DOCSLIB.ORG

Ihmi^^Rawm^Miw^Ii^^^^^^^ TITLE of SURVEY: "' - I -'• .'' ,! • •'-' •••'•'

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Ihmi^^Rawm^Miw^Ii^^^^^^^ TITLE of SURVEY: I Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE New Hampshire COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Rockingham INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FQR-.NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATei?^!^ hi ( 1976 (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) '. -•----•.--.--- - .---:..:, ..-.._-..-: ,..-.-:. J..-. (iiiiiiiiiii^^ COMMON :^~-^. •...-..... • , j ." '••••• •-••-•• -\ ••'*.•••:. ^ •;. #t The^ Oilman "Garrison" House" ^ - w , -•<. .-v;. \ AND/ OR HISTORIC: ,. .. .:..._.... - -'-. '^\ \ ''- ; f / ."^ /^- , The Oilman "Garrisbn" House, ' ill ^^;:l||fili?f;lli;;|||&:l:p^>^ STREET ANDNUMBER: .. • . 12 Water Sftree"t; : ,.. i: -:--ir' -"••'•'•' L^'l- "'•.'.•'•>' lr-----.I'iv>rV/-Uj./l. CITY OR TOWN: . '.."'""' CON GRESSIONAL DISTRICT: .; ::. ..,.'—*-; Exeter' ; •• " • '- : '^: ;;••'- •'•••'•; ••'•' :^/-'.--;\- -"•-•.- :-i .-i ••.-• .- ?.-M\-.-. "^.'/'i ! •!Q,M,-I » /rr,-/ N'TYf- ' ' y-^V^ ; -'•'-' '!'-.'-"-- (-CODE STATE "• . .;.-;,- ,"• ' .'- .'->,",-.".' • :.CODE. CO-U .New Hampshire .. _; ;, . 33 Rockinffham VV.-r-l. ^-\\ 015 tiiliiAssfFiciA^fQN^^ fiififffffi^ •-.,-• CATEGORY--.; .. : .,., , OWNERSHIP ^ - STATUS ACCESSIBLE •z. .. (Check One) • ; v ": ' - TO THE PUBLIC Q : District '(X' Building • • CD' Public. , Public Acquisition: . JC] Occupied Yes: o n Site - • .Q Structure' ® Private" '-., Q In Process. "; Q ' Unoccupied ".. ' ^' Restricted ,0 Object ,.-,--.":. ' D- Both. , ". D,. Being Considered . \ B Preservailon work Derestricted " ' • ' • .... " " • ' *| —— I Kl ' ••.-'.'• . • '• • -.-'•'.-• '•••••. - , r •. : .. • • in progress '. ' — ' ™°' • u PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ". " f. ' ' ,"'"-.'' . : • Z> U Agricultural ' | 1 Government J • -[• | Pdrk • ; n Transportation « , HD Comments! - -, (X [~1 Commercial CD Industrial j2C| Private Residence :'""•.-• ' f~J Other (SbecitvY i'; , •' .-•"•' -.' — -••' . .-••-- • • — H CD Educational Q 'Military- • •' Q Religicus ; - [~1 Entertainment . ' [X Museum •' ' Q Scientific • .•'.:'•••••-.-•••• • ' : -•.--. •^ ^j£ilt$tiE^^ OWNER'S NAME: " .... >-.._• -•,...:•-•-. .'' ."..;. .' .;. ' "-. ' {: • New STATE' The Society .for the Preservation of New Enerland Antiquities Hampshire UJ STREET AND NUMBER: '_ . , , , ; j UJ 1^1 Cambridge Street " ; . : :~ r CITY OR TOWN: . ... ...... , ... _. t/> f STATE: .:•. , > J] .,.. ' CODF Boston : ,r " T V , "' -.".: 1 \'./' fl;1 /v :;-:- '': ^Massachusetts Q25 'm±:y^^f-:Wmtf::-:^ COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: -.'-.... i •• •'• • - . ' ' • ; TY:COUN Rockingham County Registry of Deeds'. C ounty G oiirt.h oi|a e Rockingham STREET AND NUMBER: . ' '' ' '. .. .;. Hampton Road x /: - - ;;• * .' ' ,":''." • • • - - - " ,. CITY OR TOWN: ' " " ' ' ' - ; •' ' : -•'.:. .'- STATE .- ' .-.;. : -. •• i CODE New, Hampshire - . Exeter ;; " "- ' -•• • •-.-.- .•: '• . ; -: ,- •;. h . :)<- - -:.-. : ; 03883 ... 33 ^ iHMi^^rawM^Miw^ii^^^^^^^ TITLE OF SURVEY: "' - i -'• .'' ,! • •'-' •••'•' . '"' • •":' ' • _ : ENTR See Continuation Sheet 1 " r Tl 0 DATE OF SURVEY^: ' 5 • • Q Fede'rb'l j T]: State :'. lC3 County ' •• Q, Local- •- NUMBERV DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: •...:,•;. r •'-'.}.. O • ') ' r.i .C •'"'.' -oZ t/» c STREET AND NUMBER: -' • • - ; . '• .:'-'•'•'• ; i . '" " • r -- - ' .. - •. .... m --;. -./:: -• ..--;••• ;. V..-/' • ' •:• ;• ; - ._ ^ .,,' • ' --.. , , -. •z.0 CITY OR TOWN: » -'- -.•'.'•.; .'..• . ' ' '. ' _; T " • '•. */ -: _.-_ . -; STATE: ' - '. , ... C ODE 1————————————————— r DATE '. •'. -• f- /:'.:;:•-.:.