I I . J � I HISTORICAL Ai�D ARCHITECTUR-\L I RESOURCES SURVEY ' I I OF I J MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT
MAIN STREET AND EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD
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SEPTEMBER 1993
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Prepared by Barbara A. Lewis , I I , I , I
I \ I : I HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL , I RESOURCES SURVEY I OF I MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT
I MAIN STREET AND EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD I r I)
SEPTEMBER 1993
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I Prepared by Barbara A. Lewis I I e I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project was undertaken by the Town of Manchester with funding from the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Community
Development Block Grant Program.
, I The author wishes to thank Mark Pellegrini, Director of Planning and Community
Development, for his direction in the project and assistance in providing maps and other
resources. The records of the Town Assessor were essential to this work. The assessor's
staff was unifonnly patient and courteous in making available the records of the office.
I also wish to thank Mary Donahue, Director of Surveys and Grants, of the .I Connecticut Historical Commission for her advice and direction in the planning and execution of the survey. Also, I greatly appreciate the valuable historical information,
maps, and views provided by Faith McCann, Librarian of the Manchester Historical Society.
i I ) The author wishes to acknowledge the scholarship of Professor John Sutherland, whose studies of immigration to Manchester at the turn of the century, ethnic profile of
the Cheney workers, and research for the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark
District Expansion Survey were an invaluable resource in understanding the development
of the East Side neighborhood.
Barbara A. Lewis
I 'J I ) I INTRODUCTION , I
The purpose of this survey project was to document the significant architectural and
historic resources of the historic central commercial district of Main Street and the adjacent East Side neighborhood in the Town of Manchester, Connecticut. The
boundaries for the project area are shown of the map on page 3. Where the boundaries of the project area overlap the Cheney Brothers National Landmark District and the I proposed Cheney Brothers expansion district, this survey endeavors to build upon the studies already undertaken . It also explores the adjacent commercial district of Main I Street and East Side neighborhood. It seeks to place in context the impact of Cheney Brothers Silk Mills .on the built environment in the area beyond which they had direct
control, and understand the other forces which shaped the character of the Main Street
I and adjacent neighborhood. Information about those buildings that possess high architectural merit, or that are significantly associated with the historical development of the community, is the core component of this report.
The buildings of the commercial district of Main Street and the East Side provide a
visible record of their development as a thriving mid-19th and early-20th century
industrial community. Materials about each of these historic and architectural resources
include an architectural description of the building, an assessment of its architectural
significance, and in many cases, its historical importance along with a black-and-white
photograph. A map of the entire survey area charts the location of each historic structure.
Color slides of a representative portion of the survey area are also provided.
Because of the importance of some buildings to the neighborhood's development, certain buildings listed in the National Landmark nomination, but not individually described are included in this survey. Also some buildings listed in the Cheney Brothers
Expansion District Survey are included so that patterns in the built environment can be put into context with growth in the greater community.
The survey was funded by the HUD Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG)program and should assist the planning process at the federal, state and local I level. Information fromthe survey should help assure that CDBG funding for rehabilitation projects will be used in a manner that will maintain the architectural I) integrity of the building, while rehabilitating its facade and prolonging its usefulness. I M( ,..()RIAl f If I 0
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In addition, by identifying significant historic resources, particularly thoses that appear
to meet the criteria for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, the survey will ) enable the Connecticut Historical Commission to bettedulfill its responsibilities under
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, to comment on federally
funded projects that have an impact on historic buildings and other sites of importance to
our heritage.
The survey can assist the planning process on the local level, allowing the town to
ensure the effective protection and managment of its historic resources. Historic
preservation can also be used as a strategy in the revitalization of the downtown and , I adjacent neighborhood. And, this material can aid local home and property owners in understanding the nature of their historic buildings, thus encouraging them to make more
informed decisions concerning the maintenance and rehabilitation of their properties. In
addition to these practical consequences, this information will help increase public , I appreciation of the many fine buildings in Manchester. Historic buildings, especially if they are well preseryed and maintained, contribute to a community's quality of life and I I provide a visible record of the community's past.
Challenges for the Future ) Manchester's Main Street and its East Side neighborhood face a number of challenges
to its future. The East Side neighborhood has traditionally been a landing ground for
newcomers of various ethnic groups, races and religions. Today, as in the past, the East
Side neighborhood offers a rich diversity . However, changing patterns in home
ownership and the level of maintenance provided by absentee landlords effect the qualtiy
of life in the neighborhood. In addition modern maintenance conveniences such as
aluminum and vinyl siding, while economical, pose a threat to the historic character of
the neighborhood.
While Main Street must contend with changing shopping demands and competition
from malls it has the ability to offer a unique shopping environment that appeals to many
people who are discontent with the homogeneity of the modern shopping mall. Main
Street offers convenience in its proximity to municipal services such as the library, town
hall, and the post office. Manchester has a downtown revitalization effort already
underway, the effects of which are already being seen. This survey hopes to assist in the
constructive management of these areas historic resources, assist in the overall planning
process, and help inform the individual property owner in making decisions for individual jJ buildings, which will have an impact on the area's historic character. I
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METHODOLOGY: HOW THE SURVEY WAS DONE
The survey of historical and architectural resources of the commercial district of Main I Street and the East side neighborhood was conducted by Barbara A. Lewis, architectural I historian. Fieldwork and photography was carried out between June and September 1990.
Copies of the final report are deposited with the Manchester Town Clerk and the Mary I Cheney Library of Manchester, and with the Connecticut Historical Commission, 59
Prospect Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. The survey represents a partial inventory of
the project area's cultural resources (i.e. historic and architectural resources). The
identification of archeological sites is beyond the scope of this survey.
The Area Surveyed
The present surv.ey is an inventory of 104 of the most significant historic and
architectural resources of the Main Street business district and the East Side neighborhood, in a report prepared according to the standards of the Connecticut
Historical Commission. The area surveyed is defined by the map of page 3. The project ) area included a portion of the Cheney Brothers National Landmark Historic District as well as the proposed Expansion Area. Some buildings included in these earlier surveys
are also included here if an individual architectural description was deemed useful. The
survey examined and inventoried 104 propertiesin the project area. These sites are
identified by inventory form numbers on the accompanying map and are arranged in alphanumerical order on the subsequent pages of the report.
Criteria for Selection: How the Sites Were Chosen for Inclusion
The Historic and Architectural Resources Survey was conducted in accordance with
the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Identification and Evaluation (National Park
Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1983). A discussion of the general methodology
that was utilized may be found in Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning (Derry, Jandl, Shull, and Thorman. National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1977; revised 1985).
The criteria used for the evaluation of properties were based on those of the National
I Register of Historic Places. The National Register is administered by the National Park � Service under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. Properties listed in the 6
National Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. These resources contribute to an understanding of the historical and cultural foundations of the
states and the nation. The National Register's criteria for evaluating the significance of i I properties were developed to recognize the accomplishments of all peoples who have made a contribution to the country's history and heritage.
I The National Register criteria for evaluation state the following:
The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archeology,
engineering, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that
possess integriety of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and
a. that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to
broad patterns of our history; or
b. that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or
c. that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of
construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic
values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose
components may lack individual distinction; or d. that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important to
prehistory of history.
The Recommendations section concluded that the core of the Main Street commercial district and adjacent associated commercial or institutional buildings on Center, East Center, and other cross streets be nominated as a districtfor inclusion in the National
Register. In addition, the report recommends the pursuit of the Cheney Brothers National
Historic Landmark Expansion District. As a next priortiy, the report recomends that the
portion of the East Side neighborhood not included in the proposed Cheney Brothers
National Historic Landmark Expansion District or Main Street NationalRegister District
should be nominated to the National Register as a separate district. In selecting the buildings to be suveyed, first priority was given to those of high architectural quality that have retained most of thier original features and buildings I particularly significant in development of the East Side neighborhood and Main Street. The oldest buildings also received priority, with inclusion becoming more selective for I structures of lesser age. An effort was made to include representative examples of all building styles and types found in the project area that were more than 50 years old, the IJ minimum age required for the National Register. Where multiple examples of a I 7
particular style or housing type were found, the best examples were selected. On streets
where a group of houses have the identical plan and architectural detailing, the best
example is surveyed and the similar houses are noted on the survey form. Buildings that have been severely and insensitively altered were omitted.
The InventoryForm
For every historic resource included in the survey, a standard Connecticut Historical
Commission Resource Inventory Form was prepared according to the guidelines of the
Connecticut Historical Commission, the state agency charged with administering the
historic preservation program. The first side of the form contains descriptive information
completed on site (i.e., an enumeration of architectural features such as sheathing, roof
type, out buildings, etc.). Information such as property owners were entered using the records of the Manchester Assessor's Office. Although many items are self-explanatory, several of the form's entries need further explanation.
Number. Each site is assigned an inventory form number, which appears on the
inventory form, the map, and the slides included in the survey report. The numbering is
based upon the alphabetical ordering of the streets and numerical ordering of street
addresses.
Historic Name. A historic name is given if the property is identified with a particular
person or function. For a residence the historic name is the original ower or a person with whom the residence is commonly identified by virtue of a long tenure. Ifa historic name
is not listed, either the original owner is not known or the house went through a quick
succession of owners and none are particularly identified with the house.
Interior Accessibility. This survey focused on exterior features. Except for public
buildings, it is rarely possible to view interiors, As a consequence, the framing method is
not always indicated on the survey form. Buildings erected before the mid-19th century
are presumed to be post-and-beam; those built in the late-19th century are presumed to be
balloon framed .
.s.tyk. Buildings without any obvious stylistic attributes are simply termed
:''lernacular". In determining the styles of the buildings, the terminology given in A Field
Guide to American Houses by Virginia and Lee McAlester (New York) and American I) I 8
Architecture Since 1780 A Guide to the Styles by Marcus Wiffen were used. The style names used in the survey are given below. )
Greek Revival (1830-1880). Buildings of this period incorporate many elements from the ! I architecture of ancient Greece. Massing is symmetrical or balanced. Buildings are often oriented with their gable ends facing the street suggesting the configuration of a Greek
temple. Doorways often have sidelights and transoms, and are frequently framed by
pilasters and entablatures. The Greek Revival style is commonly dated until l860,
however, later examples of the style are found in the survey area.
Italianate (1850-1880). Italianate buildings are characterized by round-arched windows, I flat or shallow -pitched hipped roofs, and overhanging eaves that are supported by heavy paired brackets. Elaborate entry hoods, porches and bay windows, usually with
decorative brackets are also common features. Buildings are square or rectangular with a
low-pitched hipped roof, and often a cupola. Other variations employ an L-shaped plan.
Victorian Vernacular (1870-1910). Many of the buildings erected during this period have
few, if any specific stylistic references, yet they resemble each other so much as to almost constitute their own identifable style. These structures are the work of ordinary builders,
not architects. They are characterized by simple building plans (usually oriented gable
end to the street) and typically have their ornamentation concentrated in porch details,
such as turned posts, spindles, and jigsawn slates and brackets, or in gable-peak trim such
as bargeboards and braces.
French Second Empire (1869-1890). This style is characterized by a symmetrical (usually
square) main block topped by a mansard roof covered with polychromatic and patterned slates or tinplates. Aside from the mansard roof, the style can resemble Italianate
architecture. Classical detailing such as quoining and cornicesare frequently employed.
Windows may be arched with molded surrounds.
Romanesque Revival (1840-1895) Buildings of this style are primarily masonry buildings
highlighted by the semi-circular arch for window and door openings. The arch is also
used to embellish corbel tables along the eaves or stringcourses. Frequently facades are
flanked by square or polygonal towers of differing heights. Compound arches and carved capitals are also common features of the style. 9
Queen Anne (1880-1910). This style is characterized by complexity in building plan and ) detailing. Massing is typically asymetrical and irregular, often with a maze of cross gables. A combination of clapboard, wood shingle in a variety of shapes and patterns,
and masonry combined with architectural details such as flared base or second story,
clipped corner or gable, give the facade a textural quality. Queen Anne-style houses
have turned and jigsawn ornamentation similar to that found in the Victorian Vernacular buildings, but often it is more elaborate. The rising sun and the sunflower are popular motifs employed by the style. A common glazing pattern is a centralsquare surrounded
by smaller square panes, often in a double-hung sash with a single light below.
Colonial Revival (1890-1930+). The Colonial Revival style marked a shift in architectural
tastes away from the "romantic styles" of the Victorian period- the Gothic Revival, Queen
Anne, Stick and Shingle styles. It reflected a return to classically-derived architecture I promoted by the Columbian Exposition of 1893, and expressed in the Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts, and Classical Revival styles of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Colonial Revival architecture borrows from the early American Georgian and Federal styles, and often mixes features from both colonial styles. Colonial Revival buildings
usually have symmetrical or balanced massing and prominent doorways, often comprised ) of a pedimented frontispiece, doorways with fanlights and sidelights, and pilasters. Windows generally have multi-pane glazing in a double-hung sash. Roofs are usually
hipped, gable or gambrel and dormers are very popular.
Subtypes of this style include Dutch Colonial Revival characterized by its gambrel
roof, and the Four Square or Classic Box which has a two-story square main block with a
hipped roof, symmetrical facade, and usually a full width porch.
Bungalow /Craftsman (1910-1930) Bungalows are small, usually one-and-a -half stories
high. In some gable-roof bungalows the front roofs slope down and forward to cover an
I integral porch. Other bungalows are comprised of two broad gables, with the subsidiary one in front, oriented to the street. Other bungalows have low-pitched hipped roofs.
Dormers with various roof-types are frequently employed. Many examples have
picturesque ornament such as exposed carved rafters, plain stick -like brackets along the
rakes of the roof. Many have foundations and exterior chimneys of field or cobblestone.
These houses first gained popularity in California, but spread throughout the country. 10
Late Gothic Revival (1890-1930). The final stage of the Gothic Revival style stretched
) into the early 20th century. Used primarily in religious and institutional architecture, the Late Gothic Revival featured monochromatic masonry.·
ArtDeco (1925-1940). Although there are no true examples of this style, a number of the commercial buildings employ architectural detail from the Art Deco style. The style is characterized by linear, hard edge or angular composition; frequently a vertical emphasis is employed and decoration is stylized. Geometricform is emphaisized; the facade is frequently arranged in a series of set backs. Window and door openings are often embellished with hard-edged low relief ornamentation.
Date. Dates of construction are based upon the Manchester Assessor's Office, location on the SanbornInsurance Maps of 1896, 1901, 1911, 1919, and 1926, written accounts such as the biannual summary in Bower's Manchester Directory , and other written sources. In a few cases where available records gave contradictory dates, visual estimates based upon comparable examples in the survey area and other towns were used.
Materials. Inseveral cases where a coating of concrete or other facingwas applied, it ) was impossible to determine, without access to cellars, the actual foundations material.
Condition. Without extensive analysis, it is impossible to assess professionally the structural condition of any building. The judgement on the form is based simply on the external condition of the building. The box denoting "Good" is checked for any structure lacking obvious problems such as sagging walls. No exterior is rated "Excellent" since there is no way to know, by visual inspection fromthe street, whether roofs are sound, etc. "Fair" is checked when some visible problem, if left unchecked, could lead to damage. "Deteriorated" is used for buildings which have servere exterior problems and seem to be receiving no maintenance.
Other Notable Features. The back page of the form contains a section for further description entitled other notable features of the building or site. This sections presents an overall description of the buildings massing, symmetry, and specific architectural features and their location on the facade or elevations. The following section provides an assessment of the building's architectural significance. Does the building retain most of its original material? To what extent does the building embody the distinctive characteristics of a particular style? Is it distinctive of a local building tradition? Is it in 11
any way particularly unique, unusual, or inventive? A statement of historical
significance, where appropriate, or a statement of historical background is provided.
Information was gathered from Manchester histories, newspaper articles, city directories,
vertical files in the Mary Cheney Library, and other sources in the Connecticut State
Library and the Connecticut Historical Society.
Other Parts of the Survey Report
In addition to the survey forms with a black and white photograph of each structure,
the report includes a brief overview discussion of the survey area architecture in its
historical context, a bibliography of sources used in preparing the report,
recommendations for nominations of buildings to the National Register, a map showing I the location of each inventoried property, and a set of color slides illustrating a representative portion of the properties. Indexes to the forms and slides accompany the . I report. , I
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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE SURVEY
AREA
The East Side neighborhood and Main Street Commercial area possess a rich history
and architectural heritage reflecting its growth and development as an industrial
community during the 19th and 20th centuries. The survey includes 10 4 buildings in the
East Side nieghborhood and Main Street business district. Of the buildings surveyed 61
were residential properties, 41 were commercial or institutional buildings, and two were
sites (a park and a piece of outdoor sculpture). Stylistically the buildings are as follows:
RESIDENTIAL TOTAL- 61
Greek Revival 10 I Italianate 5 Victorian Vernacular 12
Mansard 1
Queen Anne 10
Colonial Revival 20
I ) Bungalow 2
Vernacular I Of the 61 residential buildings, 58 are wood-frame and 3 are masonry buildings. Only 3 houses date from 1800- 1850, 32 residences between 1850 and 1900, and 26 between 1900
and 1940.
COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
Romanesque Revival I
Victorian Gothic 1
Colonial Revival 23
20th Century Commercial 12
Art Deco I
Late Gothic Revival I
Vernacular 1
No Style Applicable 1 iJ I 13
Of the 41 commercial and institutional buildings, 36 were masonry and 5 were wood
frame. All of the commercial and institutional buildings date from after 1850, with 6 built
between 1850 and 1900, and 35 being built between 1900 and 1940.
EarlyDevelopment
Manchester is located in the eastern side of the Connecticut River Valley
I approximately 8 miles east of Hartford. Prior to European settlement, the land that is
now Manchester was occupied by the Podunk Indians. The study area is a portion of the
I town known flrst as Cheneyville, and later as South Manchester. In his history of the
Manchester, A New England Pattern, William Buckley attributes the development of the
town's traditional division into north and south sections to the geography of Manchester.
He notes that "the ranges of hills enclosing the Connecticut River Valley generally run
north-south ... a westward reaching spur of those hills runs part way across the center of Manchester, forming a watershed separating the brooks into a north and south group." (1)
The Town of Manchester was originally part of the Five Mile Tract, an extension of
the original Hartford settlement, approved by the General Assembly and purchased from
the estate of Chief Joshus in 1682. Manchester was included in the Third Ecclesiastical ) Society along with East Hartford. In colonial times Ecclesiastical Societies were the organizational structure for communities. Village life was centered around the church;
the Ecclesiastical Society had the power to raise taxes for support of the church, schools,
and construction of roads. The difficulty of traveling due to poor road conditions,
especially in winter, led the people settled in what is now Manchester to petition for a
separate Ecclesiastical Society. The Orford Ecclesiastical Society or Orford Parish was
created in 1772. However, it was not until l823 that the General Assembly approved its
incorporation as the Town of Manchester. (2)
Manchester's roots were the same as those of many of the surrounding communities
consisting of small family farms and service mills that used the available water power.
South Manchester during the eighteenth century and early-nineteenth century was
primaily a small agricultural comunity. Each farmstead produced what was necessary for
its own needs and perhaps some extra for local consumption. Grist mills and saw mills
were constructed along the Hop Brook and other streams. Early industrial development included cotton, woolen, and paper mills. However, it was the production of silk by the
Cheney Brothers that provided the impetus for the rapid growth experienced in the later
half of the 19th century. At the time of incorporation the only roads in the area were IJ Center Street, Main Street and Hartford Road and transportation was difficult at best. I 14
The map of Manchester in 1849 prepared by Eli Bissel for the Cheney Brothers shows development along Charter Oak Street (then called Eagle Street), Main Street, and Center
Street.
The Cheney Brothers Silk Mills
The area that would become the Cheney Mills was settled in 1724 by Benjamin I I Cheney, when the area was still primarilyinhabited by Indians. His son, Timothy Cheney built one of the earliest mills along the Hop Brook, a grist mill. Cheney Brothers Silk Mills, which would become the largest manufacturer of silk in the United States was
founded in 1838 with the formation of the Mt. Nebo Silk Manufacturing Company by
Ralph, Ward, Rush, and Frank Cheney. Their original mill was a two story building built
on the Hop Brook.
Speiss and Bidwell state, "Attempts had been made in Connecticut to raise cocoons,
and to wind silk from them as early as 1732, and projects had been encouraged by bounties offered by the colonial legislature." (3) The Town of Mansfield was active in the production of silk in the 1820's. During the 1830s the sale of mulberry trees, sources
of the preferred food of silk worms, became a speculative venture. However, these trees
where unable to withstand the harsh New England winters and in the early 1840s a blight ) destroyed most of the mulberry trees in the northeast. The Cheney Brothers survived by
importing cocoons from Japan and focusing their efforts on the development of a
mechanized winding method. Speiss and Bidwell write, "Sewing silk was the only
important product of the Mt. Nebo mill for the first ten or fifteen years of its
existence.... In 1847 Frank Cheney patented a machine somewhat like the cotton spinning
"mule" which combined the operations of doubling, twisting, and winding."(4) They began the manufacture of a thread for use with sewing machines, "machine twist" about 1850. However it was circa 1855, the development of machine to wind the silk fibre from
pierced cocoons which was a major breakthrough in the silk industry, and led to the rapid
expansion of the Cheney Brothers enterprise.
Incorporporated as the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company they enlarged
their Manchester plant and constructed mills in Hartford. The use of steam power
allowed Cheney Brothers to expand in areas removed from the Hop Brook. In 1871 four
new factory units, known as the spinning mills, were built on Elm Street. The number of
employees increased from135 in 1860 to 551 in 1870. Out of a total population of 4,223,
about 15% were employed in 1870 in the silk mills. (5) This expansion continued
throughout the next forty years with the addition of mills for the production of velvet and IJ I 15
ribbons, and to accomodate new processes for dying and printing fabrics. By 1923,
Cheney Brothers peak year, sales topped $23 million dollars and the company employed
over 4,000persons. (6)
The CheneyImpact of the Built Environment
Along with the growth of their industry, the Cheneys embarked upon a policy of
welfare capitalism- "the theory that providing good working conditions, recreationaland
health and the like is in the long run more profitable for the employer, stabilizes the work
I force, fosters employee loyalty. .. . "(7) Cheney Brothers was noted for their efforts in providing safe and sanitary working conditions and for paying above average wages. I And, whether motivated through business acumen, public spiritedness or a combination of both, the Cheney Brothers also provided their employees with additional services I including housing, health care, education (schools for employee's children and night school for adults), and recreational facilities.
In terms of impact on the community, the Cheney influence, both direct and
indirect, was pervasive. Historian John Sutherland's phrase "Cheney was the World" is
not an overstatement. Cheney Brothers built and maintained elementary and later I ) secondary schools for the Ninth District, in which the mill was located and most of their employees resided. They were instrumental in assisting the construction of churches that
would serve their employees. The acre of land on which St. James is built was donated in
1874 by the Cheneys. Center Park was developed and later donated to the town by the
Cheneys. A large recreational facility was created in Education Square. The Cheneys
donated land and funding to construct the Mary Cheney Library in 1937. This library had
grown from the original reading collection housed in Cheney Hall which Cheney
Brothers maintained for their workers.
The Cheney influence was also instrumental in the founding of the Manchester
Building and Loan Association in 1891 which financed construction loans for their
workers, enabling many Cheney employees to become homeowners. During its early
years, Frank Cheney Jr. served as President and C. E. House as secretary . The Cheneys
were also involved in organizing the South Manchester Fire District, the forerunner of the
South Manchester Fire Department.
The Cheney influence is clearly seen in the development of the East Side
neighborhood. Their housing philosophy is clearly expressed in their 1916 recruiting
pamphlet, "The Miracle Workers". In describing Manchester it states, I)
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There are no tenement blocks in Manchester. Everybody lives in a house with a nice yard on a pleasant street. Many of the houses are single but most of them are ) double houses with separate entrances. These double houses have six to eight I rooms on a side. The the houses have bath rooms electric lights and furnace heat and many have gas ranges in the kitchen. (8)
Though Cheney Brothers owned 275 tenements in 1916 which they rented to
I employees for $6 to $50 per month, they actively encouraged their employees to become
homeowners. This policy had a definite impact on the physical character of the East Side ! I neighborhood. The high number of double houses is a direct result of the Cheney policy. In their section on "How to Acquire a Home," the recruiting pamphlet states employees
may receive mortgages from the Manchester Building & Loan Association in the following manner.
...After a person has saved enough money to buy a building lot he can borrow from the Building and Loan Association enough money to put up a house. Usually he builds a double house and occupies half of it himself. The rental received from theother half goes a long way toward meeting the monthly I payments to the Building & Loan Association. The balance of a few dollars a month, with taxes, insurance, etc., may be considered by the owner as his rent until his Building & Loan shares mature, in about eleven years. Hundreds of I dwellings have been built in this way by Cheney Brothers employees ....(9)
Another housing phenomena, boarding, was created by the demand for workers at
Cheney Brothers at the tum of the century. Historian John Sutherland found according to a 1900 census, "31% of all households in the (neighborhoods adjacent to the mills)
took in boarders of relatives outside the immediate family. "(10) Another Cheney influence on the neighborhood was in its ethnic diversity. Cheney
Brothers actively recruited foreign workers from all over Europe, especially skilled textile workers. In their recruiting pamphlet, they actively encouraged the resettlement of
European textile workers. Irish,English, Germans, French, Swedish, Italians,
Lithiuanians, and others were attractedto Manchester. Many of these immigrants upon
arrival boarded or occupied Cheney-owned; later many built their own homes in the
neighborhood. "Overwhelmingly boarders located within households of their nationality
or ethnic origin. Over 74% of the boarders ...were of the same national origin as the head of household with whom they boarded." (11) The rich ethnic diverisity is witnessed by the presence of the Swedish Congregational Church on Spruce Streetand various societies, the Christopher Columbus Benevolent Society, the Sub-Alpine Club (Italian American), the Knights of Colombus, the Scandia Lodge, SAGA and VASA, all located
or meeting within the East Side neighborhood.
The neighborhood also reflected a life outside Cheney. On East Center Street,
spaciously sited and set back are a group of Colonial Revival and Queen Anne style /) I 17
residences, the homes of some of Manchester's prominent merchants - George Allen,
I Justus Hale, William Rubinow. The Patrick Gorman House at 750 main Street, built by its owner a local stone mason and contractor, is one of ihe few remaining residences on that portion of Main Street. On Eldridge Street, the large Colonial Revival residence at #24 is the residence of Charles Stenberg who operated a livery on the adjacent property.
Spruce Streetdeveloped a neighborhood commercial strip of small groceries and stores.
Architectural Styles
Greek Revival Style
Only a few examples of early-19th century architecture exist in the study area. These are the Greek Revival homes found along Charter Oak Street, which was formerly known as Eagle Street. These housesat 53-57,91, 126, and 142-144 Charter Oak Streetall
possess the massing and gable-front orientation characteristic of the Greek Revival style.
All exhibit a deeply_ pedimented gable, some with attic windows centered in the gable.
All the residences have an offset entry. The CarrierHouse at 53-57 Charter Oak and the
house at 91 Charter Oak feature a doorways flanked by half sidelights topped by a wide
entablature. The pilasters which carry the entablatures are hidden under the aluminum
) siding. In some of the houses, the original 6/6 double-hung sash windows, typically employed by the Greek Revival style, are still present. Unfortunately all the examples have received aluminum or asphalt siding which masks in part their architectural features. However, they still maintain much of their architectural integrity and are examples of the
earliest housing in the project area.
Italianate Style
The house at 113-115 Oak Streetprovides a good example of Italianate architecture. It
is comprised of a rectangular main block with a broad low-pitched hip roof and two-story
ell. The house may have had a cupola on top. The overhanging hipped roof is braced
with paired curvilinear brackets; attic windows punctuate the frieze band on the side
elevations. This house is typical of one-subtype of the Italianate style. Another example of the Italianate style is the double house at 78-80 School Street. Built in aT-plan, the facade is characterized by two-story polygonal bay windows with
spandrels embellished by turned bosses and the round-headed windows centered in the
gable ends. Its porch has turned posts and balustrade typical of the Italianate style.
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Many examples of Victorian Vernacular houses exist throughout the neighborhood.
The house at 72 Eldridge Street, one of ten adjacent cottages constructed by Cheney ) Brothers as workers housing circa 1865, well expresses the style. The small rectangular
cottage has gable-front orientation and a one-story shed-roof porch that extends across the
facade. Typical of the Victorian Vernacular, the gable roof has a deep overhang which is
embellished with scroll-sawn bracketes. Also characteristic of the Victorian Vernacular
style is the modest detailing, usually concentrated on the porch or in peak treatment. The porch is comprised of chamfered posts braced by scroll-sawn brackets carrying a plain
architrave and shed roof; scalloped edged board-and-batten siding sheaths the ends of the
porch..
The house at 183 Oak Street is also typical of the style. It has a rectangular block with
gable-front orientation. Its steeply pitched gable roof has a wide overhang and is
embellished with molded rake boards. Its full-facade entryporch is a simle arangement I of plain columns rising from a low shingled wall to support a plain architrave and hipped roof.
French Second Empire Style . I 150-154 ) The survey includes only one example of the French Second Empire style, Charter Oak Street. The residence is characterized by its canted mansard roof punctuated I with gable-roof dormers and braced with paired curvilinear brackets with drop pendants. The house has been sided and its entry bays altered, but it serves as an example of the French Second Empire style. The Patrick Gorman House at 750 Main Street provides a very interesting example of a hybrid Colonial RevivaV French Second Empire style
building. Though its massing, bow front, and date of constrnction are more typical of the
Colonial Revival style, it features a canted mansard roof with pedimented gable-roof dormers. Its mansard roof is covered in slate with patterns in contrasting shapes and
color, a feature typical of the French Second Empire style.
Queen Anne Style
Queen Anne style buildings are not found in great number throughout the East Side
neighborhood perhaps because the complexity of the massing and use of multiple
building materials did not lend itself to "affordable" housing sought by industrial workers. A number of excellent examples of the style do exist however. The Warnock House at 31 Madison Street built in 1902 by local builder, Joel Hawley, demonstrates an J) asymmetrical facade and complex massing created by cross-gables on the facade and side I I I i I ! I . I I I I
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elevations. The facade combines shingle shapes in different patterns as is typical of the
Queen Anne style. Different facade sheathings combined with the porch with its turned
posts braced by scroll-sawn brackets and gablet with collar brace creates the requisite
textural effect sought by Queen Anne-style architecture. This house is in an excellent !I state of preservation, but could benefit froma polychromatic color scheme that would emphasize the architectural detail. The two-family house at 96-98 Charter Oak Street provide a good example of the i I Queen Anne style in the double house form. Its two projecting cross gables with wide
two-story bay windows topped by gable roofs which overhang the windows creates a
I complex massing. The gable ends of main block and the cross-gables are sheathed in
wood shingle while the first two stories are covered in clapboard. Scroll-sawn elements
embellish the overhanging roofs of the cross-gables and the turned posts of the porch.
The combination of sheathings and architectural detail creates a textural quality on the
facade. The building has received minimal alteration; painting in a polychromatic color
scheme would enhance the appearance of the building.
Colonial Revival Style
Numerous examples of the Colonial Revival style are evident throughout the East Side
I ) neighborhood. They are seen both in the richly detailed houses along East Center Street ,
and in more modest two-family Four Square home and in the Dutch Colonial variety. I The Charles Stenberg House at 24 Eldridge Street(c.l900) is an excellent example of the style. With its symmetrical masssing in a rectangular main block, with hipped roof and
central entry is a departure from the irregular massing of Queen Anne-style architecture.
The Stenberg House features a centered two story porch; its paired and tripled slender
columns are characteristic of the Colonial Revival style. Its overhanging roof has a
modi Ilion cornice which is echoed in the trim of the porch. The use of dormers and
Palladian windows, as seen in the attic level of the house, is also typical of the Colonial
I Revival style. This house has not been significantly altered and is in an excellent state of
preservation. , I The George Allen House at 142 East Center, the Justus W. Hale House at 172 East Center and the house next door at 178 all provide excellent examples of the Colonial
Revival as well. All have rectangular main blocks with hipped roofs which overhang
and are embellished with modillion cornices. They all employ the roof dormers,
Palladian or tripartite windows, and all have excellent examples of Colonial Revival style
porches. The architectural details displayed by the houses such as modillion and p denticular cornices, pedimented gables, and Tuscan or Doric columns demonstrates the I I I)
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return to classically-derived features in the Colonial Revival style, and a departure from
\ the "romantic" Victorian styles of the late-19th century. Providing a more modest example of the Colonial Revival is the house at 180-182
Eldridge a double house in the form of a Four Square, a subtype of the Colonial Revival.
The house has a square main block with a hipped roof. The entries to each house occupy
the two central bays; !/!double-hung sash window occupy the outer bays on the first and
second stories. The house has a centered entry porch with a gablet marking the entrance i I bay at center and a pedirnented gable-roof dormer centered in the attic level. Though
lacking in the rich architectural detail of the previous examples, the simple Four Square I embodies the massing and symmetrycharacteristic of the Colonial Revival and references classically-inspired architecture through its use of pedimented gables.
Another example of a sub-type is the Dutch Colonial Revival characterized by its gambrel roof employed by Dutch architecture of the colonial period. Two examples are I found in the neighborhood, at 94 Hamlin Streetand 129 Wells Street. I Bungalow Bungalows are seen in some frequency in the East Side neighborhood. The bungalow
at 163 Eldridge Street provides a good illustration of the style. Its gently pitched broad gable roof extends to become an integral entry porch supported by paired columns rising ) from bases. The roof has a wide overhang braced with triangular struts. A wide shed-roof
dormer with rectangular attic windows is centered in the roof and a shed-roof canted bay
window is on the side elevation. Despite its sheathing in aluminum siding, it remains
one of the best examples of the style.
Another good example is the bungalow on 254 Oak Street. It has a low-pitched
hipped roof with its entry bay in a cross-gable with low-pitched gable roof. Its exterior
end chimney is characteristic of the style. The bungalow has not been altered and is in
an excellent state of preservation.
Double Houses The East Side neighborhood is notable for its mixture of single and two-family houses.
The survey found a number of basic double house types which are repeated throughout
the neighborhood. The same house plan may be found in a variety of architectural styles.
The plan being basically the same, but the architectural details being changed to reflect
current architectural style.
In the double house, the earliest were rectangular blocks in which the house was IJ divided in half with the doors usually paired in the center of the facade, usually with a I Double Houses I I I 111 I I I r I : Rectangular Plan I ) 65-67 MapleStreet I I I , I : I I
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porch extending the full length of the facade, examples being 92-94 School Street, 71-73 Eldridge Street, or 65-67 MapleStreet. Stylistically, most of these houses are Victorian
Vernacular.
A very popular plan found throughout the neighborhood is the T-plan. With the cross II gable in the rear and the entry located in the front portion of the cross gable, privacy is maximized. Porches are either separate or wrap around from one doorway to another. , I The same basic T-plan house is seen in its most vernacular form in 140-142 Eldridge, in a Victorian Vernacular style at 61-63 Eldridge Street or 68-70 Pearl Street, and detailed in
Italiante style with its polygonal bay windows and round-headed windows at 78-80 School Street. In its Queen Anne version (31-33 Maple Street) it employs a glazing pattern of a central square surrounded by smaller square panes typically associated with I the Queen Anne style. Expressed in the Colonial Revival style (12-14 Jackson Street) the porches have pedimented gables, Tuscan columns and turned balustrades.
A third type of plan found commonly throughout the neighborhood is a double house
with a rectangular main block and two projecting cross gables on either end. A porch
runs between the cross gables with paired entry doors in the middle. The house at 96-98
Charter Oak demonstrates a Queen Anne style, while the house at 238-240 Oak Street shows it in the Colonial Revival style.
, I The fourth type of double house plan commonly found is the Four Square plan with an entry on each side. This popular style of Colonial Revival architecture lent itself to the I double house by virtue of its symmetry and simplicity. This house type is seen throughout the neighborhood; 113-115 Pearl Street, 33-35 Norman Street, and 180-182 I Eldridge Street are but three examples.
Porches
Porches are an important architectural feature in the East Side neighborhood. Built c I 1880, the porch of 107-109 Charter Oak Street with its turned posts braced with scroll sawn brackets, spindle screen and turned balustrade is one of the finest Victorian porches
in the East Side. Although many of the porches are not original to the buildings, they
have architectural merit in their own right. The two-story full facade Colonial Revival
porch on the Greek Revival residence at 47 Maple is such an example. At 43-45 Birch
Street, the Colonial Revival style wrap around porch with comer pavilion is the most
interesting feature on an otherwise vernacular Italianate house. Though not original. the
elaborate Italianate entry hood on the Greek Revival house at 53-57 Charter Oak adds
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The Development of Main Street
Attracted by jobs in the Cheney Mills, Manchester's population experienced
accelerated growth from 3,294 in 1860 to 8,222 by 1890 and 18,370 by 1920 . Coinciding
with the surge in population was the rapid expansion of Main Street's commercialdistrict.
In the late 19th century, the commercial area was located at the intersection of Charter
Oak and Main Street, running east on Charter Oak. The central focus was the Cheney
building which housed the Cheney Brothers General Store, the South Manchester Post Office, a barber shop and several offices. "To the east several other retail businesses had
been established including the E.T. Carrier storve and hardware shop, and the Hale and
Day grocery, the Edwin House tailoring shop and the Watkins undertaking
establishment."(12) Until the 1890s Main Streetwas a quiet tree-lined stretch of
spaciously sited houses with the Congregational Church at Center Street, St. James
Catholic Chruch at midway and the South United Methodist Church at the intersection of
Charter Oak. Writing in 1893, Arthur Bowers in the Preface to Bower's Manchester
Directox:ystates, "This increase in manufacturing industries has brought the inevitable
result. Business blocks and private houses have sprung up all over town" (13).
The development of a commercial concentration along the east side of Main Street began in 1890 with the construction of the Watkins Brothers Furniture Store (peter's
Furniture) on the comer of School and Main. The Watkins brothers, Clarence G. and F. Ernest, who started what became one of Manchester's most successful commercial
enterprises, began their business career in 187 4 by purchasing the Pinney undertaking
business. In 187 6 they took over the furniture department in the Cheney Store and by
1890 outgrew the space. The Watkins Brothers constructeda three-and-a-half story
Queen Anne-style building; the facade, portrayed in the Aero View of Manchester of
1914, is now hidden by a sheathing of aluminum siding that masks its architectural detail.
Building along Main Street continued with the construction of the Park Building (New
England Video-Tara Ashley) at what now is the corner of Purnell Place; its completion is
noted in the Preface to the 1893 edition of Bower's Manchester Directox:y. This two-and a-half story building, also shown in the 1914 Aero View (occupied by O.F. Toop grocery store) was either extensively renovated or replaced with a three-story building of the
similar dimensions. After 1940 it was known as the Rubinow Building. (14) The name,
Rubinow Building, is inset in tile mosaic in the entry way to the buiding.
A major development along central Main Streetwas the construction of the Orford
Hotel (Marlows/Manchester Hardware) in l894. The first major hotel in South p Manchester, it advertised itself in Bower's Manchester Directox:y of 1894 as follows: I 23
The Orford Hall Hotel which was permanently opened to the public of August 1st is a model of convenience, comfort, and beauty, and is thoroughly in keeping with this, the gem of New England manufacturing villages. Built of red and grey pressed brick, three stories in height, it has a frontage on MainStreet of 88 feet. The hotel was replete with a two-story amusement hall in the south end, and another large hall designed for banquets of up to 200 , I people. (12)
Built in a Romanesque Revival style, it was one of Main Street's finest buildings.
! I Another major building added about this time was the Hall of Records on Center Street. In the late 19th century concern was voiced over the safety of town records.
Frank Cheney responded with the donation of a site opposite Town Hall in Center Park
(then known as Cheney Park). In 1896 the Hall of Records, an amber brick building, was I built in the Colonial Revival style designed by Hartford architects Hapgood and Hapgood. Its location opposite the Town Hall and Congregational Church added greater weight to Main and Center Streetintersection as the center of town.
