of Construction 1_9_1_6 _ Source plaque on building Style/Form Colonial (Federal) Revival Architect/Builder l~!d~k_n~o~w_n _ Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. A ttach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation brick WallfTrim brick; clapboard at TeaT Roof not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) _ N F_ru:ade doors and storefronts replaced Condition ~fa~j~r _ Moved [ X] no [ ] yes Date N/A, Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Setting On main downtown commercial Organization for Marlboro Hist Carom Date 3/3] /94 street faciu<7 major intersection at MODument, 0 Sq Parkiul1 both east and west o

14 BUILDING FORM ARCHITECfURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in (elms of other buildings within the community. This building, which today stands alone between two parking areas, is a small flat-roofed two-story brick commercial block with a one-story clapboard section stretching to the rear. The storefronts have been radically altered, but from the first-story wooden cornice to the dentilated pressed-metal cornice of the high parapet front, the building is intact. Two wide brick arches at second-story level each contain a large multilight, central-mullioned round-arched window. The surrounds of the brick arches are punctuated at intervals by painted stone blocks, and topped by keystones. "1916" appears in a round medallion on the wall between the arches. ; i, HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain 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. \ j 7/9 Mechanic Street is the only survivor of what was once a nearly continuous streets cape of commercial buildings that stretched from the old GAR Building at the west corner of Rawlins Avenue around the curving comer of Main and Mechanic Streets at Monument Square. In the 1920's an auto showroom and repair garage abutted the east side of the building, and a one-story art deco 12-store block, the Ginnetti Building, swept around the corner to the northwest. Between the garage and Rawlins Avenue were a small brick store block, two bowling alleys, the Marlborough Theatre, a movie theater (the Pastimes Building--MHC #208). and the GAR building. This building appears to have originally housed two stores at the first story, but by 1938 one of them had been divided in half. The westernmost store, today's #9 Mechanic Street, was occupied by a fish market for many years. The second floor originally housed a meeting hall. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES ] see continuation sheet Maps and Atlases: Sanboms from [ X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

15 Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Area(s) Community Marlborough Property Address Main Street district Form No(s). A 64, 80, 81, 86, 98, 99, 112, 113, 105, 106, 1.20,127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, ~)155, 173, 1.83,184, 1.85,192, 193, 194, 208, 209, 473, 504, 805, 900, 901, 902, 906, 911, 912 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [ ] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] Contributing to a potential historic district [] Potential historic district Criteria: [x] A [] B [x] C [] D Criteria Considerations: [] A [] B [] C [] D [] E [] F [] G Statement of Significance by F_o_r_b_es~/_S_ch_u_]_e_r _ The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. A potential National Register District, meeting Criteria A and C of the National Register, exists along Main Street from Exchange Street. to Bates Avenue, including short sections of the northern side streets. This district embodies and articulates the evolution of the community's commercial, municipal, and institutional history. The Town Common (1660) and the Old Common Cemetery (1706) are reminiscent of the beginning of this municipality. Most of the other properties in this district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and are reflective of the expanding population and the need for increased housing and space in schools, churches and municipal buildings. The business and bank blocks are also reminiscent of the economic growth of the late 1800s and early The buildings represent popular building styles from the Federal Period through the Revivals of the tum of the twentieth century. Contributing to such a district are the following properties: Thayer Tavern, Loring House, Union Common, Central Fire Station, City Hall, the second People's National Bank, Marlborough High School, the Baptist Church, the Old Common Cemetery, the McDonald and Campbell Houses, and the old Post Office (all eligible individually, as well;) and, eligible as part of a district: the Washington St. School, three monuments-the Soldiers' Monument, the Doughboy and the Volunteer, the John Brown Bell, three other churches and related buildings-the Union Congregational, Immaculate Conception and Sts. Anargyroi--the Immaculate Conception rectory, school, and convent, and several commercial buildings, including 121, , Main, both People's National Banks, the First National Bank, and the Marlborough Savings Bank, the Corey Building, the Addison and Middleton Blocks, the Rice Building, 7/9 Mechanic Street, and the White City Diner. A few residences on the associated side streets would also be eligible as part of this district, including 28, 36, 70 and 73 Bolton Street, 41 and 47 Mechanic, and Washington Street.