=. .. (Check One) Excellent [jfl Good Q Foir Q Deteriorated Q Ruins Q Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) Altered Q Unaltered Moved KJ Original Site DESCRIBEPresent THE PRESENT Physical AND ORIGINAL Appearance> (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCEExeter's Gilman "Garrison" House, located on a 3/10 acre lot on the corner of the busy intersection of Water, Franklin, and Clifford Streets near the Exeter River, is in a neighborhood consisting primarily of one- to three-story commercial buildings, some restored; Its lot is bounded on the east by Clifford.Street, on the north by Water Street, on the south by a fence, and on the west by a line approximately fifteen feet to the v/est of the house's west elevation, the latter bound separating the Gilman "Garrison" House from a two-story Greek Revival period house owned by The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA), as is the "Garrison" House itself, The two-story Gilman "Garrison" House is "T" shaped, the stem of the T being its earliest section, a rectangular "garri­ son" with an east-west medium gable roof running parallel to Water Street, and with its gabeled east end bounding on Clifford t/1 Street. The top of the T is composed of two wings. The north m v/ing has a north-south medium gable roof running at right angles rn to Water Street, whose north end bounding on Water Street is hipped, and whose south end intersects the"garrison"'s roof and ends in a plane coincident with the "garrison"*s south, back elevation. The southern v/ing has a gable roof of the same ori­ entation as, and connecting with the northern v/ing. Together the two v/ings are five bays long. A one-story, two-bay addition, attached offset left to the north v/ing f s v/est elevation has a shallow hip roof; another two-story porch extension offset left on the south v/ing f s back n elevation has a lean-to roof at right angles to the v/ing f s gable roof. H The whole--- house is clapboarded and painted red except the south elevation of the "garrison" section, where the clapboards are unpainted. The roofs are covered with asphalt shingles. The foundation of the house is both granite and fieldstone, with the exception of the"garrison"*s east end, which has a high brick elevation. Two interior brick chimneys are located on the "garrison" f s roof ridge, offset right and offset left. A third brick interior chimney is located on the north wing's gable ridge. All three chimneys have two projecting courses near the top and a fourth brick chimney at the south v/ing's south end has an arched cap. The five-bay "garrison" facade faces northerly toward Water Street and is separated from it by a small foreyard enclosed by a red wooden fence on a cut-stone foundation. The central unpainted wooden door has six raised and beveled panels, is framed with plain wooden surrounds, and its architrave consists of a five-pane recessed transom panel and Tuscan pilasters with no embrasure. Other entrances are located on the north wing's east wall* opening into the foreyard, and offset left on the west wall of the west wing addition, as well as on the south wing's east elevation, offset"left. See Continuation Sheet 2 ERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) |~~) Pre-Columbian 1 I I 16th Century 20th Century D 15th Century XJ 17th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) C • l70X) ,C.1772 REAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) [~| Urban.Planning Abor iginol I | Education 29 Political I | Prehistoric Q Engineering G Religion/Phi- n Other (Specify) O Historic "CD Industry losophy [ | Agriculture PC] Invention Q; Science [X] Architecture I| Landscape ( | Sculpture D Art Architecture [~~| Social/Human­ |X] Commerce |~| Literature itarian (~l Communications Q Military Q Theater ( | Conservation Music [~l Transportation TATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Architecture t The Oilman "Garrison" House is primarily