I In 1896 Main Street continued to grow as the foundations for Oak Hall on the corner of
Main and Oak Streets were laid. Oak Hall would house the merchantiles of C. E. House
and the J. W. Hale. The Weldon Block (Regals Mens Shop) which housed the office,
pharmacy and residence of Dr. Thomas H Weldon built circa 1890 was rebuilt after a fire
in 1897. Weldon's New Block as it is called in the advertisements of Bower's Manchester
Directory may have incorporated some of the brick work of the earlier block, (which may I have been Queen Anne style), but after being rebuilt reflects the Colonial Revival style. The shift up Main Street received another boost when in 1899 the Cheney Block was
constructed on Main Street between Maple and Oak to replace the Cheney Store which
was destroyed by fire in 1898. Though the original store was partially reconstructed, the
decision was made to relocate further north on Main Street next to Oak Hall. The new
Colonial-Revival-style Cheney Block housed the G.W. Smith boot and shoe store, the
South Manchester Post Office, W. B. Cheney's Drug Store, and the Tiffany Jewelry store.
Further up Main Street the PurnellBuilding (Steve K's, etc) constructedin 1900 (13)
and the Waranoke Hotel (Coins/Jewelry) c.l905' continued the northward trend. With the destruction of the Oak Hall Building by fire in 1908, the House and Hale Building (One
Hertitage Place) was constructed as the new home of two of Manchester's most
prosperous retail businesses. A large two-story Colonial Revival commercial block of
dimensions similar to the Cheney Block was built in 1909. The J.W. Hale Department
store boasted 27 departments and is notable for its self-service grocery introduced in 1920,
one of.the first self-service markets in Connecticut. The store's motto, "Is to Manchester
what the pyramids are to Egypt," tesitified to its importance. (14) The House and Hale I) I I ' ) I .I .I I (l. W. S'-!IT!l, Tnc 0RFURt> Hun:t.. ) Cheney Block (1899 Orford Hotel (1894)
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I Building was also the location of the Manchester Building and Loan Association. The construction of the House and Hale Building was followed by the two Johnson Blocks, I the first in 1910, the second in 1912, and the Tinker Building in 1911. During this time, institutional as well as commercial buildings were being erected on : I Main and Center Streets. In 1902, the Orange Hall, a meeting hall for the Manchester Chapter of the Loyal Orange Lodge as well as many other local societies was erected on
East Center Street. Also the Salvation Army Citadel was constructed in 1908. The
I I Manchester Salvation Army was founded in 1886 by two Scottish immigrants, John
Thompson and James Benson. At the time of construction the corp consisted of 135
. I members. Its impressive castle-like citadel reflected the strength and enthusiasm of the
corps, which grew to be one of the largest in Connecticut in the early 20th century. (15) , I Not all the improvements to Main Street at the turn of the century were in bricks-and mortar. In 1897 the South Manchester Fire District was created, the forerunner of the I South Manchester Fire Department. Frank Cheney was elected the first president and fire chief, while F. Ernest Watkins served as clerk, and Justus W. Hale was named , I treasurer.(l6) They were authorizedto purchase fire fighting equipment and expanded the alarm system throughout South Manchester. In 1901, the Manchester Businessmens
Association was formed under the direction of Clarence G.Watkins. Another important ! I ) development was the formation of the Manchester Building and Loan Association which funded hundreds of new construction loans for houses in the East Side and other
Manchester neighborhoods. During its early years, Frank Cheney, Jr. served as president
and C. E. House was secretary; the Building and Loan Association was located in the House and Hale Building.
Another of Main Street's most impressive buildings is the Watkins Brothers Furniture Store (Watkins Center) , built in 1920 to house the ever-expanding Watkins enterprise.
In addition to furniture,Watkins added a music department to their store, carrying I Steinway pianos and organs. The three-story brick building with its two-story round ' ' arched window openings with Palladian window motifs added another distinctive
building to an impressive row that ran along the east side of Main Street. The 1924
addition of the State Theater (Full Gospel Interdenominational Church) added a state-of the-art movie theater to the downtown.
A number of commercial blocks were added during the 1920's; the Selwitz Block (Coaches Corner) c.l920, the Podgrove and Jafee (Manchester Mall) c.l923, Dewey and I Richman (1926), Fradin and Kemp (East-West Imports/ Optician) (1926),Forest Building (Forest Liquors) (cl923) and SNET (1929). These buildings reflect the transition from the � classically-inspired Colonial Revival to the modern styles. ----- ·-· . :,:�··. • I : I
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Between 1890 and 1930 the entire east side of Main Street had shifted from residential
) to commercial, while the west side was occupied by residences, churches and other institutional buildings. This dichotomy was altered in the 1930's and 1940's when two
large blocks of commercial buildings were added, including the Jarvis Block (Peter's I Furniture) added in 1948. Additional commercial infill continued into the late 20th ' I century. Two of the latest buildings added in this era were also two of Main Street's finest
buildings. The new South United Methodist Church designed by Arthur Eaton Hill in a
Late Gothic Revival style, replaced an earlier building on its site at the northwest corner
of Main and Charter Oak Street. The Mary Cheney Library built in 1937 gave a
permanent home to South Manchester's Library which had been housed in the Eldridge
House after the destruction of its Wells Street facility in the 1913 fire. Built on land
donated by the Cheney family, on a site in Center Park, the building was funded in part I by a gift from the Cheneys made after the fire of 1913, and in part with monies from the Public Works Administration. The federal agency providedmatching funds for civic
projects that would help stimulate the economy during the Depression. The library was
designed by architect Frank Farley, grandson of Susan Cheney who had donated the land
for Center Park.
Architecture of Main Street
Because of the rapid growth of Main Street during the years 1890-1930, it reflects
the architecture of a relatively short period of time. Though stylistically representative of
only a few styles, it still has a rich diversity in its interpretations, materials, and
architectural details. While most of the buildings along Main Street are brick, they are
constructed in a wide range of masonry colors - yellow, buff, ochre, grey, black, and
various shades of red. Decorative embellishment ranges from the classically-inspired
decoration of the Colonial Revival style to the hard-edged geometric designs of the Art
Deco style.
Romanesque Revival
Though most of Main Street's architecture is Colonial Revival, one of Main Street's
finest buildings, the Orford Hotel, was constructedin the Romanesque Revival style. Its
strong massing, two-story round arched openings, corbel table, and bichromatic brick
pattern make it a fine example of the style. Today, though the configuration of the
storefronts and signage obscures the buildings symmetry, the upper stories are very much � intact and it remains one of Main Street's greatest assets. I I . I .I l I .I I
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I Though not representative of a defmable style, the Salvation Army Citadel is one of I Main Street's most distinctive buildings. Built in an style popular for armories and town halls at the turn-of-the-century, the Citadel is characterized by its two-story crenelated I cornertowers and its stylized central entrywhich suggest a castle.
Colonial Revival Style I Main Street has many varied and distinctive examples of the Colonial Revival style applied to commercial architecture in an urban setting. The Cheney Block(1899) has a I symmetrical facade with a pedimented centralpavilion. Its brick quoining, modillion cornice, and pedimented pavilion are classically-derived details. The swag and garland motif and acroterion are also classically-derived architectural detail. Only the elaborate window hoods with their sunflower motif recall the Queen Anne style. Despite the alteration of its storefront level it retains much of its original character because of the fine detailing on the second story. To the north of the Cheney Block, the House and Hale Building is similar in size, scale, and dimension. With its centralpedimented pavilion, its limestone-faced I segmentally arched Gibbs surround, cornerpilaster, windows detailed with flat arches I ) with keystone the building recalls, but reinterprets the Georgian architecture of the colonial times. The building is distinquished by its banded brick walls which havebeen employed in the infilling of the first story during its renovation in the 1980s. One of Manchester's finest buildings of the Colonial Revival period is the 1896 Hall of Records designed by the architectural firm of Edward Hapgood and Melvin Hapgood of Hartford. An amber brick building constructred on a foundation of rock-faced ashlar of red sandstone in the Colonial Revival style the building is characterized by its symmetricalfacade with its pedimented entrypavilion. The use of classically derived moldings, Palladian window motifs, cornice, andits sidelights and fanlights with delicate tracery, makes it one of Manchester's finestexamples of the Colonial Revival style. With the exception of the loss of a balustrade aroundthe deck of its hipped roof, the placement of air conditioners in the Palladian windows, and the relocation of the rear entry,the building is in a good state of preservation. The Watkins Brother Furniture Store (1920) provides an excellent later example of the Colonial Revival style. With its symmetricalfacade, two story round-arched window openings incorporating a Palladian window motif, and restrained cornice, the building is an elegant expression of the Colonial Revival style. During its conversion from a iJ furniture store to office condominims, the storefront windows were infilled and new I 27
windows added. Despite this change and minor changes to the south elevation, the
building is in a very good state of preservation.
Transitional Architecture of the 1920s : l An examination of the commercial blocks built in the 1920s illustrates the changing style in commercial buildings. The Selwitz Building, Dewey and Richman Building, the
Pearl Building, the Jafee and Podgrove Building and the Forest Building illustrate this
change. These buildings employ symmetrical or balanced facades and low parapet walls
which mask the flat roof. Selwitz and Dewey and Richman still employ classical
detailing such as a pedimented frontispiece on Dewey and Richman, and the cornice and
flat arch lintels on the Selwitz Block. In Jaffe and Podgrove, a similar massing is I present, but no classical reference in its architectural detailing are present; also seen is the beginnings of use of cast concrete decoration, which anticipates the Art Deco style, ' 1 popular in the 1930's. The SNET building which straddles both styles, employs many classical features but presents them in a stylized or overscaled manner. The overscaled I pilasters and cornice and stylized motif of the architrave juxtaposed with the traditional . windows of multi-pane glazing in a double hung sash detailed with lintel and flat arches, 'I) makes the SNET building one of Manchester most unique and interesting buildings.
Art Deco I Though there are no trueexpressions of the building style, the Jarvis Building employs the architectural detailing of the Art Deco style. Though lacking a vertical emphasis or
geometricmassing acheived through use of set backs, the Jarvis Building employs the
hard-edged low-relief detailing around its windows and parapet wall so typical of the Art
Deco style. Though the storefront level has been altered, the second story is intact,
making it one of Main Street's best examples of "modern" architecture.
, I The Decline of Cheney Brothers and Changes in the mid-late 20th Century
The Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Great Depression of the 1930's and the
introduction of "modern" synthetic fibers such as nylon and rayon combined to deal the
Cheney Brothers Silk Mills a severe blow. In 1933 the schools and recreational facilities
were given to the town and the gas and electrical plants were sold to local utility
companies. Though they borrowed heavily from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Cheney Brothers were forced to reorganize under the Federal Bankruptcy p I 28
I Act of 1935. In 1937, they were required to dispose of their residential properties. The impact on the community was both financial and psycological. I In the 1940's a brief rebirth of prosperity was produced by the Pioneer Parachute Company, a subsidiary which produced parachutes for the war effort. This rejuvination I was short-lived, and in 1955 Cheney sold its operations to J.P. Stevens, who transferred the production to the south to take advantage of lower power and labor costs. This move , I signialed the end of an era. Many former Cheney employees found jobs in the area's growing defensive industry.
After the closing of Cheney Brothers many of the industrial buildings housed small ' l industry or lay vacant. Rebirth came in the late 1970's with the designation of the Cheney
Brothers Silk Mills as a National Historic Landmark and a major adaptive reuse project I which turnedthe Clocktower and Velvet Mills into apartments. While the Cheney silk industry declined, residential development continued. In the
East Side neighborhood, post-World War II suburban development was constructed
adjacent to the turn-of-the-century residential neighborhood. In many instances, post
1950 homes were infilled on sites along streetsdeveloped in the early 20th century.
However, the East Side neighborhood maintained its residential character.
I) Challenges for the Future
I The East Side neighborhood has historically been a first home to many newcomers to the Manchester community. The neighborhood has a dual nature. Because of the Cheney I Brother's active encouragement of homeownership among its employees, it has traditionally had a high level of homeownership. But because of the Cheney influence in
the construction of the double house and the practice of boarding, the neighborhood has
traditionally had a large rental component as well. Overall the neighborhood has
maintained its residential character well. Commercial areas are restricted to Main Street
and the area on cross streetsimmediately adjacent to the business areas, and in
neighborhood stores along Spruce Street. Some variant use has eroded certain areas, but for the most part East Side neighborhood maintains its historic residential character.
Two threats to the historic character of the area are apparent. Maintenance of the
housing stock is a challange which faces all communities. The majority of houses are
well maintained. However, some areas are showing signs of neglected maintenance
which can result in deterioration of the historic fabric. Care must be taken to maintain
these homes tci prevent any further loss of their architectural detail. IJ I 29
I The use of aluminum and vinyl siding also poses a threat to the historic structures of ) the East Side community. In only the eleven years between the expansion district survey I and the present, many residences have been sided. Whiie some have been sensitively done leaving the architectural detail exposed; other houses have lost much valuable I architectural detail under layers of aluminum, and in some cases the fenestration patterns on the facade have been altered when owners chose to cover over a window. In addition
to hiding architectural detail, the use of synthetic siding on a Victorian or Queen Anne style building prevents the restoration of a polychromatic color scheme which features the
building's architectural detail. Information from this survey can help home and property
owners make informed decision about the maintenance and rehabilitation of their historic
buildings. I Like many Main Streets in other communities, Manchester's must contend with changing shopping demands and competition from malls. Manchester has a downtown I revitalization effort already underway and improvements to the business district are already apparent . With its rich architectural heritage, Main Street has the potential to
offer a highly attractive shopping and working environment. However, many of its most
distinguished buildings have suffered from neglect or insensitive alteration over the years. I For example, the block between Birch Streetand Purnell Place contains an intact row of ) highly significant buildings, the Tinker Building, Waranoke Hotel, Jaffe and Podgrove and Purnell buildings. Together they demonstrate a sample of Manchester's rich I architectural heritage. However, the loss of architectural detail combined with overscaled and too much signage makes the block visually confusing. The beauty of the I architecture of the upper stories is lost among the sea of signs along the storefronts. Manchester is very fortunate to have a facade improvement program already in place.
Over the years many buildings have suffered a separation of their storefront level from
its upper stories. Facade improvement programs can restore this relationship. New
designs for facades should take into account materials, scale, relation of solids to voids,
and other design considerations. Whether a building is restored or renovated maintaining
this relationship will enhance the appearance of the buiding. Rehabilitation of
Manchester's architectural resources along Main Street and throughout the East Side
community can be an important contribution in the revitalization of these important
significant areas of Manchester. 30
ENDNOTES ) 1. Buckley, A New England Pattern. (1973), p. 3.
2. Speiss and Bidwell, Historyof Manchester.Connecticut. (1923), p 51.
3. Ibid., p.94.
4. Ibid., p. 101.
5. Ibid., p. 135.
6. Anderson Notter Finegold Inc. "Preservation and Development Plan for the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark District, Manchester, Connecticut." (1980), p.1 0.
I 7. Buckley, p. 148.
8. Cheney Brothers, The Miracle Workers. p. 17.
9. Thi.d., p. 45. , I 10. Sutherland, "The World of Manchester's Silk Workers," (1981), p. 5. 11. Ibid. 12. Buckley, p.170.
13. Town of Manchester, Mancehester Directory, (1940).
14. Bowers. Bower's Manchester Directory, 1894, (1894) p. XXIX.
15. Bowers. Bower's Manchester Directory, 1902, (1902) p. 4. I 16. Centennial Committee, Centennial Program, (1923) p. 60. 17. Speiss and Bidwell, p.184.
18. Carney, "Firemen Observe Today the 40th Anniversary of the South Manchester Fire Department." (1937), p.1. I I
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RECOMMENDATIONS
A major purpose of the surveyis to identify resources that appear to meet the criteria for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. This section presents
recommendations of the consultant as to the properties that are likely candidates for the
National Register. Recommendations are based on application of the U.S. Secretary of
the Interior's Sandards for Evaluation and Registration and the stated criteria of the
National Register of Histroric Places of the National Park Service, U.S. Departmentof
the Interior and on data developed by the survey. The recommended National Register
I nominations are listed in order of priority. This section also identifies other areas of
Manchester that should be targeted for subsequent historic resource surveys.
There are two main types of National Register nominations: multiple property and individual. The multiple property nomination provides several options: a) a method for nominating all of a town's historically and architecturally significant resources at one
time; b) the nomination of a district encompassing a geographically defined area of
resources that are unified in appearance, time, or theme, or in all three; or c) a thematic
nomination covering similar resurces that are located in separate locations throughout a
I) given area, where each nominated component is individually eligible for listing in the
National Register. An individual nomination to the National Register applies to a single I building or site. An individually nominated property usually represents an important and intact representative of its building type, or has transcendant historical associations or both.
Cheney Expansion District
To provide a comprehensive delineation of the Cheney Brothers National Historic
District, the proposed Expansion Districtshould be pursued as a priority. The Cheney
Brothers National Historic Landmark DistrictExpansion Survey (Sutherland, 1982) has carefully documented the historical association of the expansion district area on the east with the Cheney Brother Silk Mills. This area was one of the primary residential neighborhoods for Cheney Brothers employees. Cheney Brothers owned rental
properties in the area and many of the workers constructed their own homes with the
assistance of the Cheney Brothers through the Manchester Building and Loan
Association. The present survey has added information concerning the architectural IJ significance of a number of these properties. I 35 I
Though the neighborhood could qualify as a National Register nomination, the most I; appropriate and meaningful status in terms of historic interpretation would be to be included in the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark District. Toward this end, a I subsequent survey should examine the Cheney association on the west side and in any other areas with associations to the Cheney Brother Silk Mills. Following that a i I definitive expansion area including all additional Cheney-related sites and neighborhoods can be submitted in a comprehensive proposal.
Proposed Main StreetHistoric District
The rapid growth and prosperity generated by the Cheney Brothers Silk Mills and
Manchester's other industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is clearly reflected
in its built environment. The central business district of Main Street possesses a very significant collection of late-19th and early-20th century commercial architecture that is a
direct expression of the prospering community. This development also produced a
number of public, religious and other institutional buildings important to Manchester for
both their architectural significance and historical associations. ) As another immediate priority it is proposed that a Main StreetNational Register
District be created. This district can be defined by a specific geographical area that
shares a common history and function. It is recommended that the district run from the
corner of School and Main Street north to Center Streetincluding the Town Hall
complex, Congreational Church, Post Office and Masonic Hall on the north side of
Center and East Center Streets. The district should also include those commercial buildings located on cross streets that are adjacent and contiguous to Main Street commercial area. The district should wrap around Center Street to include the entire
Center Park , and include the portion of East Center Street to Madison Street to take in
the SNET building and Orange Hall. Although the South United Methodist Church,
Bennett Apartments and Education Square school buildings are of high architectural
merit and are significant to the development of Main Street, these buildings are presently
included in the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark District, the National Register district should start immediately to the north. They would not be included in the Main StreetHistoric District to avoid the overlapping of the districts. (See map on the
next page.) j) I 36
While a number of these buildings could qualify for individual nominations, the Hall
of Records, the Salvation Army Building, the Orange Hall, these buildings should be
nominated as part of a Main Street district These buildings seen in the context of the
entire Main Street would have more meaning and would afford a more comprehensive II approach to managing these historic resources.
Proposed National Re�ster Nomination for East Side Neie;hborhood : I It is also proposed that the East Side neighborhood north of the Cheney expansion area : I be nominated to the National Register. This neighborhood contains a variety of late-19th and early- 20th century housing of architectural significance and historical significance to I the town. The area includes a row of tum-of-the-century homes along East Center Street that were the residences of a number of prominent Main Street merchants as well as many I fine examples of tum-of-the-century workers housing. Also some homes built by local builders such as Joel Hawley and Patrick Gormanare included. Together with the Cheney expansion districtand the Main StreetHistoric District, the East Side , I neighborhood historic districtwould provide recognition and procedural protection for
the entire area surveyed.
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Additional Survey Areas
It is recommended that the next community area to be surveyed is the neighborhood to
the West of Main Street and to the north of the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark District This neighborhood contains many houses of architectural significance with associations to Cheney and other Manchester industries. It has many
ties to Main Street through the residences of Main Street merchants. Much of the
architecture is significant and is in a good state of preservation. While some houses have
been sided with aluminum or vinyl, it is not as widespread as in the East side.
Information on the historic character of the architecture can help property owners make
informed decisions on what type of home maintenance and renovation will preserve the I buildings architectural significance. This neighborhood survey should be a next priority. 37
MANCHESTER HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY- INVENTORY
I BIRCH STREET
22-26 Academy/20th Century Commercial, c.l925 01 G-9 I I 43-45 Italianate House, c.l880 02 F-22 122-124 Colonial Revival House, c.1900 03 F-1
: I BISSEL STREET
18-20 20th Century Commercial, c.l900 04 D-18
I CENTER STREET I 66 Hall of Records, 18 96 OS A-0 CHARTER OAK STREET
53-57 Greek Revival House, c.1830 06 C-3 91 Greek Revival House, c.1830 07 C-4 96-98 Queen Anne House, c.l885 08 C-6 107-109 Greek Re,·ival House, c.l880 09 C-10 , I 118-120 20th Century Commercial, c.l920 10 C-13 126 Greek Revival House, c.l840 11 C11 142-144 Greek Revival House, c.l860 12 C17 IJ 150-154 French Second Empire House, c.l870 13 C-15
I CLINTON STREET
38-40 Triple Decker, c.l920 14 G-15 I 56 Colonial Revival House, c.l915 15 G-14
COTTAGE STREET
45 Victorian VernacularHouse, c.l875 16 D-24
EAST CENTER STREET
52 SNET, 1929 17 C-21 I 72 Orange Hall, 19 02 18 C-24 142 George Allen House, c.l91 0 19 A-29
-- . ------. -- .. . 156-158 Queen Anne House, c.l895 · -- - 20 A-31 172 Justus W. Hale House, 1902 21 A-33 178 Colonial Revival House, c.1900 22 A-34 192 William Rubinow House, c.l895 23 C-0 I \) I 38
ELDRIDGE STREET
24 Colonial Revival House,c.1900 24 A-4 I 29-3 1 Victorian Vernacular House, c.1886 25 A-6 51-53 Greek Revival House, c.J860 26 A-5 61-63 Victorian Vernacular House,c.1893 27 A-8 71-73 Greek Revival House, c.l860 28 A-ll , I 72 Victorian Vernacular House, c.l865 29 A-10 102 Italianate House, c.l870 30 A-13 140-142 Victorian Vernacular House, c.l899 31 A-15
I I 163 Bungalow,l919 32 A-17 180-182 Colonial Revival House, c.l916 33 A-21
FLORENCE STREET
78 Colonial Revival House, c.1915 34 G-13 I FOSTER STREET
I 56-58 Colonial Revival House, c.l910 35 A-28 69-7 1 Colonial Revival House, c.l910 36 G-8 82 Queen Anne House, c.l890 37 G-6 I 109 Colonial Revival Apartment , c.l920 38 G-4
I ) HAMLIN STREET 20 Colonial Revival House, c.l920 39 G-1 1 94 Colonial Revival (Dutch) House, c.1920 40 G-12
JACKSON STREET I 12 Colonial Revival House, cl910 41 A-24 JOHNSON TERRACE
19 Colonial Revival House, c.l910 42 G-10 , I LINDEN STREET 63 Temple Beth Shalom, 1940, 1946 43 N/A , I MADISON STREET 24 Queen-Anne House, 1900 44 A-23 I 31 Queen Anne House, 1902 45 A-25 MAINSTREET
I 479 United States Post Office, 1931 46 N/A 586 Mary Cheney Library,l937 47 B-lA ) Center Park, 1905 48 N/A I Children's Fountain Sculpture 49 B-2A I 39
623 Selwitz Block, c.1920 50 B-3A 649 Pearl Building, c.l920 51 B-4A 661 Salvation Army , 1908 52 B-5 I 687-691 Johnson Block, 1912 53 B-8A 705-713 Johnson Block, 1910 54 B-10A 745 State Theater , 1924 55 B-18A : I 750 Colonial Revival/Mansard House, c.l900 56 B-14A 757-763 Kemp-Fradin Block, 1926 57 B-19A 765-773 Dewey & Richman Block, 1926 58 B-20A 775-777 20th century Block, c.l930 59 B-21A r I 791 Tinker Building,l911 60 B-22A 801-805 Waranoke Inn, c.l905 61 D-8 806-814 Jarvis Building, c.l948 62 F-21 I 811 Jaffee& Podgrove, c.l920 63 D-17 819 PurnellBuilding, 1900 64 D-6 822 20th Century Commercial, c.l928 65 F-19 I 832-848 20th Century Commercial, c.l928 66 F-18 841-857 Rubinow Building, c.l890/1940 67 D-5 867-877 Orford Hotel , 1894 68 D-4 896 St. James Church, 1876 69 D-3 .I 903 T. H. Weldon Building, cl897 70 D-2 935 Watkins Brothers , 1920 71 D-1 945-953 House & HaleBuilding, 1909 72 E-34 I 969-985 Cheney Block, 1899 73 E-36 1063-1067 Forrest Block, c.l920 74 E-6 .. 1069-73 20th Century Comrnerical, c.l925 75 E-7 1077-81 20th Century Commercial, c.l925 76 E-8 I ) 1141 ElisabethBennet Middle School, 1914-17 77 E-1 1146 Bennet Apartments, 1904 78 E-9 I 1208 South United Methodist Church, 1924 79 E-1
MAPLE STREET
31-33 Queen Anne House, c.l906 80 E-30 47 Greek Revival House, c.l860 81 E-32 60 Greek Revival House, c.l870 82 E-25 65-67 Victorian Vernacular House, c. 1875 83 E-21 115 Victorian Vernacular house, c.1880 84 F-14
NORMAN STREET
G-18 I 31-33 Colonial Revival House, c.l925 85
OAK STREET
I 115-117 Italianate House, c.l872 86 D-12 183 Victorian VernacularHouse, cl885 87 D-13 199-201 Colonial Revival House, c.1910 88 D-15 I 238-240 Colonial Revival House, c. 1910 89 D-16 254 Bungalow , c.l920 90 D-17 J I PEARL STREET I 40 I ) 18 Queen Anne House, c.l890 91 F-1 68-70 Queen Anne House, c.l890 92 F-3 . I 113- 115 Colonial Revival House, c.l910 93 F-12
: I SCHOOL STREET 39 Heating Plant, 1916 94 E-15 45 Training School Building, 1924 95 E-16 56-58 Greek Revival House, c.l 880 96 E-17 ' I 78-80 Italianate House, c.l880 97 E-19 79 Victorian Vernacular House, c.l883 98 E-20 , I 92-94 Victorian Vernacular House, c.l880 99 E-21
I SPRUCE STREET
37-39 Queen Anne House, c.l895 100 F-5 43 Swedish Congregational Church, 1896 101 F-6 I 74 Queen Anne House, c.l890 102 F-4 .I WELLS STREET 56-58 Greek Revival/ItalianateHouse, c.l870 103 D-14 Victorian Vernacular House, cl880 104 D-20 ! ) 88-90 I I
I I I I � , I I I I I}
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I INDEX TO HOUSES WITH IDENTICAL PLANS TO THOSE SURVEYED* ) STREET ADRRESS HOUSES WITH I IDENTICAL PLAN
I ELDRIDGE STREET
72 30,34,40,44,48,54,58,62,68 I Victorian Vernacular House
140-142 Victorian Vernacular Two-Family H ouse 150-152
180-182 Colonial Revival Two-Family House 204-206
FOSTER STREET
69-71 Colonial Revival Two-Family House 73-75
MADISON STREET
24 Queen Anne House 20
. I MAPLE STREET I 31-33 Queen Anne Two-Family House 25-27, 37-39 115 Victorian Vernacular House 109, 119, 123
OAK STREET
199-201 Colonial Revival Two-Family House 195-197,203-205
SCHOOL STREET
78-80 Two-family Italianate House 72-74,86-88
79 Victorian Vernacular House 95 , I I
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I *Located on the same block
' ) I INDEX TO TilE SLIDES
[ I Building/Address Form# : I 1. Hall of Records, 66 Center Street 05 2. Orange Hall, 72 East Center Street 18
3. Justus W. Hale House, 172 East Center Street 21
I 4. William Rubinow House, 192 East Center Street 23
5. Victorian Vernacular House, 61-63 Eldridge Street 27 I 6. Cheney Brothers Workers Housing, 72 Eldridge Street 29 7. Bungalow, 163 Eldridge Street 32
8. Salvation Army Citadel, 661 Main Street 52
9. The Johnson-Blocks, 689-713 Main Street 52/53 . I 10. Main Street looking north (Purnell, J afee & Podgrove, 60/61/62/63 Waranoke Inn and Tinker Buildings)
11. Tinker Building, 791 Main Street 60
I ) 12. Orford Hotel, 869 Main Street 68
13. T. H. Weldon Building, 903 Main Street 70 .I 14 Main Street looking south (House & Hale and Cheney Block) 12m 15. Cheney Block, 969-985 Main Street 73
16. South United Methodist Church, 1208 Main Street 79
17. Victorian Vernacular House, 65-67 Maple Street 83
18. Italianate House, 115-117 Oak Street 86
19. Victorian VernacularHouse, 183 Oak Street 87 .I 20. Italianate House, 78-80 School Street 96 , I
r I HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY /,�1 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES / Town No.: I Site No HIST·6 REV.6.183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT .: UTMI I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I ' I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I : I (203) 566-3005 I ) DISTRICT NR, SPECIFY Os 0 NR IF 0 Actual 0 Potential ? t. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Histon·c) I I Pentland Florist 1 Academy Building 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY
z ManchesterI 0 Hartford I or /oca.tion) � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and I I I () 22-26 Birch Street iL >= OWNER{S) z � Private 4. Shamash, Rahim 0 Public Q I w 5. USE (Present) (Historic) commercial/residential 1 commercial/educational 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 0 Yos 0 No 0 No I TO PUBLIC: \ IXJ Yos / access to store durinq business hours STYLE OF BUILDINGI DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. 20th Century Corrrnercial c.l925 I MATEAIAL(S) (Indicate use or Joca.tion when appropriate) I kJ8. Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding 0 Brick 0 Other (Specify) I 0 WoodShingle kJ Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board & batten 0 Stocco 0 Cotmlestone
0 Aluminum 0 Cor'ICI'ete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ; ., . : :: Q Woodframe 0 Post and 0 Balloon �...... - beam '·· 0 Load·bearing masonry 0 Structural iron steel
or 0 Other (Specily) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) >= 0 Gable Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: IXl ()a. 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 Hip 0 0 Other (Spedfy) I 0 (/) ""'"" w (Material)
0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 0 Slate asphalt I Tlo Oth" Asphalt shiog!e Bui t up Til' 0 ED l 0 0 (Specify)
11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 3 12. CONDITION (Structural) I 0 Excellent 0 GoO
I O Moved l 0 n original site [1g liJ Yos 0 No / storefront; false-front, doors 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage kJ Otherlandscape featuces or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden parking lot house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT
I 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered boildiogsviSJb!e from site
w: � Commerda! 0 Industrial 0 Aural 0 High building density I " 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS JJOCated on Birch Street adjacent to the Main Street commercial district, the building has a parking lot to either side. I (OVER) #I
17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE {Interiorafldlorexterior) This commercial blockis a three-story five bay building with anered storefront and a crow-step parapet wall. A cornice extends across the facade above the storefront. On the secondstory paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows are flanked by tripartite windows comprised of 1/1 double-hung sash. On the left outer bay is a 111 double-hung sash window. The third ,� story has paired 1/1 double-hung sash flanked by two 1/1 sash window on the left and one similar window on the right. A cornice runs across the top of the building, but is covered in an offset portion by a crowstepped false front. � w
18. ARCHITECT BUILDER
19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The building is architecturally significant as an example of early-20th century commercial architecture. It is one of the few examples of a false-front roof treatment in the central business district.
The building is historically significant because a portion of the building is all that remains of the Academy Building. Formerly located on East Center Street on a site to the west of the present Masonic Hall, the original Greek Revival structure served an academy school for Manchester in the 1800's. It was later used as the first Masonic Hall until the present Masonic Hall was constructed in 1925. An article in the Manchester Herald states, 'The Academy was partially destroyed by fire and
was moved to Birch Street. It was con"erted into a theater and later converted to a store.... '
In the 1920's this commercial building housed the businesses of Herman Chapnik, a tailor, Sam Yulyes, a shoemaker, and the Stavinsky Brothers bicycle shop. Presently it is used as a commercial building, housing Pentland Florist.
Manchester Hearald, September 14, 1983. Buckley. A New England Pattern Speiss and Bidwell. The History of Manchester, p. 120. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Town Directory, 1923.
Town of Manchester ADDRESS
41 Center CT 06040 . SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS I ) ft ------. · .,.o::-;_,:, "'EA�r" "r"' ""su"'I"'Lo"'IN"'o"o"' "s ==-E ------r;� � R s o R rr ; ): ah�------I Nooeknown D Highways 0 Vanda5sm 0 Davelopers []
Zoning fJ Renewal 0 Private []': Deterioration 0 Explanation
pr-s REV. 6133{Back) 1!2 HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUilDINGS AND STRUCTURES ! Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6 AEV.6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT J : UTI� CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I ' I I i 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY . 0 S 0 NR ' 0 Ac'"'' D Potential , )' BUILDING NAME (Ccmmon} (Historic) ,,, 1. 1 - TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY
z 2. f � 0 �lanchester Hartford I � STREET AND NUMBER (and orlocslion) I () 3. 43-45 Birch StreetI u: ;:: OWNER($) z Public g) Private 4. Gryk, Arme 0 e I USE (P1esenl) (Historic) w
5. residential 1 residential: 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I PUBLIC: 15I Yes 0 No 0 Yes Q No \ STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION TO I 7. Italianate cl890 I MATERIAL($) (Indicateuse or when appropriate) I 08. Claphoard location0 Asbestos siding 0 Brid< 0 OJher (Specify) � Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Reklstone I _ 0 Board bat1en 0 Slucco 0 Cobblestone
& 0 Aluminum 0 Conetete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: 9 STRUCTURAL SYSTEM . Wood frame 0 Post and beam BaBoon " I) IX] 0 ·.._�r.,l" ' �- 0 Load·bearlng masorvy 0 Structural iron or steel
0 Other (Specify) z I 0 ROOF (Type)
10. li: Gable Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtoolh a: lil 0 () 0 Gambrel 0 Shod 0 Hip 0 0 Other I (Specify) enc """"" w (Material)
0 Woodshingle 0 Roll 0 0 Slate I asphalt no Other [] Asphalt shinqle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 {Spedfy)
NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 11. 2� 32'x 46' CONDITION (Sttuctural) I (Ext , 012. Excellent IXJooo<� 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent Qooo<� 0 0 Deteriorated At TERA T/ONS I INTEGRITY(Locath:m) WHEN? IF YES, EXPLAIN F•J• t3. Q On original site 0 Moved Q Yes 0 No0 Colonial Revival-stvle norch· sidinq RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 14. I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage Shop 0 Garden house 0 SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT
15. I 0 Open land Wood"!and Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site ) 0 IX] ;; 0 Commercial Industrial 0 Aural 0 High buiiding density {' 0 [: 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS
IDeated in a residential neighborhocx:l among one and two-family homes of similar age.
I (OVER) 17. and'or exterior) OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteriof This two-family ltalianate-style house has aT-plan, two story addnion at rear, and a Colonial Revival-style wrap around porch. The porch is comprisedof Tuscan columnssupporting a wide archnrave and hipped roof. Over the left entty bay is a deeply pedimented gable; the right entry bay is through a circular comer A turned balustrade wnh molded handrail defines ,� the edge of the porch. A The facade has two 212 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds on the first and second stories. The gable ends of w the facade and crossi)ables have gable returns and round-headed windows in a plain surrounds at center. The entries are located in the front of the crossiJables. The doorway is comprised of a paneled doors with rectangular lights in a molded surround; on the left side it is flanked by hall sidelights wnh decorativetracety: On the west elevation, a stained glass round-headed window has been added. AI rear is a two-stoty addnion.
18. ARCHITECT
19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL I This house is architecturally signHicant as an example of an ltalianate house which received the addition of a Colonial Revival-style wrap around porch. Its porch is one olthe finest examples of Colonial Revival porches and is distinguished by its well proportioned columns, pedimented entry on one side, and corner gazebo on the other. Its round-headed windows and use of the T-plan are features commonto the ltalianale style.
Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. f3 I� en
Town of Manchester
ADDRESS 41 Center CT06040
SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS
oR I· rnREATS TO BUILDING SITE (!!ill) known 0 0 Vanda�sm 0 0 Oth"·------Nona Highways Developers D Private D Deterioration 0 Zoning Renewal Explanation 6183 (Back) �T·6 REV. #3 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY �ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY �UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. S/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I : : UTM : : I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I ; I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I I I (203) 566-3005 DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY
NR Actual Potential i Os D 0 D 'tj f. BUILDING NAME I (Common) l (Historic) 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY
0 Manchester Hartford lz� 3. STREET AND NUMBER I I I '-' 122-124 u: Birch(and orstreet location) i= 4. OWNER(S) z Public � Private w Obermeier, Peter 0 I 9 5. USE
1 (Historic) two-family(Ptesent) residential two-family residential 6. IXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I Y" No TO PUBLIC: IXJ Y" 0 No I 0 £I 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival c.l900 i 8. MATEAIAL(S) I 0 Clapboard (Indicate use or kcation0 when Asbestos appropnate) siOin-g D Brick D Other
� Wood shingle Asphalt s1ding Fieldstone I D D (Specify) & D Board batten 0 Stucco D Cobblestone
Aluminum Concrete Cut stone I D siding D Type: D Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
·-..: _<.; Wood frame Post ano beam Balloon I')•'.. iil 0 D D Load-bearing masonry D Structural icon or steel D Other I 10. 0 ROOF (Specify) zi= a. Gable(Type) Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: D D 0 D D '-' (/) I Gambler Shed H'P Round Other w � D c D D D
(Ma_teria/) (Specify) I D Wood shingle Rol! 0 Tin 0 Slate D asphalt Other Asphalt shingle BUilt up Tile 0 [) D D 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 1 (Specsfy) I 2,; 321 X 40 12. CONDITION I D Excellent (Structural)IKJ Good D Fatr 0 Detenorated 1(Ext0, Excellent @ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRlTY L ti n WHEN? IF YES. EXPLAIN On original s1te I b{J ( oca o0) Moved l ALTERATIONSD y., [XI No) l I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES D Barn D Shed E) Garage D Other lan-dscape features or buildic;Qs Carriage Shop Garden (Specify) D house D D I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 0 Open land D Woodland Iii Residential D ScaUered buildings visible from site
) Commercial Industrial Hfgh building density r' 0 D D Aural D b 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS
Located in a residential neighborhood among single and two-family homes built in the late-19th and early-20th century. I (OVER) � This two-story three-bay two-family house has an almost square main block with hipped roof and a porch that extends almost the length of the facade. The porch is comprised of turned postsbraced by brackets supporting a plain architrave '2'� . and hipped roof. The entry bay is distinguished by a bellcast-roof pediment. A square balustrade runs between the I columns.
The center bay on the first story are paired entrances; paneled doors with upperlights are set in molded surrounds. The outer bays on both stories are 6/11 double-hung sash in plain surrounds; the center bay on the second story is paired 6/1 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds that are narrower than the windows in the outer bays. Corner boards mark each cornerof the house, and a plain frieze and cornice circumscribes the building. The hipped roof overhangs. Centered in the attic level is a dormer with bellcast roof and paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows in plain surround.
The side elevations are three- bays. On the west elevation is a polygonal bay window; at rear is a two-story addition.