16 FORM B - BUILDING, ' Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston. Massachusetts 02] 16 Assessor's number USGS Quad I I I Marlborough I Arca(s) Form Number C [_155 _ Town Marlborough Place (neighborhood or village) _ West Vi1Iage Address 32 Mechanic Street 1 Historic Name Marlborough Savings Bank Uses: Present Assembly of God CbllTcb Original Banklcommerciallresidential Date of Construction Source maps; style Style/Form Colonial RevivaJ,lQueen Anne,. Architect/Builder unknown. Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory [orms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is 1101 sufficient here. Indicate north. {;;5 Foundation granite block WaIlffrim brick Roof not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ Done Major Alterations (With dates) Door replaced N and marqnee added; jron fire escape, N side' late 20th; 3rd story, roof balustrade, S. oriel bay window, SF corner tllrret and rounded hay removed: early 20th century. Condition fair/good Moved [ X] no [ ] yes Date N/A, Acreage Jess than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Setting At edge of downtown commercial Organization for Marlboro His! Comm Date 3/31/94 district, on corner lot Cbmcb to $; vacant Jot to N; fast-food restaurant opposite

17 BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. Utlhough the Marlborough Savings Bank building has undergone some radical alterations, including the removal of its entire top story and the loss of some of its lingering Queen Anne features, it is still a good example of an 1890's hybrid Colonial Revival/Queen Anne brick business block. It is a long two-story rectangular building with a flat roof. The foundation is granite block. The Mechanic and Witherbee Street facades are clad in a variegated orange-yellow brick veneer, while both the west end and north side are natural, unveneered red brick The southeast corner at the juncture of the two main facades, where a curved, turreted bay window once occupied the second and third floors, is a built on a slant, facing toward Monument Square. Classically-detailed pressed- or cast-metal cornices mark the transition between stories and the rootline on the west and south; a solid brick parapet finishes the upper edge. (Photos indicate that the original roof had an open balustrade with urn-topped posts.) Presently painted the same color as the metalwork are stone sills, lintels, and pilaster caps at the upper windows, and four narrow courses of stone at intervals between the bricks at first floor level on the Mechanic Street facade. The main entry, which was originally arched, and probably once held a double-leaf door with transom, has been replaced, and a deep metal marquee installed above it. Most of the molded and bracketed door surround, however, is still intact. The large plate glass first floor windows are divided horizontally 2/3 of the way up the glass. Below each window is a wide wooden panel embellished with a pair of X's. The upper windows are wide J-over-Lsash: a paired I-over-I appears in the corner bay. On the south side, two vertical brick panels fill the wall spaces between the windows of the first story. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain 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.,, r \, This building is one of several that were built in the center of Marlborough near the turn of the century for combined commercial and residential use. It was constructed between 1890 and 1895 as the new home of the Marlborough Savings Bank, which since 1868, along with the First National Bank, had occupied part of a small Greek Revival brick building just to the north on the northwest corner of Mechanic and Gay Streets (demolished). The First National Bank subsequently built a larger building on Main Street, and in 1907, the 1868 building was purchased by the Marlborough Society of Natural History. The Marlborough Savings Bank, the first bank in Marlborough, was incorporated in Its first office was in the home of its principal founder, Mark Fay, but it soon moved to the office of Boyd & Corey, where it was open one day a week. The original officers included: President, Samuel Boyd; Vice-president, Jabez Witherbee; Secretary, John Farwell; and Treasurer, Mark Fay. In January of 1864 Edmund C. Whitney, cashier of the First National Bank, became Treasurer, remaining until The bank occupied the first floor of this building. The basement housed commercial space (for many years a milliner was located there,) and the upper stories was divided into apartments. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES I ] see continuation sheet Bigelow, Ella. Historical Reminiscnces of the Early Times in Marlborough Maps and Atlases: Sanborns from Pictorial Marlborough Centennial '90: Marlborough the City Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Middlesex County, Mass [Xl Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked. a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