important in the IS* area of architecture, -where its significance'^it least on a Z state level. Architectural and documentary evidence indicates o the earliest section of the Oilman "Garrison" House, the h- "garrison" section, was constructed in the late seventeenth- u to early eighteenth-century. It is one of a handful of log "buildings standing in New England and it is the largest domestic log structure of the period; as such it is a major example of the log building in the Piscataqua region of Maine and New 2 ... Hampshire. It is especially interesting as a technological document since the house contains the two major techniques of LU log construction! the logs are slotted into the corner beams LU uo of the first story while dovetails join the corners at the second story. J3 The two-story northwest wing was made to the "garrison" circa 1772, and contains panelled walls, window seats, bolecticn mouldings around the doors, as well as cabled and stop-fluted pilasters at the fireplace and a full classical entablature, and thus it is representative of eighteenth-century academic h, architecture in Exeter. Ebenzer Clifford, Esq., master carpenter, architect, legis­ lator, inventor, and owner of the Gilman "Garrison" House from 1793 until his death in 1821, is an important figure in New Hampshire's architectural history.-^ Among his other efforts, |he participated with Bradbury Johnson in the design of the See Continuation Sheet 4 Bell, Charles. H.. History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire. Exeter: the author, 1888. Candee, Richard M. Early Vernacular Architecture of Maine and New Hampshire. Ph.D. 1bhesis, University of Pennsyl- vanist in preparation. :, Dudley, W. P.. "The Garrison Iiouse, Exeter t New Hampshire," Antiques, (August, I960) , 1',51-133. See Continuation Sheet 8 BillM{*&eHieAii&^ LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGIT-JDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 3 DEFINING THt (_t«TS.R POIN 1 OF A PROPERTY D OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES K ————— CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW ° ° NE ° ° *J-2 °
Load more

Recommended publications
  • H. H. Richardson's House for Reverend Browne, Rediscovered
    H. H. Richardson’s House for Reverend Browne, Rediscovered mark wright Wright & Robinson Architects Glen Ridge, New Jersey n 1882 Henry Hobson Richardson completed a mod- flowering, brief maturity, and dissemination as a new Amer- est shingled cottage in the town of Marion, overlook- ican vernacular. To abbreviate Scully’s formulation, the Iing Sippican Harbor on the southern coast of Shingle Style was a fusion of imported strains of the Eng- Massachusetts (Figure 1). Even though he had only seen it lish Queen Anne and Old English movements with a con- in a sadly diminished, altered state and shrouded in vines, in current revival of interest in the seventeenth-century 1936 historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock would neverthe- colonial building tradition in wood shingles, a tradition that less proclaim, on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art survived at that time in humble construction up and down (MoMA) in New York, that the structure was “perhaps the the New England seaboard. The Queen Anne and Old most successful house ever inspired by the Colonial vernac- English were both characterized by picturesque massing, ular.”1 The alterations made shortly after the death of its the elision of the distinction between roof and wall through first owner in 1901 obscured the exceptional qualities that the use of terra-cotta “Kent tile” shingles on both, the lib- marked the house as one of Richardson’s most thoughtful eral use of glass, and dynamic planning that engaged func- works; they also caused it to be misunderstood—in some tionally complex houses with their landscapes.