19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE
This house is historically significant as an unusual example of the Four Square subtype of the Colonial Revival style. Its square block, hipped roof with central dormer, 6/1 glazing patterns, and hipped roof porch are all features typically found in the Four Square. The house is distinguished by the unusual bellcast roof of its dormer and porch gable!. The porch, with ils turned posts and brackets is more typical of Victorian residences.
In the early 20th century, this two-family house was the home of William Payne, an employee of the Orlord Soap Company and Samuel Moore, a plumber whose shop was located at 107 Spruce Street.
Town of Manchester, Town Directory 1923. "' w Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester. 1926. I� Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. "'
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�IST·6 REV. 6183{Back) / HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 114 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
HIST·6 REV. 8183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 (203) 566·3005
0 Pubr�e .[) Private
I 0 No G ve, 0 No Colonial Revival
8. MATEAIAL(S) (Indicateuse or locationwhen appropliate )
Clapboard Asbestos siding Brick Other [3 0 0 0 Spe ( cify) ______0 WOOO shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone
Board & batten S'"oco Cobblestone I 0 0 0
Aluminum Concrete Cut slone
I 0 siding 0 Type: ----- 0 Typ" ------�
9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
' Wood frame Post and beam Balloon r ') ua 0 0
Load-bearing masonry 0 0 Structural iron or steel
Other (Specify) z 0 0 10. ROOF (Type)
ii: [lg Gable Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: 0 0 0 0 (,) (/) Gambrel Shed Hip Rmmd Othor w 0 0 0 0 0 (Specify) c {Material)
wooo shingle Roll 0 Slate 0 0 asphalt Ono Other Asphalt shingle Buill up Tile 0 [iJ 0 D (Specify) 11. APPROXIMATE
IX] Good Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated
Garage (Specify) 0 Shod 0 0 Other landscape features or buik.fings Carriage 0 Shop Garden house 0
Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scanered buildirlQS visible from site Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 1!9 High building density 16. I 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interiorand/01 exterior) This three-bay two-and-a-han story wood frame commerciaVresidential building has a center entry leading to the upper stories flanked by two storefronts. The building is oriented with its gable end facing the street. The central doorway is ;0" comprised of a paneled door with a large rectangular light at top setin a molded surround topped by an inlilled transom. The '" storefronts have recessed central entries with similar doors topped by transoms. Large plate glass windows rise from paneled bases. The storefront level is delineated by a narrow cornice braced by small curvilinear brackets. � !z The second story has four bays- two1/1 double-hung sash with plain surrounds flanked by paired1/1 double-hung sash 2 windows. Centered in1he gable aretW o windows presently covered by craft paper. The gable end is sheathed with wood !;: shingle and has gable returns. The side elevations have paired and single1/1 double-hung sash windows. 5 i!J1.l
I I I This building is architecturally signfficant as an excellent example of a commerciaVrasidantial building in theColonial Revival style. Its symmetrical facade, gable returns, doorways with paneled doors and transoms are all typical ofColonial Revial architecture. The storefronts flanking an central entry to the upper stories is a common turn-of-the-century commercial arrangement. This buildingpossesses one of thelaw examples of well-preserved turn-of-the-century commercial storefronts inManchesta(s central business district.
During the early 20th century the stores were occupied by the butcher shop ofRobart Kittel andCharles Kuhr's store specializing in ladies furnishings. .
Town ofManchester, TownDirect01y, 1923.
en Sanborn MapCompany, InsuranceMaps ofManchester, 192 6. w \) Town of Manchester, Assessor'sRecords. g en
BarbaraA. Lewis
A. Lewis
Town ofManchester
41 Center CT06040 FIELD EVALUATIONS
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None kr\Q>nrn 0 Highways 0 Vandali>m D Developers 0 0\h"------n Renewal 0 Privata 0 DeleOOfation 0 Zoning Explanation T·6 REV. 6183 {BaCk) /15 HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES J Town No.: .,Site No.: H1ST·6 REV.6!83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT UTM I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 auAo: (203) 566·3005 ( I ' DISTRICTT IF NR, SPECIFY i·> Os .·0 NR ' 0 Actual 0 Potential I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (H Probate Court Building I l of Records 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE i;;:� COUNTY z Manchesterf ' Hartford 0 I !i STREET AND NUMBER (andI or tloca ion) I () 3. 66 center Street u: ;:: OWNEA(S} z Public Private 4. Town of Manchester GJ D I f! w 5. USE (Present) (Historic) Probate Court 1 Town Clerk's Office/Probate Court/Jail 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I �: Yos 0 No No for court use TO PUBLIC: ! 0 0 ' STYLE OF BUILDING l v.. DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Colonial Revival 1896 I MATEA/Al(S) (Indicate use or location whenappropriate) I 08. Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding 0 Other Q "'"' (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Asph!lltsiding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board banen 0 swoco 0 Cobblestone
& 0 0 Cor.c:tete Q Cut stone si ,.) 0 Woodframe 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon ·o' 0 Other (Specify} z I 10. ROOF (Type) 0 I ;:: a. 0 Ga'ole 0 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth ii: I () A" 0 Gambrel 0 Shed IKJ Hip 0 Roun 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 "" 0 Slate I asphalt IX] 0�" • . Asphalt shingle Built up Tile 0 0 0 rspecifyJ compos�t �on 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 1 43' X 55' 12. CONDITION (Stroctural} I 0 Excellent [2l Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated Excellent @ Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Locafion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IFl(Exlo' YES, EXPLAIN [i! On original site 0 Moved 53 vos 0 No0 ' rear entry relocated· air conditioners 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscapefeatures or buiklings (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 15. I 53 Opeo�od 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildingsvisible from site ;Y' [;3 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density 8) 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS IDeated along center Street across from 'Ib1m Hall on a parcel of land that I•Tcls fonnerly a portion of Center Park. I (OVER) 17. (lnteriofandlotexteriorl �EAJ'IO1 na ManchesterTA(\LE FEATt.}ijE$. Hall OFof BRecordsUILDING Ofl ISSITE a one-story three-oay yellow brick building with central pavilion,set on a high foundation of red sandstone rock-faced ashlar. A half-flight of red sandstone steps leads to the entry which is recessed in a semi-circular blind arch. The doorway is comprised of paneled door embellished with bead-and-reel molding flanked by pilasters carrying the molded be� course I 'Q' {which circumscribes the building). To either side of the pilasters are half-sidelights with tracery in a diamond-in-a-circle motif. ' Above the door is a semi-circular fanlight with radiating muntins, trimmed with egg-and-dart molding. To either side of the central 6;1!1 o pavillion Palladian-motif windows are set in semi-circular blind arches. The original windows have been replaced and semi-circular W I � portion infilled. The windows rest on heavy stone sills and have recessed panels below. A bead-molded belt coursecircumscribes o the building and is carried across the windows and doorway. A modill ion cornice runs around the building and the pediment. Centered ii: in the pediment Is an elliptical window with radiating muntins and keystone motif. I� The side facades have three bays. Palladian windows similar to those on the facade flanks a VIdouble-hung sash surrounded by c half pilasters supporting a flat arch with keystone motif. The rear of the building has a one-story entry which has been infilled,and a new entry added on the right side. Little of the oriainal interior remains. It is notable for the aedicule bearina the buildina name. architect. builder and date built. Charles 0. Treat 19. significant as an excellent example of the Colonial Revival applied to public buildings in Manchester.. �s symmetrical facade,Palladian motifs,classical detailing are characteristic of the Colonial Revival style and illustrate the return to classically-inspired architecture at the turn-of-the -century. As constructed by noted architects Hapgood and Hapgood, I wu the Hall of Records, though modest in scale for a public building, is sophisticated in its design. z < The building is historically significant as the repository of Town records during the early-20th century. li In the late 19th century, increased concern was expressed over the safety of the Town's records. "In l894,the town meeting appointed 1ii a committee to prepare a recommendation for a new hall of records. In 1895 Frank Cheney offered the Town,"on condition practically free of cost; the property of Center Street across from the Town Hall." At the town meeting in October, $15,000 was allocated for construction of the building. Completed in 1896,it was originally used to house the town records and as the Town Clerk's office. Occupying the basement laval was the Town Court and Probate Court, and jail calls. pp. 312-313. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester,1919, 1926. (/) Speiss & Bidwell, History of Manchester, pp. 231-232. �!!; Town of Manchester, Land Records,vol. 32, P. 51. I � g Town of Manchester, Town Meeting Minutes, vol. 3, pp62-64, July 2, 1895; p. 71,October 7,1895. Hughes & Bailey,Area View of Manchester, Connecticut, 1914. Barbara A. Lewis 6-17-93 6-17-93 Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street,Manchester, CT 06040 ) ------"7 ------�f·.�T;H�R����T�O�B�U�1 L�1D N� G�O�R�S�I T�E ------Glli) a Noneknown 0 Highways D Vandafism D 0 Other Developers D 0 0 Zoning p Explanation , Renewal PrNate Deterioration · 6183 !ST-6 REV. (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #6 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUilDINGS AND STRUCTURES ; Town No.: Site No.: HJST·6 REV. 6f83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT J : I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTMl 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566-3005 l I I D1STAICT1I IF NR, SPECIFY Os D NR 0 Actual 0 Potential ·rI 1. BUILDING NAME (Common} 1 (Historic) I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY :z Manchester Hartford 0 � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (aOO I or location) I (.) 53-55-57 Charter Oak Street I I u:: t= 4. OWNER{S) :z South Park Associates1 Ltd. Partnership P"bl� Private w D � Q I 5. USE (Present} (Historic) three-family residential 1 residential ,_ EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Ye• No 0 Y" [X] No I TO PUBLIC: [X] 0 ! 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Greek Revival cl830 I 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or location when appropriate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbeslos siding D Bricl< D Other (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Asp�alt siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board & batten 0 StU � Aluminum 0 Conetete D Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM J 119 Wood frame [lg Post and beam 0 Balloon . ',�>�"1\ 0 Load-bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) :z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) t= a. Gable 0 Flat Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: [X] D D u (/) Gambrel D Shed D Hlp 0 Round Other w 0 D I 0 (Specify) (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin D Slate I asphalt Other Bunt up nle 119 Asphalt shingle 0 Q 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER -!OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 24 x 40 ' plus wing 12. CONDITION (Structural) I ' (Exterior) D Excellent @ Good 0 Fait D Deteriorated 1 D Excellent QU Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I t3. tNTEGRJTY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS ) IF YES, EXPLAIN {XJ On original site D Moved [X] Y" 0 No sidinq, POrch and side addition bav windo1·1 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I D Barn 0 ShO I 0 Open land 0 Woodland [] Residential 0 Scatteredbuildings visible from site .)D Commercial D Industrial D Rural 0 High building density p· 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located on Charter Oak Street across from the access to !384, the house is flanked by . mid-20th century garden apartment •complexes. ) (OVER) 17. OT""RNOTABLE FEATlJ,RES.OF BUILOJNG OR.SITE Uor<'rio To the left of the doorwayis a wide one-story polygonal bay window, a later addition. The three windows on the second story are 6/6 double-hung sash covered by aluminum storm windows. Centered in the deeply pedimented gable is a 6/6 double-hung sash window. The one-story wing has its entrance on the left bay. Over the doorway is a flat-roof ltalianate-style entrance hood of similar description to the main entrance, but o� smaller scale. New windows and fenestration pattern have been added to the wing. On the west elevation is a one-story shed-roof addition with entry porch. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The Carrier House is architecturally signHicant as a good example of a Greek Revival-style residence. Its gable-front orientation, deeply pedimented gable, and doorway with sidelights are all characteristic features of the style. The elaborate and heavy ltalianate entrance hoods are two of the finest examples in the neighborhood East of Main Street. The house maintains much of its original character, and, additions such as the ltalianate entrance hood and bay windows illustrate how a building can elvolve over time. This house is historically signHicant as one of the oldest houses in the district. "This house ... belonged in the 19th century to Edwin T. Carrier, a tinsmith whose tin shop stood directly across the street from the house. In 1900 Carrier lived in the house with his wife and daughter, Francis, who f!larried a local attorney, Alexander Arnott. The Arnotts continued to live in the house in the 20th century, and they retained it until l937."' Cheney Brothers District, Phase Two, 1982. Atlas of Hartford and Tolland Countie:,, Connecticut. 1869. (/) Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. I� Town of Manchester, Land Records, val. 124, p. 353 0 Town of Manchester, TownDirectorv 1923. (/) Barbara A Lewis VIEW North Elevation ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENTFIELD EVALUATIONS I �J�--�------�n0 F THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE \lDJ LJll.oooknown 0 H�hway' 0 Vandaflsm 0 �" 0 Oll>o<·------ TI Renewal Private Deterioration Zoning Explanation ' 0 0 0 ,, ST-6 REV. 6183 (Back) #7 HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES 6/83 Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTMI I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 I QUAD: I ' f.1- (203) 566·3005 ) DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY Os 0 NR 0 Actual 0 Potential I 1. (Common) (Historic} rj BUILDING NAME 1 2. TOWN/�TYMane VILLAGE COUNTY z ester Hartford 0 3. (and/orlocation) I � STREET AND NUMBER I I (.) 91 Charter Oak Street u: ;::: 4. z OWNEA(S) w 0 [g) I Hicking, Dorethea Public Private g 5. (PFesent) (Historic) USE residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES. EXPLAIN I ACCESSIBILITY y., TO 119 0 0 119 PUBLIC: Yos No No I 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Greek Revival 1 c1830 i 8. (Indicate use or �lion when apPtopriate) MATERIAL($) 0 0 D Brick 0 Clapboard Asbestos siding Other(Specify} 0 0 D I WoOO shingle Asphalt siding Fieldstone & 0 Board batten 0 Siooco 0 Cobblestone [X} Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ' ..--: V liJ ug 0 1 ... ) Wood frame Post and beam Balloon 0 load-bearing masonry 0 Structural Iron or steel 0 other (Specify} I z (Type) 0 10. ROOF ;::: 0.. a: 119 Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth (.) (/) I 0 Gambrel 0 0 0 0 w Sh" 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2� 1 241 X 36' 12. {Situctural) (Exton"or) CONDITION 1 0 0 0 Excellent [i)Good 0 Fair 0 Deteliorated Excellent 0 Good 0 Fair Deteriorated 13. ALTERATIONS I INTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? JF YES, EXPLAIN [i}On 1 liJ original site 0 Moved I 0 siding, porch Yos N0 1 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES 0 (Specify) I 0 Bam 0 Sh" 0 Cacriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. I SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT / 0 Open 0 � 0 l-- land Woodland Residential Scatlered buildings visible from site IV D ' Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS '!his house is set far back from Charter Oak Street, '·lith a later h.D-family residence located almost directly in front of it. I (OVER} #7 "· 0'1'1\�'fvit��l\?a:��'li'§'{o�'\Wr�e����Ed!jg�fr'tn"f�r�kRevival-style residence incorporates a Colonial Revival-style porch across its facade and north elevation. The entry, located on the left bay, has a paneled door with lights, which appears to be a replacement. The doorway is comprised of a molded surround flanked by half-sidelights subdividedby rectangular lights. Any pilasters and entablatures that may exist are obscured by the aluminum siding covering the building. The two windows on the first story and three on the secondstory of the facade are later additions of111 double-hung sash. @ Centered in the deeply pedimented gable is 6/6 double-hung sash window. On the south side is a small one-storybay window. Extending across the full facade and wrapping around the north side is a one-story Colonial Revival-style porch. Plain columns support a plain architrave and hipped roof; a turned ballustrade runs between the columns, topped by a molded hand rail. A one-bay portionin the rear of the side elevation is enclosed. , I ------��1 •.��� -pMWi�-- � - 19. i 1 as a good example of a Greek Revival-style residence. With its gable front oriented toward the street, offset entry, deeply pedimented gable, side lights and entablature, the house well illustrates the simple Greek Revival style commonly buiit in rural farming and mill communities in Connecticut. The addition of a Colonial Revival style porch at the turn of the I� century shows the building's evolution over lime. Though encased in aluminum siding, the house maintains most of its Greek Revival < character. () The house is historically significant as one of the oldest houses in the area and as an example of a type of housing commonly buiit I� in rural Connecticut farming and mill communitiesduring the early and mid-19th century. "In the 19th century, the property upon which "' this house stands belonged to Ezra Hc�se, who at one time worked in one of the town's coHon mills. In 1897, Nicholar lsleib, a German-born Cheney loomfixer purchased the property and he and his family lived in the house until l901. The house changed hands twice before it was purchased in 1907 by George Weir, an Irish-born farmer, and his wife Minnie. After Wei�s death, his wife retained the house until 1919. Two Cheney employed families owned the house in the 20's. In 1929, Samuel Yulyes, a Russian-born shoemaker, boughtthe house and retained it until l946."' of Manchester, Expansion Survey of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982. Atlas of Hart!ord and Tolland Counties, Connecticut 1869. ill Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Land Records, vol. 186 p. 584. I� Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. "' South elevation NAME Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIElD EVALUATIONS 0 Highways 0 Vandalism D Developers D 0\h"·------ Renewal D Private D Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation �T-6 REV. 6183 {Back) #8 HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: ST-6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT I UTM r 6183 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I : 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAO:I I I ( (203) 566·3005 DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY O NR Actual D Potential ' s 0 0 BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) .,3 , I 1. .. . l TOWN.... .CITY .. VILLAGE COUNTY Manchester z 2. I Hartford 0 I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and location) T I {) 96-98 Charterlor Oak Street u: 1= OWNER(S) z Bieu, Janet & Marcello, Ann Public Private 4. 0 [}} I El w USE {Present) (Historic) two-family residential two-family residential 5. 1 6. EXTERIOR V I MATERLAL(S) (/rl(ficate use or location when appropriate) [iJ8. Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding 0 Brid< 0 Other (Specify) I [RI Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board batten 0 S STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. liJ Wood frame D Post and beam Balloon �--�1r· ) 0 0 load-bealing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) I z 0 ROOF (Type) 10. !i: Gable Flat Mansard Moni1or Sawtooth a: [X] 0 0 0 0 {) I "' 0 Ga e 0 Shed 0 Hip 0 Round 0 Othe• (Specify) 0 mbr l w ' (Material) I 0 Woodshingle 0 Ron 0 no 0 Slate asphalt Asphalt shingle Buill up 128 0 Onta 0 Oth"{Specify) I NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 11. 2,1, l 38' X 241 CONDITION {Structural) (Exterior) 012. Excellent IX] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent !Jooo _:; Commercial Industrial Aural High building density _ .. , 0 0 0 0 )1'16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located \vith a narrm·l set-back from Charter Oak Street, its rear property line abutts the park. I (OVER) #!? 17. OTHER NOTABLE; FEATURES OF BUIJ_DJNUOR SitE and/or This two-and-a hall-story etgnt-bay uueen(Interior:. Anne-styte exJerfotl two-family (double} house is composed of a rectangular main block with its 1 idge line parallel to the street and projecting cross gables on each end. These cross gables are characterized by wide two-story bay &" indows topped by gable roofs which overhang the bay windows. The cross-gable ends are embellished w�h molded rake boards and I 'heathed w�h patterned fishscale shingles; centered in the gable is a rectangular window wilh plain surround and cornice cap. The .utaway is detailed with scroll brackets. The bay windows are comprised of 212 double·hung sash w�h plain surrounds and cornice . A � Extending between the bay windows is a two-bay one-story entry porch. Turned posts, braced by scroll-sawn brackets wnh jscEtlloJled intrados, support a plain architrave and shed roof. At center are two paneled doors wnh 3x3 lights on top in a plain tsurrouna. Centered in the facade on the secondstory are paired 1/1 double·hung sash windows w�h plain surrounds. At center of main blockin the attic level is a gable roof dormer with paired Ill double·hung sash windows with plain surround and molded rake The side elevations have four bays of 212 double-hung sash windows. On both side elevations are one-story shed-roof entry The a able ends are sheathed in oatterned fishscale shinales and have a 212 sash window at center. A brick chimnev with 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The building is· an excellent example of the Queen Anne style applied to a two-family house type. Although the double-house plan jcrE•atE!S a symmetrical facade, the use uf cross-gables, bay windows, and overhanging roofs gives the building a complex massing is characteristic of the Queen Anne style. The combination of fishscale shingles and clapboards creates a texture to the wall jsutiaces,� another feature of the Queen Anne style. Presently painted in a monochromatic scheme, polychromatic painting would ih�i; :��t tt his feeling. The house is W911-preseJVed with no significant alterations apparent. Though modestly detailed, the house well lit 1 1 1 s the Queen Anne style applied to workers housing. This house is historically signfficant as an example of Cheney Brothers workers housing. Cheney Brothers encouraged and jas•sisted its workers to build two-family houses. The owners would occupy one unit and would rent the other to help cover the cost of mortgage. When a worker had saved enough money to purchase a building lot, the worker was usually able to secure a loan from Building and Loan Association to construct a residence. "In the late 19th century , the property upon which this house stands j bEliot1ge,d to Richard 0. Cheney of the Cheney Brothers. In 1900, Cheney rented the apartments to the families of a Cheney employee an employee of George F. Day's Grocery. In 1906, Cheney transferred the house to a Lucy Rockwell who in 1912 transferred it to Mrs. Sarah Stevenson. In 1922 Mrs. Stevenson transferred it to Ufem Pantaluk, a Russian-born Cheney employee, and David Saver·ick, a Russian-born employee of Case Brothers, a local paper company. 1919.1926. w SanbornMap Company Insurance Msps of Manchester :tJ Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. � Town of Manchester, Land Records, vol. 73, p. 343. o Town of Manchester , Town Directory, 1923. If) Barbara A. Lewis Lewis ADDRESS 06040 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT SUBSEQUENT FJELD EVALUATIONS I THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE ClliD []< None known 0 Highways 0 VandaUsm 0 Developers 0 0\h"------ Q Renewal Private 0 0 Deteriofalion 0 ZOOog �planation 6183 HIST·6 REV. (Bad() �ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY f/9 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HlST·6 REV. 6183 I STATE OF CONNECTICUT : UTM I I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY T/ Os D NR D Actual 0 Potential (Historic) I 1. BUILDING NAME (CA>mmon) 1 I TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY 2. I z Manchester I Hartford 0 STREET AND NUMBER (and I or focal ion) � 3. I I () 1 07-1 09 Olarter Oak Street ii: ;::: OWNEA(S) z -4. Hassett, Kurt & Linda Public !KJ Private w D I e 5. USE (Presenl} (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. :EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY y., TO PUBLIC: I � No � No I I 0 [ 0 y., 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Victorian vernacular c 1880 MATEAIAL(S) (Indicateuse lccation when appropriate) I 8. or I Clapboard Asbestos siding Brio!< Other 0 0 D D (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Asph�lt siding D Reldstone Board banen Stu= Cobblestone 0 & D 0 � Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 0 Wood frame Post andbeam Balloon V' 0 D '"-..:!;I '; D Load-bearing masonry D Structural ilon or steel Other (Specify} z D ROOF (Type) I 0 10. li � Gable D Aat 0 Mansard D Monitor 0 Sawtooth IJ) Gambrel 0 Shed Hlp Round Other w D D D D {Specify) (Material) Wood shingle R l Slate D D ol 0 0 lc asphalt TJo Other Asphalt shingle Builtup rile 0 1J 0 O {Specify) I 112�UM8ER Of STORIES AP4!10X)llt!I"DIMENSIONS CONDfTION (Structural) (Extedor) ' 12. I Excellent EJaood 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated Excellent Boood Fair Deteriorated D l ' 0 D 0 13. INTEGAITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS ) IF YES, E�PLAIN • • I tJ alununum SJ.ding; j:Qrch infill; side addition E!JOn Ofiginal site Moved ves No 0 I I D I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I D Barn D Shed El Garage 0 Other landscape fea!Uresor buildings (Specify) Carriage Shop Garden D house D D 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I Open Wood and Residential Scattered buikfll'lgs visible from site D land D l El D I< Industrial Aural H'oh building density ( 0 Commercial D D D 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Spaciously sited on the corner of Olarter Oak and Spruce Streets among houses dating from the mid- to late-nineteenth century I (OVER) 17. OlliE F.!NOTABLE FEATI../RE;SOF BUJLQING Of} SITE (lnteriorarp!ore�terior) 1 n1s two-ana-a nan story tnree-oay nouse IS onented with its gable end parallel to the street. A one-story porch extends across the full facade of the house and wraps around part of the east elevation. Turned posts braced by intracate scroll sawn brackets support a spindle screen punctuated by a drop pendant; above the spindle screen is a plain architrave and hipped roof. Running between the /�. posts is a turned balustrade with molded handrail. C) The entry is on the right bay. The door, paneled with a large oval light on top, is set in a plain surround. Thewindows, 1/1 @ double-hung sash with plain surrounds, are not original. On the second story are three bays of 1/1 double-hung sash and a smaller 1!1 li sash window. Centerted in the gable is a window of similar description. ii: I� On the west elevation is a one bay addition, perhaps an enclosure of a wrap around porch. On the east elevation Is a shed roof �!3 addition in the front of the elevation and in the rear is a canted bay window with gable roof. Much of the architectural detail is obscured 0 by application of aluminum siding. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is architecturally significant because it containsan excellent example of a Victorian porch. Although most of the architectural detail of the house remains hidden by the aluminum siding, the porch withits turned posts, intricate scroll brackets, and I� spindle screen is one of the finest in the neighborhood East of Main Street. z ty <3 The Manchester Historical Socie gives the date of this house as c. 1880. In the19th Century, the property upon which this house stands belonged to Lyman House. In 1896 House transferred the property to George F. Day, a partner in Hale, Day, and Company, a I� dry goodsstore and livery stab'e located on Charter Oak Street, and his wife Hannah. Day later operated his own grocery store at 118 (/) Charter Oak Street. The house remained in possession of the Day family until1929, when Hannah transferred it to Michael Klukenski, a native-born barber. The house remained in the possession of the Klukenski family until l969." tAAl!l '@P of Manchester, Assessor's Records. (/) Town of Manchester, Land Records, vol.150, p. 165. Town of Manchester , Town Directory, 1923. I�0 Manchester Historical Society building files. (/) Barbara A. Lewis ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06010 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS I ��)�------7(!�1· I THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE ��� tXJ None known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Developers 0 other·------ lJ Rene-.val 0 Private 0 Deteliolation 0 Zooirlg Explanation )sT-6 REV. 6183{BacK) �ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #10 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. S/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT - UTM ·� I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION : I I SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT QUAD: \ 59 06106 I I T : I (203) 566·3005 DISTRICTI F NR, SPECIFY \ I , r D S D NR 0 Aotu� D Potential i 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I Hungry Tiger cafe 1 Farr's Grocery TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 2.Manchester I Hartford 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and location) I �(.) I I 118-120 Charterlor Street u:: Oak I= OWNER(S) z Public Private w 4.Farr, James 0 Q Q I USE (Present) (Historic) 5.restaurant/apartment _1 grocery 6. .EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY IXl Yos D No Ga Yos D No access to I TO PUBLIC: , restaurant during hours STYLE OF BUILDING I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7.Vernacular -_I cl920 I 8. MATERIAl($) (Indicateuse or location when app1opfiate) 0 Clapboard D Asbestos siding D Brici; D Other (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle � Asphalt siding D Raldstone 0 Board banen D Slu=> 0 Cobblestone & 0 Aluminum {X) Concrete r�k-faceldl Cut stone skiing Type: Type: I blcx-:k STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. Wood frame 0 Post and beam D Balloon __I''),•' !XJ D Load·bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify} z I 0 ROOF (Typo) 10, ii: Gable D Flat 0 Mansard D Monitor 0 Sawtooth ;;: !XJ (.) (/) D Gambrel D Shod llil H;p D Roooo D Oth" I 0 (Specify) w (Material) 1lo D Wood shingle D Ro!l []j 0 Slate I asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Built up Tile � D 0 0 {Spedly) 11. \lUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2� 24' X 47' �. :ONDITION (Strocturaf) I (Exton·or) D Excellent ig] Good D Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent D Good [] F•J• 0 Deteriorated 13. JNTEGR!TY(Location) WHEN? AlTERATIONS IF YES. EXPLAIN I 0 EJ On originalsite D Moved [) Yos D asphalt sidina� bav lvindow alass sunrocm RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I No I 14. I D Barn D Shed D Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) D Carriage D Shop D Garden house SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 15, I [) Open land D Woodland IT§ Residenlial D Scauered buikfin.gsvisiOie from site D Commercial D Industrial D Aural D High building density y 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located a mong houses dating from the mid to late 19th century. 'Ihe rear property line abutts the Charter Oak Park. I (OVER) #/0 17· {Jnteriofand!otexteriot) OTHE.B.NOTAB�EI he buildingsFEATUf'ES IS aOF two-and-a-haff BUILDING OR SITE story four- bay commercial structure wnh a false front and a modern addnion at rear. It has entries in the second and fourth bays comprised of a paneled door In a plain surround. The first and third bays have .. been ahered, replaced wnh small late-2oth century bay windows. On the second story is a french door in a molded surround /"' which opens to a one-bay wrought-iron balcony. To enher side is a 1/1 double-hung sash in plain surround. A similar, but smaller scaled window is located in the atlic story of the gable end which is covered by the false front. A small hipped roof of . . pressed sheet metal that imnates pan-tile tops the false front which has a round stepped parapet at center and is braced by e paired curvilinear bracket. The side elevations are sheathed in a rock-faced concreteblock. At rear is a modern glass greenhouse addnion. This building is as an unusual example of early-twentieth century commercial architecture. It is one of the few examples of a building wnh a false front. Also, the use of a pressed tin roof which imitates pan-tile on the false-front is another unusual feature. The buidling is historically significant as a commercial building which reflects the development that took place along Charter Oak Street in the 19th and early-20th centuries. "Originally this property was part of the parcel containing #1 02-1 04 and 114-116. In 1925 Frank Farr, an halian-born grocer who previously worked at Cheney Brothers, established his grocery store here. The building remains in the possessionof Farr's descendents." i Town of Manchester, Assessor's Reco:ds. Sl Town of Manchester , Town Djrectorv, 1923. I� (/) NAME Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 ') ------�� t�TH�R���T� S�TO���IL�D�"�� O�R S� ------L.J None known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Developers 0 Other #11 HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES / Town No.: I Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : : : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTMI. I I I I i 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I : I (203) 566-3005 I I DISTRICT IF NR. SPECIFY ',� Os D NR 0 Actual 0 Potential I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/orlocation) I I () 1 2 6 C\3.k ii: dlarter Street ;::: 4. OWNEA(S) z 0 Public � Private w Dunmore Ehlerson and Alice Est 9 1 I (Histotic) 5. USE (Present) residential l residential 6. �TERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD ,NTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES. EXPLAIN ACCESS!BillTY y,. I TO PUBLIC: 1 rkJ y., 0 No 1 0 Q No 1 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Greek Revival c.l840 I 8. MATERIAl($) (Indicate use or hxation when app!opriate) I D Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding D Brick D Othe (Specify)r I D Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding D Fieldstone D Board & batten D SW<= 0 Cobblestone Q Aluminum 0 Coi'ICfete D Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 1,., ..j [1g Wood frame � Post and beam D Balloon ..::. ,. trucU D Load·bearing masonry D S t tal iron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Typa) ;::: 0. Gable Fl•l 0 Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: [1g D D D () th "' D Gambrel D Shod D Hip D Round D O er I w (Specify} 0 (Material) D Wood shingle D Roll 0 Tin 0 Slate I asphalt Other Q3 Asphalt shingle D Built up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2� 35' X 48' 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exterior) D Excelfent IXJ Good D F•l• 0 Deteriorated I D Excellent IZJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? AlTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN On original site 0 Moved Q Q v. . D No) siding 1 side additions 1 porch 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I D Barn [21 Shed [2{: Garage D O!her landscape features or buildings (Specify) D Carriage D Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT . \ I Q Open land D Woodland 0 Residential D Scattered b!Jildings visible /rom site PI Commerdal Industrial Aural High building density �/ 0 D D D 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located along Charter Oak Street among houses of similar age and scale; the rear of the property abutts the park. I (OVER) #If story three- bay main block with early-20th century wrap around porch flat-roof addition on its east and rear elevations. The entry is located on the right bay. A paneled door with oval light, a later addition, is flanked by wde pilasters carrying ar. entablature obscured by the aluminum siding. The windows are 212 double-hung sash with plain I� surrounds. The gable end is deeply pedimented; centered in the gable is a smaller rectangular window with replaced Ill double hung sash set in a wide architrave. The window is flanked by non-functional shutters, a later addition. A w Extending across the facade and wrapping around the wast side elevation is a Colonial-Revival style porch. The porch is composed of Tuscan columnssupporting a wide architrave and hipped roof. A turned balustrade topped by a molded handrail runs between the columns; newel posts topped by balls define the entry bay. A one-story shed roof addition runs covers most of the east elevation, becoming a two-story addition at the back; attached is an open stairway leading to open second-story side entrance porch. At rear is a one-story shed-roof addition with an entrance at the rear of the west elevation. I significant as a good example of a Greek Revival-style residence. Its gable-front orientation, wide pilasters, deeply pedimented gab1e with attic window are all features characteristic of the Greek Revival of style. Like many of the older houses in the neighborhood, a Colonial Revival-style porch was added in the early 20th century. The addition of the porch illustrates how buildings evolve. Though the house has been sided with aluminum and received an addition, it still maintains most of its Greek Revival-style character. The house appears on the 1869 Atlas of Hartford County as the residence of S. Keeney. "In the 19th Century, the property upon which this house,132-134 and 1138-140 stand belonged to Sanford Keeney, a native-born Cheney silk dyer who probably lived in this house. His heirs retained this house until l919 when his daughters transferred it to Hugh Shield, a fireman at Case Brothers, a local paper manufacturing company. In 1923 Shield lived in 126 with two Cheney employees and rented #128 to the family of another Cheney employee. The house remained in the possession of the Shields family until l950." Atlas of Hartford and Tolland Counties, 1869. rJ) w Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1919, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. I� Town of Manchester, Land Records, vol. 200, p. 152. Town of Manchester, Town Directory, 1923. NAME Barba� a A. Lewis I I Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 1.�_,.,) =�==------, r-...fHAEATS TO BUILDING OR SITE Qlli0 ..i::l\onoknown 0 Highway• 0 Vandali&n 0 "'"lopo" 0 Oth"----,------f] Renewal 0 Privale 0 Delerioration 0 Zoo'ng IST-6 REV. 6183 (Back) #12 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 1HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6.183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT UTM I I I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I 1 (203) 566·3005 l'-�)' DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY NR 0 Actual 0 Potential Os D I I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Hartford 0 Manchester I I location) � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/or I () Charter Oak Street u: 142-144 i= 4. OWNER(S) z 0 Public Q Private w Vurnback, \'layne 9 I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD II'ITERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY [:;;a Y•• 0 No 0 y., [iJ No I TO PUBLIC: I 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Greek Revival cl860 I B. MATERIAL($) (Indicate vse or I 0 Aluminum 0 Coocrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM '•'<· r:Y Post and beam Balloon .r:J,'i llil Wood frame 0 D D Load·bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ii: Gab!e Flat 0 Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: llil D D () (/) Gambrel Shed Hlp D Roood D Oth" w D D D (Specify) I 0 (Material) - D Wood shingle D Roll 0 Tin 0 Slate I asphalt Other [!9 Asphalt shingle D Built Up Qn1e 0 (Specify) 1 t. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 22' X 36' 12. CONDITION (Structural) I ( Excellent G Fair Deteriorate-d Excellent Fair 0 Deteriorated D D OO I,\ 0 Open land D Woodland 0 Residential D Scattered buildings vlsib-�e from site ·r�·· 0 Commercial D Industrial D Rural D High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated among houses dating from the mid to late 19th century. 'lhe rear property line abutts Charter Oak Park. I (OVER) #/d-.. 17, OTHER NOTABlE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interiorand/{)( exterior) The house is a three-bay main block with gable front orientation. The offset entry is on the right bay. The entry is comprised of a paneled door set in a molded surround and is flanked by pilasters carrying a wide entablature with a deep 'i! . cornice molding. The windows, 1/1 double-hung sash with plain surrounds, are not original. On the west elevation, a I one-bay flat-roof entrance porch leads .o the entry to a three-bay one-story addition. At the rear the basement level is exposed becauseof the sbpe ofthe property. At the rear isa shed roofaddition. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is architecturally significant as an example of a modestly scaled and detailed Greek Revival-style residence. Its gable-front orientation, offset entry with pilasters and entablature are features typical to the Greek Revival style. Though the house has been sided, new window added, and altered with side and rear addtions, the facade maintains much of its original Greek-Revival character. "In the 19th centurythe property upo,; which this house,#140 112 and 150-152-154 stands belonged to William C. Bidwell, a native-born carpenter. In 1865, Bidwell transferred the property to Monroe C. House, a Glastonbury farmer who moved into this house. A widower in 1900, he Jived here with a widow ad the family of a Cheney employee. House's family retained the property, and in 1923 a relative, Joanna A Corey, a widow of a clerk, owned the house and lived in# 144. She rented#142 to the family of an employee of the Rogers Paper Manufacturing Company. Corey's heirs retained the house until l934."• ' 11 Atlasof Hartford and Tolland Counties. Connecticut, 1969. Maos l3 Sanborn Map Company, Insurance of Manchester, 1919, 1926. Town of Manchester Assessor's Records. I� Town of Manchester, Land Records, val, 162, p511. (/) Town of Manchester, Town Djrectorv, 1923. U.S. Bureau of Census, Manuscript Federal Census Returns, 1900. I ) -,. THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE JJ None known 0 Highways D Vandali;m Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation ST.Q REV.6183(Bacl 7. French Seoond Einpire cl870 I MATERIAL($) (Indicateuse or locationwhen appropriate) I 08. Clapboard � Asbestos si D Wood shingle D Roll 0 0 Slate I asphalt no Other Asphalt shingle BUilt up Tile IRl D 0 0 (S.oocdy) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 11. 2� 401 X 521 t CONDITJON (Structural) I (E r) D12. Excellent 0 Good [X] Fair 0 Deteriorated 1. e0na Excellent 0 Good � Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGRITY(Locatron) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IFI 'YES. EXPLAIN I � On original site 0 Moved /X] Yos 0 No1 / siding; entries porch RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I 1 14. I D Barn D Shod G9 Garage 0 Other landscape featUies or buildings (Specify) D Carriage D Shop D Garden house SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 15. I IX] Open land D Woodland [)g Residential D Scattere / D Commercial D Industrial D Aural D High building density ry 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a ro11 of houses dating from the mid to late-19th century; the rear of the property abutts Charter Oak Park. I (OVER} #13 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnterioland/or exterior) The house has a iwo-and-a half slory four-bay main block with a one-story porch which extends across the entire facade. The porch consists of plain columns supporting a plain architrave and hipped roof. The entries, located on the outer bays, appear a�ered and possibly relocated. The inner bays are paired 212 double hung sash windows with plain surrounds. On ,� the secondstory are four1/1 double-hung sash with plain surround that appear to be replacement sash. Circumscribing the house is a frieze detailed with paired curvilinear brackets with drop pendants. Above is a canted Mansard roof punctuaed by three pedimented gable-roofdormers with 212 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds. On the east elevation is a one-story polygonal bay window detailed with curvilinear brackets with drop pendants. On each elevation are three gable roof dormers such as those on the facade. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is architecturally significant as a rare example of a French Second Empire residence in the neighborhood East of Main Street. �features a mansard roof with dormers, polygonal bay window, and a frieze band embellished with paired curvilinear brackets, all typical characteristics of the French Second Empire style. Though its entries have been altered and the house has been sided, it still maintains much of its original character. �l' \l;l Town of Manchester, Town DirecJorv, 1923. "' Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. w 1919, 1926. I� Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester, "' cwt 'J ------, ------) � ��� =I= � ------, t.THREAT� S�T=o� B�UJ� LD� I� NG�= O�R S TE Vandalism Developers Other .Q None krlo'.vn 0 Highways D 0 0 ------r;] Renewal 0 Private []: Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation 1ST ·6 REV. 6.'33(Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY /114 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ! Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6/83 j STATE OF CONNECTICUT : : UTM : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I ! 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 OUAD:J I : I (203) 566·3005 1- DISTRICTI . IF NA, SPECIFY S NR Potenllal .,.:I �;' 0 0 0 Act"'l D ;..' rI 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) I 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z ManchesterI 0 Hartford !:;1 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and location} I I f () 38-40 Clinton StreetI or u: ;:: OWNER(S) z 4. 0 p,bl� � Privaie ?:" 1 ,,...),.; �rinn 8 5. USE (Ptesent) (Historic) I w three-family residential 1 three-family residential EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 6. [21 Yos No 0 Yos [iii No l TO PUBLIC: 0 I STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7.Vernacular cl925 I 8. MATERIAL{S) (Indicate use or location when appropriate) I 0 Clai)Ooard 0 Asbestos siding 0 Brick 0 Other (Specify) 0 Wood shingle � Aspnatt siding 0 F.eldstone I 0 Board batten 0 Stu= 0 CoW.estone & 0 Aluminum Q Concrete fnd 0 Cutstone siding Type: " I STRUCTURAL SYSTEM Type: 9. -·-: Woodframe Post andbeam Balloon ... ug 0 Q !'';') 0 Load·bearir�g masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Spllcify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;: Gable Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: 0 [] 0 0 0 n. () th r 1/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 0 RourK! 0 O e (Sp&Cify) I 0 Hip w (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tln 0 Slate asphalt l Othe< Asphalt shingle Built up Tile 0 [}f 0 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS l 3 36' x50' 12. CONDITION (Structural) I 0 Excellent 5j Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated (Ex/0)Excellent /X] Good 0 F•l• 0 Deteriorated 13. tNTEGAITY(Loca/ion) WHEN? LT RATIONS IFI YES, EXPLAIN I � Onoriginal site 0 Moved Alli]E vos 0 N0o asphalt siding 14. RElATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I 0 Barn 0 Shed lU Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT lj 0 Open land 0 Woodland fJ Residential 0 Scattered bui! On each level the entry or porch d00roccupies the right bay. To its left is a 1/1 double-hung sash window in plain surround. Occupyingthe left center bay on each story is a rectangular fixed-sash stained-glass window;on the left outer bay is a 1/1 double-hung sash window in plain surround. The right oorner is recessed and has a narrow 1/1 double-hung sash window on each story. A three-story one-bay addition appears to be a later akeration. The roof overhangs and is braced with straight brackets. 18. 19. 1 architecturally significant as a rare example of a "tripledecker; a three-story mufti-family residence built to accomodate one family on each floor. Its three-story porch which extends across the facade on the first story and occupies the right bay on the second and third stories is a typical feature of the tripledecker. Also typical is the minimal architectural detail; each story is embellished by a rectangular fixed-sash stained-glass window and the Colonial Revival-style porch. , Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1926. NAME Barbara A. Lewis ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS I, , -1-:--c-H.)�R"'EA"r::::s"ro=su"'ll""o"''NG=o:oR:::s,::::rE::------lQD ______Other ______Q 0 0 0 0 _ Noneknown Highways Vandalism Developers Aene-.val D 0 0 0 Explanation Privata Deterioration ZOO'ng 6183 (Back) rT-6 REV. HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #15 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 / STATE OF CONNECTICUT UTM I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION " I I I : I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: ) (203) 566·3005 ' T ICTI F N ' A, \:i;; A , o : D N t []�:. D Po"""'' ===��== ������j_--����. ------���===--- Jf==T�1.=�BU� I�LD�IN�G�NA� M�E�( C�om= =m=M�i======, (H�/ oM�}==== 2. TOWN I CITY VIllAGE COUNTY I a t ord B�dMa�� nc�h�e�s� t� er�����------��------�H� �r� f�� � �------I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/or /ooa lion) I ���56�C�l�i�ngt� oilln�s�tr�ee� t�------ A - � 4. OWNE (S) w Puckley 1 Michael 0 P"bnc [1l Pdvoto ------I g ����====------.v"� ��------�------�s.'u"s;E����=.,=.� n�/1 , lM 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone siding Type: ------Type: ------:·- , 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM "�·f/''''') � Woodframe 0 Post and beam � Balloon 0 load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) 10. ROOF (Type) g Gable D Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth Gambrel D Shed 0 Rom> Wood shingle 0 Roll Slate D asphalt D Other Asphalt shingle D Built up 0 Tile 0 g (Specify) 1 t. NUMBER OF STORIES I APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS ?.1 0 Barn 0 Shed Garage 0 Other lar'ldscapefeatures or bu"tldings (Spedfy) 0 Carriage 0 Shop Garden house : ::-.., 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I o W· D Woodlar'Kf Residential 0 Scauered buildings visibte from sile t,"' ep., ''"" 0 Commerdal 0 Industrial 0 Rural D High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood among one and tlvo-family houses built primarily in the early 20th century. (OVER) #IS j 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE {lnterioraM/orexteriot) This two-and-a-haff story two-bay house is oriented wnh ns gable ends perpendicular to the street. Its gable roof is flared and extends to form an integral porch acrossthe entire facade. The porch is comprised of square columnsand a wide architrave which support the extendedby 'OOf. A balustrade with molded handrail runs between columns; the entry bay is on the right. The door is flanked haff-sidelights and topped by a transom with square lights set in a molded surround. On I� 1/1 a the left bay is a double-hung sash window in a molded surround flanked by decorative shutters. Centered in the roof � extension is a gable-roof dormer with an integral porch supported by· square columns. On the south elevation is a one-story polygonal bay window. The house is architecturally significant as an example of a Colonial Revival-style residence. This variation is seen wnh some frequency in the neighborhood. Its use of columns, dormer, transom and sidelights is typical of the Colonial Revival style. The house is distinguished by n use of a dormer and integral porchset within an integral porch on the first and second stories. During the early 2oth century, this house was the residence of Willis Smnh, a jeweler with a store on Main Street. I Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records.1923. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center _I ) �r::::::: ------�------f'�Tl<{,R7EA"T::- S:oTO::-:cBU:::L-::I D:-::NI G=oR::-=:SIT=E,- qy Vandalism ____ .JJNone krr '7 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoniog Explanation Renewal Sr-6 6183 I REV. {Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #16 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ) Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 AEV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTMl 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD; I ! ! I ! I {203) 566·3005 ' \;:�·l DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY . NA Actual Potential Os 0 0 0 BUILDING NAME (Common} (Historic) I I t. 1 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z ManchesterI 0 Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and loca/io.n) I I I () 45 Cottagefor Street u: >= 4. OWNER($) z Public 4J Morro1v, Thomas w. III & Kathleen 0 Private g 5. {Ptesent) (Historic) I w USE residential 1 residential 6. EXTEAIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: 120 0 No 0 Y" [Z No I I STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION I y., I I 7. Victorian Vernacular cl875 I MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or location whenappropriate) I 8, 0 Clapboard 0 AsbestOS Siding 0 Brick 0 Other (Specify} 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphaltsiding 0 Freldstone l Board batten Stu= Cobblestone 0 0 0 & [K'] Aluminum 0 CollCrele D Cut stone siding TyPe: Type: I STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. J) !ill Wo iron 0 Other (Specify) z ) 0 ROOF (Type) ;::: 10. Gable Flat Mansard D Sawtooth a: !ill 0 0 0 ()"- Mon1tor (J) Gambrel Shed Hip Rouod Oth 0 0 0 0 0 " {$p 0 Woodshingle 0 Roll 0 D Slate asphalt I Tin Oth � Asphalt shingle 0 Built up D Tile 0 {Spedly)" 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 1J. I {Ex/enor) 12. CONDITION (Structural) 2 I 0 Excellent [Jl Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated 1 D Excellent GjGood D Fair 0 Deteriorated t3. JNTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES. EXPLAIN ) [}on original site D Moved [Zv., 0 No0 aluminum siding 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I Barn Shod Garage D Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) I 0 0 0 Carriage Gar e D 0 Shop 0 house d n 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT visible I 0 Open land 0 Woodland G Residential 0 Scattered buildings from site (j' u) 0 Commercial D Industrial 0 Rural 0 Highbuilding density f 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated in a residential neighborhood among houses from the late 19th and early-20th century with late 20th century in-fill and parking lots. I (OVER) #/0 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (fnteriorandlotexterior) This one-and -a-half story L-shaped cottage has a two-bay facade. On the first story are two 212 double-hung sash windows in plain surround; centered in the attic gable are paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds. The roof i=iJ - overhangs; molded rake boardsembellish the gable ends. The entrance is located on the side sheltered by a one-by -two ) ·bay entry porch comprised of slender coiUfll11S supporting aplain narrow archHrave and shallow hipped roof. A gable roof dormer wHh paired 1/1 windows in plain surrounds is located on the south elevation. 1� ,:z !li:'O a: '<> 'U> 'w lc 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is archHecturally signfficant as a good example of the Victorian Vernacular style. Hs simple L-plan wHh steeply-pitched overhanging roof and minimal detailing is characteristic of the Victorian Vernacular style. Only the molded lw rake boards and slender porch columns embellish the simple cottage. This cottage were among the earliest homes along '() :z Cottage Street. Other similar cottages are seen around the neighborhood. Their small size and minimal detailing made them (3 affordable housing for worl Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. U> Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. w � 'U> I JREATS TOBUILOING OR SITE (ill) known 0 D J :Ofla ______Highways Vandalism D Devekipers 0 Othe< _ � Renewal 0 Private 0 ll j>T·S AEV.6183(Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #17 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY /BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ' I 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I : I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 uml I I (203) 566-3005 ::I . . :.-· QUAD: osDISTRICT D I'F NR, DSPECIFY 0 l. NR A""'' Potential SNEI' f/ BUILDING ExchangeNAME (Commr>n) Building Exchange Building 2. I ( z I H;; 0 ManchesterTOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTYHartford 3. (andlorlocatioo) I I I {)� 52STREET East AND NUMBER Genter Street u: ;: z w 0 4. SouthernOWNER{$) Nel·l England Telephone Q g 5. I (Present) (HistoriC) Public Private TelephoneUSE exchange building 1 Telephone exchange building IXJ 0 Gl y., D I 6. IEXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD I INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IFduring YES, EXPLAIN business . hours 7.ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: I Y" No No I ColonialSTYLE OF BUILDING Revival DATE1929 OF CONSTRUCTION I 8. (Indicateuse or locationwhen apptopri te) I DMATERIAL($) D a ricl< D ga (Specify) 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding 0 Other I Wood shingle Aspl'l�lt sidjng fieldSIMe 0 & D 0 Board batten Stu«<> Cobblestone 0 g cast 0 I Aluminum Concrete Ctrtstone 9. siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM J) 0 and - D D !XJ Wood frame Post beam D Belloon or D Load·bearing(Specify masonry) Structural iron steel z 10. (rype) I 0 Other ;: 0.. !XJROOF D 0 D 0 S.W1ooth a: 0 {) Gable Flat Mansard Monit 1 (/) D D D D D I w (Spedly} c Gambrel Shed Hlp R"""" Other (Material) I D D 0 Tlo [2g Wood shingle Roll 0 Slate D D asphalt D Spedly} Oth" 11. Asphal! shingle Built Up Tile 2 ( I NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 12. I D CONDITION (Situctural) 0 D El 0 0 13. ALTERATIONS Excellent @Good Fair Deteriorated Excellent GOOd Fair Deteriorated I IXJ 0 ('[j' INTEGRITY(Localion) j_WHEN? IX] v" D �1Frear YES, EXPlAIN addition· side connector to adiacent blC! Carriage Shop Garden \ house l 015. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTD D D flIE] Open land D Woodland D Residential [] Scattered buildingsvisible from site Commercial ln 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (InterioraOO!otexterior) The SNET Exchange building is a two-story five-bay building with its entry on the far right bay. Delineating the outer bays are two-story concrete pilasters with fret motif capitals carrying a wide entablature. The cornice is embellished with Z egg-and-dart molding. Centered in the facade are three 12112double-hung sash windows in molded surrounds set on brick sills and topped by concrete lintels with geometric motif patera blocks on the corners. Above them are three 8/8 . . I jouble-hung sash windows set on brick sills and topped with flat arches with keystones and flanked by shutters. (,) )�,z The entry, on the far right bay, is characterized by a stylized concrete pedimented frontispiece. Stylized papyrus motif ',0 medallions embellish the pediment at apex and corners. The doorway is recessed. Double paneled doors set in a molded Ii: are topped by a transom. Above the door and on both stories of the far lett bay are 8/8 double-hung sash windows ,5 set on brick sills and topped with flat arches. ,(f) ,w .0 On the east elevation are three bays of windows of similar description on the first story and two on the second story flanking the access to a wrought iron balcony. The rool and gable have low parapet walls with double end chimneys on either end. To the rear is a large nine bay addition dating from the mid-20th century, and on the west elevation is a connector to the SNET building next door. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The SNET building is architecturally significant as an example of the Colonial Revival style with a strong Art Deco influence. The building has a symmetrical facade, massing, fenestration, and chimneys typical of the Colonial Revival style. � However, many of its classically insired details, the pilasters, entablature, lintels and frontispiece are expressed in a :z stylized idiom found in Art Deco archilecture. Geometric motas such as the fret on the pilasters and the diamond motif in ;] the corner blocks, as wall as the papyrus motif were decorative details employed in Art Deco buildings. The combination of ji: these two styles creates a distinctive building. � iii The building is historically significant as a telephone exchange building dating from the early 2oth century which is still in use. Town of Manchester, Land Records, vol. 374, p.162. [3 Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. f;l 5 0 OJ CT 06040 ) THAEATS TO BUILDING OR SITE ® J None kn ljlRenewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration D Zoning Explanation �T-6 REV. 6183{Back) !HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #18 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES HIST·6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I ! 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 (203) 566·3005 0 Potential 0 Public Q Privata Hall Yes 0 No stores dur· business hrs. 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos s!ding [g] Brick 0 Other ______(Specify) ______ 0 Woodshingle 0 Asphatt siding Fieldstone _ 0 Board & batten u Cobblestone 0 0 St = 0 0 Aluminum 0 Concre------te D Cut stone------siding Type: Type: , -��i�!f) 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM '\:::,.--·:�J 0 Wood frame 0 Post andbeam 0 Balloon [3:9 Load·bearing masonty 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z 0 10. ROOF (Type) t GatHe 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth ;;: G (.) (/) 0 Gambrel 0 ShO 0 llo 0 s"" Other 0 (Sped/y) Fair D Deteriorated infilled to reduce size 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Shop 0 Garden Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site ( Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Aural G High buil<1ing density 16. [ Located near the intersection of East Center and Main Streets, the Orange Hall is sited among other commercial and public buildings. 17. Q:( HE!WOTABLE ff'/\1URESOF BUILDING OR SIJE . . . ne urange Hall tsa two-story uve-oay(lnl""' nve'odl"'id'W,I oay ouud ng wtth. gable-front onentatton. The ftrst. story oonststs of two commercial 1 storefronts flanking the central entry to the Orange Hall on the seoond story. The recessed entry has double paneled doors with 11 upper light topped by a semi-circular fanlight. The doorway is set into a semi-circurlar arched doorway with brick voussoir surround I topped by a keystone. The storefronts have recessed central entries with paneled door with molded surround topped by a transom plate glass windows with transoms set above molded panels. Heavy lintels top each storefront. �- The oorners of the building are defined by brick piers on the first story and quoined brick pilasters on the second story. Centered in the seoond story is a Palladian window set in a blind arch with an architrave of painted quoins. On either side are two ill double-hung sash windows resting on ooncretsills and topped by flat arches with keystones. The gable end has returns and is embellished with a modillion cornice. Also detailing the roof is cresting with an acroterion at the apex. Centered in the gable is the date block, 1902. The side elevations have five bays, a number of which have been infilled or altered. 18. It signrricant as an intact example of an early-2oth century meeting hall with first floor commercial space. It is also signfficant as a vernacular interpretation of the Colonial-Revival style. The symmetrical facade, use.of architectural detail such as the Palladian window and quoining are all featuresemployed by the Colonial Revival style. However, the gable-front orientation, use of cresting and acretet ion gives the building a Greek-Revival style influence, perhaps associated with its use as a I (.)wz ;3 fraternal society hall. Built in 1902 as the meeting hall of the Manchester Loyal Orange Lodge, it was also home to other societies and organizations. The I� Manchester Directory of 1915 lists 46 societies active in Manchester. In addition to the Manchester Loyal Orange Lodge, six other (/) organizations met at the Orange Ha11. These groups included Daughters of liberty , L.L. O.L. No 1125, Eden Royal Balck Preceptory, No. 27, Sega Swedish Benevolent Society, Star of the East, Royal Black Preceptory, No. 13, Vasa, and the Washington L.O.L No. 117. Membership for these seven organizations was approximately 975. During the early 2oth centuries, one of the elementary schools used the hall . During the early-2oth century the storefront level was occupied by the grocery store of Stewart Dillon, The Central Market. Hughes Bailey, Areo View of Manchester, Connecticut, 1914. & �wn of Manchester, Assessor's Records I�� (/) N A ME Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 FIELD I) � ------( �T�H���T� �T�O�B� U�LO� �G� O�R� �IT�E ------�r. R S I IN S -- -- } � Noneknown 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 DevelOpers 0 Other ------, ru Renewal 0 Private D DeteriOration 0 Zoning Explanation IST·6 REV. I 6183(Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1119 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: HIST·6 REV.6183 I STATE OF CONNECTICUT ; ; ' UTM ; ; : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I ' I . . \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: ' I I I (203) 566·3005 DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY �L�?'I O s D NR 0 Actual 0 Potential BUILDING NAME (Common} (HistoriC) I I 1.Watkins Funeral Home 1 George H. Allen House TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 2. I 0 Manchester Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/orloc 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphatt siding Fieldstone . D I 0 Board & batten 0 Stucco D C Q Aluminum D Concrete D Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM Wood frame Post and beam Balloon -I _'' ....') Q D IX] D Load-beari119 masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) z 0 ROOF (Type) I t= 10. Gable Flat 0 Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: D D D {)0. (/) Gambrel D Sh'"' [Kj Hlp D Rouoo 0 Other D (Specify) I c w (Material) D Wood shingle D Roll 0 Tlo 0 Slate I asphall Other Asphalt shingle 0 D Buill up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 11. 21 52' X 42' CONDITION (Structural) I D12. Excellent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 Excellent � Good O ·Fair 0 Deteriorated INTEGRITY{Locatfon) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF(Extct YES. EXPLAIN I 13. Ckl original site Moved 0 [g} 0 IX] D No modern addition on side· aluminum sidino RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I v.. I 14. I D Barn D Shed D Garage � Other landscape features or buiklir'IQs (Specify) D Caulage D Shop D Garden large parking lot on east sidei house =ncreete walk 15. SURAOUNOlNG ENVIRONMENT I D Opanland D Woodland Kl Residen!ial D Scattered buiklings visible from site ) 0 Commercial D Industrial D Rural D High building density P" 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located along East Center street the first in a ro1� of spaciously sited residences, n01·1 used for office or ccmnercial, purposes. I (OVER) -#I? 17. OTHER NOTABlE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteriorand!cxext&ri The cornersof the building are definedby fluted pilasters. The central entry is comprised of a paneled door in a molded surround. To the right of the doorway is a one-story canted bay window which may be a later addition. To the left of the entry is a 1/1sash window with plain surround. On the second story, the central bay is a polygonal bay window with denticular cornice. It is flanked by1/1 sash windows with plain surrounds and shutters. A modillion cornicecircumscribes the building below the overhanging hipped roof. In the atlic story is a hipped roof dormer with paired windows coveredby closed shutters. On the west elevation is a one story flat roofed modern addition with door. On the second of the west elevation is a 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The house is architecturallysignificant as a good example of the Colonial Revival style. �s massing, (originally) symmetrical facade, use of dormers anJ the Palladian window are all characteristicof the Colonial Revival style. The use of architectural elements such as Tuscan columns, pedimented gables, and swag and garland motifs signal the return to classically inspired architecture at the turn-of-the-century. Though the residence was altered to acommodate the funeral home, it still maintains its architectural character. The original owner of the house was George H. Allen, owner of a carriage repositoryand a coal, lime, and concrete business. The house is listed as his residence in the 1912 Manchester Directory. As of 1938, the Manchester Directory lists 142 E. Center Street as the location of the Watkins Funeral Home; prior to that it was a private residence. The Watkins brothers, Clarence G. and F. Ernest Watkins began an undertaking business in 1874 when they bought out the Pinney Undertaking Co. Originally it was located in a reside�ce on Wells Street; in 1890 it relocated to the first Watkin Brothers store on Main and School Streets. Town Directorv, 1812. Town of Manchester, (j) Town Directory, 1938. w Manchester Evening Herald, November 14, 1981. I� Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. (j) 6-17-93 NEGATIVE ON FILE A-29 Barbara A. Lewis ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FJELD EVAlUATIDI�S I �)���------�(iiffi;·HREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE r \.j)J Developers _ � Nonaknown 0 Highways D Vandalism 0 0 Other______f""J Renewal 0 Private 0 Deteliofatioo 0 Zonlng Explanation T-6 REV.6183{Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #20 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: I HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : I : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM ·; 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAoI I I I I I I (203) 566·3005 _ I DISTRICTj 'F NA, SPECIFY ·:...:;" os D NA 0 Actual 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I I 1 2. TOWN/CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester I Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/or location) I I () ii: 156-158 East Center Street ;:: 4. OWNEA(S) z 0 Public [i] Private w Wilson, Muriel S. 9 I 5. USE (Ptesent) (Historic) office 1 residential I EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN 6. ACCESSIBILITY [XJ v., TO PUBLIC: IXJ v,. 0 No 0 No ] for office business 7. SrtLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Queen Anne c 1895 I 8. MATERIAL($) (fndicate use or location when apprOf>lia.te) I 0 Clapboard Asbestos skiing D •""' D Other D (Specify) As�lt I 0 Wood shingle D siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board & batten 0 Stocco 0 Cobblestone I IX] Aluminum D Concrete 0 Cutstone sidin9 Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM Kl Wood frame 0 Post and beam D Balloon -�,_···I'!'') D load·bearing masonry D Stru<:tural iron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type} � Kl Gable Flat Mansard Morutor 0 Sawtooth a: D D D () en Gambrel Shod [1g Hip Rouo< OthO< w D D D D I c (Spocily) (Material) D Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 no 0 State I asphalt Other IX] Asphalt shingle D Built up 0 Tlto 0 (Spocily) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2-1/2 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (E:x.tericr) D Excellent IX] Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated D Excellent Gj Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? ALTERATFONS IFr· YES, EXPLAIN !K] On original site D Moved I IXJ v., 0 No)I aluminum sidinq 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I 0 Barn D Shed D Garage D Other landscapefeatures or buildings (Specify) � Carnage D Shop Garden house D I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT D Open land D Woodland IX] Residential D Sca"ered buiklingsvisible from site � Commercial Industrial Rural High building density I D D D t-<16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located along East Center Street, one of a row of spaciously sited residences, n01v I used for office or =nmercial purposes. (OVER) 17' 'fHf§'h'1§1Ttg'fsFMlli�!fsgft'gf-g'�dlM�I!rl'ffi'a'II'!'Blo'Cf(�hha hipped roofwith a cross-gable on the facade and west elevation and a corner tower at the northwest corner. An open porch extends across the entire facade and wraps around the tower and along the side '2" elevation to the point where the side cross-gable projects. From there an enclosed entry porch provides access to the side entry . . Theporch has square piers supporting a plain arch�rave and shed and hipped roof. Running between the piers is a square balustrade. On the facade, the 'A gable! marks the entry bay. The door , paneled w�h a rectangular light on top, is set in a molded surround. outea v bay and the two windows on the second story are 1/1 double-hung sash in a plain surround. On the facade and north elevation, the® � cross-gable has returns; centered in the cross-gable is a rectangular blind. · z 0 !;: The three-level polygonal tower has a polygonal pyramidal rooftopped by a finial. The windows are 1/1 double-hung sash with plain a: surrounds. () lil 0 as an example of a Queen Anne-style residence. Theirregular massing and asymmetrical facade created by the combinationof the main block, cross-gables and corner tower is a characteristic feature of the Queen-Anne style. The aluminum siding masks some of the architectural detail and prevents polychromatic painting, however, it still maintains much of its architectural character. In the 1920s this house was the residence of ArthurS. Helm, an employee of Cheney Brothers. (/) w I� (/) DATE 6-17-93 DATE 6-23-93 Town of Manchester 41ADD CenterRESS Street, Manchester, CT 06040 FIELD EVALUATIONS I) ---r ------=------cj.·'"�H�R"' EA"'r"'s"'r"'o"su"'r"'co"'r N"'G"'o"' R"'s=rr E �) h Vandalism Developers Oth _ � 0 Hig ways 0 0 D er ______Noneknown llJ 0 0 Deterioration D Zoning Renewal Private Explanation 6183 {Back) fST-6 REV. HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY #21 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: REV.6183 I STATE OF CONNECTICUT UTM CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:I I I I (203) 566-3005 DISTRICT J IF NR, SPECIFY 0 s 0 NR 0 Act"'l 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I I Justus W. Hale House 2. TOWN I CITY 1YJLLAGE COUNTY Manchester / Hartford 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and lor location) I 172 East Center Street 4. OWNEA(S) Barlow, �\alcan 0 Public � Private 5. USE (P1esen/) (Historic) office 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBUC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBlE IF YES, EXPLAIN I �g��s9s�,�:ITY v.. 0 No y., 0 No �0 I IXJ / for office use durinq business hours 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival cl902 8. MATERIAL{$) ( ndicate vse or �<>catiOn when appropriate) I 0 Clapboard I 0 Asbestos siding � BriCk D Other ( ec ) Sp ify ______Q Wood shingle 2nd 0 As�s.'ding 0 Fieldstone D Board & balten 0 Stu= 0 Cobblestone D Aluminum 0 Coweta kJ rock faced ashlar fnd. siding Type: �;:,:�0"' 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM (JS Woodframe D Post andbeam 0 Balloon 0 Load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel Z 0 L[J��"�I�S��·�fyJ�::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=------10. ROOF 0 Gable(Type) 0 Flot 0 Mansard 0 Monitor D Sawtooth 0:ii: {) Gambrel ShO 0 Wood shingle 0 R�l 0 "" 0 soto asphalt �" Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tlfe 0 � /Specify) t t. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2-1/2 l 401 X 421 12. CONDITION (Structural) (Exrs } 0 Excellent KJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I ;;lXJ Excellent Oooo [1gOn orlglnal site 0 Moved 1 'ALTERATIONS0 y., IX] No . 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I 0 Barn 0 ShO 0 Open land 0 Woodland Q! Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site Q Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Aural 0 High building density F�---=-16. INTERRElATIONSHIP OF BUILDING---= AND =---SURROUNDINGS- -=------Spaciously sited and set back fran East Center Street am::>ng buildings dating primarily fran the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (OVER) 17. OTHE\\NOTABCE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR.SITE (ln" The overhanging hipped roof is braced by curved brackets. A denticular cornice circumscribes the building. On the attic Jevelis (j gable-roof dormer with a tripartite window of 1/1 double-hung sash and a deeply pedimented gable. On the west elevation is a brick � exterior chimney and a one-story polygonal bay window. On bathe the east and west elevations are gable roof dormers with a single li: 111 double-hung sash window and deeply pedimented gable. I�a: ! 0l,ffi Colonial Revival style. The form of the house is the Four Square, however, it is more highly detailed than the typical Four Square. Its Doric columns, dormers with deeply pedimented gables and use of denticular cornice are all characteristic features of the Colonial Revival style. The combination of building materials, rock-faced ashlar foundation, brick first g story, and wood shingle second story shows the lingering influence of the Queen Anne style on this residence. The house has DATE 6-17-93 North Elevation NAME DATE i;; Barbara A. Lewis 6-17-93 Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 I ------�����------. ·rd�R� EA�T7 S �TO�B�U�IL�OI�N�G OA SITE � t.J None kno'Hil D Highways 0 Vandafism 0 Dave!opa1s 0 Other ------ r-;J Renewal D Private 0 Deterio!at!on {j Zoning Explanation � #22 ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : UT� : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION Tl I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 OUAD: l I (203) 566-3005 DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY ( --- ' Os 0 NR \ Actual 0 Potential i 0 ( t. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) 2. TO\'fN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY Manchester 1 l 0 Hartford z� 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andlor�lion) I 1 78 East Center Street I� 4. OWNEA(S) Private w Broneill, l'lilliam M. D Public � g 5. USE (Present} (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I v., No £J v" Gil No TO PUBLIC: 0 I 0 accessi for la�l office business 7. l DATE OF ONSTRUCTION STYLE OF BUILDINGI � Colonial Revival c.l901 I 8. MATERIAL($) {Indicateuse or location when appropriate) I D Clapboard D Asbestos siding � BriCk fnd 0 Other {SpDCify) I � Wood shlogle 0 Asphall siding 0 Fiek:lstona 0 Board & batten 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM cd/'') g Woodframe 0 Post arn:fOOam � Balloon 0 load·bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) I z .0 10. ROOF (Type) 0 Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth (.) I�(/) 0 Gambrel 0 .,,. Q Hip Roood 0 Oth" w 0 (Specify) c {Material) ' I 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tio Slate asphalt 0 Other I2Q Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2� -] 36' X 40' 12. CONDITION (StrocturaJ) 0 Excellent IXJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated l(Exrfj"JExcellent Ooood 0 F•l• 0 Deteriorated I 13. JNTEGRITY{Local/on) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN bJOn Ofiginal site 0 Moved 0 Yes Q No01 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shod l)g Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden hOuse I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 0 ""'"''"" 0 Woodland Q Reskfenlial 0 Scaltered buildings visible from site / IXJ Commercial 0 Jndustrlal 0 A mal 0 High building density ��(16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Spaciously sited and set back frcm East Center Street among buildings dating from -the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interiorand/or exterior) This house is a two-story three-bay rectangular main block wilh a porch which exlends across the full facade and wraps around the west elevation. The porch is comprisedof Tuscan columnswhiqh support and archil rave wilh denticular cornice and hipped roof. Running between the columns isa turned balustrade wilh a molded handrail. A pedimented gable defines I" the porchesentry bay. 0 The central entryis in a one-story pavilion which projects onto the porch. Though unusual, this arrangement appears I� original to the building. The paneled door is set in a moldedsurround and is flanked by haH-sidelights with decorative tracery. On each side of the pavilion is a diamond shaped fixed-sash window. The entry is flanked by 1/1 double-hung sash ii: windows in plain surrounds with shutters. The first story is sheathed in clapboards; the second story has wood shingle I� sheathing. 0 Centered in the facade on the second storyis a round-arched window wilh decorativetracery set in a molded surround. To eilher side is a 1/1 double-hung sash window similar to those on the first story. The hipped roof has an overhang which is embellished by a modillion cornice which circumscribes the building. Centered in the attic is a pent cross gable sheathed in wood shingles. Centered in the gable is a Palladian window wilh decorativetracery. On the west elevation is a one'"sto ry 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is architecturally significant as a fine example of the Colonial Revival style. Its symmetrical facade, Palladian windows, central entry wilh sidelights, pedimented gables and dormers are all features characteristic of the Colonial Revival I� style. Its porch with its Tuscan columns, denticular cornice, hipped roof, and tunred balustrade provides a particularly good z example of a Colonial Revival-style porch. It has had no major alteration and is in an excellent state of preservation. < 0 This house is historically significant as an example of the type of housing owned by Cheney Brothers managers. During I� the second decade of the 2oth century. this house was the residence of Kenneth B. Blake, an assistant supervisor with the (/) Cheney Brothers Silk Mills. I r > Town of Manchester, Town Directorv. 1923. ·� Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. (g (/) �· .lliAEATS TO BUILDING OR SITE flffiifl'' \iliB' None kno:r.vn D Highways VaodaiOm Developers L!J 0 D 0 O!he< ______lJ Renewal D Private 0 De!erioration � Zoning Exp!ana.Jion ST·6 REV. 6i83(Back) ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1123 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: HIST·6 REV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT UTMI I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I l (203) 566·3005 ( ·, DISTRICT IF NR. SPECIFY Os 0 NR \ 0 Actual 0 Potential }/ BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I 1. 1 vlilliam Rubinow House TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY :z: 0 2. ManchesterI Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/orlocation) I I (.) u: 192 East Center Street ;:: 4. OWNER(S) :z: 0 Public � Private Taylor, Marshall c. I 9 (Hfstorir:) w 5. USE (Present) vacant 1 residential EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN I ACCESSIBILITY 6. W Yes 0 No 0 Yes W No TO PUBLIC: I i STYLE OF BUILDINGI . I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION I 7. Victorian Vernacular c.l895 8. MATERIAL(S) (Indicate use or location appropriate) I 0 Clapboard 0when Asbestos siding 0 Brid< fnd. D Other (Specify) I [[] Wood shingle 0 Asptlalt siding 0 Fieldstone D Board batten 0 Stoo:o 0 Cobblestone & D Aluminum 0 Coi>Cfeta 0 Cutstone I sldmg Type: Type; STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. Woo<:Jframe 0 Post and beam Balloon �-:::·/["') w D D Load·bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) j :z: 0 10. ROOF (Type) ii: Gable D Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: 0 D D (.) A" I (/) D Ga l D She I D Woo<:J shingle 0 Roll 0 D S�Je asphalt Tlo 0 Asphalt shingle D Built up D Tile Do�"{Spedfy} 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2-!; _!_ 221 X 441 CONDITION (�tructural) (Exterior} D12. Excellent OoOO � [:19 c:ft'"d't D Industrial D Rural D High building density ' o lCe 16. INTERRELATIONSHIPOF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS The building, sited on a corner lot, is set back from East Center Street in a ro1� of spaciously sited houses fran the late-19th and early-20th century, now being used I primarily as offices. (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lllrerkxand/or exterior) The house is composed of a 2·1/2 story two-bay main block w�h gable-front orientation and a 2·112 story subordinate gable-roof pavilion on the left bay of tho facade. An entry porch extends from the central doorway to wrap around the west elevation. The porch,probably a later add�ion, is comprised of plain columns srupporting a plain architrave and hipped roof. A turned balustrade runs between the columns. The door, paneled w�h a large rectangular light on top, is set in a molded surround. All the windows on the facade are 1/1 double-hung sash windows w�h plain surrounds. The pavilion's first story window is somewhat wider and �s attic window is smaller. The gable end of both the main blockand pavilion are sheathed in wood shingle, contrasting w�h the clapboard on the first and secondstory. The attic window of the main block is offset. On the side elevations a two-story pavilion similar to the one on the facade projects. At rear is a one-story entry porch w�h turned posts and brackets, partially enclosed by a one-story flat roof addition. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv 1917, 1923, 1937. Buckely, A New England Pattern. 193. (/) w Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. '0 'a: '=> ·o (/) PHOTOGRAPHER Barbara A. Lewis Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 f·L-�������������������������--������--������) ---�� THREATS TO BUILD!t.'GOR SITE r � Nooo known Deve.,.,_,. ------L.J 0 H;ghmys 0 V"""' '"" @ 0 Oth" Renewal 0 Private 1!9 Dateriofatioo D Zoolng E•p!aoation new develoanent prooosed for site. ·">T.0 REV. 6183 (Back) -----. ------··---.--·----·-�·---·--·-··�-- HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1!24 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES I Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV.S/83 I STATE OF CONNECTICUT uml I I : . I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION : 1 I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: ) (203) 566·3005 DISTRICTI 'F NR, SPECIFY 0 NR 0 AciUal D Potential Os I r>· _ 1. BUILDING NAME (Comm()(l) ,_(Historic) 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester 0 I I Hartford I fi 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andlor location) (.) 24 Eldridge Street ii: � 4. OWNEA(S) Public �Private w Diana, Vincent 0 I E! (Present) ( o c) 5. USE Hist ri residential 1 residential I 6. �TEAIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Y" No TO PUBLIC: l rKJ Y" 0 No 0 [} I I 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival \ c1900 I 8. MATERIAl(S) (lnO�cateuse or location when appropriate) f9 Clapboard lst story D AsbestOS siding 0 BriCk 0 Other {Specify} I KJ w""" ,h;og" 2nd story[] Asph_alt siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board & batten 0 S'"cco 0 COObtestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I '''".) Wood frame 0 Post andbeam [}3 Balloon ...)" , .. ·::·- Ga 0 load-beating maSOf'lty 0 Structural iron or steel I 0 other (Specify) z 0 10. ROOF {TyPfJ) ;: a. 0 Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monllor D Sawtooth a: (} (/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shod H p 0 Rouod 0 Other I w Ul ; {Specify 0 } (Material) I 0 Woodshingle 0 Roll 0 no 0 Slate asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Tile [!g 0 Builtup 0 0 {Specify} 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2t 36' X 481 12. CONDITION (Structural) (&tenor) I ' 0 Excellent !ZJ Good D Fair 0 Deteriorated I 0 Excellent [}Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13, !NTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? At TERA TIONS [) 'F YES, EXPLAIN [X]On original site 0 Moved _l 0 y., [} No I I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I 0 Barn 0 Shod 0 Garage 0 Other Jalldscapefeatures or buildings (Specify} 0 Ca�riage 0 Shop 0 Garden house I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT D Openland 0 Woodland [] ResiOantial 0 Scattered buildings visible from site , V')�;:: D Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS This is the first house on Eldridge Street; the other houses are primarily one and two-family dwellings built in the late 19th and early-2oth centuries. I (OVER) 17. QTI-jERt)OTABL}: FEJ,.,TURES,OfBUILOtNG OR SITE (lnte[ior<\tl ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This building is architecturally significant as an good example of a Colonial Revival style-residence. Its symmetrical facade with center entry and centered porch, and its use of classically-inspired architectural detail such as the modillion cornice, Palladian window, and Tuscan order are typical of the Colonial Revival style. Features such as dormers, multi-story porches and paired or I� tripled columns were also popularly employed in Colonial Revival-style architecture. The residence is in an excellent state of � preservation with no noticable alterations. (,) In the early 20th century the house was the residence of Charles Stenberg, who operated an auto and horse livery located at 20 I� Eldridge Street. 1/) ,. i Manchester, CT, 1980. Town of Manchester, Town Directory 1917,1923, \Ulil ;g; lo 1/) 6-17-93 FILE A-4 DATE 6-17-93 ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS �----� �------� THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE �' LJ None known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Developers D Other______ 'lJ Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Exp!analion ::>T·6 REV. 6183 (Back) ... . ____ ;.....,�---······· ._. . , ... ;...... ,. .._ ...... : ·-······ .... ------····-""'---...... ····� HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1/25 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: IST-6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I UTM I I : I I 1 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION f 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 OUAD: I : I (203) 566·3005 DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY I ; ( 0 S 0 NR ' 0 Aotu•l 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) {Historic) ( 1 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY 0 Manchester Hartford lz� 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and lor localfon) I I 29-31 Eldridge street 4. OWNEA{S) z Publ� � Private I�UJ Roman, Scott & Cynthia 0 5. USE (Present) (Historic) two-family residential 1 two-family residential lg 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FRO),( PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE iF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY ! [1i Yos 0 No 0 Yos [1l No l TO PUBliC: 7. STYLE OF BUILDING I DATE OF CO."JSTAUCTION I Victorian Vernacular c.l886 ' 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or locaUon when ropriate)app I 0 Clapboard [3 Asbestos skfmg 0 0 Other Brick (Specify) I D Wood shingle D Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone D Board & banen 0 Stu<= D Cobblestone D Aluminum 0 Conctete 0 Cut stona I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM '' ) I [2} Wood frame 0 Post beam D BallOOn and 0 Load-bearing masonry 0 Strvcturaliron or steal 0 Other (Specify) z 0 tO. ROOF (Type) ;:: a. Gable 0 Fl" 0 Mansard 0 Monitot 0 Sawtooth E2 G 0 C/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 H p 0 Rouoo D Other UJ ; 0 (Specify) (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 no D S!ate asphalt O Asp alt shingle 0 Built up Tile h IJj h 0 0 {Specify)t " 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2-:\- --� 36' X 24' 12. CONDITION (Structural) (Exloriot) 0 Excellent [1l Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated 1 D Excel!ant iX]Goo G On()(iginal site 0 Moved s 0 No 1 Gl vo 0 asbestos sidina· =rch 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I 0 Barn 0 Shod eg Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage [li Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 0 Open land 0 Woodland Cf Residential 0 Scanared buildings visible from site :::· ) 0 �mmercial 0 Industrial 0 AUla I 0 Hi-gh building density J/ 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Lccated in a residential neighborhood comprised primarily of one and two-family homes built in the mid�19th to early-20th centuries. (OVER) 17. OTHERNOTA6LE FE;ATURESOF BUI,DING OR l;ITE """Unr '""' "'"t"">"l . . . 