Inventory No: Historic Name: HRV.13 Blanchard, William House Common Name: Address: 16 Ayer Rd City/Town: Village/Neighborhood: Local No: Harvard Harvard Center 17D-08; 50; E10 Year Constructed: Architect(s): Architectural Style(s): Use(s): Significance: Area(s): Designation(s): Victorian Eclectic Single Family Dwelling House Architecture HRV.A: Harvard Common Historic District HRV.O: Harvard Center Historic District Local Historic District (3/27/1975); Nat'l Register District (9/22/1997) The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5. Users of this digital material acknowledge that they have read and understood the MACRIS Information and Disclaimer (http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm) Data available via the MACRIS web interface, and associated scanned files are for information purposes only. THE ACT OF CHECKING THIS DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED SCANNED FILES DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER AND/OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, LICENSE OR FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY YOU MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc) under the subject heading "MHC Forms." Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Friday, February 08, 2013 at 11:32 PM
FORM B - BUILDING assessor's 17D-08 usgs quad Ayer area Common Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston MA 02116 Town Place form # 13 Harvard Common Address 16 Ayer Road Historic Name: Blanchard House Use Present residence Original residence Date of construction: 1895 Source reverse Style Victorian Eclectic Form end house plus Sketch Map Architect Exterior N/A Material: Wall/Trim wood M A Roof Foundation asphalt brick Outbuildings barn See rear of form for more detailed description Alterations modest See rear of form for more detailed description. Condition good Recorded by: Claire W. Dempsey Organization: Harvard Historical Date: May 1993 COT " 1SS1 RECEIVED 'JUL 15 1993 Moved no Acreage.18 acres Setting village See rear of form for detailed description K 3S. HIST. COMM.
< - BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION The Blanchard House is located on a small village lot, #16 on the busy artery of Ayer Road. The house has a small, level front yard while the lot slopes off to the rear. It is one of several houses constructed around the Common in the closing years of the 19th century. The house takes the familiar end house form in the two-and-a-half story size, with a projecting bay on the left lateral wall. On the first floor of the facade, the entry is located in bay one, with a polygonal bay window occupying the remainder of the facade; above in the second story and in the tympanum, paired windows are centered. A turned-spindle, hip-roofed porch covers the front entry and another runs along the right lateral wall. Little other ornament is found on the clapboarded building, except for the cornice that runs across the facade. Attached to the house at the right rear is a two-and-a-half story carriage house, with a wide door on the right of the first floor, a single window above i t on the second floor, and a small centered window in the tympanum above. The building appears to have had few alterations to its exterior since its construction in 1895. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE The lot now occupied by the Blanchard House was apparently vacant until this house was constructed for Mr. and Mrs. William Blanchard. Blanchard was a short-term owner of a privilege in the mill district, and is believed to have died before moving into the house. His widow owned the house until 1910 by his widow Diantha Bigelow. Subsequent owners include Susan Davis, Anthony Roche (1936), Weston M. Jenks (1952), Albert S. and Marion Crowninshield, and Dillard (1927). REFERENCES Nourse, History of Harvard, 1894. Essays on Common Area by Sawyer (1952) and Hersey (1936). Notes of Scourgie, HHS. Holman Map of 1831. Beers Atlas of 1870. Richardson Atlas of 1898. _x_ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. See NR Criteria Statement form for the Harvard Common Area.
HW3 Town Han,rc* Street address Ayer ltd' Tht Co Name Mrs IV Blanrhap^ Use: original & present Mown g Present owner Open to public ) l C Date tf9f Style, /'f^c L a*i^rx^r Source of date Architect OR part of Area # 3l CONDITION Excellent Good Fair Deteriorated Moved Altered Added, 4. DESCRIPTION OUNDATION/BASEMENT: High Regular Low Material $tjjjt WALL COVER: Wood gjtja J3»«.rd Brick Stone Other. ROOF: (Ridge)Gambrel Flat Hip Mansard. Tower Cupola Dormer windows Balustrade Grillwork. CHIMNEYS: 1 (g) 3 4 (Cente?; End Interior Irregular Cluster Elaborate STORIES: 1 2 {T, 4 ATTACHMENTS: Wings Ell Shed PORCHES: (?. 2 3 4 PORTICO Ralr-nny FACADE: Gable end: Front/side Ornament Entrance: ^ide 1 F^ro^r: Center/Side Details: Windows: Spacing: Regular/Irregular Identical/Varied Corners: Plain Pilasters Quoins Cornerboards 5=, Indicate location of building in relation tonearest cross streets and other buildings 6. Footage of structure from street. Property has / - i feet frontage on street Recorder For Photo #_2^jjl2- Tata jjj/<j SEE REVERSE SIB
RELATION OF SURROUNDING RUCTURE Vt'M.O 1". Outbuildings., \ Landscape Features: Agriculture Open Wooded Garden: Formal/Informal Predominant features Landscape architect 3 Neighboring Structures Style: Colonial Federal Greek Revival Gothic Revival Italian Villa Lombard Rom. Venetian Gothic Mansard Richardsonian Modern Use: Residential Commercial Religious Conditions: Excellent Good Fair Deteriorated GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE OF SITE (Refer and elaborate on theme circled on front of form) BIBLIOGRAPHY AND/OR REFERENCE RESTRICTIONS. Original Owner: Deed Information: Book Number Page, Registry of Deeds Form B. 10M-11-69-045 654
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town Property Address / y Ayt^ Aft Area(s) Form No. A a /3