    [Show full text]
  • E. Heritage Health Index Participants
    The Heritage Health Index Report E1 Appendix E—Heritage Health Index Participants* Alabama Morgan County Alabama Archives Air University Library National Voting Rights Museum Alabama Department of Archives and History Natural History Collections, University of South Alabama Supreme Court and State Law Library Alabama Alabama’s Constitution Village North Alabama Railroad Museum Aliceville Museum Inc. Palisades Park American Truck Historical Society Pelham Public Library Archaeological Resource Laboratory, Jacksonville Pond Spring–General Joseph Wheeler House State University Ruffner Mountain Nature Center Archaeology Laboratory, Auburn University Mont- South University Library gomery State Black Archives Research Center and Athens State University Library Museum Autauga-Prattville Public Library Troy State University Library Bay Minette Public Library Birmingham Botanical Society, Inc. Alaska Birmingham Public Library Alaska Division of Archives Bridgeport Public Library Alaska Historical Society Carrollton Public Library Alaska Native Language Center Center for Archaeological Studies, University of Alaska State Council on the Arts South Alabama Alaska State Museums Dauphin Island Sea Lab Estuarium Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository Depot Museum, Inc. Anchorage Museum of History and Art Dismals Canyon Bethel Broadcasting, Inc. Earle A. Rainwater Memorial Library Copper Valley Historical Society Elton B. Stephens Library Elmendorf Air Force Base Museum Fendall Hall Herbarium, U.S. Department of Agriculture For- Freeman Cabin/Blountsville Historical Society est Service, Alaska Region Gaineswood Mansion Herbarium, University of Alaska Fairbanks Hale County Public Library Herbarium, University of Alaska Juneau Herbarium, Troy State University Historical Collections, Alaska State Library Herbarium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Hoonah Cultural Center Historical Collections, Lister Hill Library of Katmai National Park and Preserve Health Sciences Kenai Peninsula College Library Huntington Botanical Garden Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park J.
    [Show full text]
  • HHI Front Matter
    A PUBLIC TRUST AT RISK: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections HHIHeritage Health Index a partnership between Heritage Preservation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services ©2005 Heritage Preservation, Inc. Heritage Preservation 1012 14th St. Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 202-233-0800 fax 202-233-0807 www.heritagepreservation.org [email protected] Heritage Preservation receives funding from the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. However, the content and opinions included in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior. Table of Contents Introduction and Acknowledgements . i Executive Summary . 1 1. Heritage Health Index Development . 3 2. Methodology . 11 3. Characteristics of Collecting Institutions in the United States. 23 4. Condition of Collections. 27 5. Collections Environment . 51 6. Collections Storage . 57 7. Emergency Plannning and Security . 61 8. Preservation Staffing and Activitives . 67 9. Preservation Expenditures and Funding . 73 10. Intellectual Control and Assessment . 79 Appendices: A. Institutional Advisory Committee Members . A1 B. Working Group Members . B1 C. Heritage Preservation Board Members. C1 D. Sources Consulted in Identifying the Heritage Health Index Study Population. D1 E. Heritage Health Index Participants. E1 F. Heritage Health Index Survey Instrument, Instructions, and Frequently Asked Questions . F1 G. Selected Bibliography of Sources Consulted in Planning the Heritage Health Index. G1 H. N Values for Data Shown in Report Figures . H1 The Heritage Health Index Report i Introduction and Acknowledgements At this time a year ago, staff members of thou- Mary Chute, Schroeder Cherry, Mary Estelle sands of museums, libraries, and archives nation- Kenelly, Joyce Ray, Mamie Bittner, Eileen wide were breathing a sigh of relief as they fin- Maxwell, Christine Henry, and Elizabeth Lyons.
    [Show full text]
  • Supplement to the History and Social Science Curriculum Framework
    Resources for History and Social Science Draft Supplement to the 2018 Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education May 15, 2018 Copyediting incomplete This document was prepared by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Members Mr. Paul Sagan, Chair, Cambridge Mr. Michael Moriarty, Holyoke Mr. James Morton, Vice Chair, Boston Mr. James Peyser, Secretary of Education, Milton Ms. Katherine Craven, Brookline Ms. Mary Ann Stewart, Lexington Dr. Edward Doherty, Hyde Park Dr. Martin West, Newton Ms. Amanda Fernandez, Belmont Ms. Hannah Trimarchi, Chair, Student Advisory Ms. Margaret McKenna, Boston Council, Marblehead Jeffrey C. Riley, Commissioner and Secretary to the Board The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, an affirmative action employer, is committed to ensuring that all of its programs and facilities are accessible to all members of the public. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. Inquiries regarding the Department’s compliance with Title IX and other civil rights laws may be directed to the Human Resources Director, 75 Pleasant St., Malden, MA, 02148, 781-338-6105. © 2018 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Permission is hereby granted to copy any or all parts of this document for non-commercial educational purposes. Please credit the “Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.” Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 75 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148-4906 Phone 781-338-3000 TTY: N.E.T. Relay 800-439-2370 www.doe.mass.edu Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 75 Pleasant Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-4906 Telephone: (781) 338-3000 TTY: N.E.T.