1 ms two-story wur-oy-two-oay aoume nou.;e IS onemed with its gable ends perpendicular to the street. It has a one-story porch which extend.; across the facade and wraps around each side. The porch is comprised of single Tuscan columns supporting a plain architrave and hipped roof, a picket ballustrade running between the columns and a latlice apron below; it appears to be an early-twentieth century addition. The left side of the wrap-around porch has been enclosed and appears to be a later alteration. ,� ' The corners of the building are delineated by corner boards. The paired entry doors, set in molded surrounds, at center appear to e replacements. A 6/6 double-hung sash window with plain surround occupy the outer bays. On the second story paired 4/4 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds are flanked by 6/6 double hung sash windows with plain surrounds. On the side elevations are two 6/6 sash windows on the first two stories and one centered in the gable end. The gable roof has a slight overhang. Brick interior chimneys rise from the center of each house unit. as a well-preserved example of a Victorian Vernacular two-family house which is characterized by its simple building plan and minimal detailing. U is historically signnicant as an early example of workers housing in the neighborhood East of Main in which many of the Cheney Brothers Silk Mills employees lived. Manchester, CT, 1980. (/) w I� (/) 6-17-93 6-17-93 I Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 ) �--THREATSTO BUILDING OR SITE � J None known 0 Highways D Vandaflsm 0 0\h"------ru Renewal D Private D Deterioration 0 Zoning E xplanation ST·6 REV. 6133 (Back) 'STORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY # 26 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UllDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: H1ST·6 REV. 6183 J STATE OF CONNECTICUT : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM �"' I I I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 OUAD: I '\ (203) 566-3005 ( DISTRICT . IF NR, SPECIFY ' 0 S 0 NR 0 Act"'l 0 Potential 2 �r 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 {Histon·c) I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY ' 0 Manchester Hartford 31z� 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI 01location) I I 51-53 Eldridge street I� 4. OWNER{S) z 0 Public �Private w McGeharn, Philip g 5. USE (Present) (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. iXTERIOA VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ' ACCESSIBILITY t [X) Y" No Y" TO PUBLIC: 0 0 IXJ No 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION ) : I' I' I I I Greek Revival c.l860 8. MATERIAL{$) (Indicate use or locationwhen appropriate) I D Clapboard D Asbestos siding 0 Bri ���th.. 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM . [X) and B lloon ,._ .. Wood frame (X] Post beam 0 a '··-·)) 0 load·bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) il 10. z ROOF (Type} , II� Qg Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth (.) "' 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 Hip 0 Round 0 Other (Specify) (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 no 0 Slate �� asphalt "'• Other ® Asphalt shingle o· Built up 0 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS � 2 36' x 24' plus addition 12. CONDITION (Struc/Ufa/) I 0 Excellent (X] Good 0 Fal< 0 Deteriorated 1(Exr0,Excellent 0 Gooo �Fair 0 Deteriorated � 13, INTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS tFYES, EXPLAIN {;dOn original site D Moved I GJ v-. 0 No0 1 asPhalt sidinq� modern addition on side 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES � 0 Barn 0 Shed [B Garage 0 Other landscapefeatu�es or buikfmgs (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT iii\_./ 0 Open land 0 Woodland [B Resklentla1 0 Scaflered OOiklingsvisible from site ,;p 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High OOi!dlngdensity 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS n., ' Located in a residential neighborhood among single and t\-10-farnily houses dating i primarily from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. (OVER) - --- . - ·- ____:_� ·-·---'-·----.....:.. ... ·�---·------'�----·•:_c·_;______ .:_.�·"-·-·-0.-.---- HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #27 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES .: To n No Site No.: HISl-6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT w I 6183 UTM I I : I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I : I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 .- (203) 566-3005 -- QUAD:DISTRICT I IF NR, SPECIFY :: A�"'l ' Os 0 NR ' 0 D Potential -�:/ BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) 1. 1 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchesterf 0 -I Hartford � STREET AND NUMBER (and/orlocation) I (.) 3. 61-63 Eldridge Street ii: OWNER($) � Pobnc 4. Diminico, Josephine 0 [1g Prlvale s (Present) (Histon"c) w USE 5. , hn-f,.mi lv r.P<:.i-"' ,,_. 1 1 n,,,--f�mn ro,,; rkmH 1 ·- EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES. EXPLAIN \ u � ACCESSIBILITY No TO PUBLIC: 89 0 0 Y s 89 No STYLE OF BUILDING y., o I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Victorian Vernacular cl893 MATERIAL{$) (lnifJCate use or Jccation when appropriate) I 08. Clapboard [X] Asbestos siding 0 Brick 0 Other (Specify) 0 Wood shingle 0 pha siding 0 Fieldstone As lt 0 Board batten 0 Stucco 0 Co blestone & b 0 Aluminum D Concrete 0 Cut slone siding Type: T pe y : STRUCTURAL SYSTEM -�--!•, ) 9. 89 Woodframe 0 Post beam 89 ,,., ·1 and Balloon 0 Load-bearing masorny 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Mon t 0 Sawtooth a: 89 Of (.)n. i (/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shoo 0 0 Rom>d 0 Olher (Spodly} Hlp w c (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll Onn 0 Slate asphalt Olher � Asphalt shingle 0 Buntup On1o 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 21.2 I 361 X 431 12. CONDITION (Structural) (Exterior) 0 Exet!!lent (]j Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated j' 0 Excellent i?D Good 0 Fall 0 Deteriorated 13. !NTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? !ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN � On original site 0 Moved l � 0 N 0 siding RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES y, I 14. 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Olher landscape features or buildings (Specify) Carriage Shop Garden 0 house 0 0 SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 15. ) 0 Open land 0 Woodland Q Residenlial 0 Scattered buildings visible from site -�;:; l 0 Commerdal 0 Industrial Aural High building density ->· 0 0 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood comprised primarily of single and two-family houses built in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. V.R 17. Q!HERNOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE Jlnteriorand/or exterior) I he house is a 2-112 story T-plan double house with gable-front orientation. The gable-front facade has two 1/1 double-hung sash with plain surrounds on the first and second stories, and paired 111 double-hung sash with plain surrounds centered in the gables. Flanking the windows are shutters which appear to be decorative and later additions. The entrance to each house is located in the cross gable. Wrapping around the facade from one entry to the other is a one-story porch. It is comprised of turned posts braced by curvilinear brackets carrying a plain architrave and hipped roof. . . � li The cross-gable elevations have a paired and a single window of111 double-hung sash with plain surrounds on the first story. On the second story are two 1/1 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds, and centered in the gable is a window of similar !i: description. The roof has a small overhang. Wide rake boards detailed with a scored line and circle motif embellish the gable ends of ' the facade and cross-gables. A chimney with a corbeled cap rises from the ridge line of either side of the cross-gable. , a:(.) I !3 0 BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTUAAL IMPORTANCE This house is architecturally significant as an example of a basic double house type which was built in great number in the neighborhood East of Main Street during the late-19th and early-2oth centuries. Here it is expressed in a Victorian Vernacular style characterized by its porch with turned posts and brackets and its decorated rake boards. The motif employed on the rake board: two I � lines alternating with a circle, is a motif frequently found in this neighborhood. The house and its porch are in a good state of z e3 preservation; the only alterations are the siding and shutters. I� It is historically significant as an example of thetypeof housing constructed by Cheney Brothers Silk Mill employees. Cheney (/) workers who had saved enough money to purchase a building lot were encouraged to build a two family house, occupy one side, and rent the other haH. This assisted the worker in affording the construction mortgage. In the early 20th century, #61 was the residence of John Rady, a Cheney Brothers employee. Finegold , et. al. Preservation and Development Plan for the Cheney Brothers National Landmark District, Manchester, CT, 1980. (/) w Town of Manchester, TownDirectorv, 1923. I� (/) 6-17-93 6-17-93 ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS 1 ... ,; � . REATS TO BUILDING OR SITE · L1 None known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism D Developers U Rene-.val 0 Private 0 Deterioration D Zoning Explanation :>T·6 REV. 6183 {BaCk) ..• - --·-··--.-.•.• --··>< ••.• •.• .o.. --··-··" ..__ ·-·- �- .•• ·'··-· ··-··--····---�------�-'---� . . -. - iHISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #28 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 1BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6 AEV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION ' I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 umTQUAD: Tl I (203) 566·3005 : I l I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY I> 0 S 0 NR � 0 A z 2. I 0 Manchester ·rcauNTYHartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER {and location) I (.) I 71-73 Eldridge lorStreet iL ;:: 4. OWNER(S) z Flavell, George 0 Pobl� £U Private g (Present) (Historic) I w 5. USE residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Q Y" No No I TO PUBLIC: 0 0 Q SffiE OF BUILDINGI I y., I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7.Greek Revival c.l860 MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or location �rt�en apptopriats) I I / 08. Clapboard [] Asb-estossiding 0 BricJt; 0 Other (Spe 0 Load-bearir'lg masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) r;: Gable Flat D Mansard D Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: l2l 0 (.) en Gambrel Shed Hip Round 0 Other 0 0 0 0 (Specify) I c w (Material) 0 shingle 0 Roll 0 0 Slate asphalt I Wood Tlo Other [1g Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 nte 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE OIMENSIO,'·IS I 2.J.. 36' X 241 CONDITION (Structural) (Exterior) 12. I 0 Excellent Q Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent i;;] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13, INTEGRtTY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN Onoriginal site Moved 0 Q 0 GJ Ye' 0 No sirlinrr rY'>rr-h 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR 'LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I I ,-' I 0 Bam l2l Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape leatures or buikffngs (Spe-cify) 0 Carriage Shop Garden house 0 0 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ·. I 0 Openland 0 Woodland U1 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site Commercial Industrial Rural High buikllng density r' 0 0 0 0 [! 16. INTERRElATJONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood an-ong one and hK:>-family houses dating primarily from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. I (OVER) 17. a;II 19. i I i as an example of the Greek Revival style applied to workers housing. Its deeply pedimented gable with attic window and 6/6 double-hung sash windows are features typical of the Greek Revival style. II appears to be a five-bay house that was divided into a two-family residence w�h the alteration of the doorway. Though the house has been sided and a porch '" 0 added, h still maintains much of its oririnal character. � u: It is historically significant as an early example of workers housing in the neighborhood East of Main in which many of the Cheney ;z Brothers Silk Mills employees lived. Tt.e house is shown ofthe t869 Atlas of Hartford County. During the early 20th century #71 was � the residence of John McConville, a Cheney employee. �!J � I Manchester, CT, 1980. Sl Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. (j 'I: :� g 6/17/93 i;; Barbara A. Lewis 6/17/93 Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 6T'· - I JEATS TO BUILDINGOR SITE � known H� ways Vandalism D Developers J�·��e 0 h 0 0 0\h" ------n Renewal D Private D DeterioratiOn D ZorVng Explanation � f-s REV. 6J83(Back) . ;;_� .;.:;_ -: ··- :..� - . .. .•...... : ...... -. .. . : ·:._ ... :....:. .:.. - :;.. _ - - .:. ___ - ·.:.: _ -· 1129 - ISTORIG RESOURCES INVENTORY -- FOR OFFICE USE ONLY - - - BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES -- -- Town- No.:- - Site No.: . - . j REV. 6183 ··· · STATE OF CONNECTICUT · · : · ··· UTM ·· : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION ····· · I I rT-6 · I ... 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106.. QUAD: \ I I I J ) (203) 566-3005 DISTRICT 'F NR, SPECIFY NR Acturu 0 s 0 0 0 Potential BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I ["-' 1. 1 TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY :z 2. I Hartford 0 Manchester I fi STREET AND NUMBER (and/or locatiOll) I I () 3. 72 ii: Eldridge Street >= OWNER(S) :z 0 Public IX] Private UJ 4. Allard, Joseph & Sally I 0 USE (Present) (Historic) 5, residential 1 residential EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN 1- ACCESSIBILITY 6. Yes 0 No 0 Yes TO PUBLIC: GJ ' [X] No ' STYLE OF BUILDINGI I . DATE OF CONSTRUCTION I 7. Virt-nrian Vernacular cl865 MATEAIAL(S) (Indicate use or location when appropriate) I [X18. ClapOoard 0 Asbestos siding D Brick D Other (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle D Asphalt siding D Fieldstone 0 Board a batten 0 SIUcco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum D Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 1'•,) 9. Qg WOOO frame 0 Pos and beam D Ba oon t n / D Load-bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) I :z ROOF (Type) � 10. a e Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: [] G bl D Rot D 0 0 ()a. I (/) D Gambrel D She Wood shingle I D 0 Ron D n" 0 Slate asphalt Other Gl Asphalt shingle D Built up O nre 0 (Specify) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 301 I 11. 2 181 X CONDITION (Structural) I /(Exterior) 12. l en D E ce l t !D Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 0 Excellent [}goood 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I tNTEGRITY(LocaJion)x WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN shutters �13. Onoriginal site 0 Moved [] Yes 0 No0 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I D Bar lXI Shed [ij Garage 0 Other landscapefeatures or buiklings (Specify) n D Carriage D Shop D Garden house SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 15. � 0 Open/and D WoOOland Ga Residential D Scattered buikllngs visible from site ,. 0 Commercial D Indus ria D R ral D High buikflngdensity t l u INTERRElATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS 16, Located in a residential neighl::orhood, it is one of .:F:toi�cof ten houses built '�i th the identical plan. I fOVERJ (tnterioland'Ofe;rterior) t7. O.THER FEATURES BUILDING SITE • • • 1 ms two-storyNOTAaLE two-oayOF rectangular-planOB cottage nas gable-front onentat1on and a one-story porch which extends across the facade. The porch is comprised of chamfered posts braced by scoll-sawn brackets carrying a plain architrave and shed root A � square balastrade runs between posts, and board-and-batten siding detailed with a scalloped edge sheaths the ends of the porch. I : The doorway with plain archttrave is on the left bay; The windows on the right bay and second story are 6/6 double-hung sash with l.!ffih plain surround topped by a cornice cap. The decorative shutters which flank the windows are a later addttion. The gable roof has a (ijfjll 0 I� deep overhang which is embellished with scroll-sawn brackets. A brick chimney with corbelled cap rises from the ridge line. a. . "' w 150 1 18. ARCHITECT 19. as an example of mid-19th century vernacular workers housing. Its modest size and simple plan made it afforable and easily constructable housing. Some concern for the aesthics of the dwelling is illustrated by the use of detailing such as the scroll-sawn brackets, cornice caps, roof overhang with brackets, popular in Victorian architecture. I� The residence is historically significant as an example of one of the earliest houses built by the Cheney Brothers Silk Mills to u It u: provide decent and affordable housing for their mill workers. is one of a row of ten single family homes built in the same plan and is the best example of the row. Most of the houses is this neighborhood were built or purchased by Cheney Brothers, then sold or rented I� to workers at reasonable terms. ·"' Manchester, CT, 1980. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, i323. DATE 6/17/93 DATE 6117/93 ORGANIZATfON Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVAlUATIONS I ) ' IHAEATS TO BUILDING OR SITE � I 00�------__ Nooe koo'.vn Developers [] � 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 n Renewal 0 Ptivate D Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation ' rT·6 REV. 6.'83 (Back) FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #30 1 Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6BUILDINGS REV. 6183AND STRUCTURES STATE OF CONNECTICUT I I SOUTHCONNECTICUT PROSPECT STREET, HISTORICAL HARTFORD, COMMISSIONCONNECTICUT QUAD: I I I 59 06106 I I DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY (203) 566·3005 I I I NR Act"'' Os 0 0 0 Potential Ct/ l. BUILDING NAME (Common) I i j (Histo1ic) 2. TOWN I CITY VILlAGE COUNTY Manchester ! ! Hartford------5 r3°.�S�T�R�EE�T�A�N�D�N� U�M�B� E0R7.��oo';7.,�,7.��U�M")------�------�------� I 1 2 l rid e tr t ���0�OWNEA{S)�E �d �� �g� �s� �ee� �------ �w 4. P"""' p,,.,,. Zapadka, Richard -- � 0 ---- 0 -- rs<.�u�S�E���'�''�'�ni�} �����------�,H��7.w�,;c�)------I 9 residential 1 residential G. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ITY �g��� �� lXJ Y s � ' 0 No ' 0 Yes !KJ No ' 7. STYLE OF BUILDING e DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Italianate c1886 8. MATERIAL(S) or I Clapboa d Asbestos siding Other D (Indicate use location0when appropriate) Os""' 0 ______d Woodshingle t AsphaU siding Fieldstone D 0 0 (Spe fy) & D Board batten 0 Sto= 0 Cobblestone Aluminum 0 Conctete 0 Cut stone GJ siding r,,., ----- Typeo 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ------ ,J) Woodframe D Post and beam D Balloon ·-· Load·bearing masonry Structural iron or steel 0 0 Other 0 10. ROOF (Specify) Gable( Type) Flat Mansard Monitor Sa'HIOOth !Xl 0 0 0 0 Gambrel Sh"' Hlp Round 0 0 0 0 0 o�" d {Material) (Spe fy} ------Woodshingle Roll Tlo D 0 asphalt 0 0 Slate Other r.;) Asphalt shingle Bum up 111e � 0 0 0 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS (Specify) X 2 I 22' 281 12. CONDlTION I 1 rio d Excellent (Structural)� Good 0 Fair D Dete rat (Exteo"'"i Ex ellent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 013. INTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? IF1 YES, EXPLAIN e / c • On original site Moved Yes No D �ALTERATIONS[XI 0 aluminum siding Gl14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE' FEATURES I Garage Other lanOscape features or buildings El 0 0 Garden (Specify) Woodland Residentlal Scattered buildings visible from site 0 0 0 Industrial Rural High building density 0 0 0 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located on the corner lot a in residential area 8omprised primarily of one and two- family houses built in the late-19th and early 2 th-centlirles. I (OVER) #3() 17. WHERNOTABLE FEATURES Of BUILDING,OR SITEJI"""" an . (/) w 1 150 as an example of the ltalianate style applied to workers housing. Though modestly scaled and detailed, the residence a simple expression of the ltalianate style in its use of the centeri)able symmetrical plan and details such as the round-arch window, turned pests and brackets. I� The house is historically significant as an example workers housingin the neighborhood East of Main Street, which served as home (.) to many Cheney Brothers workers and employees of other industries in Manchester in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "This ii: building is one the same parcel as #245 Spruce Street and it stands on property whichin the 19th century belonged to Samuel U.Brown, I* owner of a livery stable and grocery on Eldridge Street. In 1877 Brown transferred theproperty to Hannah Bell. ... this buiding was used as rental property. In 1920, Bell traAsferred the property containing the house ... to Angelo Monseglio, an Italian-American Cheney employee:· Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Land Records, vol.325, p. 268. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. 6-17-93 North elevation NAME i:; Barbara A. Lewis 6-17-93 Town of ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 FIELD EVALUATIONS I, .. JREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE J ·:�amo� 0 H�hways 0 Vanda�sm 0 Developers I";J Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation rT-6 REV. 6/83(Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #31 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUilDINGS AND STRUCTURES ! Town No.: / Site No.: HIST·6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT 6/83 UTM : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I I \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: l (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY NR 0 AciUal 0 Potential ;_,:�) Os D r 1. BUILDING NAME (CM!mon) (Historic) 1 I TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 2. ManchesterI 0 Hartford � STREET AND NUMBER (andI orlocation) I I I u 3. 140-142 Eldridge Street u: F 4. OWNER($) z Public E£1 Private w Lernesis, Bruno D g I USE (Present) (Historic) two-family residential tlvo-family residential 5. 1 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY [il 0 0 Q No I TO PUBLIC: No ! STYLE OF BUILDINGI y., I y., DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Victorian Vernacular l c.l899 I MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or location when approp1iate) 8. 0 Clapboard � Asbestos siding [j9arick fnd. Other D (Specify) Wood 0 shingle 0 Asphalt siding D Fieldstone I S'"<= 0 Board banen Cobblestone D D & 0 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone siding Type: Type: I Aluminum STRUCTURAL SYSTEM '\ 9. I � Wood frame 0 Post and beam --- D I _J ··- Load·bearing masoncy Structural iron or steel D D (Specify) D Other z I 0 10. ROOF (Type} F Gable Aot 0 Mansard Monilor 0 Sawtooth a: � D D un. (/) Gambrel 0 Shod p Rouoo 0 Other w D D H; D /Sf"Clfy) I 0 (Material) Woodshingle 0 0 Slate D Roll D "" I asphalt Oth Asphalt shingle [] D Bum up 0 Tile D /S-ly}" 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2� 24' x20 plus 36' X 24' 12. CONDITION (Structural) I Excellent ooo<� 0 Fair 0 Deteriorate On 0 I kJ original site 0 Moved fJ Yes 0 " sidina 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I (Specify) Barn Shed []9 Garage Other landscapefeatures or buiklings I D D D Cactiage Shop Garden D D D house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT Open land Wood!""' I D D []9 Residential D Scane1ed bulkliogsvisl'o!e !fom site · I· � Comme1dal lndos\lial Aora l High buikllng density J D D D ( 16. INTERREtATIONSHJP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS J� ted in a residential � area among houses that are primarily one and t1vo-family houses dabng from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I (OVER) 17. Qll{ER_NOTABLE FEAcU�E;l;OF BUILQWG OR SITE (/p(Mo/ •""'"'•"<11><1 . . 1 na nousa 1s a �-lr� story 1-plan oouo1a nousa w1tn gable front onantatton. The gable-front facade has two lA double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds on the first and seconds stories, and paired 1/1 doulbe-hung sash with plain surrounds centered in the 'iJ" gable. To e�her side is a one by one bay entrance porch composed of turned posts supporting a plain arch�rave and hipped roof. A turned balustrade runs along the side of the porch. The entrance to each house is located in the cross gable. A paneled door w�h I "' ·light on top is set in a molded surround. . . � The cross-gable elevation has four 1/1 double-hung sash windows w�h plain surrounds on the first story, two on the second, and � I zQ� one cantered in the gable. The roof has a small overhang; molded rake boards cover the gable ends of the facade and crossiJablas. An open rear entry porch is located on e�har end of the house. A chimney with corbeled cap rises from the ridge line of e�her side of ii:li: the cross-gable. I� I I IMPORTANCE This house is archttecturally significant an example of a basic double house type which was built in great number in the neighborhood East of Main Street du1i .. g the late-19th and early 20th centuries. In 140-142 Eldridge Street tt is expressed in �s most w vernacular form, w�h little arcMectural embellishment. It is historically significant as an example of the type of housing constructed l � by Cheney Brothers Silk Mills workers. Cheney employees were encouraged to build two-family houses, occupy on haH and rent the < other half. This assisted the worker in affording the construction mortgage. () u: "in the late 19th Century, the property upon which this building stands belonged to Samuel U. Brown, operator of a store and livery I* stable on Eldridge Street. In 1899, Brown's daughter transferred the property to James Bartley, an Irish-born Cheney silk weaver who previously had rented an apartment at #109 Eldridge. Bartley lived in #142 for the rest of his life. In 1923 he rented # 140 to the family of another Cheney employee. The house remained in the possession of the Bartley family until l953." I I The neighboring house #150-152 is the identical house in plan and detailing. •sutherland,Town of Manchester, Expansion Su!Vey of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982. "' w Cheney Brothers, The Miracle Workers, 1916. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance M_�ps of Manchester 1919, 1926. 1§0 Town of Manchester, Assessor's Recurds. "' Town of Mnnchester, Land Records, vol.130, p.131. Town of Manchester,Town QjredotY. 1923. 6-17-93 NEGATIVE ONFILE North Elevation A-15 I NAME Barbara A. Lewis 6·17-93 i:i �O�RG������T�IO�N------�------TOWn of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester • CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIElD I ) ------�·�� �------� T�H���r=s�T�R O�B�UI�L D� IN�G�O�R�S� ITE J � , J None known Highways VandaGsm Developers Other------0 0 0 0 Renewal Private O.teri«ation Zociog Explanation I] D 0 0 6l83 T-6 REV. (Back) I HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #32 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES � Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : I UTM CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 'I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUA0 I I {203) 566·3005 I.- < DISTRICT1 IF NR, SPECIFY .._,.; ["' Os D NR ] 0 Actual 0 Potential i BUILDING NAME (Common) (His/otic) 1. 1 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchesterf l l Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/or location) (.) u: 163 Eldridoe Street j:: 4. OWNER{S) z 0 Publ� [lg Private w Brault Ernst & Sandra 9 I USE (Present) (Historic) 5.residential 1:residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I TO PUBLIC: 1 IKJ 0 No r 0 IKJ No 1 STYLE OF BUILDING y., y., DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7.Bunrralol·l 1 Cll q I MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or location when appropriate) I 08. Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding D Brick D Other (Specify} I D Woodshingle 0 Aspbalt siding D Reldstone & D Board batten D Sto= 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum D Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type; 9. ) STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ! I ' � Wood frame 0 Post and beam � Balloon D Load-bearing masonry D Structural iron or steer D Other (Specify) z I 0 ROOF {Type) j:: tO. Gable Ftat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: IX] D D D D (.)a. U) D Gam rel D Shed D Hp D Round D Other I w (Sp D Wood shingle D Rol 0 no D Slate I asphalt l Other Asphalt shingle Built up !ill D Onto 0 (Sp&eify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 1-l; I 301 X 481 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exterior) D Excellent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 0 Excellent Q D Open land D Woodland � Residential D Sca"ered buildiogs visible from site <• ) D Commercial D Industrial D Rural D High buikliogdensity t''..:.··· 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS ' Located in a residential neighborhocd among one and b10-family residences dating from the late-19th and early-20th centuries, I (OVER) 17. QJ; 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE , I This house is architecturally significant as a very good example of a bungalow in the neighborhood East of Main Street. The gently pitched broad gable roof which extends to become the entry porch, the wide overhanging eaves with struts, the use of shed-rood dormers and bay window are all features typical of the bungalow style. Despite the addition of aluminum siding, the bunglow maintains most of its original character. I Owz < 0 U. u: Historically, the house stands on property that belonged to Samuel Brown, operator of a store and livery stable on Eldridge. "In 1910 the estate of Brown's widow Catherine, transferred the remaining Eldridge Street property as far as Clinton Street to the Hall Realty I� Company, and the subsequent development of the property was known as the Eldridge Street extension. The property changed hands five times before it was purchased in IS23 by John W. Sutherland, a Scottish-born press man in a printing office, and his wife Margaret. The Sutherlands lived in the house until l938." • I r;, Map Maps ol Manchester, 1919, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. ill Town of Manchester, Land Records, vol.242, p.l96. Townti Mancheste r, Town Directory,l923. I(/)§0 'Sutherland,Town of Manchester, Expansion Survey of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982 . .---� 6-17-93 � Barbara A. Lewis 6-17-93 ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS I ) � � THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE �ilfJ jJNone known 0 Highways 0 Developers 0 0\h" ------ I] Renewal D Private D Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation ! T-6 REV. 6J83 (Back) I HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #33 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY !BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: STATE OF CONNECTICUT j HIST·6 REV. 6183 : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTMI I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 I I (203) 566-3005 I ' QUAD: I ODISTRICTs 0 I IF NR, DSPECIFY 0 t. (Common) (Historic) NR Actual Potential �� BUILDING NAME 1 I z 2.Manchester TOWN CITY -�VILLAGE ! HartfordCOUNTY 0 ] I � (ar>d/orlocation) () 3.180-182 STREET AND NUMBEREldridge Street u: ;:: z w 4.Gryk, OWNER($) Wesley c. 0 !KJ I g Public Private (Present) (Historic) 5.two-family USE residential 1 two-family residential I 6. 1QEXTERIOR y_, VISIBLE0 FROM PUBLIC ROAD 0INTERIOR y., ACCESSIBLEQ ! IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 7.TO PUBLIC: No I No ColonialSTYLE OF BUILDING Revival DATEc.l9l7 OF CONSTRUCTION I (Indicate use or location when appropriate) T Q8. MATEAIAL(S) 0 0 0 (Specify) Clapboard Asbestos siding Brid Other Q 0 0 I WOOd shingle Asphe!t siding Fieldstone 0 & Oswo:o 0 Board batten Cobblestone 0 [23 fnd. 0 I Aluminum Concrete Cut stone siding Type: Type: 9. ) STRUCTURAL SYSTEM . '� Q D Q I Wood frame Post and beam Balloon 0 D load·bearing masonry Structuraliton or steel 0 (Specify} z I tO. Other 0 (Type) ;:: ROOF 0.. 0 D 0 a: 0 0 () Gable Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth I en 0 0 iK) 0 D w (Specify) c Gambrel Shed Hip Rouod Other (Material) I 0 0 0 Tio 0 Wood shingle Rolf Slate [] 0 asphalt 0 0 (Specify) Other Asphalt shingle Built up Tile I 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS z.t l 36' X 40' (Structural} 12. CONDITION [] 0 (Exte[j' !X] D 0 0 I 0 I Excellent Good Fair ALTERATfONSDeteriorated Excellent Good Fair Deterklrated 13. INTEGRITY(Locallon) WHEN? IF YES, Q9 On 0 1 !B va, O I porchEXPLAIN balustrade original site Moved I NoO 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPE FEATURES I 0 0 0 El (Spedfy) Barn Shed Garage Other landscapefeatures or buildings 0 0 0 concrete wall and steps Calliage Shop Garden house I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 0 0 IKJ 0 ,,;, Open/and Woodland Residenlial Scattered buildings visible from site ( :�:.t 0 0 0 0 p( Commercial Industrial Rural High building density 16.Located INTERRELATIONSHIP in a OFresidential BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS neighborhood comprised primarily of single and t\vo-family houses dating from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. I (OVER) #-33 17. 0 '1'/ill.''2'�'.!'tt'W4116t?���i.'P�" 8S&J/i,'��lfse"t"�x��ntered three-bay entrance porch which extends almost across the full facade. The porch is comprised of turned posts braced with curvilinear brackets supporting a plain architrave and hipped roof. A pedimented gable is centered on the porch roof above the entrance bay. The wood panels that run between the posts appear to replace a balustrade. The entries, located on the interior bays, are comprised of paneled doors with 3/4 rectangular lights on top set in a molded surround. These are flanked by 1/1 double-hung sash in plain surrounds on the first and second stories. The hipped roof has a sm� overhang. Centered in the attic level is a gable roof dormer with paired 1/1 double -hung sash in plain surrounds topped by a \iiJf · pedimented gable. On the side elevations are three symmetrically placed 1/1 double-hung sash windows. Between the first and second bay is a small rectangular window with fixed sash. Between the second and third bay is a side entry with 1-by-1 bay hipped-roof entrance porch. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTA NCE This house is architecturally significant as an example of the "Four Square; a variety of the Colonial Revivalstyle used primarily for residential architecture. hs symmetrical facade, massing, hipped roof, central entries, and simple detailing are all characteristic of the Four Square. This example is a double house; a form easily accomodated by the Four Square. The house is historically significant as an example workers housing in the neighborhood East of Main Street, which served as home to many Cheney Brothers workers and employees of other industries in Manchester in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "In the late 19th Century, this propertybelonged to Samuel U. Brown, operator of a store and livery stable on Eldridge Street. In 1910 the estate of Brown's widow, Catherine, transfered the remaining Eldridge Street property as far as Clinton to the Hall Realty Company, and the subsequent development of the property was known as the Eldridge Street expansion. In 1911 the property was purchased by Clemens Kwash, a Cheney weaver. In 1923 Kwash and his wife lived in # 182 and they rented #180 to the family of another Cheney employee. Kwash sold the building in l927 to one Adolph Weimer! who sold it in the same year to Christian Peter Damm who retained it untll l933."' [" ' 1919, 1926. Town of Manchester, Rec.:·rds. Town of Manchester, land Records, val. 157, p.300. Town d Manchester,Town Directmy,1923. 'Town of Manchester, Expansion Survey of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982. 6-17-93 NEGATIVE ON FILE A-21 Barbara A. lewis 6-17-93 ORGANIZA TION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT ..; ..... , -{ ------.� � 0.L H:._ _E_T_ _T_ -BU_Il_ _ _G_D_ _ I------: ?:� T R A S O DIN R S TE ; ; one Developers 00�------known 0 Highways D Vandallsm 0 [] Zoning IJ Aene-.val 0 Private D Ooterioration 0 Explanation 6183 (Back) rT·6 REV. #34 HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 1BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I S e No.: H!ST-6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT it 6183 UTM CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566-3005 ,. I DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY r Os D NR ' D Ad"'' D Potential i BUILDING NAME {Common) (Histolic} 1. 1 TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 2. I 0 Manchester Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER {and/ loo3tion) I I () 78 Florence Streetor 4. OWNER{S) 0 Public � Pri ate Mathiasen Russel & Jean g I� 5. USE (Present) (Historic) v w residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Yes 0 No D Yes No I TO PUBLIC: g [;J STYlE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Colonial Revival c.l915 I MATERIAL(S) (lndic 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: .. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM Type: 9. Wood frame 0 Post andbeam Balloon ..I ·. )IX] D D Load·bearing mas.onry D Structural kon or steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) i= Gable 0 Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: IX] D D ()0. �" U) D Gambfel D ShO D Wood shingle D Ro D 0 Slate I asphalt n n, Other Asphalt shingle Built up Tile IX] D 0 0 {$p.Oiy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 1_!_2 221 X 321 CONDITION (Siructural) I (Exterior) D12. Excellent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 0 Excellent [] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. JNTEGAITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF 'YES, EXPLAIN � On original site 0 Moved D .. ID No0 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPE FEATURES I I v I I D Barn D ShO ( / 0 Commercial I ust Rural High building density 1:!I D D D 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OFnd BUILDINGrial AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neightorhood among one and two-family homes built primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I (OVER) ------ . ------�TTI�(�m�ffi�6w���� �e�rloow�·�)------I!--�1�7�0�T���R�NO�T�AruBL�E�F�EA�T�U�RO.Es�o"F�B"-u"JLruoJ�1 h1s one-and-a-han story three-bayNGonoR SI E cottageN is oriented wnh its gable end parallel to the street. It has a recessed integral porch comprised of square columns rising from a low shingled wall to support the secondstory. The four porch columns are unevenly spaced to accomodatethe entry which is offset to the left. The paneled door, wnh light, is set in a molded I� surround. On the right bay is a large 111 double-hung sash window in a plain surround. On the left is a small square fixed sash window. Centered in the attic story are tripartne1/1 double-hung sash windows in a plain surround. The gable end has returns. On the side elevation is a gable-roof dormer with 1/1 double-hung sash window in a plain surround. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is archnecturally signfic�nt as an example of a simple Colonial Revival cottage. Though modestly sized and detailed, this cottage employs square columns, gable returns, and tripartne windows, all features common to the Colonial Revival style. Variations on this cottageare seen in some frequency in the neighborhood. Its small scale and minimal I� detailing made n an affordable single-family house. <( (.) I � Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. (/) w Town of Manchester, Town Directory 1923. ;�b '(J) PHOTOGRAPHER Barbara A. Lewis North elevation NAME iii Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 I) ·i�REATS TO BUILDING OR SITE J Nona known 0 0 Vanda�sm 0 [] Qili"·------Highways Developers Renewal Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning 1 0 E)(p/anation 6J83 . lr..s (Back) REV. HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1135 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: I HIST-6 REV.6f83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I ' ur{ I I I \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566·3005 I I I DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY I:_�;,:- O s D NR 0 Actual 0 Potential (Historic) I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 I 2. TOWN I CITY VIllAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford 3. � STREET AND NUMBER (andiC>tlocation) I I I (,) 56-58 Foster ii: Street ;:: 4. OWNEA{S) z Public Private UJ Reese, Dale F. Jr. 0 Q g I 5. USE (Ptesent) (Historic} tl�o-family residential 1 two-family residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY [XJ y., 0 No 0 y., IKJ No I TO PUBLIC: 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival cl910 I 8. MATEAIAL(S) (Indicate use or location when appropriate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding D Bricl< D Other (Specify) (g) Woodshingle 0 Asphan siding 0 Reldstone I _ 0 Board & batten O st<=> 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: 9, STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ·' Woodframe 0 Post and beam Balloon ·� -·I 'l [X] IKJ D load,bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: a. Gable Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth I a: llil D I (,) C/) Gambrel Shod Hip 0 Aovoo 0 Other UJ D D D c (Specify) (Material) D Woodshingle D Roll 0 Tio 0 Slate asphalt I """'' [2{] Asphalt Shingle D Built up 0 Tile D (Spedfy) 11, NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2-!, 12. CONDITION (Stroctutal) I D Excellent IKJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated Excellent I;:(] Good D F,,, 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGAITY(Location) , WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF('[j' YES, EXPlAIN I � On original site 0 Moved 0 y., KJ No)I 14, RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I . I D Barn D Shed llil Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Spedfy) D Carriage D Shop D Garden house 15, SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 0 Opoot•oo D Woodi•OO � Residential D Scattered buildings visible from site c, On the left side of the facade are two entries comprised of paneled doors with rectangular lights on top set in molded surrounds; on the second story a similar door provides access to the porch. Occupying the right side of the facade is a two-story polygonal bay window with 1/1 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds. Centered in the pedimented gable end are paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds. On the north elevation there is a two-story bay window with 1/1 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds topped by a pedimented cross-gable. At rear is a two-story enclosed porch. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAl OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is architecturally signilicant as an example of a two-family residential dwelling in the Colonial Revival style. The paired and tripled columns of its wrap around porch, many pediemented gables, and paired windows are all features typical of the Colonial Revival style. The influence of the Queen Anne style can be seen in the use of bay windows and cross gables which givessome asymmetry to the massing. However, the facade is more balanced than irregular, and the use of classical detailing such as columns and pedimented gables makes this house Colonial Revival style. hs porch is a particulary good example of a Colonial Revival style porch. The house has received no signficicant aherations and is in a very good state of preservation. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Recc:ds. Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center 06040 SUBSEQUENT FJELD 1�)====�------�------�m ..·,:,· THREATS TO BU1L01NG OR SITE .. _',,,:,i�.� r � � None known 0 Highways D v"""""" . D o.""""" D ��------I] Renewal D Private D Deto 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY I z 0 Manchester Hartford I 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and or location) � I I I () 69-71 Foster Street u:: OWNEA{S) ;:: 4. z PubliC .[] Private w Falkowski 0 I e 5. USE (Present) (Historic} two-family residential 1 h1o-familv residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN I ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: [XI Yes 0 No 0 Yes GJ No I STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. I I I Colonial Revival cl910 r MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or focation when appropn"ate) I 8. 0 ClapbOard [:29 Asbestos siding 0 Bricl< 0 Other (Specify) 0 Wood shingle [:29 Asp a t siding D FiekJstone I h l Board banen Slo= Cobb!estone 0 & 0 0 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I 9. .. '::J) El Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon 0 load·bearillQ masonry . 