18 Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Community Marlborough Property Address 32 Mechanic Street Area(s) Form No(s). C 155 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [ ] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] Contributing to a potential historic district [] Potential historic district Criteria: [xl A l l B [xl C [] D Criteria Considerations: [] A [] B [] C [] D [] E I l F [] G Statement of Significance by _~F~o~rb~e~s~/_S~c~h~u~le~l_' _ The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. The Marlborough Savings Bank meets Criterion A of the National Register for its representation of the development of commercial/residential properties at the city center, and for its relationship to the local banking industry. In spite of substantial alterations with the removal of the third story, the property meets Criterion C for its retained scale and Colonial Revival design details. The property retains integrity of location, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.

19 FORM B - BUI\-DING Assessor's number Massachusetis Historical Commission I Boston. Massachusetts I Marlborough I I_C I 156 USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Town Marlborough Place (neighborhood or village) _ r \. k,, ; ~ Address West Village 57 Mechanic Street ue the 'hoio. gative here Historic Name Uses: Present Commercial Original Commercial Date of Construction c_a_18_7_0 _ Source Style/Form maps; style Italianate Architect/Builder J_lD_k_n_Q_WD _ sr. 1 ~\ Exterior Material: Foundation _n_o_t_v_is_i_b_le _ Wall/Trim wood clapboard (facade); vjnyl siding (sides) Roof Dot visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) _ Altered storefront wjth new door and windows; 1/1 replacement windows at 2nd and 3rd (20th C) Condition fair/good Moved [ X] no [ ] yes Date _N_I_A _ Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Setting In small late.19th early 20th.C com Jrganization for Marlboro HiS! Camm Date 3/31/Q4 r 4 mercial area; 1892 brick Frye Building opposite

20 BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. #57 Mechanic Street is one of few examples left in Marlborough of what was once a common type of building here-vthe wood-frame, flat-roofed, three-story Italianate commercial block with store front at the first story and living- or lodging space above. It is almost identical in proportion and detail to the Childs (Marlborough) Bakery building that stood nearby just around the northwest corner of Mechanic and Lincoln Streets. The high "false-front" facade is four bays wide above the first floor, with double-hung replacement windows (formerly 2-over-2-sash), with heavy, molded and bracketed window canopies that are typical of the Italianate period. Also typical is the high, projecting cornice with a shallow gable in the center, paired brackets, and a paneled frieze. The cornerboards are also paneled. One 2-over-2-sash display window remains at the south corner of the facade.,] HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the rolets) the owners/occupants played within the community. Apparently standing by 1871, this building appears to have been erected on part of the lot then belonging to members of the Albee family, who ran a combination of commercial entreprises on it. The old Albee house (see Form #70) at the corner of Central Street had by that time acquired oneand story additions for the grocery and furniture store of Charles Albee and Charles Nourse along its north side, and Milton Albee had been operating his photo studio in a house just soutb on Central Street for some time. At the back of the combined lot, between this building and the photography studio, were several wagon sheds. Charles Albee was also an auctioneer, and may have had an auction room in this building for a while. The building apparently changed hands more than once before 1900, and had a series of occupants. The store on the first floor of this building for many years boused the paint and wallpaper business of James McAuslan, who also lived here. The second and third floor housed a hotel, the Melrose HoteL In about 1900 the Oxford House restaurant, located here. which still exists after many changes of location, was BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES { ] see continuation sheet Maps and Atlases: 1871?; 1875; 1889; Sanborns from Marlborough Directories. Marlborough Historical Society: Moineau Photo Collection. [Xl Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

21 Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts Community Marlborough Property Address 57.Mechanic Street Area(s) Form No(s). C 15_6 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [ ] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [xl Contributing to a potential historic district [] Potential historic district Criteria: [xl A [J B [xj C [] D Criteria Considerations: [] A [] B [] C [] D [] E [] F [J G Statement of Significance by F_o_r_b_e_s ~/_S~c_hu_l_e_r The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. _ The commercial building at 57 Mechanic Street is eligible for the National Register as part of a district meeting Criteria A and C of the National Register. The property is representative of the development of commercial properties with storefront on the first story and residential space above. The building is the last survivor of the many wood frame, three-story Italianate commercial blocks in Marlborough. The property retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.