    [Show full text]
  • National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
    NPS Form 10-900 0MB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) RECEIVED United States Department of the Interior ce: National Park Service National Register of Historic Places NATIONAL Registration Form REGISTER This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1 . Name of Property historic name GTLMAN r MAJOR JOHN, HOUSE other names/site number ODTORNE, DEACON THOMAS 2. Location street & number 2S CASS STREET N/A LJ not for publication city, town EXETER N/A l_Jvicinity State NKW HAMPSHTRE code NH county ROCKINGHAM code NH015 zip code 03833 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property private [~xl building(s) Contributing Noncontributing public-local I I district 3 0 buildings public-State EH site 0 0 sites I I public-Federal I I structure 0 structures I I object 0 objects 0 Total Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously N/A____________________ listed in the National Register _Q_____ 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination LJ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
    [Show full text]
  • Connection Cover.QK
    Also Inside: CONNECTION Index of Authors, 1986-1998 CONNECTION NEW ENGLAND’S JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VOLUME XIII, NUMBER 3 FALL 1998 $2.50 N EW E NGLAND W ORKS Volume XIII, No. 3 CONNECTION Fall 1998 NEW ENGLAND’S JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COVER STORIES 15 Reinventing New England’s Response to Workforce Challenges Cathy E. Minehan 18 Where Everyone Reads … and Everyone Counts Stanley Z. Koplik 21 Equity for Student Borrowers Jane Sjogren 23 On the Beat A Former Higher Education Reporter Reflects on Coverage COMMENTARY Jon Marcus 24 Elevating the Higher Education Beat 31 Treasure Troves John O. Harney New England Museums Exhibit Collection of Pressures 26 Press Pass Alan R. Earls Boston News Organizations Ignore Higher Education Soterios C. Zoulas 37 Moments of Meaning Religious Pluralism, Spirituality 28 Technical Foul and Higher Education The Growing Communication Gap Between Specialists Victor H. Kazanjian Jr. and the Rest of Us Kristin R. Woolever 40 New England: State of Mind or Going Concern? Nate Bowditch DEPARTMENTS 43 We Must Represent! A Call to Change Society 5 Editor’s Memo from the Inside John O. Harney Walter Lech 6 Short Courses Books 46 Letters Reinventing Region I: The State of New England’s 10 Environment by Melvin H. Bernstein Sven Groennings, 1934-1998 And Away we Go: Campus Visits by Susan W. Martin 11 Melvin H. Bernstein Down and Out in the Berkshires by Alan R. Earls 12 Data Connection 14 Directly Speaking 52 CONNECTION Index of Authors, John C. Hoy 1986-1998 50 Campus: News Briefly Noted CONNECTION/FALL 1998 3 EDITOR’S MEMO CONNECTION Washington State University grad with a cannon for an arm is not exactly the kind NEW ENGLAND’S JOURNAL ONNECTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT of skilled worker C has obsessed about during its decade-plus of exploring A the New England higher education-economic development nexus.
    [Show full text]
  • Documenting the Interior of Codman House: the Last Two Generations
    Documenting the Interior of Codman House: The Last Two Generations RICHARD C.NYLANDER he interiors of the Codman House Ogden Codman, Sr. and his wife Sarah present today’s visitor with the ap- Bradlee Codman purchased the house in T pearance of an ancestral home. The Lincoln apparently with the intention of accumulation of family furniture, paint- using it as a year-round residence.’ Since ings, and decorative objects dating from the househad changedlittle since the death the early eighteenth century to the present, of John Codman III in 1803, Sturgis combined with obvious changes in ar- was hired to make certain architectural chitectural styles, create the image of a changes, as well as to introduce new heat- house continuously lived in by several gen- ing and plumbing systems. Furnishing the erations of one family. However, the pres- rooms presented another challenge. A ent character of the interior did not evolve quantity of new furniture was required, as in this manner so typical of many housesin the Codmans had lived with her parents, New England. It was created primarily by the Josiah Bradlees at 34 Beacon Street, two men-both named Ogden Codman- Boston, since their marriage in 1861, and members of the last two generations of the their “new” old house was empty when family to occupy the house. they bought it. When Ogden Codman, Sr. (1839-1904) Sarah Bradlee Codman’s diary mentions purchasedhis grandfather’s house in 1862, that her husband and Sturgis took many he soughtthe assistanceof an architect and trips to Lincoln from Boston in October a decorator to remodel and furnish the 1862.