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) I z 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: Gable Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a:a. IX] 0 0 0 0 () I (/) 0 Ga brel 0 Shod 0 Hip 0 0 Other w m Roooo (Specify) c (Material) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin 0 Slate asphalt Other � Asphalt shingle 0 Built up D Tile 0 (Specify) - I 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2-k -� 38' X 421 12. CONDJTION (Structural) (Exterior) 0 Excellent bJ Gooo 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent Ooooo «) Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. !NTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN ' On original site Moved o GJ 0 !;J 0 N I ���h� 1+- ;mri "; rii y., RElATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES nrr 14. I I I I 0 Barn 0 Shod 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Speafy) 0 Carria e 0 Shop 0 Garden house g 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I ' 0 Openland 0 WoodlaM [XI Residential 0 Scat1ered buildings visible from site [c':)� 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Aural 0 High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential area among one and hoD-family houses dating primarily from I the late-19th to the early 20th centuries. - - (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING ORSITE (Interiorand' exteri 19. HISTOAtCAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is architecturally significant an example of a basic double house type which was buih in great number in the neighborhood East of Main Street during the lata-19th and early 20th centuries. h is sean throughout the neighborhood in Victorian Vernacular, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival versions. This example illustrates its expression in the Colonial Revival style with its gable roofporch and gables with returns. The usa of turned postsfor the porch supports is mora typical of the VictorianVernacular or Quean Anne styles, making this an example of a transitional style. With the only major alteration to the house baing the addition of asbestos siding and the porchaheration on the southern half, the house maintains most of its original character. In the early 1920s this house was the residence of Mred Grezal an employee of Cheney Brothers and a barber, and John Olson, a Cheney Brothers employee. Sanborn Map Company Insurance Maps of Manchester 1926, Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester , Town Directory, 1923. Barbara A. Lewis >- Ill Barbara Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester CT 06040 I l 1 REATS TO BUILDING OR SITE J4 None known 0 Highways 0 Developers [] 00�------r;] Rene-Hal 0 Priva!e 0 09tetioration 0 ZorJog Explanation �1·6 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1137 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: I HIST-6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT UTMl : I I :I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I 1 I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566-3005 I DISTRICTI F NA, SPECIFY NR 0 Actual Potenllal os·o l' 0 r-Cj 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) 1 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester ! Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER 01 I I () 82 Foster Street u: (and/ locatian) >= 4. OWNEA(S) z w Bedrossian, Christine 0 Public E:9 Private 8 I 5. USE {Present) (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. iXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY [3y., 0 No 0 y., �No I TO PUBLIC: I I 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Queen AnneI cl890 I 8. MATERIAL{S) (/ndica/9 USil or location when appropridte} I KJ Clapboard 0 Asbestosskfmg 0 Bnoi< 0 Other 0 Wood shingle 0 AsP'h;ahs.idlng 0 Fieldstone I (Specify/ 0 Board & banen 0 St"""' 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 CortCtete D Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM [) Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon ·'I') 0 load·beating masonry 0 Structural iron or steer 0 Other z I 0 10. ROOF (Type)(Specify) t 0 Gab!e 0 Ft•t Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: 0 () tJ) Shod O h w 0 GamDrel 0 �Hlp 0 Round 0 t " pyramidal on t01�er I 0 (Specify} (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 no 0 Slate I asphalt Other KJ Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS (Specify) I 21. 42 X 40 12. CONDITION I 0 Excellent (Structural)Qjo OO I 0 Open land Woodland Residential Scattered buildings visible from site � 0 � 0 0 Commercial 0 tndusltiaf 0 Rural 0 High building density r 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated on a hiE on Foster Street set back far off the street. on a large lot. I (OVER) #--57 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interiorand/or exterior} This two-and-a-han story residence has a rectangular main block with two-and-a-half level corner tower and wrap around porch. The entry is centered in the facade and flanked by a two-story bay window with 111 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds on the right bay and paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds on the first story left bay . I� .,. Above the do01way and on the left bay are 212 double-hung sash windows. At southeast corner is a two-and-a-half story ·square tower with a pyrimidal roof that is flared at the end. In the attic level is a narrow hipped-roof dormer with 111 double-hung sash window with plain surround. In the attic level of the facade is a hipped-roof dormer with paired 1/1 li double-hung windows with plain surrounds. ti: The porch is comprised of turned posts braced with brackets with a scalloped intrados and trifoil cut- 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is architecturally significant as an unusual example of a Queen Anne house. Its use of a corner tower with flared pyramidal roof and wrap-around porch with its turned postsand scalloped brackets are features typical of the Queen Anne style. The bay windows are unusually placed and may be a later addition. The house has one of the best examples of a Queen Anne-style wrap-around porch. The house is also distinguished by its corner tower with flared pyramidal roof, a rare example in the East Side neighborhood. In the early· 2oth century, the house was the residence of Charles Dotchin, an employee of Cheney Brothers. Sanborn Map Company Insurance Mapsof Manchester,1926, ffl Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. I� Town of Manchester, Town Directory, 1917, 1923. (/) I -.( ------����R��TS�T� O�B�U� ILD�IN�G�O�R�S=IT� E � � Nona known 0 Highways D Vandalism 0 Developers 0 Other ------ 'jJ Aent>.val D Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation ST-6 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #38 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT I 6183 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION urn/ I I I I ) 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566·3005 I , DISTRICT[ 'F NR, SPECIFY . Ds 0 NR ·o"''"'' D Potential ,. 1. BUilDING NAME (Common) t (HiStoriC] I TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 2. I 0 Manchester Hartford I 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/of/.ocation} u� I I ii: 109 Foster Street ;::: 4. OWNEA(S) z 0 Public � Private Carriere, J. Keith & Phyllis I 9 (Present) (H oric) w USE s. a ts i : ents EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILm' I 6. 0 No 0 Yes No TO PUBLIC: fJ ! fJ . STYLE OF BUILDINGI Y" I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Colonial Revival cl920 I MATEAIAL(S) {lrx:ficate locatkJn when apptopriate) I 0s. Clapboard use or 0 AsbestOS siding D•rid< D Othe< (Specify) I 0 WoodShingle 0 Asphalt Siding 0 Fieldstone D Board batten f{J Stucco D Cobblestone & 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type; STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. ·.-! 0 Woodframe 0 Post beam 0 Balloon I-·· >) ar.d I(] Load-beating masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 10. (Type} 0 ROOF ;::: 0 Gable Aot 0 Mansard 0 Monltor 0 Sawtooth a: [X) ua. I (/) D Gambrel D ShO 0 Wood shingle D Roll D "" 0 State I asphalt D Asphalt shingle [29 Built up 0 Tile DOth"(Specify) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 3 X I 1 t. 401 561 CONDITION (Structural) I (Exteri()r) 012. Excellent !:] Good 0 F•l< 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent [}§ Good 0 Fel< 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Loca/ion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS 'F YES. EXPLAIN � original site 0 Moved 0 Yes Q No0 14. RELATEDOn OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I D 0 ShO Located in a residential area comprised primarily of oRe and two-family houses dating from the late-19th and early-20th centuries. I !OVERJ --- 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (InterioraM..'ot extericr) This three-story seven-bay apartment is characterized by three-story bay windows flanking a three-story canter porch. Located at center, the entry is a paneled door flanked by sidelights. The porch is comprised of Tuscan columns rising from a low stuccoed wall on the first storyto support a narrow entablature and the floor above. On the second and third stories, full I� height Tuscan columns support the entablature above. On the third story, the entablature is wide with a heavy modillion cornice supporting a flat roof. Thebay windows are polygonal and have 1/1 double-hung sash windows wnh plain surrounds. The windows on the side elevations arc> 111 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds. A three-story porch extends across the rear elevation. I --+------�===------�------I 18. ARCHITECT 19. This building is archnecturally signHicant as a rare example of a Colonial-Revival style apartment building in the East Side neighborhood, an area comprised primarily of single and two-family houses. The building is distinguished by ns porch which employs well-proportioned Tuscan columns carrying a full entablature and modillion cornice at top; these features are typical I�z of the Colonial Revival style. The symmetry of its massing and facade with central entries flanked by bay windows is also <( typical of the style. The building is further distinguished as one of the few examples of stuccoed buildings in the '-' neighborhood. I�en Sanborn Map Company Insurance Maps of Manchester, t 919, t 926, en Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester , Town Directorv, 1923. I�0 en Barbara A Lewis Barbara A Lewis ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS ) I· THREATS :o BUILDING OR SITE known Vandalism liJ None 0 Highways 0 [] �h., ______. p Rene-nal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Exp!anatioo ..I ST-6 REV. 6183 (Back) ,HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #39 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: ·ST-6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : :j : r CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTMI I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: : (203) 566·3005 I I DISTRIC��. IF NA, SPECIFY .. I 0 S 0 NR 0 Aotool D Potential j·'. 1. BUILDING NAME (Commoo) 1 (Histofic) I 2. TOWN I CITY iLlAGE COUNTY I z 0 Manchester r Hartford I 3. (and I 01 � STREET AND NUMBER /.ocation) I (.) 20 Hamlin Street ii: i= 4. OWNER($) z Public w Dasaulnier, Robert D IKJ Private I e 5. USE (Present) (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. EXTEAJOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN I ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: [1l ., 0 No 0 No I I y y., Gl ! 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival l cl915 I 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicateuse or location when app!opn"ale) ClapbOard 0 Asbestos sidif19 D BriCk D Other � (Specify) Wood Shingle Asphalt sKiing Fieldstone I � D D D Board & banen D SIVe«> 0 Cobblestone Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone D T Typ.e: I siding . yp.e: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ' l- [XJ Woodframe D Post and beam (X] Balloon D load·bearingmasonry 0 Structural i1on or steel D Other (Spscify) I z 0 10. ROOF (Type) i= D. Gable A" 0 Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: [XJ D D (.) """"" I Ul Gambrel Shed 0 Hop 01"" w D D D D (Specify) c (Material) Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 nn 0 Slate I D asphalt 0 Other !XI Asphalt shingle D Built up 0 Tile (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2-j- 30' X 36' 12. CONDITION {SttuCtuta/} I (Extenor) D Excellent I;Joood 0 Folo 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excet!ent I;J Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated I 13. JNTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES. EXPLAIN g Onoriginal site 0 Moved I 0 Yes bJ )INo I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPE FEATURES I S "' 0 (Spe-cify) I D Barn D h G Garage Other landscape features or buiklings Carriage Sloop Garden D house D D 15. SURROUNDlNG ENVIRONMENT I 0 Open land D Woodland G Residential D Scatteredbuildings visible from site � High ' 0 Commerdal D Industrial D Aural D buildingdensity 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood among one and b-10-family houses built in the late-19th to early-20th centuries. I (OVER) ------17, (lnteriorand'ofexteriOf) an OTHERThis NOTABLE two-and-a FEATURES ha� storyOF BUILDING three-bay OR SITE gable-roof residence has integral porch comprised of slender columns rising from a low shingled wall to support the extended roof. The entry, located in the center bay, is comprised of a paneled door set in a ·� molded surround. It is flanked by a large 1/1 double-hung sash window in a molded surround on the right bay and a smaller I fixed sash window on the left. On the secondstory, centered in the extended roof is a large pedimented gable-roof dormer · w�h paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows. The dormer is sheathed in wood shingle. A � On the north elevation is a one-story hipped-roof pavilion w�h one 1/1 double-hung sash window. To the right are paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows, w�h three single windows on the second story and a pair of similar windows centered in the gable end. At the rear is a one-story enclosed entry porch. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICALThis house OR ARCHITECTURAL is arch�ecturally IMPORTANCE signific:mt as an example of a Colonial Revival-style residence. Though � is not a prototypical example, its use of columns, pedimented gable-roof dormer and paired windows are typical of the style. The lu house has not been ahered and is in a good state of preservation. '-' � Q � � � I ) r· � Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv ffl 1923. ' ,� � (/)p Barbara A. Lewis I . ) ( STATE OF CONNECTICUT Town No.: : Site : No.: : 6/63 , I HIST·6 REV. CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I UTM . 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 I I I I (203) 566·3005 . QUAD: I ,,.,- DISTRICT IF NR. SPECIFY Os D 0 D � (Historic) NA I Actual Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 z I 0 2. ManchesterTOWN CITY TVILLAGE COUNTYHartford I (and! t ) I (.)� 3. STREET AND NUMBER or fcca ion ii: 94 Hamlin Street ;:: z 4. GoodOWNER($)stine. Rebecca 0 I s w :(Hislo!ic) Public �Private 5. residentialUSE (Present) 1 residential I y., 6. 1®EXTERIOR VISIBLE0 FROM PUBLIC ROAD 0INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE� .,IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Yes No I No 7. ColnialSTYLE OF BUILDING Revival (Dutch) DATEcl930 OF CONSTRUCTION I (Indicate locationwhen appropriate) I 8. vse or Brick 0MATERIAL($) 0 D D Clapboard Asbestossiding Other I IXJ D 0 (Spedfy) 0 Wood shingle Asphalt siding Fieldstone D 0 Board & batten Stucco Cobblestone I 0 D 0 Aluminum Concteta Cot stone siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I ) IX) 0 IX) WOOd frame Post and beam Balloon ...;...-· D D load-beating masonry Structural iron or steel D I z Other(Type) (Specify) � 10. ROOF a: D D D D 0 (.)0. Gable Fl" Mansard Monitor Sawtooth fJl I IX) D D D "'""" D c Gambrel Shed Hip Other w (Material) (Specify) I D D 0 D WOOd shingle R�l Tio 0 ·�·· fill D asphalt Onra Other Asphalt shingle Sui!! up (Spedly) I 2 38' X 28' 11. NUMBER OF STORIES I APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS D12. CONDITION (Structural) D D 1,Ext0) [1looo<1 0 0 I Excellent EjGood Fair Deteriorated Excellent Fair Detenorated GJ13. INTEGR!TY(Location) 0 1WHEN? ALTERATIONS0 Q 0 'IF YES. EXPLAIN On original site Moved I Yes N 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I D D [19 D Barn Sh"' Garage Other landscape features or buildillQS (Specify) D D D 15. Carriage Shop Garden I ' house 0 SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ( D [19 D ' . Open land Woodlalld Residential Scattered buildingsvisible from site � D D D D Commercial Industrial Auml High building density 16.Located INTERRELATIONSHIP in a OF residential BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS neighborhood consisting primarily of single and tlvo-family hcxnes dating frcxn the early 20th century. I (OVER} 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Jnteriotahd.'orexteriot) This two-story two-bay Dutch Colonial Revival-style residence is characterized by tls gambrel roof. The house has tls entrance on the right bay under a gable-roof entrance hood supported by slender columns. On the left bay are tripled 6/t double·hung sash windows in plain surrounds. On the second story a wide shed roof dormer projects through the gambrel roof wtlh paired 6/1 windcws in a plain surround. On the south elevation is a one-storyhipped roof sun porch wtlh paired 6/1 double-hung sash windows on the facade. A w 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURJU. This house is archtlecturally signHicant as a rare example of the Dutch Colonial Revival-style in the East Side neighborhood. Its gambrel roof, shed roof dormer, and glazing pattern are characteristic of the Dutch Colonial Revival style, a subtype of the Colonial Revival style. n is one of the few examples of the style in the neighborhood. I I Town of Manchester, Assessor's Recotds. Town of Manchester , Town Direclorv, 1930. i 1 East elevation . N�M=,����------L------�=--,�=----- I �,_� � a a ewis __ B ro ______rn A�·�L���__ fo������ ______J______�� Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester CT 06040 �--fH)r==::-=REATS TOBUJLOJNG OR SITE,....------tf"T· Non<>l I 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY ![} 0 0 � • / I TO PUBLIC: ! Yos No Yos No 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival c 1910 I 8. MA (Indicateuse locationor appropriate) ..men I TERIAL(S) 0 0 0 0 Othe< Cl'pbo"d Asbestossiding Brick 0 IX] 0 (Spedfy) I Woodshingle Asphalt siding Fieldstone 0 & 0 ' D Board banen Stu= Cobblestof'l& 0 D 0 I Aluminum Concrete Cut stone sid!ng Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM r··; � 0 0 "'>w-· Woodframe Post and beam Balloon 0 0 Load·bearing masonry Structural iron or steel 0 I z Other (Specify) 0 (Type) ;:: 10. ROOF c. !Xl 0 A" 0 0 0 ;;: Gable Mansard Monitor Sawtooth () I (/) 0 0 0 0 0 w Gambrel Shed H p Round Other 0 ; (Spedfy) (Material) I 0 0 0 Tto D Woodshingle RoH Slate asphalt � 0 0 0 Other Asphalt Shingle BuiH up Tile (Spedly) I 11.2 NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE36'x40' DIMENSIONS 12. CONDITION {Sinx:flJral} I 0 0 0 0 0 Excellen! �Good Fair Deteriorated ""[j' Excellent 6Good Fair Deteriorated l' •• I (Location) ALTERATIONS 13. INTEGRITY WHEN? IFYESSJ.dmg EX�LAIN On rn 0 0 y,. 0 I original site Moved No) 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 0 � 0 Barn Shoo Garage Other landscapefeatures or buildings (Specify) 0 0 0 Carriage Shop Garden house I ' 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 0 Op I (OVER} 17. (I'JI ""''"''-" ) OU!ER �OTA&.EFEATURJ''LOF B UILD\tiGQR SfTJ' "'*>< "io/ . , 1 ne nouse 1s a 2-lr.< story 1-p1an douo1e house wltn gable front onentat1on. The gable-front facade has four Ill double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds on the first story and two one the second, and paired 1/1 doulbe-hung sash with plain surrounds centered in the gable. The house is characterized by the 2 x 2 bay Colonial-Revival-style entrance porches which project from the I� cross-gable one either side io a point i:>eyond the facade. The porch is composed of Tuscan columns which rise from a low wall to supporta plain architrave and gable roof. The gable end of the porches is parallel to the street. A turned balustrade runs along the $. side of the porch. The entrance to each house is located in the cross gable. A paneled door with light on top is set in a molded � · surround. The cross-gable elevation has two 1/1 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds on the first story, two on the second, and one centered in the gable. The roof has a small overhang; molded rake boards cover the gable ends of the facade and cross-gables. An open rear entry porch is located on either end of the house. A chimney with corbeled cap rises from the ridge line of either side of the cross-gable. 19. HISTORICAL I This house is architecturally an example of a basic double house type which was built in great number in the neighborhood East of Main Street during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. It is seen throughout the neighborhood in vernacular, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival versions. This example illustrates its expression in the Colonial Revival style with its porch of Tuscan columns and gables with returns. With the only major alteration to the house being the addition of asbestos siding, the house maintains most of its original character. It is historically significant as an example of the type of housing constructed by Cheney Brothers Silk Mills workers. Cheney employees were enccuraged to build two-family houses, occupy on hall and rent the other half. This assisted the worker in affording · the construction mortgage. �� . I � Town of Manchester, Town Directory, 1923. "' w 1.) ·'!: ;, b Ul Barbara A. Lewis 6-17-93 North elevation NAME Barbara A. Leiws 6-23-93 Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester , CT 06040 I ------i ------�nJ� �� �TO��U� l�O��G __IS _ ------; EATS B I I N OR TE � u�onelwnm 0 Highways 0 VandaHsm 0 Developefs 0 Other------ n Renewal D Private 0 Deterioration 0 loring Explanation � .S REV. 6183(Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #42 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY B UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST-0 REV.6183 ' STATE OF CONNECTICUT I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION uru/ I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I I I I I (203) 566-3005 DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY ' 'i<' ' ( Os 0 NR 0 Actual 0 Potential j 1. BUJLO!NG NAME (Common) (Historic) 1 I 2. TOWN f CITY VILlAGE COUNTY z Manchester 0 Hartford 3. or I I � STREET AND NUMBER (and/ Jocation} I () Johnson Terrace u: 19 i= 4. OWNEA(S) z Public [29 Private w Bellisle, Richard Sally 0 I & 9 5. USE (Present) (Histo1ic} residential 1 residential 6, EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I y., Yeo No TO PUBLIC: � 0 0 IXJ No 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION i B. MATERIAl(S) (Indicateuse« location when appropriate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos Siding Osrid< 0 Other {Specify) I IX] Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fwldstone 0 Board & batten 0 sw= D Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I sid1ng Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM -::•!·: -�--, Wood frame Post andbeam Balloon ' 0 0 8 ....;...·'r·· 0 Load-bearing masoncy 0 Structural iron or steal I 0 Other (Specify) z 0 10. ROOF {Type) i= a. 0 Gable 0 A" 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth ()a: I en 0 Gambrel 0 Shod � Hip 0 Round 0 Other w c {Specify) (Material) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 llo 0 Slate asphalt Othe< Asphalt shingle Built up Q n1e IX] 0 0 {Specify) I 1 t. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS ?,' od 0 y., IX] No) 14. I RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 S hod 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or bulkflOQs (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 0 Open land 0 Woodland lJ!: Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site t'ill�.· G Commerdal 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located on a side street between the commercial area and the residential area, among a fe1q other houses of similar age and scale. I (OVER) / 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteriorand'()lexterior) This tlvo-and-a-half story six-bay residence has a hipped roof with projecting pent cross-gable on the facade and.gable-roof dormers on the side elevations. The facade is dominated by a tlvo-story enclosed porch with central entry. On the first· story /. I� l stairs lead to French doors �1hich are flanked by paired 2/2 fixed sash \•lindOivs. Each llf!:!t:>.·, pair of �1ind01·1s and the doorway are topped by semi-elliptical fanlights \vith radiating \!i.W muntins. A wooden sill course delineates the first· and second stories. The second story of the porch is canprised of a ro1v of six 3/3 fixed sash wind01vs delineated by short columns above a low shingled wall. The porch is topped by the pent cross-gable. Centered in the attic facade are paired 1/1 double-hung sash wind01·1s. The hipped roof overhangs and is embellished with straight brackets. On the side elevations the windows are 1/1 double-hung sash illnd01vs in plain surrounds. A gable-roof dormer is located on the side elevations. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL This house is architecturally significant as an example of a Colonial Revival style residence. Its use of the hipped roof and gable dormer is typical of the 'Jg Colonial Revival style. The enclosed porch with semi-elliptical fanlights \'lith ' < = (.) radiating rnuntins is also a c n Colonial Revival treatment. This house sh01vs the ii: influence of the Shingle style in its use of a row of six windo\•IS delineated by short columns. The house has not been significantly altered and is in a good state '* of preservation. In the early 20th century this house was the residence of S. Einil Johnson, a carpenter and assessor. ! I Sanborn Map Ccmpany, Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1919, 1926. !fl TOI·m of Manchester, Assessor's Records. ·�'"' TOim of Manchester, TOim Directory, 1923. '0 ' 41 Center Manchester CT 06040 I ) THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE t.Mlij••i!l) I �· ..Jl None known - 0 Highways D VandaDsm D Developers D 00�------fJ Renewal 0 PrNate 0 Deterioratioo D Zoning Explanation .'T-6 REV. 6183 {Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #43 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Si!e No.: HIST·6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT : I j i 6183 I i ' CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM ! 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:I I I (203) 566·3005 ' ;<4A DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY Wi � � Actual 0 Potential Ds • D BUILDING NAME (Common) (HistoriC) 1. Senior Citizen Center (former) 1 Temple Beth Sholom TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 2. I 0 Manchester 06040 Hartford � STREET AND NUMBER (and lor locarion) T I I () I 3. u: 63 Linden St. ;: OWNEA{S) z ' Pubfie Private 4. Burton, A, Lee et al 0 {g) 9 w USE (Presenr) (Historic) 5. Dance studio 1 Svnaoogue EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY � NA I 6.TO PUBLIC: � Ye. D No D Ye. � N STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7.Colonial Revival 1940, 1946 cornerstones I MATERJAL(S) (fncficateuse or location when appropria/e) I 8. Clapboard Asbestos siding Brick veneer Other D 0 � D (Specify) WOOd shingle Asphal! siding 0 Fieldstone D 0 I & D BoatO banen D Sl""" 0 Cobblestone ..... -. --. 0 Aluminum � Conctete fdn, 0 Cut stone I Siding Type: Type: '- . ' STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. ) WOOO !tame I IKl 0 Post and beam [13 Battoon D LoaO·beafing masonty D StCUC1otal or steel iron Other ($peaty) z D I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;: GaQie Flaj • • Mansard Monitor SaW1ooth 0: � ma�n bloc aad�t�o D D ()a. � rP "' Gamb!el Shed Round I D D D D D (Spedfy) Hip DIM< w (Matedal) Cl WOOd shingle 0 Ron 0 Ton 0 Slate I D asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Builtup Tile 0 0 0 0 (Spedfy) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 11. 1 69' X 73' CONDITION (Strvctutal) I (&tarior} 12. D Excellent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent QSaaoo 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I tNTEGRllY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATION$ IF YES. EXPLAIN 013. ori9inal site 0 Moved G9 v.. D No0 ' School added on south RElATEDOn OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I 14. landscape (Specify) I D B•m D Shed D Garage 0. Other features or buildings Carriage ShO<> Garden Grade slopes off to the east. D house D D . 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT -� Open land Woodland Residential Scattered buildings site D D 0 D visible !rom D CommerCial D Industrial D Rural D High buillfug density r 16. INTERRELATIO."'SHtP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS The building is on the southwest corner of Linden and Myrtle streets, a block or two west of the central business district. several surrounding buildings are 19th-century frame houses, I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (InteriorandlOlextetio<") Temple Beth Shalom is a red brick building with white trim. The I water table and window enframements are brick. Its pedimented entrance \; -�.!:: porch, supported by Doric columns, is canted to face the street <2 intersection, introducing oblique lines into th·e otherwise rectangular 1!l compass-oriented ground plan. The portico is approached by four steps. It z 0 protects an entranceway of double doors flanked by fluted pilasters under a broken pediment. with central flame motif. Due to the fact that grade slopes off to the east, most of the basement windows readily admit light. UJ• The flat-roofed school building added on w the south six years after the main lic. 14 block was built projects feet further toward the street than does the I main block, making the overall mass L-shaped. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER I 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE I Temple Beth Shalom is significant architecturally because it is a good example of a Colonial Revival building. It illustrates the tendency w. I to be built in contemporary, accepted styles, rather than in () of synagogues z an ill-defined traditional style associated with the religion. Presumably, there was some Hebrew iconography on the building, perhaps a Star of David I�z in the round window of the flush-boarded tympanum or a Decalogue at the (!) roof line. There are still Hebrew characters in the 1940 cornerstone, while the 1946 cornerstone also carries the year 5507. Ui ·· ...'-- ··-.. The construction date of 1940 makes the temple one of the last l-· ..... buildings to be erected in Manchester prior to United States engagement 1 in World War I I, and the date of 1946 for the school indicates the -�-·/ addition was one of the earliest to follow the conclusion of the war. The Town of Nanchester purchased the building in 1975. It served five I years as a Senior Center. Manchester Assessor's Records. w. John Sutherland, Historical and Architectural Resource Survey of Manchester, IUJ() a: Statewide Historical Resources Inventory, Hartford: Connecticut Historical ::J Commission, 1981. g l PHOTOGRAPHER DATE D,F. Ransom I 8-13-92 �- VIEW NEGATIVE ON FILE lgo; SE,. NE l X4, X6 Pia"' NAME DATE Phorog�aph Hary �1. Donohue, D.F. Ransom 8-13-92 rn.c. Here I ta• ORGANIZATION I Connecticut Historical Commission ::Ec ADDRESS 0 () 59 I� s. Prospect St., Hartford, CT. 06106 ��"'"�"�- \. �� 21: THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE Nonoknown H'tghways �� � . 0 0 0 "''"_, 0 I v""'''"" ------b, R""'"" 0 Private 0 Detari«atioo 0 Zoolng REV 3-81 r'lST-6A I"'Opt Opl'prJCJt Uti I[ OHL. Y s.:f.AT E OF CONNECTICUT TOWN No.: !UTE No.: UTM: ta/-f-1--/-1-1- �'JNNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION QUAD: Street, Hartford, Connecticut . I 'South Prospect 06106 OUI.T,.ICT: S NR: ACTUAL \['fi'rliSTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FORM POTENTIAL : J For Buildings and Structures · (ONTINUA TION SHEET ' /Item number: ___ Date: Temple Beth Shalom ranchester, C':' I , I ) �.:i l; '' , I view northeast II I .·� r independent agency attached to the Dept. of t Education for Administrative purposes only. HIST-6A : I I (. . T r 1 : I I ' . I I I ' 1. ') --···. . I I: \ ' : ' \ I \ . I :1 l (/) 0 J "' rt ::r (I) "' (/) rt HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1144 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV.6J83 I STATE OF CONNECTICUT -l: T : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION U M 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:I I I I : I I I (203) 566·3005 DISTRICTI IF I NR, SPECIFY D D NR D A""'' 0 Potential I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I l s 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z J Hartford 0 Manchester (andtor location) � 3. STREET AND NUMBER I I I () 24 Madison Street u: ;::: 4. OWNEA{S) z p,.,� U1 Lamay, Silas D GJ Private g (Histodc) I USE (Present) 5. residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 1liJ 0 No 0 Y" IXJ No TO PUBLIC: T I / STYLE OF BUILDING y., DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Queen Anne cl900 MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or locatiOn appropriate) I I s. when D Clapboard 0 Asbestos sidiog Brick D Other D (Specify) g Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding D Fieldstone I Sro= 0 Cobblestone D Board batten 0 & 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM .. �. 9. ;!XJ Wood frame 0 Post andbeam lXl Balloon '- I D load·bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 ROOF (Type) ;::: 10. Gable D Aot 0 Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: lXl D ()a. en D Gambrel D Shed D Hip D Round D Olh" (Specify) I c U1 (Material) D Wood shingle 0 Roll Onn 0 Slate asphalt I Other � Asphalt shingle D Built up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2-1/2 l 26' X 28' I (Structural) (Exteliol) 12. CONDITION D Excel!ent [X} Good D Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excel!ent IK]Good 0 Fak 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGAITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN 'O I IX] On original site 0 Moved D N v.. IKJ I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I Barn D Garage Other landscapeleawres or buildings (Specify) I D Shoo lU 0 D Carriage D Shop D Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ·, 0 0 I Open land Woodland [] Residential D Scattered buildings visible from site r 0 Commercial D llldustrial 0 Aural D High buikflng density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS IJ::x::ated in a residential neighborhood arrong one and two-family houses of similar age, · size, and scale. '!he back of the property abutts the corrmercial area. I (OVER) # � balustrade with molded handrail runs between the posts. The door, paneled with an upper light, is set in a molded surround. On · the I "2 right bay is a canted bay window with paired 1/1 double hung sash in the center. A belt course circumscribes the house; the second story has a slight flare at its base. On the second story, the windows are 1/1 double-hung sash with plain surrounds and cornice cap. The gable end is sheathed in shingles in a wave pattern. Centered in the gable end are paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows with a bracketed cornice cap. Molded rake boards with collar trusses and infilled decorative stickwork embellish the gable end. sicrnificant as a good example of the Queen Anne style presented in a modestly sized and detailed The modified T-plan, entry porch and bay window create asymmetrical massing, a characteristic of the Queen Anne style. textural quality of the facade, associated with the style, is acheived through the use of different shingle patterns and the flare of lgw the second story. The decorative stickwork, bay window and bracketed porch are architectural features associated with the Queen ..: Anne style. The house is in an excellent state of preservation, with no significant alterations. (.) u: The house at 24 Madison Street is identical in plan and detail to the house next door , # 20 Madison. Built in 1900 by William Jsleib, it I* is likely that # 24 was also buin by Jslei!:> around the same year. I 8 of Manchester, Tovm Directory, 1923. of Manchester, Assessor's Records. 6-17-93 Barbara A. Lewis 6-17-93 ORGANIZATIO.'I , I Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVAlUATIO.\!S � '1l.'k•' nREATS TO BUILD! NG OR SITE � t� '���------.:;:��::�· None) known 0 Highways D 0 Developers 0 Other ------� Vanda�m rJ Renewal D Private D Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation 8m3 (Back) ST.Q REV. ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1/45 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY .BUilDINGS AND STRUCTURES � Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT j I I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION umj 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: • I I I I (203) 566·3005 DISTRICTI . IF NR, SPECIFY :: I I (His�olic) D s D NR D A""'' D Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common} 1 I i 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and101 Jocatjon} I I I () ii: 31 Madison Street ;:: 4. OWNEA{S) z Public Private w 0 [il 8 Banning, William I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. �EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE JF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: � [XI y., 0 No j 0 Yes [XI No � I - 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Queen Arme 1902 I s. MATEAIAL(S) (/ndica/9 use orlOcation when appropriate) I 0 Clapboard Asbestos siding Other D Osrid< D {Specify) � Wood shingle D Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone I 0 Board & batten D Stucco D Col>blestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone siding Type: Type: I 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM • �� Woodframe 0 Post and beam � Balloon I D Load·beariflQ masonry D StnJctural iron or steel D Other {Specify) z 0 10. ROOF (Type) I ;:: a. Gable Flat M"'sa D Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin 0 s•" asphalt I Olh" @ Asphalt shingle D Built up D TI� D {Spedfy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS X 2i 261 321 I 12. CONDITION (Structulal) I (Exterior) D Excellent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent � Good 0 Fal' 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGRITY(Loca/lon) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN I Q:gOn original site 0 Moved lliJ v., 0 No)I rear porch enclosed 14. RElATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPEI FEATURES I D Barn D Shll 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS in ( pated a residential area canprised primarily of single and two-family homes dating ( from the late 19th and early 20th centw:y. (OVER) 17 ..QTI-IEfl.NOTABLf;FEATURES QF BUJLQING OR SITJ: (lntprio(ardlorm:teri«) • . 1 n1s uueen Anne reSJoence IS compnseo or a rectangular hrpped-roof marn, block with two lower cross-gables, one offset on the facade and one on the side elevation. Extending across the facade is a one-story shed-roof porch with an open-pedimented gable ·'0' over the entry bay. The porch is comprised of turned posts braced by brackets embellished with a cut-out tri-leaf pattern supporting a I" plain architrave. The porch gable is sheathed with diamond-shaped shingles in a diamond pattern embellished with collar brace anddecorative stickwor1<. The ballustrade is composed of scroll-saw cut vertical elements with a molded handrail. • The paneled doorwith upper light and molded surround is located on the left bay. Two 1/1 double-hung sash windows are on the right «. !;:o bay; two on the second story and one centered in cross gable of the attic story. The cross-gable is sheathed in diamond-shaped ·ii: shingles in a diamond pattern, echoing the porch gable and is embelished with a molded rake board. a: On the left side elevation is a two-story cross gable with similar detailing and a one-story shed-roof side-entry porch which has been !, !fJl •c enclosed. The right elevation has a one-story polygonal bay window. Joel Hawley 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The building is a good example of a well-executed Queen Anne-style residence. Its hipped roof with lower cross-gables creates an lasvmmetri'c al massing and roofline so typical of the Queen Anne style. The combination of shingle shapes and patterns, scroll saw t and stickwork gives texture to the facade, another feature of the Queen Anne style. Presently painted white, the structure's 'w 1 � :u I t� ::�:�� quality would be further enhanced by polychromatic painting of the architectural detail. The house is well preserved; the only 1::1 is the glass enclosure of the side entry porch . .� The Warnock House is historically significant as an example of one of the types of housing built by one of the more prosperous ·"' employees of the Cheney Brothers Silk Mills and as example of the work of one of South Manchester's local builders, Joel E. Hawley. l Records v. 27 p. 539; v. 32 p. 478. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1902. f3 Manchester Historical Society building files. /� 6-17-93 East Elevation NAME 6-17-93 of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 ) 1--;-11-iREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE lillili!l� � None known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism [] 00�------�w r;J Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation ST·6 REV. 6183(Back) o ,.-.o ,._.,,.,-• ._ , .-..IH\, �l... i NATlONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES RECEIVED INVENTORY -NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES ;;t46 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS i ! TYPE ALL ENTRIES·· COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS. IINAME HISTO�IC United States Po$t Office AND/0� COMMON • . , Manchester Main Post Office fJLOCA:noN 479 Main/Center Street N I�or Fou•uauCA liON CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Manch�ster N.LbVlciNITYOF First Congressional Dist STATE CODE COUNTY CODE Connecticut 06040 0365 Hartford 003 IICLASSIFI CATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP . STATUS PRESENT USE _DISTRICT -"UIUC !ocCUPIED .J,G�ICULT\JRt -MUSEUM .K.aUILOIOOISI X i'IUVA)"E -UNOCCUPIED _COMME�CIAL -I'ARK _STRUCTURE _BOTH -WORK IN PROGRESS _EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE ftES10· _SITE PUIIUC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE _ENTERTAINMENT -l!EUGIOUS _OBJECT N/AJN i'ROCfSS �ES:RESTRICTED X GOvtRNMENT -SCIENTIFIC -BEING CONSIDERED . -YES: I.IHRESTRICTED _IND\JS�IAL -TRANSPORTAT! [") -110 _MIUTARY -OTHER· l ,_ 0 AGENCY REGIONAL HtAOOUARTEIIS: (H -�-1 I New England Field Real Estate and Buildings Office STREET. N\JMBER 1050 Waltham Street I CITY. TOWN STATE Lexington N/L VICINITY OF Massachusetts 02173 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION . •• COUIITHOOSE. �EGlST�Y OF DUDS,ETC. Town of Manchester Land Records :: ST�EET. NUMBE� Town Hall, Town Clerk's Office, 41 Center Street CITY.TOWN STATE Manchester, Connecticut 06040 ��------0 REPRESENTATION IN EXIST�NG SURVEYS TITLE DATE _FEDERAL -STATE __couNTY _LOCAL DEI'DSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS CITY. TOWN STATF .. ,.. ""i;i..\...h vhL#i/-0 .Jri:XCHUNT _DETEAIDR4TED X...UN4lTERED JLORIGIN4l SJTE _aooo _AlTERED _RUINS _MOVED .· 'D4TE _ _FAIR _UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The United SLates Post Office at Hanoheater, Connecticut ia essentially a on&-atorr structure, howenr, due to the substantial slope of the site, the baaeaent lnel opens on grade at the loading zone in the rear. The property 1a situated at the intersection of Routes 6, .!ill, and 83 at the northern end ot Hancbeater'a ccamercial district. It harmonizes well with several other neighboring buildings including the imposing white clapboard Cngregational Church to tbe lleat aDd the Neo-Classical Masonic Temple to the East. Directly across rroa the aain entrance is a major city park• ... ,• The southwest portion of the building oonaiata of pedilllented central entrance� It ia framed by five bays of bold large scale arched windows on tbe western aide and fiTe bay� with a recessed sixth bay or the same on the south. The northern taoe ot the building is composed of five rectangular bays that haTe double 3 x II lites casement window tor the mezzanine above and the double - x II casements tor the the workroom below. The original copper canopy projects over the loading platform. The remaining east aide carries two ot the arched window bays on the south along with three recessed rectangular �ays and adjoining stair and elevator tower. The building is faced in red brick in English bond coursing trimmed with butt limestone sills and string coursing , A hipped root capped with the original alate and finely detailed glass and wood cupola covers the main portion of the building. A flat roof protects the mezzanine and stair at the rear or the building. The central e�trance is graced with four limestone columns of the Ionic order. These in turn support a denticulated frieze which becomes a deep cornice around the perimeter of the building. Centered in the pediment is a recessed leaded glass lite in the shape of a shield, framed with richly detailed plaster moldings. Served by wide granite steps, the main door frame carries a limestone editace with an arched pediment and lantern. A leaded glasa eagle forms the rectangular lite above the doorway. The original lobby, upon entering, once extended to the north and east. The eastern portion ia now part of the workroom. An elevator in the northeast corner serves the mailing platform in tbe basement. Storage and the mechanical rooms are also located there. Originally, these storage rooms once served aa federal offices. The lobby materials include the original random aized brown ceramic tiles. Floors with white marble borders and wainscotting; black marble baae; painted plaster walla and ceilings; and ornate met.al grilles above the service windowa in the acr·een line while marble window aills and molded wooden framea mark the window areas. An original parquet wood flooring in the workroom baa been resurfaced with hardwood strips. (more) . · .. ,.; ·�-· ••• .•• National Register of Historic Places . I Inventory-Nomination Form #1/-0. . I ..Contlruatlon lhMtMANCHESTER POST OPPIO: Item runber seven (7) Page 2 (<:,.