22 FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, Massachusetts I I I Marlborough I c 157 Town Marlborollob ~, Place (neighborhood or village) _ West Village Address 153 Mechanic Street Historic Name Howe/Arnold HOllse Uses: Present DwelIjn:: Original Dwelljng Date of Construction ca 18] ~;Source Maps; style; Bigelow ;,~. ~~( ':,~;.;;Style!Form Federal,~'i '\'Architect/Builder l... m.. k.. n... o...w.... uu..- _ Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. ss: ~:;;o-2 ~\) 0. ~\5'1 O~ o '0 ~\...~,::>-f. \). vo '* \J~v.~.';;..? 1?r ~ I N Foundation granite; brick at rear Wall/Trim synthetic siding Roof asphalt shingle Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) most windows removed 1993 Ca 1900 side porch and vestibule on S : similar porch removed ad N Most trim removed or covered, late-20th C. Condition deteriorated (fire damage) Moved [X] no [ ] yes Date _... N.... I""'-A~ Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Setting Early 20th-C stone retajnjn~ wall at Organization for Marlboro Hist Comm front" larcre beech tree at N [0 mjxed 19th-. e Date In]/9J crnt1lij! re<::.irlf'tltial Dfj~hborb()od

23 BUILDING FORM ARCHITEcrURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. In spite of alteratiions over the years, and the devastating fire damage that occurred here in 1993, #153 Mechanic Street still retains the characteristics of a typical vernacular farmhouse of the federal period. Given the extensive alterations to the Rice House across the street at # (see Form #71), it remains the only true representative of the federal style in this section of the West Village. It is a 2- l/2-story, five-bay, one-room-deep house with a pair of rear chimneys, and two two-story wings, one extending east from each rear corner. Most of the architectural trim has been lost or covered with synthetic siding, but evidence of a boxed, molded cornice at the roofline remains. The center entry, now boarded over, has a shallow, projecting lobby entrance. / ) HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the rolets) the owners/occupants played within the community. According to Ella Bigelow, #153 Mechanic Street is the second house on this site. As late as 1815, the late-eighteenth-century home of Zachariah Maynard stood here. He was the major benefactor who, upon his death in 1775, left the town $1,700 to benefit "the industrious pool" The fund was always known as the "Zachary," or "Zachariah Fund", and the house was affectionately called the "Zachary" or "Zachariah" House. The roof blew off the building in the hurricane of It is not entirely clear whether the house was repaired, or if it was subsequently torn down and this house built shortly afterward, as its form, proportions, and style would imply. 1 / By the 1830's all the property southeast of the intersection of Mechanic and Elm Street belonged to the Howe family, whose large homestead stood a short distance to the north, at what until at least the late 1850's was the end of Mechanic Street. C. Howe is shown as the owner of this house in 1830, "E. Howell in 1835, and in 1853 and 1857, both this property and the Howe farmstead were the property of the estate of John Howe. Sometime in the third quarter of the nineteenth century the land on the east side of the intersection was acquired by members of the Arnold family. Anna Howe, daughter of Charles, married William J. Arnold, and they lived at, and probably built, #159 Mechanic Street. #153 became the home of Loren (Lorren) Arnold, who had lived for a time in Southborough before coming here. Loren Arnold was a butcher, and ran a slaughterhouse, possibly in conjunction with William J., on the land behind the two houses for many years. Late in life he also had a grain and flour business on the property. Loren Arnold married first Morgiana Sawyer, and later Clara Hastings. Both Loren and Morgiana's daughters married shoe manufacturers--cora married Charles W. Curtis, and India married Louis P. Howe. The magnificent beech tree in the side yard here may be related to those at India and Louis's house at 235 Pleasant Street. (See Form#122.) BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [] see continuation sheet Bigelow, Ella. Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough Maps and Atlases: Wood, 1830; Hudson, 1835; Walling: 1853, 1857, 1871; Beers: 1875; Bailey & Hazen: 1878; Walker: 1889; Sanborns. Marlborough Directories. Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement [orm is attached.