    [Show full text]
  • The Codman Estate-“The Grange”: a Landscape Chronicle ALANEMIMET
    The Codman Estate-“The Grange”: A Landscape Chronicle ALANEMIMET efore the Revolution, the sixteen list of his library reveals a person of broad acres which comprise SPNEA’s culture. IO addition to many books on law, B Codman property in Lincoln, Mas- history, and religion, Russell read Ovid, sachusetts were only a tiny fraction of a Pope, Bacon’s New Atlantis, Miltons’ seven hundred acre estate, albeit the esseo- Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, tial fraction. since they held the house and John Gay’s Rural Sports, and practical barns. The estate was assembledsoon after volumes on husbandry by William Ellis and 1700by Charles Chambers of Charlestown, Edward Lisle.2 Chambers Russell was a Massachusetts,a merchant, legislator, and lawyer, legislator, and a judge, but not a judge who had amassed a fortune in the merchant as were his grandfather, father, West Indies trade. Although the config- and brothers. He was as noted for his ioteg- uration of the property changed over rity as for his hospitality and generosity. the years, the major part of this great Chambers Russell, a founding father of farm remained in the Chambers-Russell- Lincoln in 1754, bestowedon the new town Codmao family for more than two ceo- the name of his grandfather Chambers’s turies, with the exception of one fifty-year birthplace in England. interval, until SPNEA acquired it in 1%9. After Chambers Russell died in 1767, the The history of this landscape can be or- estate was administered by his executors ganized accordingto the successionof fam- during the disruptive years of the Revolu- ily members who had the greatest impact tionary War, and by 1790, belonged to 00 it.
    [Show full text]
  • Pc-NEH Project Article-Web Version
    Analysis of 1990s Climate Control At Historic New England Analysis of 1990s Environmental Control at Historic New England Historic New England, the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional preservation organization in the country, was formed in 1910 by William Summer Appleton under the name the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA). Historic New England today offers a wide variety of ways to experience the lives and stories of New Englanders including 36 historic properties, traveling exhibitions of New England treasures, comprehensive archives, exceptional educational programs and events and a tradition of stewardship and partnership with private owners of historic properties. The historic house collection, spanning in age from 1664 to 1938, includes 14 National Historic Landmarks and 19 properties listed either on the National Register of Historic Places or as a contributing structure to a National Register historic district. The 36 sites include over 140 buildings, 1200 acres, and 40,000 objects. The integration of landscapes, buildings and collections allows visitors to experience in a real and personal way the lives and stories of the individuals and families who made New England what it is today. In 1993, responding to increased concerns about the care of its collections and buildings, Historic New England, embarked on a multi-year project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to improve environmental conditions at eight of its most important properties. Recognizing that controlling relative humidity was the greatest need, Historic New England implemented a plan in four-phases to: monitor and identify sources of moisture; eliminate those sources of moisture infiltration; update existing heating systems to humidity-sensitive systems; and install modern controls for these systems.