· . I 'lhea-e v. DO otheao buildtnsa on the aite, An b&J.iah BoDd red briok reta1111D& vall vith cranit• oappiJ:II oreatea a lenl Yiaual plue tor the oentral. buildiDC taoe to rest on, 'l'he Japaneae rewa border plantiD&a are . I HrJ well lll.intaiZ*S and Dew aaplea han been planted along the intersection, . ! I I l I •I ) '...... ___,., I �. �<. "'J!l!!!IJN -,�� I PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNiFICANCE·· CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW ,v _,REH.STOAIC -ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC -COMMUNITY PL.ANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE �RELIGION -1400 1499 -.ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _CONSERVATION _L.AW _SCIENCE _tWO 1599 I --AGRICULTURt: -ECONOMICS _LITERATURE _S\t1LPTURE -'600·1891 UACHIIECIURE _EDUCATION . _MILITARY l"' -SOCIAVHUMANr -1700-1799 -ART -ENGINEERING ....:MUSIC _THEATER : - 1 1100- 1899 I -COMMERCE -EXPlORATION/SETTLEMENT -PHILOSOPHY _TRANSPORTATIO' -XIeoo -COMMUNICAliONS _INDUSTRY -PDLITICSIGOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPEC'Itv• , I _INVENTION Designed: 1931 · t Ac t u SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT J D we more, ing s Constructed: 1931-1932 A��fte�t STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Contractor: Pieretti Broth Centerbrook, c· Tbe United States Post Ott'ioe at Manchester, Connecticut is sign11'ioant as l an exaaple or architectural ecoleoticiam incorporating Classical and Georgian revival detailing, Shaped to ertteotively maximize ita prominent l oorner site, the_building is unique in ita use or a pentagonal floor plan. I The Manchester Post Ott'ioe vas designed in 1931 under James A. Wetmore, Aoting Supervising Arohitect tor the U.S. Treasury Department. It vas constructed i� 1931-1932 b7 the Pieretti Brothers ot Centerbrooke, Connecticut. I It is a unique design that illustrates the abilities or the u.s .• Trt>.a15ury Department's Architectural Division to work with a dittioult site and not impose a preconc�ived floor plan or design. Instead they maximiz�d ita J prominent corner location &Led created a structure of timeless quality with durable materials and simple yet monumental scale. I Built during the depression it is, indeed, tangible evidence or the Federal Governments sincerity of working at the community level to inspire a positive illage, The building has become a local landmark with ita rich details and handsome Classical entrance which are traditional in New England towns. It is a fine example or a Class B building as defined by McAdoo's 1915 Classification foP •• Federal Building�. The adjacent properties, being on the work edge ot town, were at the time somewhat below the higher valuation or metropolitan real estate. Typical with Class B structures, it utilized the brick exterior with limestone trimmings. While the interior finishes may have excluded the finer marble and expensive woods, the ornamental iron grillework and leaded window lites are exceptional. Ita nomination to the National Register of Historic Places will protect this architecturally significant and important local landmark. n���0Ey o� �o�c utELce Construct1on l�UU-l��u, JuLy, lYHl Craig, Lois, ed., The Federal Presence: Architecture, Politics and S�bols in the United States Government Building, Cambridge,> · Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1979. £Il]GEOGRAPHICALDATA ACAEA!l< OF NOMINA TED I'IIOI'EATY_ .:.;•5�---- UTM REFERENCES A 1..1...ru tzro 15 '9 I o I or r 4. li 2, a 1 'l g !Ill.! i.l ZONE EASTif�G NORTHING NORTHING cW I I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 111111 VER�AL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The rectangular site is 170' x 1201 at the intersection of Center and Main Streets. The main floor OS the building is approximSteiy 8,100 square feet liST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE : I mFORM PREPARED BY ' HAME/OTU Robert w. St. John, Arcbitect , r; ORGANIZATIO� DATE SULLIVAN DESIGN GROUP, INC. July 15, 1985 STREET. NUMBER TELEPHONE 44 ADAMS STREET ( 617) 848-1545 CITY OR TOWN STATE Braintree Massachusetts 02184 £ECERTIFICATION OF NOMINATION STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER RECOMMENDATION YES__ NO_ NONE_ � STATE HISTORIC PftESERVATIOH OFFIC£R stGNATU : I In compliance with Exacut.ve Ordar 11593, I hereby nomioate this property to the National Register. canifying that th evaluate its si�nifoc.nce. The'evoluated level of signifoc.nce is __N ational __S tate __Local. I FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE TITLE DATE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFYTHAT THIS !'ROPERTYIS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DATE DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION· ATTEST: DATE KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CPO f �r � ... fit .' -�-. ·' ,,_ MUNICIPAL p� iiSTORIG RESOURCES INVENTORY #47 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES l Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : J : uTM CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 \ ., QUAD: I I (203) 566·3005 ' DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY D s D NR D A''"'" 0 Potential 1. (Common) 'y·I BUILDING NAME (Historic) I Mary Cheney Library 1 Mary Cheney Library 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY Manchester ' Hartford I or 3 STREET AND NUMBER (and locatiOn} !;;: . I i I§() 586 Main Street 4, OWNEA{S) I� Public Tmqn of Manchester fJ 0 Private g ' 5. USE (Present) (Historic) library 1 library 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBliC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY v., ., [X) 0 No IXJ y 0 No during library hours I TO PUBLIC: I ' IF 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival 1937; 'qings 1961 8. I MATEAIAL(S) (Indicateuse or k>c8tionwhen appropriate) I 0 ClapbOard 0 Asbestos siding g) Brick D Other (Specify) I D Woodshingle 0 Asphalt siding D F�eldstone 0 Board & batten 0 Stucco D Cobblestone 0 Aluminum Q Concrete cast 0 Cut stone I siding TyJ>E!: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM r··: D Woodframe 0 Post and beam D Balloon Loatl·bearing masonry Structural iron or steel [X) D D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) , ;:: D Gable D Flat 0 Mansard D Monitor 0 Sawtooth "' w D Gambrel D Shed ug Hip D Round 0 Other ��c (Speedy) (Material) D Woodshingle D R�l 0 Tin IX] Slate I asphalt Other D Asphan shiogle 0 Builtup 0 Tile 0 (Spedfy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 1 {fxten"or) 12. CONDITION (Structural) I D Excellent IXJoood 0 Fair D Deteriorated 1 0 Excel!ent IX] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated AL TERATJONS 13. lNTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? IF YES, EXPLAIN I y _ Q On original site 0 Moved GJ ,· D No> , winqs added 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I (Specify) I D Barn D Shed D Garage Q Other landscape features or buildings D Car�iage D Shop D Garden house parking lot 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I Q 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS f· Situated on a site that \qas originally part of Center Park, the library is opposite commercial Main Street. I (OVER) OTHER NOTAB E FE TURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interior exterior) 17. and/or TheMary CheneyL A library is a seven-bay one-story hipped-roof brick building wtlh later wing addnions on each side. The facade is dominated by the large central portico comprisedof Doric columnscarl)ling a full entablature and modillion cornice. �� Centered in the pediment is an oculus "Iindow wtlh molded surround and keystone motif. The central entry is composed of paneled doors wtlh lights set in a molded surround topped by a denticular cornice and fanlight wtlh decorative trace!)'. To either side of the doorwayis an oculuswindow wtlh curvilinear radiating muntins abovea recessed panel. On either side of !he portico are three round-arched windows wtlh molded surrounds set in blind arches. The arches of the inner bays are distinguished by keystones. The windows employ multi-pane glazing in a double-hung sash wtlh a fixed semi-circular sash at top. The windows sit on concretesills. The overhanging hipped-roof is embellished wtlh a mod ill ion cornice which circumscribes the main block. The original building is flanked by two large wings (added in 1961) that connect to the main block through a narrow hyphen. These connecting halls have two 6/6 double-hung sash windows wtlh plain surrounds set on concretesills and lopped by flat arches. I The Mal)' Cheney libra!)'is architecturally significant as an excellent example of the Colonial Revival-style civic building. Bui� in 1937, tl well illustrates the symmetrical massing and classically-inspired detail of the Colonial Revival style. Farley � employed a stately pedimented portico of Doric columns carl)ling a full entablature, cornice, and round arched and oculus :g windows to produce an impressive public building in an appropriate scale. The new addtlion maintained the symmetry and ·{j integrtly of the original building by add;ng a one-stol)l wing addtlion on each side. Joined by hyphens, the original structure � is not over-powered by the large reading room addtlions. '(!) �(j) The building is historically signfficant as Mancheste(s Public library. The libral)l's rootsdate back to the 1850's when young female silk workers acquired bocks and took turns reading to each other while they worked. The original collectionof books was housed in Cheney Hall and later in a Wells Street building that was part of "Education Square." Wtlh the destruction of the building by fire in 1913, the libra!)' was relocated to the Eldridge House on Main Street. After the fire Cheney Brothers donated a trust fund of $50,000 to be used for the construction of a new libra!)'. The Town of Manchester did not use this money until the 1930's when the Public Works Administration, in an attempt to stimulate the economyduring ' �-,. the Depression, offered matching grants for construction projects. The Town used the $50,000 and a stle in Center Park, . which was donated by Susan J. Cheney, in conjunction with funds from the PWA to construct the Mary Cheney Library in .. . • . ·'' '· .z·�.-.· ,,., -· .::!'"'· . :: ·-.•- ':.;:..- - ..••. Buckley, A New England Pattern pp. 205-06, 258-60. Speiss, The Hjstorv of Manchester Connecticut. p. 101, 221-22. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. 41 CT 06040 ) ' " �======;:;:------A B L ------; • • J::::� UI �G:h::: 0 VaMafism 0 DeveOp<� 0 00"------\(8-;.; : ;h Rooowal 0 Pmate D Deterioration 0 ZOfing Explanation 1T..S AEV.6183(Back) 1 ST-6A REV 3-81 7 II'Oft OP'I"ICI!t UaiE ONLY STATE OF CONNECTICUT TOWN NO.: SITE NO.: UTM: 18/-1-f-/-1-1-. ONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION QUAD: I Ha tf rd Connecticut 06106 )uth Prospect Street, r o DISTftlc:r: S NR: ACTUAL \ , .,,r.>TORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FORM POTENTIAL Buildings and Structures 1 jor CONTINUATION SHEET Date: 7/93 Mary Clleney Library con' t , I Tile reading rocrn additions are one-story flat-roofed \vings with corbeled \vater tables. Qloined pilasters embellish the corners of the wings. Centered in the facade is a large towfront bay window of 6/15 fixed sash in a molded surround. Circumscribing the \•ling is a con=ete cornice topped by a low parapet wall. A secondary entrance is located on the connecting hyphen on the south side. Con=ete steps lead to an entry marked by fluted pilasters carrying a pediment and the name plate, "Junior Rocrn." 1937 •. Mary Cheney (1855-1934), daughter of Frank and susan Cheney, \vas honored for her philanthropy in Manchester. Tile architect, Frank Farley \vas a grandson of Susan Cheney \•lho had donated the land for Center Park. 1 1 j I �I I I ) !I;• . I independent agency attached to the Dept. of Education for Administrative purposes only. 1 ! . HIST-6A ,11STORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1148 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: ST-{; REV. 6183 r STATE OF CONNECTICUT I . CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 OUAO:I I I I : I (203) 566-3005 DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY O s 0 NR D Actual 0 Potential fP' 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I Center Park 1 Center Park/Cheney Park 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY 0 Manchester Hartford jz 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI or location) I I I� Block l:x:mnded by Main, Center, Linden, and Myrtle Streets .... 4. OWNER(S) kJ Public Ptlvate w 'lbwn of Manchester 0 z 5. USE (Present) (Historic) Park 1 Park 19 6. TERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE ,F YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY y., 0 No IXJ y., No I TO PUBLIC: 1 r[] 1 0 1 open to the public I 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION N/A I 1905 8. MATEAIAL(S) (Indicate useor locationwhen apptopriate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding Derick 0 Oth" - (Spect4J /A . 0 Wood Shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone I 0 Board & batten O st<=<> 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Conctete 0 Cut stone siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I ,' Wood frame Post and beam 0 Balloon :.J 0 0 0 Load-bearing masonry 0 Structurallton or steel I 0 ·oth" (Specify) N h z0 tO. ROOF (Type) Gable Flat Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a:� 0 0 0 0 I () (/) Gambrel Shed Hip 0 """"" 0 Olh" N/A w 0 0 0 (Specify) I c (Material} 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin 0 Slate asphalt Other I 0 Asphalt shingle 0 Bui!t up 0 Ttle 0 {Specify) .,!A 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS N/A I 3 acres I 12. CONDITION 0 Excellent (Structural)GJaooo 0 Fel< 0 Deteriorated l(Ext0, Excetlent k]aooo 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES. EXPLAIN On . GJ otiginal site 0 Moved GJ ve, 0 No)I librarv constructed on JX>rtion of park land I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I 0 Barn 0 Shod 0 Garage 0 Other Jan ':fue park is located across from the CO!IIllercial area of Main Street, public buildings pn Center Street, and residential areas on Linden and Myrtle Streets. The fo:rmer Hall of !RecordS· and the Mary Cheney Library are located on sites \vithin the park. tnVFRJ 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Inferiorandlotextenot) Center Park is an urban park occupying the blocks between Main, Myrtle, Linden, and Center Streets. The park is laid out in an informal "romantic" style of gentle knolls and asynmetrical paths. Situated on the highest point, a rise on the southern end of the ·park, is a flagpole and sitting area. Located on the Main Street side is the Olildren 1 s Fountain l'1ith Wrestling Bears sculptUre. 'l\� buildings, the Hall of Records (1896) and the Mary Oleney Library (1937) are located l'lithin the grounds of the park. 18. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE Center Park is significant as the major urban park in dOI'lntOI-m Manchester which provides and preserves open space in the center of town. Its layout reflects the style z anan "( of r tic and informal park design made popular by Frederick Law Olmstead in the I�u late 19th century. 'Ihe park is also the site of the Olildren1 s Fountain and the 1'/restling Bear sculpture. This \�rk is attributed to Olarles Adam Platt, grandson of I�iii George Wells Oleney, one of the founders of the silk business.* The Park \'las constructed on land originally 01-med by Frank and SUsan Oleney. In 1896 Frank Cheney donated a site for the Hall of Records. In 1905, Susan Jarvis Cheney I �o�idow of Frank, requested and recieved permission fran the Tmm to design a public park ' . courno '· .. on the site. The park, nly kn01·m as Oleney Park, \•las given to the Town of Manchester 1-... in 1912 as a public park. In 1937, a portion of Center Park \'las used as the site of illlffil1 the Mary Cheney Library, \Vhich was constructed with funding fran the Public l'lorks Admi �' stration and a Cheney trust fund donated �fter the destruction of the library by fire in l9J *Buckley, A New England Pattern, p.154-155,313. "' Co., w Sanborn Map Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1919, 1926. u 'I'Oiom 1 a: of. Manchester, Assessor s Records. ::0 TO\'m g of Manchester Land Records, vol. 4 7, p. 143. Barbara A. Le\vis >- !D Barbara A. Lewis 0 w ORGANIZATION ..J 0: To\om of :; 0 ADDRESS u 41 Center Street Manchester cr 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS I !�e,""):;rH"'R"'EA"'r"'sr"'o'"'s"'u"'llo"'oN"'o"'o:::R-=srr=E=------,@il�:______lXJ NoneknOwn 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Developers 0 Other 0 Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanatiof'l IHJST·6 REV. 6183{Back) #49 I Historic Resources Inventory t \. SOS! Survey Questionnaire I Save Outdoor Sculpture!, National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property 3299 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007 0-800-421-1381) • Read the entire form carefully before beginning the tions of the SOS! Survey Questionnaire for each com survey. ponent and staple them together. • Type or print using a ballpoint pen when filling out • If possible, attach a photograph, photocopy, slide or this form. Legibility is critical. ·. other reproduction jf the sculpture to this form. • Do not guess at the information; an answer of · • Refer to 505! Handbook for further clarification of :·unknown" is more helpful. terminology. • For sculptures with several separate sculptural • Contact your local SOS! Project Coordinator if you . components, complete one questionnaire for the have any questions. entire work. IE necessary, complete relevant sec· PART 1: BASIC DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION Title of Work (if unsure, note "unknown"; if artist named work "Untitled," note accordingly) unknown ' Allernate Title(s) Cb j 1 dren s FoJJnta j n, Danej n g Bears Primary Artist(s) Albert Humphreys, sculptor Person(s) responsible for the overall conception and creation of the work. Frequently the artist's name will appear toward the back, lower edge or another inconspicuous place on the sculpture, followed by the abbrevi- · ations "'Sc." "Sculp" forsculptor/sculpted. Other Collaborators (check as many as apply). 0 Carver ------0 Designer ------0 Architect ------0 Other Foundry/Fabricator If the piece was cast, the foundry name or monogram symbol, as well as cast date, may appear on the base of the sculpture or another inconspicuous place. , I Execution Date (often found by sculptor· s name) ------· Other Dates (check as many as apply) ------ ------Other dates to report might include the date the sculpture was commissioned, copyrightE'd, cast (often found beside the foundry's name) or dedicated. Ocast ------(g) Copyright 1909 ��------0 Dedicated SI-4106. 01-15-92 ) SOS! Survey Questionnaire Continuation Sheet Manchester 599 Main Street Part I Foundry mark Pa(illegiblel Bronze Works NY (outer diameter of circular bronze base directly oelow the feet of the larger bear). Part III Surface appearance , I Green paint can be seen around the tail area of the smaller bear. The granite fountain has some chipping in the basin ····· area. In addition� · t-he basin is filled with stagnant water . I ) and leaves. Chewing gum is found on the steps of the ·; fountain. \'f '/·· Part IV: OVERALL DESCRIPTION Description: The sculpture is made of bronze. It features two bears standing upright on their hind legs, facing each other. One is slightly taller than the other. The upper extremities of the larger bear are placed on the shoulders of the smaller bear. The upper extremities of the smaller bear are bent at the joint and the paws rest on the upper extremities of the larger bear between the paw and the joint The fountain, made of pink granite, consists of a pedestal The fountain basin is filled with stagnant water and �eaf litter. The pedestal area has been repaired with crushed . �-.: stone and epoxy, the repair area is clearly visible. The ��/ original damage occurred when thieves pried the sculpture I from its base in 1990. PART VI: SURVEYOR INFORMATION AND WAIVER r�L )-,? Date of On-site Survey..Li.L..tL:!. I .' Waiver of Liability, Photographic and Data Rights for Volunteers, Agents or Employee Participants I I acknowledge that I ama participant in Save Outdoor Sculpture!, a project cosponsored by the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property (NlC) and the National Museum of AmericanArt, I I Smithsonian institution. The project's purpose is to determine the location, description and basic condition of sculpture in the United States, to raise awareness about the condition of our nation's sculpture and to promote its long-term care and maintenance. In furtherance of these objectives, I will record certaln informationon the SOS! SurveyQuestionnaire, provide certaln illustrations and take certain photographs. I hereby declare that, to the extent these text, illustrations I I and photographs may be eligible for copyright protection,all of my rightsand interest in them are hereby waived. It is my intention to place these written works, illustrations and photographs in the public domain I and I warrant that I will not assert any copyright claim in them. I further declare and acknowledge that I am a volunteer, agent or employee for my sponsoring organization and am not a volunteer, agent or employee of the SmithsonianInstitution or the NJC. I agree to hold harmless the. NJC,- and Smithsonian, itsmuseums, bureaus, entities, employees and officialsfrom any and all damages, injuries or claims that may arise out of my participation in the 50S! project. ) This waiver shall be effective as of the date below. Susan Crombie r c / 15b2 Summer Hill Drive Address South Windsor CT 06074 City State Zip ·-Signature of PutidpUlt I I Fill in blanks below and return to your local SOS! Project Coordinator. Name Susan Crombie Address 1502 Summer Hill Drive aty South Windsor State CT Zip Coc!Q6074 Telephone (<05) 644-0618 I ( T PART V: SUPPLEMENTAL BACKGROUND MATERIALS In addition to your on-site survey, any supplemental secondary information you can provide related to the artist or portrait subject, to the historical commissioning, patroriage or funding of the work, as well as previous conservation treatment histOries will be welcomed. When citing sources, provide enough detail to enable researchers to locate the information easily. Include the full citations of each source (i.e., author, title, publisher, date, pages). If possible, photocopy source materials and attach. Make sure attached sources are clearly identi fied. �Book see continuation sheet 0 Magazine or journal article ------�------ I I t2lNewspaperarticle or account '!'he Hartford Courant, October 10, 1991, Ci!l Unpublished archival or man11script materials see continuation sheet 0 Other (specify) • v'"- - : r j Where can a photograph or illustration of the work be obtained? -· · attached If photographic image is attached, please identify type of image. 1Sil Photograph Photograph negative #C2, 7 A 0 Photocopy 0 Slide 0 Illustration 0 Other (specify) ------Surface Coating • Does there appear to be a coating? . 0 Yes � No 0 Unable to determine II known, identify type of coating,. 0 Gilded 0 Paint<><;! 0 Varnished 0 Waxed 0 Unable to determine Is the coating in good condition? 0 Yes 0 No 0 Unable to determine B.asic uS rface Condition Assessment (check one) In your opinion, what is the general appearance or condition of the sculpture? 0 In urgent needof treatment 0 Well-maintained l2) Would benefit from treatment 0 Unable to determine PART IV: OVERALL DESCRIPTION Briefly describe the sculpture, its subject/theme and its overall condition. For figurative works, use the abbre viations PR (proper right) and PL (proper left) to indicate the right or left side of the statue from the perspec tive of the statue (i.e., your right or left side if you were positioned on the base lacing in the same direction as the statue). For abstract works, (jescribe the predominant forms, colors, shapes and textures. For descriptions of either abstract and figurativepieces, avoid judgmental language. For condition, indicate any broken or missing parts and describe evidence of cracks, graffiti, etc. .- ..-'-- see continuation sheet I ; ------�----��------�----- I r 6 I (r Record the text of any associated nearby identification or commemorative plaques. I I I I Are any inscriptions badly worn or unreadable? i1'JYes 0 No 0 Unable to determine . PART II: LOCATION/jURISDICTION INFORMATION The scu!p.-�:.:.:-: �"currently located at: S tree! address or site loc a tion _,5.-0'-'0'-'M=a_.j_._n .__.S_,_t-l...Lr"'e"'e'--t'-\-(a3 .l..C'-'r-"o-'-s=s-'f....J:r;-"O'-"Ill!l4-)--'i"':t:l.-1.--'C"""e"':t:l.'"'t"'li"'r.,_-J;;p' :i j'"') City Manchester County Hartford State,_C--'-T__ Owner/Administrator (name of agency� institution or individual that currently owns or administers the sculp� ture and is responsible for its long-term care) own of Manchester Name -T e Department/Division D partment of Parks and Recreation 2 R Street Address 19 Charter Oak oad _ Manchester T 0..:.6.::. .::. 0_,_4.::_ 0__ City State C Zip Code George Murphy 203 Contact Name Telephone ( ) 647-3222 If sculpture has been moved, please list former location(s) or owner(s). I ) lr 3 - ·-·- ·------. ·-. -··-- -- -·---·-·------·-····-····--�-- Historic Resources Inventory #49 SOS! Survey Questionnaire Save Outdoor Sculpture!� National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property 3299 K Street, NW, Washington , D.C. 20007 {1-800-421-1381) ! I • Read the entire form carefully before beginning the tions of the SOS! Survry Questionnaire for. each com survey. ponent and staple them together. , I • Type or print using a ballpoint pen when filling out • If possible, attach a photograph, photocopy, slide or this form. Legibility is critical. other ieprod uction uf the sculpture to this form. • Do not guess at the information; an answer of · • Refer to 505! Handbook for further clarification of "Unknown" is more helpful. terminology. • For sculptures with several separate sculptural • Contact your local SOS! Project Coordinator if you components, complete one questionnaire for the have any questions. entire work. If necessary, complete relevant sec- _ PART 1, BASIC DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION Title of Work (if unsure, note ''unknown"; if artist named work "Untitled," note accordingly) unknown AlternateT itle(s) Cb j J d ren 1 s Foun ta j n, Danej n g Bears Primary Artist(sl Albert Humphreys, sculptor I Person(s) responsible for th.e overall conception and creation of the work. Frequently the artist's name will appear toward the back, lower edge or another inconspicuous place on the sculpture, followed by the abbrevi- I�) · ations "Sc." "Sculp" for sculptor/sculpted. . Other Collaborators (check as many as apply). I 0 Carver ------0 Designer ------�------0 Architect ------ 0 Other (Designate role, e.g., landscape architect, engineer) ------ Foundry/Fabricator If the piece was cast, the foundry. name or monogram symbol, as well as cast date, may appear on the base of the sculpture or another inconspicuous place. Execution Date (often found by sculptor's name) ______ Other -:- Dates (check as many as apply) ------,------ I I Other dates to report might include the date the sculpture was corn;nissioned, copyrightt'd., cast (often found beside the foundry's name) or dedicated. . 0 Cast ------�------129 Copyright 1909 - - --'-�------"-- - - � 0 Dedicated I � SI-4106 · 01-15-92 SOS! Survey Questionnaire Continuation Sheet Manchester 599 Ma1n Street {across from>, Center Park I I Dancing Bears Artistic Sionificanc�: The sculpture is the work of Albert Humphreys. Fieldino's Di�tionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers states that Mr. Humphreys is represented in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. The same book refers to this specific sculpture as the "Children's Fountain, South Manchester, Conn." Mr. Humphreys was born near Cincinnati, Ohio and was a pupil of Gerome and Alexander Harrison in Paris. The naturalistic style of this sculpture is representative of its period, following artists such as Frederic Remington and Paul Wayland Bartlett. Historical Significance: The sculpture was donated by Mary Cheney. Miss Cheney was well known in Manchester, CT, for her philanthropic act�vities. She belonged to a prominent and wealthy Manchester family, and in fact the town library directly in front �f the sculpture is named for her. The Cheneys achieved wealth, and the status as Manchester's most prominent family, through their silk manufacturing enterprise, one of the largest and most profitable in the United States. In 1920 they employed one quarter of the Manchester population in their mills and related businesses. Part V Supplemental Materials Book: Dr. William E. Buckley, � New England Pattern, The History of Manchester Connecticut Unpublished materials: "This is Manchester, Manchester Historical Society Edition.•• Published by the Manchester Board of Education, 1965. Reference room, Mary Cheney Library, Manchester CT...... ; • � . p ' G- 0 � ., " t ·l Br��€i��rs�cf�eaga1�5 . � < J J " . at pface of honor in park • •JJ By JOHN M. MORAN . • swiped by a person or persons un- '1• "'' ·0 Courant StaffWriter known. But the culprit didn't finish • \�1 , the job. Police found the sculpture- " MANCHESTER - The bronze · a little banged up, bl\t still attached l14:J ' OJ statue of dancing bean; that has en to its granite pedestal- behind the � I . l s P< Probate Court building across the ' chanted generations of local chil O-d< dren is back on its J>"rcb atop a J•H Please see Bronze, Page ·� Center Park fountain - one year after it mysteriously disapJ>"ared. 1"------:·t: "'' Four parks department workers .i aq Wednesday hoisted the 125-pound 'II sculpture and gently put it back E. ·O.,. Columbus Day 's where it bas stood since early the . century Cll l( ·� "It just didn't seem right coming (a: � • f;�' down Main Street and not seeing �!��!�!!ted b low j1f; them here," said parks worker Sid pertain to Monday unless u • , I noted. :IV� 0 ney Cushman as he cemented the otherwise ers !f'"J�s J ,j bronze bears back into place. Govemmen off. 1ces B jouc "They've been here ·ever sincein I on • All offices operated by 1 : was a kid," parks worker William, at federal, state, city and J Wagner, said. urn< o town governments will g .L The Denieschildren - 4-year-old led be closed. .�t,� Kerri and 2-year-old Maggie- were e"\\"IO Vi P lSit�JO.). thrilled when they emerged from the � Mail i reading hour at nearby Mary Cheney wy� .. Tony Bacewicz J The Hartford Courant • \ The Hartford Courant October 10, 1991 ' '·. ,..Da lion that1 gum< uled "\\ posit lawy• St: A that 1 but d beint part1 Co sione parh COmJ Marl loca as Q Tony Bacewk:zf The Hartford Courant T • Thomas Stratton, a park malnl!mance worker, examines the ny Inscriptionon the bear sculpture now back in place at Center Park in cou Mimchester. the cit Iii< Se1 Bronze bears dance again Ila fie at place of honor in park Fi Continued from Connecticut Page put back in place Wednesday. . . While the long waltz home for the • r ... park. bronze bears Is over, the history of < ., It was a year before the statue the statue remains a mystery. $5 . would get back home. Parks Superintendent George· Lo First, it stayed in the police prop Murphy said there is nothing in the· erty room for a month or so. Parks files on the bears. Longtime parks. 'I department workers, who at first employee Kenneth Irish, now re 4. ! I didn't realize the statue had been tired, wasn't sure where they came recovered, then took it to the parks from. Neither was park and recre- department garage. ation Director Scott Sprague. Mayor Terry Werkhoven found Herb Bengson of the Manchester them there months later. Werkho Historical Society said· he doesn't ven, long an admirer of the statue, know much about them. John Suther decided he would make sure it was land, a historian at Manchester Com put back where it belonged. munity College, never heard of "Once in a while I take the bull by them: the horns," he said. "It's just a little Reference librarians at the Mary thing, but it means so much to the Cheney Library said all they had was kids and their parents." a 1965 board of education pamphlet But first Werkhoven had to get the that bore a picture of the statue and statue fixed. The thieves had taken a note saying it had been donated by chunks out of the granite pedestal, Mary Cheney, an heir to the family perhaps while using a crowbar to pry silk fortune. the statue off. Engraved on the statue are the After some searching, Werkhoven words "Albert Humphreys," "copy located Marc Boucher, a former right 1909," and what appears to be town highway worker who now runs "Pomponian Bronze Works, N.Y." the Daley-Connorlon Memorial Co. Reference books say Albert Hum in Bloomfield. Boucher said he look phreys, who died in '1922, was an the statue home and, at no charge, American artist who studied in Paris spent a week restoring the pedestal and worked as a sculptor and painter with crushed stone and epoxy. at the turn of the century. "It was all chipped and the bottom Humphreys' paintings are dis was cracked pretty bad," he said. played at the Detroit Institute of Art "At least it's in one piece now." and the Boston Public Library, the Werkhoven was thdlled to have books say, adding that his sculpture the sculpture back together. He gave is displayed at the National Gallery a certificate of appreciation to Bou of Art in Washington D.C., and the cher at a town meeting Tuesday "Children's Fountain" in Manches night and watched as the statue was ter. ( one mi lai nov. E lishc da a gues has 1 he \1 pers lla lion lhal1 , I gum< uled "\\ posit lawy• A !hall but d bein{ parll Co sione parll COmJ Marl loca as Q Tony BacewJcz f The Hartford Courant T • Thomas Stratton, a park maintenance worker, examines the ny inscription on the bear &<:uipture now back in place at Center Park in cou Manchester. the cil' Bronze bears dance again fil< Se1 Ha at place of honor in park fie Fi Continued !�om Connecticut Page put back in place Wednesday. While the long waltz home for the ' park. bronze bears is over, the history of c It was a year before the statue the statue remains a mystery. ;5. would get back home. Parks Superintendent George· Lo First, it stayed in the police prop· Murphy said there Is nothing in the· erty room lor a month or so. Parks files on the bears. Longtime parks. ., department workers, who at first employee Kenneth Irish, now re 4. ! didn't realize the statue had been tired, wasn't sure where they came recovered, then took it to the parks from. Neither was park and recre- department garage. ation Director Scott Sprague. Mayor Terry Werkhoven found Herb Bengson of the Manchester them there months later. Werkho Historical Society said· he ·doesn't ven, long an admirer of the statue, know much about them. JohnSuther- decided he would make sure ll was land, a historian at Manchester Com put back where ll belonged. munity College, never heard of "Once in a while I take the bull by them: the horns," he said. "It's just a lillie Reference librarians at the Mary thing, but it means so much to the Cheney Library said all they had was kids and their parents." a 1965 board of education pamphlet But first Werkhoven had to gel the that bore a picture of the statue and ( �t�tne fixPci. ThP. thinvp� h�Hi f:tkf'n � "nfn ,..... ,,;.., ... Hh ....-t J.,...... , .-t ...... f ....-1 "-•• � ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY /150 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: S!te No.: HIST·6 AEV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTfdl I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566-3005 DISTRICTI 'F NA, SPECIFY ::�,· I o s D NR 0 Actual D Potenual 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I I Coaches Corner 1 Selwitz Block 2. TOWN I CITY VIllAGE COUNTY I§ Manchester I I Hartford 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and I O!loca/ion) ()� 623 Main Street 4. OWNER($) I� D::llmham, IJ\•Iight 0 Public Q Private 8 5. USE (Present) (Historic) commercial/residential 1 commercial/residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY v.. No during restaurant hours I TO PUBLIC: � ves 0 No KJ 0 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival I 1910 I 8. MATERlAl{S) (Indicateuse orfoo3 tioll when approptiate) Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding BriCk Other 0 0 D (Specify) Woodshingle Asph�ft siding Fieldstone I 0 D 0 & 0 Board batten D St"= D Cobblestone 0 Aluminum Conaete 0 Cut stone I siding D Type: �G faa Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM Wood frame Post and beam Balloon ...... j'> D D D or � Load-bearing masonry D Structu1al iron steel Other {Specify} z D I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: a. Gable Ft" Mansard Monitor Sawtooth I a: D [2: 0 D D I () en Gambrel Hip Rou<> •• [X} ()pen land Woodland Residential Scatte1ed buildings vislbla from site 1 0 D D Commercial [X) D Industrial D Rural D High buikling density I' 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located along Main Street in the corrnnercial area across fran Center Park. I (OVER) .V.. OU!ER NOTA8 EEEATURES OF BUI�OING OR SITE (/"/'WAo&9WI-l ...... 1 he ::;e1wnz tjh ocR IS a mree-story tnree-bay oncK v·1em1sn bond) buildmg. The corners of the buildmg are defmed by bnck pJBrs detailed at top by a triangular mom. 'extending across the facade and wrapping around the north elevation is a wide paneled frieze of � alternating rectangular and square panels, with red stars detailing the squares. The original storefront has been infilled with brick to decrease the size of the window openings. The second story is characterized by paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows set in plain " · surrounds with concrete sills and lintels. These are flanked by 1/1 sash windows with plain surrounds and concrete sills and lintels. I � e The third story has the same fenestration pattern but with a concrete stringcourse at sill level and lintels on top. Above the ;;2 windows, centered in the facade is the building name, Selwitz Block. A denticular cornice extends across the facade at roof level and li: continues along the five bay side elevation. The roof has a low parapet wall with a stepped parapet centered in the facade and side I 0: elevation. The building's masonry is a striated brick in a Flemish bond with daik headers. I� 18. BUILDER 19. •ignificant as a good example of the Colonial Revival-style applied to urban commercial buildings. Its symmetrical facade, use of paired windows, paneled frieze and cornice are features characteristic of the Colonial Revival style. The use of dark striated brick in a Flemish bond was popular in early-twentieth century urban commercial architecture. Though the storefront Javel has been t11tered, the upper stories have maintained their original character and are in a good state of lg preservation. u: � in the late 19201 s the Selwitz Block �las the location of the shoe repair shop of 1 I �iii 1.1�>rEBl Selwitz. 'Ibi·IIl of Manchester1 'Ibwn Directory 1 1923. 'Ibwn of Manchester1 Assessor 1 s Records. Sanborn Map Company1 Insurance Maps of Manchester1 1926. NAME iii Barbara A. Lewis o..[ild Town of Manchester I � �A�DD�R�E�SS�------41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 8 ------r r.:·'"L:"�EA""T"s-=ro=-=eu"ll-=o.,.,N"'o-=o-=-R -=-s,=r=-, ------(�j; : ______None known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Developers 0 Other______, jj Renewal 0 Private D "'"rio"""" 0 Zoning Explanation 0 )IJST·6 REV. 6183 {Back) HSTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #51 !UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES HIST-6 REV.61S3 STATE OF CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 (203) 566-3005 Potenlia! 0 Public [}d Private ACCESSIBLE I Yes 0 No 8. MATERtAL(S) (lfldicateuse or loc 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding other D (S pecify)•______0 Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Bo3.rd & batten D Stu= 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone siding Type: ______Type: ------ I I 0 Woodframe 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon KJ load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel I fy) 5 � R:;'; ::: I � 0 G•blo IX] Flat 0 Mansard D Monitor 0 Sawtooth j � 0 G•ml> D Woodshingle D ROll 0 Tin 0 Slate asphalt Other D Asphalt shingle g Bum up 0 llle 0 (Specify) Deteriorated D Barn D Shed D Garage D Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) D Carriage D Shop D Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT Q Open land D Woodland D Residential D Scattered buildings visible from site \ [] Commerdal D Industrial D Rural D High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located across fran Center Park on Main Street among other early-20th century buildings. 17. OF (klterictrand.lorexterior) I OTHERThe Pearl NOTABlE Block FEATURESis a two-story BUILDING five-bay OR SITE brick commercial building with central entry and symmetrical facade. The storefronts and entry aredefined by brickpiers which carry a brickfrieze detailed with rectangular concrete panels. The central entry is composed of a wooden door with large rectangularlight in a molded surround topped by a transom. !Wove the transom window is a glass-block window. To either side of the entry is a storefront with recessed central entries and ,� plate glass display windows. . •' On the second story, centered in the facade, is a 1/1 double-hung sash window with plain surround. To either side of the I§ window are two narrower 1/1 double-hung sash windows. The windows rest on a concrete string course which extends li: across the facade at sill level. All the windows are topped with concretelintels. Embellishing the facade are a series of a: square concrete blocks which punctuate each bay and corner. A concrete cornice extends across the facade, and above it ,' &lw is a low parapet wall. Centered in the wall is the building's name block reading "Pearl". I c 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The Pearl Block is architecturally significant as an example of the Colonial Revival style applied to commercial architecture in an urban setting. hs symmetrical facade with central entry, transoms, lintels and parapet wall are all features typical of the Colonial Revival style. The storefront level has received little alteration; the building maintains its architectural I� integrity to a high degree. () u: The building is depictedon the Sanborn Insurance Maps of 1926. During the early 20th century, part of the building was I� occupied by James Farr, a dentist. Manchester Directory, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Barbara A. Lewis ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 I ) (1 ------{ 'lrTH;;;A;;;EA;;:T;;;s::frno'iieuiiJ ;;:LD;;; IN;;:;G;;O:;;RoSIT;:;;E;------); 0 None known 0 H'.gtr.vays 0 D ""'',.,. ------• Vand""m 0� 0 Rane-Nal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation 6183(Back} rT-6 REV. HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #52 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 1 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Sit e No.: lusr-s REV. 6i83 j STATE OF CONNECTICUT UTM : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I ' 59 06106 QUAD: ' SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT ' (203) 566·3005 I I I DISTRICT NR, SPECIFY Os 0 NR 'F 0 Actual D Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic} I I Salvation Army Citadel 1 Salvation Armv Citadel 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester 0 _I .Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/ort loca ion) I (.) 661 Main Street I u: ;:: 4. OWNER(S) z Pubf!C Private w Salvation Army, Inc. 0 {Z] 9 5. USE (Present} (Hi$/01/C) I and church headquarters church and headauarters 6. EXTERIOR! VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I [] y, No y, No TO PUBLIC: 0 I IXJ 0 'Ffor Salvat ion Armv activit-i "'" I 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION N/A 1908 8. MATERIAL(S) (lndkll/e use or locationwhen appropriate) I I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding � Bri Wood frame Post and beam · Balloon T / 0 0 0 !g) Load·bearing masoruy 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z 0 10. ROOF (Ty�) I ;:: a. 0 Gable Fl" 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth I i'2 Q " Gambrel Shod """"" Other I "' 0 0 0 H;p 0 0 w (Specify) c (Material} 0 WOOd shingle 0 RoU On, 0 Slate asphalt Other I 0 Asphalt shingle [jg Built up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2 I 12. CONDITION {Structural) (Exte ) I c 0 Excellent IXJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated Ex ellent [} Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. I INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES,D EXPLAIN bJO n original site Moved No I 0 I Gd v., 0 ,I new doors and l·lindows 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) I 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I '@ Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visib!e from site IXl Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural [11 High bl.Jilding density r 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located on the east side of Main Street among commercial buildings, the Citadel is opposite Center Park. I (OVER) 17. . • OlHEaNOTABJ.E F'-"TUAES..QFB�I �OING OR SITE (/nleriw and/o.-en-) • , , 1 ne :;a1vauonArmy <.;rtaae IS a two-st01y uve-oay ou11d1ng w1th central entry and a symmetncal facade. It 1s charactenzed by the two- story crenelated towers at each U>rner of the facade. The octagonal towers have three bays of narrow rectangular windows set between scored concrete sills and lintels The central entry is comprised of new glass doors with semi-circular transom set in a round-arch surround w�h concrete keystone. This is framed by brick pilasters with recessed panels which carry a stepped concrete . entablature embellished w�h circular motifs. Flanking the doorway are round-arched windows w�h brick surround set on concrete sill� 'The windows have been replaced w�h metal-framed windows that have a fixed sash of frosted glass on top. A concrete stringcourse W extends across the facade and wraps around the towers the at sill level. I� Delineating the two stories is a corbeled brick belt course which wraps around the towers. On the second story are three a: (.) symmetrically placed windows. The metal-framed windows have a fixed sash of frosted glass on top; that are set on scored concrete sills and are topped by a brick segmental arch w�h concrete keystone. A string course at sill level extends across the second floor ,� and wraps around the tower. Running along the side elevations, around the towers and across the facade Is a parapet wall detailed with rectangular' recessed panels on the tower and facade. Centered in parapet wall is the building's name block readin9 The Salvation Army. Above the wall at 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHJTECTUAALIMPORTANCE This building is signfficant as an excellent of a building style frequently employed for armories and town halls in the late-19th and early-20th centuries which employs castlesque features. The crenelated towers, parapet wall, and the round arched entry with stylized architrave are arch�ectural features which suggest a castle. The building is in an very good state of preservation, with the w ,e.