    [Show full text]
  • The Past Decade
    The Past Decade By ABBOTT LOWELL CUMMINGS, Director HERE seems no more fitting isfaction, nevertheless, that the amount way to honor our retiring Direc- has virtually doubled within the past T tor than review events of the past decade. ten years. The story of the past decade for Equally important, though far less our Society is the story of unprecedented substantial gains have been made in both growth-slow and steady in some areas, the Museum and Library funds. In his explosive in others-but growth never- annual report for the year 1960 the then theless in the most challenging and awe- Librarian lamented that that department some sense of the word. As we meet to- of the Society’s operation with its impor- day to celebrate this sixtieth anniversary it tant collections of books, photographs, may truly be said that in many individual photographic negatives and other ephem- respects the gains of the past ten years era, had never been able to count on any have doubled or even quadrupled the per- regular income whatsoever, relying in- formances reported in those same areas stead upon the unpredictable financial within the entire first fifty years of the support of current gifts. At the close of Society’s existence. We have heard often that annual meeting in 1960 a generous and inelegantly that the army travels on friend of the Society came forward and its belly, and so we should begin, perhaps, wrote a check upon the spot in the with the parallel thought that charitable amount of $3,000 for the purpose of be- institutions must cover their ground on ginning an endowment fund for the Li- endowment income, though hopefully brary.
    [Show full text]
  • Recommendations of the Governance Task Force
    __________________________________________________Small Site, Big Reward? “Successfully” Managing Functions with a Staff of One Craig Tuminaro Director of Guest Experience Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA Before I Start… You Me My role at the time… Jackson House, c. 1664 Rundlet-May House, 1807 Portsmouth, NH Portsmouth, NH Gov. John Langdon House, 1784 Portsmouth, NH Gilman Garrison House, 1709 Barrett House, c. 1800 Exeter, NH New Ipswich, NH Sarah Orne Jewett House, 1774 South Berwick, ME Hamilton House, c. 1785 Sayward-Wheeler House, 1718 South Berwick, ME York Harbor, ME Nickels-Sortwell House, 1807 Wiscasset, ME Marrett House, 1789 Castle Tucker, 1807 Standish, ME Wiscasset, ME The Governor John Langdon House, 1784 John Langdon Colonial Revival Addition, c. 1905 Colonial Revival Landscape The Basics for Site Rentals at the Langdon House Limits imposed by the City of Portsmouth 2012– 6 tented functions, 3 wedding ceremonies 2013 – 5 tented functions 2014 – 6 tented functions, 2 wedding ceremonies Rates with minimum rentals for ceremonies and receptions Maximum of 150 guests Garden rentals only Access to the carriage barn Exclusive agreement with local rental company Staff person on-site throughout the event All events conclude by 9 p.m. Some “add-ons” The Process 1. Post basic information The Process 1. Post basic information 2. Respond to inquiries The Process 1. Post basic information 2. Respond to inquiries 3. Wait for a return response. The Process 1. Post basic information 2. Respond to inquiries 3. Wait for a return response 4. Schedule a walk-through/site visit The Process 1. Post basic information 2. Respond to inquiries 3.
    [Show full text]
  • Historic Site
    Lof-.:.(:; .i:.>Z,S 4o.3, 12 '~ CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT FOR Longfellow National Historic Site VOLUME 2: ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANCE AND INTEGRITY CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT FOR Longfellow National Historic Site VOLUME 2: ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANCE AND INTEGRITY by Shary Page Berg FASLA Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation National Park Service Boston, Massachusetts 1999 This report is part of the Cultural Landscape Publication Series produced by the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. This series includes a variety of publications designed to provide information and guidance on landscape preservation to managers and other preservation professionals. The Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation promotes the stewardship of significant landscapes through research, planning and sustainable preservation maintenance. Based at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, the Center perpetuates the tradition of the Olmsted firms and Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.'s lifelong commitment to people, parks and public spaces. The Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation 99 Warren Street Brookline, MA 02445 (617) 566-1689 Publication Credits: Information in this publication may be copied and used with the condition that full credit be given to the author and publisher. Appropriate citations and bibliographic credits should be made for each use. Cover Photo: Formal Garden, Longfellow NHS, circa 1935-40. Photo# 111969, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), copy at Longfellow National Historic Site. CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES V ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VI INTRODUCTION 9 Purpose and Scope of Project 9 Methodology and Summary of Findings 11 Historical Overview 12 Early Preservation Efforts 14 1. HISTORIC CONTEXT: DESIGNED RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE 17 NEW ENGLAND Colonial Seat (1750 - 1790) 20 Federal Ideal (1790 - 1840) 23 Romantic Residence (1840 - 1890) 27 Colonial Redefined (1890 - 1930) 33 2.
    [Show full text]