> only major alteration being the replacg?Jent of the door and windows. ;z� u: The building is historically significant as one of the oldest and largest chapters of the Salvation Army in the State of Connecticut. z The Manchester chapter was founded in 1886 by two Scottish immigrants John Thompson and James Benson. After meeting in peoples � homes, a barracks was constructed on Spruce Street. In the Centennial history, Speiss and Bidwell write, "In the early years of its I work in Manchester, the Salvation Army sufered bitter persecution. Attempts were made by hoolum gangs to break up the meetings, both in the street and in the barracks. Fist fights and small riots resulted... ." _/ The first local oHicer to lead the Manchoster corpwas Captain Miss Estess who was succeeded by Captain Libby McAbee. In 1908, the Salvation Army erected the citadel on Main Street, which continues to serve as its headquarters. At the time of its construction, the corp consisted of 135 members and had a band of twenty. Its corps grew to become one of the largest in the East. 1 (.) a: v r • ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 I . � . ATS TO BUILDING OR SITE = INone known D K"�ghways 0 Vandalism 0 Developers [] �h� ------0 Renewal 0 Private 0 Deteriol'at!On 0 Zooing Explanation #52 ! I Salvation Army, 661 Main Street can't center is a stepped parapet. At rear is a large auditorium addition. T�!;) I HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #53 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : : : : UTM : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 OUAD:I I I (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICT·r 'F NR, SPECIFY \_;,·y Os D NR I 0 Ac1Ual 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic} I 1 Johnson Block (second) 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 ManchesterI I I Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and! or location) I I () 689-691 Main Street ii: ;:: OWNER($) z 4. Zaino, Domenica & Lucia 0 Public GJ Private E! I w 5. USE (Present) \ (Historic) commercial/residential commercial/residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I TO PUBLIC: I llil Y s D No IKl Yos D No I access to stores during business hrs. STYLE OF BUILDING o I " DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Colonial Revival I 1912 I MATERIAl(S) (lndiCilte use or locc/ion when appropriate} 0a. Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding G Other D (SpeCify) Brick 0 shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Frekfstone I wooo 0 Beard batten 0 Stucco D Cobblestone & 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete D Cut stone I siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ;\ 9. r ; 0 Wood frame 0 Post and beam D Ba n rtoo � Load·baaring masonry D Structural iron or steel Other (SpeCify) z D I 0 10. ROOF (Type} ;:: Gable Frat Mansard MonHor Sawtooth 0: D QS 0 D 0 I ()a. Gam!xet 0 Shed D "'' Round 0 Other I D D {Specify} UlQ w (Material) D Wood shingle Q Ro 0 Tio 0 Slate I asphalt n Other Asphalt shingle Built up Tile D D 0 0 {Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 3 I 12. CONDJT!ON (Structural) ( xteuor} D Ex-ce!Jent []: Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 E 0 Ex-cellent (]: Good D Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. JNTEGRITY(Location} WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES. EXPLAIN IRJO n anginal srte 0 Moved I I [] Yos 0 "0 I storefronts altered 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I D Bam D Shed D Garage D Other landscape features or buildings (SpeCJ!y) Carriage Shop Garden D house D D 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I , 0 Open land 0 Woodland D Resldentraf D &attered bui!dings visible from site ·--/ EJ Commercral 0 Industrial 0 Aural a High building density r 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated on the north end of the central business district among other early-20th century buildings. I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteriorandtorexterior) The secondJohnson Block is a three-story six -bay yellow brick commerciaVresidential block wtth symmetrical facade and altered storefront level. On the second story there are three tripartite windows of a central 212 double-hung sash window flanked by 111 double-hung sash windows. The triparttte windows are set on stone or concrete sills and topped by segmental arches wtth keystones. On the third story are six 111 double-hung sash windows in a 1·2·2·1 rhythm. The windows are set on sills and topped by segmental arches wtth keystones. Corner pilasters carry an entablature wtth � modillion cornice which wraps around the south elevation and extends along the north elevation. The side elevations have I� thirteen bays. a: u ,� 19. This building is archttecturally signHicant as an example of the Colonial Revival style applied to commercial architecture in an urban setting. The symmetrical maosing and facade, use of archttectural detail such as a entablature, flat arches, keystones, and tripartite windows are all features common to the Colonial Revival style. The building is notable for its light yellow brick facade. Buildings often employed a different colored brick on the facade only because of the expense of using a specialty brick on the entire building was often prohibttive. Despite ttsaltered storefront level, the upper stories are in a good state of preservation; the Johnson Block serves as an important anchor building for the block. Built in 1912, the second Johnson Block was one of the first commercial blocks to locate on the upper end of Main Street. It followed the construction of the first Johnson Block in 1910. , .. Bowers, Manchester Djrectorv. 1906-07. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. Hughes & Bailey, Aero View ofManchester Connectjcut. 1914. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Reco;ds. �-··HREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE !;dNone l9 koown 0 H}ghways 0 Vanda5sm 0 09velopers 0 Oth"------I Renewal Private 0 0 0 Deleriolation 0 Zoning Explanatiorl IIST·6 REV. 6/'83(Back) #54 HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT J CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION : I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:UTMI . I (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICTI IF NA, SPECIFY \_I,;;..� Os 0 NR ' D Actual 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic} l Johnson Block I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford 3. I or � STREET AND NUMBER (and Jocalion! I I () 705-713 Street u: Main ;::: 4. OWNER(S) z Zaino, & Pub!fc Private w Domenica Lucia 0 [Xi 8 I 5. USE (Present) (HistoriC} commercial/residential 1 commercial/residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY y., v., TO PUBLIC: � 0 No [X] 0 No access to stores during business hrs. I 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival 1910 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or locationwhen appropriate) I I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding IXJ Briel( 0 Other (Specify) 0 WoodShingle D Asphalt skiing 0 Fieldstone I 0 Board & batten 0 Sl<>«o 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I ·.,.;. 10 Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon l G Load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (SpeCJfy) z 0 tO. ROOF (Type) I ;::: a. I Gable [l Flat Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: 0 0 () I' (/) Gambrel Shw Hip 0 """" 0 Other w 0 0 0 c (Specify) (Material} 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 T.o 0 Slate asphalt Other I Asphalt shingle Built up Tile 0 Q 0 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS ., I 12. CONDITION {Structural) I ,Ext , 0 Excellent fX] Good 0 Fair 0 Detetiorated 1 0 Excellent IX]oooo 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated t3. INTEGRnY{Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS ) IF YES. EXPLAIN I {2gOn Of!g1nal site 0 Moved G9 v" 0 No storefronts altered 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) I 0 Carriage Shop Garden house 0 0 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I '0 Open laM 0 Woooland 0 Residential 0 ScaUered build1ngs visib!e from Me � CommerCial 0 lrn:lustrial 0 Rural 129 High building density ( 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated at the north end of the central business district along Main I Street among other early 2oth century buildings. I (OVER) 17, OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteritx and/or exterior) This three-story twelve-bay yellow·brick commerciaVresidentialblock has a symmetrical facade and altered storefront. 1/1 !�S The second and third stories are characterized by six sets of paired double hung sash windows set on stone or concrete _ sills topped by flat arches with keystones. Corner pilasters carry a full entablature with a wide frieze and deep modillion cornice which returns around the side elevations. Centered between the second and third stories is the name block, ·Johnson Block. . e. The side elevations are eight bays. Red brick is used on the side elevations. II§� ii: {) I* 18. ARCHITECT 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This building is architecturally significant as an example of the Colonial Revival style applied to commercial architecture in an urban setting. The symmetrical massing and facade, use of classically- Bowers, Manchester Directory. 1906-07. Town of Manchester, Town Directory, IY23. Hughes & Bailey, Aero View of Manchester. Connecticut. 1914. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maos of Manchester, 1911. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. I . )A EATS TO BUILDING OR SITE C> � None knOwn 0 Highways 0 Vanda�sm 0 Developers [] aM•------0 Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanatiof'l ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1155 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HBUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No,: HJST·6 REV. 6/83 ' STATE OF CONNECTICUT j : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:I I 1 I J l I (203) 566-3005 I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY ( Os 0 NR 0 Actual 0 Potential i�9I L BUILDING NAME (Coolman) (Historic) I Full Gospel Interdenominational j State Theater 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY :z Manchester 0 Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI or location) I I � 745 Main Street ;:: 4. OWNER($) :z D Public � Private w Full Gospel Interdenominational Church I g 5. USE {Present) (Historic) church 1 theater ·- EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN . ACCESSIBILITY I v., No v" No TO PUBUC; [i] 0 1 IXJ 0 ' for church purposes � 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI DATE OF CON TRUCTION Colonial Revival 1924 I 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or locatjOtJwhen appropriate) I 0 Clapboard D Asbestos siding [] """' 0 Other (Spedfy) I D Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fie:Ostone D Board & ba"en 0 Stucco 0 Chbblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I I� ' 0 WoOO frame 0 Post and beam 0 BallOon � load·bearing mason1y D Strvctural iron or steel D Other (Specify) :z I 10. ROOF (Type) 0 I ;:: 0.. 0 Gabie Flat 0 Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth ;;: [}§ 0 l " If) 0 Gambrel D Shed 0 Hip 0 ""'"" D Other w (Specify) c (Material) 0 Wood shingle D Roll 0 Tio 0 Slate I asphalt 0/hOJ 0 Asphalt shingle El Built up 0 Tile 0 (Spedfy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Ext , D Excellent Qoood 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent Qoood D Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGAITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN On � original site 0 Moved EJ v" 0 No) ' storefront infilled· ne1v wi --'· doors 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn D Shed D Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Caniage Shop 0 Garden house D 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site �) KJ Commerdal 0 Industrial D Aurar Q Hfgh building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS I (OVER) 17. (InterioraOOiorexterior) OTHERThe formerNOTABLE StateFEATURES Theater OF BU!LO!N buildingG OR SITE is a two-story seven-bay brick converted commercialitheater block with a central entry and symmetrical facade. The two-story entryway is comprised of cast concrete pilasters detailed w�h stylized acanthus leafs carryingan entablature detailed with swag motifs; set within is a two-story round-arch opening infilled with replacement doors and windows. Over the double doors of the entry is a marquee. Embellishing the haunches of the archway are cast concrete panels w�h a cross-motif. The bays are delineated by brick pilasters with stylized paneled capitals and molded bases which carry a brick frieze band punctuatedby small square concretepanels, and cornice. A low brickparapet wall runs around three sides of the building. Over the center bay a concrete balustrade runs between paneled bases. Originally, two large urns sat on the outer paneled bases The six original storefront bays have been infilled with wh�e precast panels and metal frame windows. On the second story the original tripart�e windowswith transoms are covered by white infill panels w�h round-arched windows. A new entry is located in the outer bay on the north. On the north elevation, the four bays have been infillad. At rear, the commercial block connects with the large brick theater auditorium. BUILDER This building is architecturally signnicant as an example of the Colonial Revival style applied to a theater building in an urban setting. Its pilasters, elaborate entablature, and low parapet wall are features typical of the Colonial Revival style. The former theater is distinguished by its castconcrete detailing w�h its interesting motifs and stylizations. Mhough the original storefronts have been infilled, the building still retains the dalination of its bays by the pilasters, impressive entry and original parapet wall with balustrade and contributes to the streetscapealong Main Street. The building is historically signnicant as the former State Theater, one of Manchester's earliest and finest theaters. The theater was bui� on s�e of the Bissell house, a Greek Revival residence bui� circa 1820 by Eli Bissell. One of their daughters, Grace Bissell married Charles E. House, founder of the mans clothing store that occupied the former House and Hale Building. The Bissell House was sold and razed in 1924 to make way for the State Theatre. Buckley, A New EnglandPattern, en Manchester Evening Herald, March 21, 1973. w Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1926 I� Town of Manchester, Town PirectoJY, 1926. /5 Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. en ' Town of Manchester 41 Center CT060 I ) -��:"'E"',knoWn"'rs"r"'o"'s"'u'"''�A ;;; ,N::::G:-::o::;c::,:::::ys"'•l ---0-v-and-,""'---0-""-'-.,.-,.--0- oo--"---_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_�---_-_-_-_-_-_�--_-_-_-_- _-_�---_-_-_-_--_�---_ _-_-_-_-_-_�--�G) CJ ReMwal D Privata 0 Deterioration D Zoning &planation - IST·6 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #56 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ) Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 . STATE OF CONNECTICUT I UTM I : I : I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566-3005 .lI DISTRICTI IF NA. SPECIFY 0 S 0 NR 0 Aot"'l 0 Potenlial r;· 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I 1 Patrick Gorman House 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (aOO/or location) I I (.} 7 50 Main Street u: ;::: 4. OWNER(S) z Public Private w O'Connor, Roberta M. 0 [}g Q I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) office 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY os No I TO PUBLIC: [XJ v 0 No / D v" D access to office durina busine"" hr s. 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI T DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival t cl900· I ,_ MATERIAL{S) (Indicate use or locationwhen appropriate} D Clapboard D Asbestos siding [RJ Brick 0 Other (Specify) I D Wood shingle 0 Aspbalt Siding D Fieklstone D Board & batten 0 Slooco D Cclbbtestone 0 Aluminum 0 Conetete IXJ Cut stone fnd • rock faced I sid1ng Type: Type: ashlar 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ) r·· 0 Woo D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF {Type) I ;::: Q_ Gable Flat Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: D D � D I u "' 0 Gambrel Shed H;p Round 0 Other w D D D Cl (Specify) (Material) D Wood shingle D Roll � n" kJ Slate I asphalt D Asphalt shingle D Built up Q nte D a�"(Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2� 12. CONDITION (Structural} (Exterior} I (] D Excellent []l: GoOn�l n«nr<> 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I J I D Barn D Shed 0 Garage D Other landscapefeatures or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop Garden house 0 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT L, D Open land D Woodland 0 Rasi Located along Main Street betl�een a gas station and modern commercial building( not far from Center Park. I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interior andlorexterior) This two-and-a -haff story three-bay yellow brick (converted) residence is characterized by its central entry flanked by bow-front bay windows and mansard roof. Extending across the full facade and wrapping around the south elevation is a hipped-roof porch comprised of Tuscan columms supportinga plain architrave wtth modillion cornice and hipped roof. Defining the entry bay is a pedimented gable!. The outer bay on the south has beenenclosed, a later akeration. A The center entry is composed of double doors in a molded surround topped by a semi-circular fanlight set in a rowlock w arch. On the second story the center bay is paired round arched windows vitth keystones. Flanking the center bay on the first and secondstories is the bow-frontbay window comprised of 111 double-hung sash windows topped by flat arches with keystones. A stringcourse at the sill level of the second story windowscircumscribes the building. The masonry employs a banded brick pattern wtth brickquoin motif on the corners. Circumscribing the building is a modillion cornice topped by a canted mansard roof sheathed in patterned polychromatic slate. Punctuating the roof are three pedimented gable-roof dormers wtth modi!lion cornices. The center dormer has paired ' 1/1 double·h ung sash windows flanked by a single 1/1 sash w indowon each s�" · 1 ______!--4- - - ______�18. �ARCHITECT�� = � � ______�BUILDER� = � - _ _ 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is archttecturally signnicant as a unique example of a Colonial Revival residence wtth a mansard roof. ks symmetrical facade and massing are typical of the Colonial Revival style. Much of tts architectural detail, the modillion cornice, quoins, flat arches with keystones, and Tuscan columns, is classically inspired. The use of features such as the bow-front windows, fanlights, and dormers is also typical of the style. The house is notable for its masonry • the banded brick, quoin motifs, and patterned polychromatic slate roof. The building is bothone of the finest examples of the Colonial Revival style and one of the few examples ofwtth a mansard roof in the area. Though converted to office use, the only akeration to the exterior is the enclosur!l of one bay of the porch. The building is also significant as one of the few remaining residences along the commercial district of Main Street. The building is historically significant as the home of Patrick Gorman, a stone mason and contractor who was active in Manchester in the early 20th century. Bowers, Bowers Manchester DirectoJY, 1908. "' Town of Manchester, Town DirecloJY, 1923. w () Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. I"' I� Town of ADDRESS 41 Center CT , _,·fiREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE Ja N e Other------l> on known 0 Highways D Vandalism 0 Developers 0 r;JRenewal 0 Private D "'"""''""' D Zonlog Explanation IIST.Q REV. 6183(BaCk) Y 1!57 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY �VENTO Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV.R 6/83 ss���;TEU�� R L��N i; A�; STATE OF CONNECTICUT I ���� UTM l : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 O�AO: (203) 566·3005 DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY ;�:�··I ! 0 S 0 NR 0 Ao I 0 Board & banen 0 SJUCCO 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone siding Type: Type: I 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM r Wood frame Post and beam 0 Bal!oon � '0 0 [1;) Load·bearing masonry 0 S\nlctural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z 0 tO. ROOF(Type) I j::: I a. Gable Mansard Monitor D Sawtooth a: 0 Q "" 0 0 () I (/) Gambrel Shed p Round H; 0�" w 0 0 0 0 0 (Specify) c (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin 0 Slate asphalt I Olh" 0 Aspha!l shingle Q Buiflup 0 "'' 0 (Specify) t 1. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 1 I 12. CONDITION (Structutal) ( t I Ex Ct 0 Excellent EJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I Excellent k] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? IF YES. EXPLAIN I {iJ On original site D Moved \ ALTERATIONSIXJ Ye• 0 No0\ storefront sianaae ' 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES 0 Bam 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) I 0 Carriage 0 Shop Garden house 0 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site g Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural IXl High building density p" 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS I (OVER) 17. (Jntotior exterior)and/or OTHER NOTABlE FEATURES OF BUilDING OR SITE The Kemp and Fradin block is a one-story brick building originallly comprised of two identical storefronts. The storefronts have been altered, The two stores aru defined by three stylized brick pilasters that carry a wide brick frieze and concrete , cornicetopped by a low parapet wall. The frized is delineated by a concrete stringcourse and cornice; the parapet wall is ll topped w"h concrete flashing. The pilasters are detailed w"h brick geometric designs. ,., 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The building is architecturally significant as an example of early-2oth century commercial arch"ecture. Built in 1926, the commercial block employs brick pilasters carrying a brick cornice and low parapet wall, features common to Colonial Revival arch"ecture. However, the building employs geometrically derived decoration rather than the classically-inspired features of Colonial Revival arcMecture. The tcainting of one side and the large sign age and infill of the other storefront reduce the (3 symmetry of the block and obscure some of the arch"ectural detail. l�zu: This block, shown on the 1926 Sanborn Insurance Maps, was bum to house Kemp's Music House and Fradin's clothing store which specialized in women's apparel and millnery. These businesses were previously located in the Johnson Blocks, '* Kemp's Music House at 691 Main, the SecondJohnson Block, and Fradin's store at 711-713 Main, the first Johnson Block. tffilill u Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923, 1926 Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester. 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. nREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE rr \__) ..] None known D 0 Vandalism D 00�------Highways � D 0 0 Zoning Renewal Private DeteriOration 6183 jsT-6 REV. (Back) 1158 HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6BUILDINGS REV.6183 AND STRUCTURES . I STATE OF CONNECTICUT ;' uml I I ' I I 59 SOUTHCONNECTICUT PROSPECT STREET. HISTORICAL HARTFORD, COMMISSIONCONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566·30QS I DISTRICTI 'F NR, SPECIFY �·.i� 0 S 0 NR 0 Aot"'l 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common} (Historic) I I 1 Dewev-Richman Buildinq 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI or location) I I I (,) u: 765-773 Street >= 4. OWNEA(S) Main z 0 (] Private w Dewev-Richman Associates p,,., I 5. USE (Ptesent) (Histolic) 9 cournercial/office 1 commercial/office 6. EXTEAIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY i Yes 0 No Yes No I TO PUBLIC: Q Q 0 durinq business hours 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTR�CTJON Cblonial Revival 1926 I 8. MATEATAL(S) (lndicareuse or location when appropriate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding UQ Brick 0 Other (Specify) 0 Woodshingle D Asp�ltskfing 0 Fieldstone I D Board & batten 0 Stucco 0 CobQ!estona 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone sf I 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 0 Wood frame 0 Post an r Load·bearing masonry StrtiCiural iron or steel g 0 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 tO. ROOF (Typo) a. 0 Gable Flat 0 Mansard 0 MonJtor 0 Sawtooth >= kJ I (,) a:(/) 0 Gambrel 0 S hod 0 Hlp 0 Round 0 Oth" w (Spe I c dty) (Material} 0 Woodshingle 0 Roll 0 lln 0 Slate as phan I Olher 0 Asphall shingle KJ Built up 0 Tl!e 0 (Specify} 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 12. CONDITION (Structuraf} I (Exterior) 0 Excellent Q Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent Q G.oo 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. !NTEGAITY(Location) WHEN? IF YES, EXPLAIN I QgOn Oliginal site 0 Moved ALTERATIONS� vos O No)I storefront 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINL>S OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shod 0 Garage 0 Other Jat'M:Iscape featUfes orbuildings {Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scatteredbuildings visible from site r (X] Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Aural G: Highbuilding density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS I.cx::ated in the corrmercial district along �lain street among one and two-story buildings dating from the early-20th century. I {OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUJlDJNG OR SITE (Interiorand/or exterior) The Dewey - Richman building is a two-story five-bay brick commercial structure. �s central entry is comprised of a wooden paneled door in molded surround topped with a transom and set in a concrete architrave. Above, an entablature supported by console brackets is topped by a medallion. The corners of the building on the first story are marked by l'g" concrete pilasters carrying a wide cornice. To either side of the doorway is a storefront wnh three bays of 214 fixed sash with a recessed doorway on the outer bay. . . On the second story paired 1/1 double-hung sash wnh bricksoldier surrounds wnh cornerblocks. To enher side are two • 1/1 double-hung sash with brick soldier surrounds wnh corner blocks. Centered in the facade above the paired windows is l�i5ii: the name block for the building reading Dewey-Richman embellished wnh a bricksurround with corner blocks. At the same level, centered between the two outer bays on each side is a cast concretediamond-shaped block wnh a floral motn. A low parapet wall runs across the facade wtlh a stepped parapet at center and a pier at each end. I�UJ-0 18. BUILDER 19. The Dewey-Richman building is architecturally significant as an good example of the Colonial Revival style applied to commercial archnecture in an urban setting. Its symmetrical facade, central entry, and low parapet wall are all features typically found in Colonial Revival architecture, along wnh ns classically-inspired detailing such as the entablature with cornice cap and console brackets. The building expresses tls transitional nature, incorporating decorative elements such lz�(3 cast concrete blocks with a floral motif. This decorative element popular in the 1920's commercial architecture anticipates ns wider use in Art Deco architecture in the 1930s. "' The Dewey-Richman building was constructed in 1926 to house the Dewey-Richman Company, jewelers, stationary, and �� opticians, operated by Albert T. and Robert J. Dewey and Leonard Richman. The building is shown on the 1926 Sanborn Insurance Maps and in l927the business is listed in the Manchester Directory at its present address. The business was formerly located at 845 Main Street. Prior to 1927, 767 Main Street was listed as the residence of Charles E. House. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1926;1927. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Mapsof Manchester, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS ------:·;\ ��H*·�iEEAAlTCSSTTODiiiBumrLno;;:rNir.Gno:O R-;;SfmTE;------(' : c"' Jl Noneknown 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Developers 0 Olher------p Renewal 0 Privale D "'"riorntk><> D Zoriog Explanation :3T.Q REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY {/59 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ' Town No.: SHe No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I ur�r�J : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I (203) 566-3005 I DISTRICT 'F NR, SPECIFY D s D NR D A''"'' 0 Potential r BUILDING NAME (Gammon) (Historic) I 1. 1 TOWN CITY ILLAGE COUNTY z 2. I . 0 [ , � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andlorfocatir:m) I () u: 77S-TIL Mr!in_ j::: OWNER(S) z Public 4. 0 [2!: PrivaJe � _C:l;,r;, 9 USE (Present) j_{Historic) I w 5. i;,l . ,, 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 0 No No a=ess to stores during business hours I TO PUBLIC: !]J [] 0 _[ STYLE OF BUILDINGI v.. J v.. DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7.20th Century Cormnercial cl930 I MATEAIAL(S) (Indicate use or location When apptopriate) I 08. Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding Q D Other (S-ly) Stick I 0 Wood Shingle 0 Asphalt s!dlng D Fieldstone 0 Board batten 0 Stucco D Cobblestone & 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete D Cut stone I siding Type: Type: .. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. Wood frame 0 Post and beam Bal!oon ·�I 'D D (29 Load-bearing masonry D Structural Iron or steel D Olher (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) j::: I D Gable FJ•t 0 Mansard 0 Monitor Sawtooth ii1 [] D I ()0.. "' Gambrel D Shoo Hip 0 Rouod Other D D D (Specify} w (Material) D Wood shingle 0 Roll O nn 0 Slate 10 asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Built up Tile D G 0 0 (S-ly) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 11. 1 CONDITION (SI!OCturaf) I (Exterior) 12.D Excellent [29 Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated I, 0 Excellent jill Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I lNTEGRITY(LocalionJ WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN [1g13. On original site 0 Moved 119 .. D No0 ' storefront altered RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I v 14. I D Barn D Shed D Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings {Specify) D Carriage Shop Garden house D D SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 15. I 0 Opan land 0 Woodland D Residential D Seatiered buildingsvisible from site r � Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Aural IJ High building dellSity INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS 18. Located in the conmercial district along Main Street among other one and two-story buildings dating from the early-20th century. I (OVER] 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (InteriorandlOf Weriotl The building is a one-story brick rommercial block with aHered storefront level. Above the new storefront runs a wide brick paneled frieze topped by a rornice which wraps around and extends part of the way down the south elevation. A low stepped parapet wall extends across the facade and continues down the south elevation; the parapet wall is stepped at the I� center of the facade and peaked at the center of the side elevation. A w 18. BUILDER 19. I The building is architecturally significant as an example of a transHional early-2oth century commercial building in an urban setting. The commercial block employs a brick frieze, cornice, and low parapet wall, features common to Colonial Revival archHecture but does not possess the classically inspired detailing associated with the style. Like much rommercial architecture of the early-20th century it uses a parapet wall wHh stepped parapet to help define the building and disguise the flat roof. In the early 20th century, Woolworth & Co. was located in this rommercial block. Town of Manchester. Assessor"s Records Town of Manchester, Town Djrectorv, 1930. · rr- ...,. Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVAlUATIO."lS ) �-:-'tHREATSTO BUILDING OR SITE (_····\j) t.:fJ None knOwn 0 Highways 0�------ 'J] Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation )ST.{) REV. 6/83 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #60 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ! Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT { : : : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 auAo:UTMI I I I I (203) 566-3005 l-, DISTRICTT IF NR, SPECIFY ' NR ) Os 0 ' 0 Actual 0 Potential t. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) r 1 Tinker Buildinq 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford fi 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/orlocation) I I I () 791 Main Street u: >= 4. OWNER{$) z Public !;] Private w Ciccone, Paul 0 Q I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) commercial/residential 1 commercial/residential ·- EXTERIOR VISIBLE F.ROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN , ACCESSIBILITY ' IX] v., No No I TO PUBLIC: ·r 0 ! 0 v, 0 access to stores durinq business hrs 7. STYLE OF BUILDING I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival 1 1 911 I 8. MATERIAl($) (Indicate use or toea/ionwhen appropriate) 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding []Bock 0 Other (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Asph!iltsiding 0 Fie!dstone 0 Board & batten 0 Stow> 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ' Wood frame D Post and beam Balloon r· Jo 0 !Rl Load·bearir;g masonry 0 Slfuctural iron or steel 0 Other (Specrfy} z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: I a. Gable Flat D Mansard 0 Monitor Sawtooth it 0 Qg 0 I () (/) Gambrel Shed H;p Round Other w 0 0 0 0 0 0 (Specify} (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Too 0 Slate I asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Buill up Tile 0 g 0 0 (Speafy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 3 1 12. CONDITION (Sttuclural) (Exterior) 0 Excellent [1! Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent Goooo 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Loca/ron) WHEN? AL TERA TfONS IF YES, EXPLAIN [}on original sile 0 Moved []v, 0 N J storefront altered 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I O I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Spedfy) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildir;gs visible from site r � Commercial D lndustnal 0 Rural Q) High building density 16 INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated in the central business district on a block with three other early-20th century buildings. I (OVER) # t:,o The Tinker Building is a three-story twelve-bay red brick building wnh grey brick detailing. Its central entry features an elaboratefrontispiece consisting of an orchnrave wnh a Tudor arch topped by a muhi-pane transom, and stepped entablature. The doorway, composed of double doors in a molded surround topped by a transom, is recessed in a wood paneled entryway characterized by an archnrave with Tudor arch. Above the arch is a muhi-pane transom. The building's name, Tinker Building, appears over the transom in the molded archnrave. Flanking the entrance are anered storefronts. The upper stories are comprised of twelve bays delineated by four sets of ;)airedbrick pilasters that group the bays in a 3·6-3 rhythm. The bays are further delineated by the spacing of grey headers among the dark red brickwork of the facade. The windows are 1/1 double-hung sash windows wnh plain surrounds set on concrete sillls. The pilasters carry a decorative brick frieze across the second story and the corbeled cornice across the top story. Extending across the facade is a low parapet wall wnh a peaked step at center. A date block, 1911, is centered in the parapet wall. BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The Tinker Building is archnecturally significant as an example of a Colonial Revival-style commercial building. ns symmetrical facade, use of pilasters, frieze, and cornice are all features typical of the Colonial Revival style. Thetiuilding is distinguished by the high quality of ns masonry wnh its brick pilasters, decorative frieze, cornice, and the useof contrasting I� grey headers in a pattern across its facade. While, the storefront level has been anered, and presently a large quantity of () sign age detracts from the building's appearance the upper stories are in a good state of preservation. Anchoring a row of u:: early 2oth century buildings which include the Waranoke Hotel, Jafee and Podgrove and the Purnell Buildings, the Tinker Building contributes to the streetscape of Main Street. The Tinker Block was buin in 1911 as a commercial and residential I� block. In the early 2oth century, the commercial level of Tinker Building was occupied by the dental office of Charles Strant, the Richard Rich Insurance Company, Erdin Electric Co., and the Needlecraft Shop. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. Sanborn Map Company Insurance Mapsof Manchester 1919, 1926, Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. JREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE � Noneknown 0 tf�gh"Nays Vandalism .., 0 0 ,.,,,,, o Olho< ______:o D Rene-Nal D Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation • IST·6 REV. 6183{Back) HISTORIG RESOURCES INVENTORY /!61 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES j Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ; I ; UTM : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I .. 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I : I (203) 566-3005 ( I DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY '{ 0 S 0 NR ! 0 Aoto.t 0 Potential I t. BUILDING NAME (Common} (Historic) 1 Tnn 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester Hartford 0 ! !:1 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/or I I () 801-805 Main Street u: location) i= 4. OWNER{S} z Public Private w Libro, John 0 [XJ Q I 5. USE (Historic) commercial/apartments 1 commercial/apartments (Present) ·- iXTEAIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY [jg Ye' No :[] Ye' No acCeSS to stores during business hours I TO PUBLIC: 0 I 0 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival cl905 I ·- MATERIAL(S) or when I 0 Clapboard (Indicate use location0 Asbestosappropria/9) skiing G1 Brick 0 Other Wood shingle Asphalt siding 0 Fieklstone I 0 0 (Specify) 0 Board & batten 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM --r '0 Wood frame 0 Post an-d beam 0 Balloon 0 Load-bearing masonry 0 Stru:tural iron or steel 0 Other z I 0 10. ROOF (Speafy) li= 19: 0 Gab!a (Type) KJ Ft" 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 SaWlooth 15 (/) Gambrel Shed Hip Round Other w 0 0 0 0 0 c (Material) (Specify) 0 Wow shingle 0 Rolt 0 Tio 0 Slate J asphalt Other 0 Asphalt shingle kJ Built up 0 Tile 0 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS (Specify) I 3 12. CONDITION I l 0 Excellent (Structural}GJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deleriorated 1(Ext0) Excellent EJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. tNTEGR!TY(Location) WHEN? IF YES. EXPLAIN [XI On original site 0 Moved ALTERATIONS� y" 0 No) ' storefronts 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape tea!Ufes or buildings 0 Catriage Shop Garden (Specify) house 0 0 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I ' 0 Openland 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site r GJ Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural IJ Hi9h building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in the corrrnercial district along Main Street among two and three-2story buildings of similar age and scale. I (OVER) #fol 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interiorand/or exterior} The Waranoke Inn is a three-story three-bay red brick building with central entry and symmetrical facade. The first story � has been altered to accomodatetwo •torefronts. On the second and third stories, the three bays are delineated by brick I� pilasters with concrete capitals. The central bay of the second story is composed of paired 1/1double-hung sash windows •, with rock-faced ashlar sills and lintels set in a blind arch (basket arch with keystone). On the outer bays are 1/1 double-hung sash with plain wooden surrounds, stone sills, and topped by flat aches with keystone motif. The center bay of the third story is paired 1/1 double hung sash windows topped by flat arches with keystone motn. The windows sit upon a stone sill, supported by corbels, which runs between the center pilasters. On the outer bays are windows identical to those on the second story. A low parapet wall decorated with brick corbeling and brick dentils runs across the facade and features a stepped parapet at center. . I 19. I This building is architecturally signiii;oant as an example of the Colonial Revival style applied to 20th century commercial architecture in an urban setting. Us symmetrical facade, use of classically inspired details such as pilasters and flat arches I� are typical of the Colonial Revival style. The building Is enhanced by the masonry details of corbel tables, brick dentil, and z the stepped parapet. Though the stornfront level has been altered, the uppers stories have maintained their integrity and {3 are in a good state of preservation. I� The building is historically significant as the former Waranoke Inn, one of South Manchester's three hotels in the early Cl) 20th century. The Waraoke Inn isfirst listed in the Manchester Directory of 1906-07. The Aero View of Manchester, 1914, lists Henderson Chambers as the inn's propreitor. A \.;;_ ) Bowers, Manchester Directorv, 1906-07. Town of Manchester, Town Directory, 1923. Hughes & Bailey, Areo View of Manchester, Connecticut, 1914. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Recoods. ):- rHREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE . t:kJ @; Nooe known 0 Highways D Vandalism D Developers [] 00�------'0 Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration D Zoning Jsr-0 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY !162 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: - I Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ' ur'1 : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I l (203) 566·3005 'f,iI ''' DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY 0 S 0 NR \ 0 Aotual 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) Peter's Furniture 1 Jarvis Building 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester Hartford 0 I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI orloca tion) I I () 806-814 Main Street u: ;:: 4. OWNER{$) z w Peter's Inc. 0 Public m Private g I 5. USE (Present) (Histolic) commercial commercial 6. !XTEAIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAO INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY J I TO PUBLIC: GJ Yes 0 No fJ Yes 0 No access to stores during business hours 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI J I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Art Deco l cl948 I 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicateuse or location when appropriate) 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding Iii Bricl< 0 Other I 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone (Spedfy) 0 Board & batten O st""" 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I skiing Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM r ' 0 Wood frame 0 Post andbeam 0 Balloon Gl Load·bearing masonry 0 Struc!Utal iron or steel 0 Other z I 0 10. ROOF (Type)(Specify) I ;:: n. 0 Gable Mansard Monrtor Sawtooth iE [)! "" 0 0 0 I () C/) Gambrel Shod Hip Rouod Other w 0 0 0 0 0 c {Spedfy) (Material} 0 Wood shll"'gle 0 Roll 0 no 0 Slate I asphalt Other AsphalJ shiogle 0 [2J Built up 0 Tile 0 (Spedfy) 1 1. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exterior) 0 Excellent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 0 Exceftent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. JNTEGRITY(Locarion) WHEN7 IFI YES, EXPLAIN I storefront altered GJOn original site 0 Moved l ALTERATIONS89 Yos 0 No)I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings 0 Carriage 0 Shop Garden (Specify) house 0 .. 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ' l. 0 Opeo tarnJ 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildingsvisible from site . [X} Commerdal Industrial Rural High building density I 0 0 [) if 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS located on one of the t\ A stepped low parapet wall with concrete cap extends across the facade and wraps around the side elevation. It is embellished with decorative rectangular panels bearing a chevron motff. On the side elevation some of the windows are infilled with glass block. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This building is architecturally signi!!�ant as an example of a early-2oth century with Art Deco influence. Although it is not a pure example of the style, the hard-edged geometrically-based detail of the belt course, the use of the chevron motff, and the geometric pattern of the casement windows are typical of the Art Deco style. The Jarvis Building was built cl948 by Alexander Jarvis. Thll building occupiesthe former site of the parsonage of the Center Congregational Church. Manchester Evening Herald, Novermber 15, 1972, p.22. en Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester , Town Directory 1950, 181� en ! __ ..f'lAEATSTO BUILDING OR SITE GS; olJ None known D Highways 0 Vandaflsm 0 Developers [] 00�------tp Renewal 0 Private 0 Delelioration 0 Zoning Explanation �T-6 REV. 6183 (Bad<) #63 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY ENTORY Town No.: No. HJST·6 REV. 8���gT����V :���L��:i; A��S STATE OF CONNECTICUT J SHe : : 6183 UTM : I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566·3005 I 1 I I l I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY Os D NA 0 Actual 0 Potential I "' I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Histolic) I Manchester Mall 1 Jaffe & Podgrove Building 2. TOWN CITY VILlAGE COUNTY z I 0 Manchester / Hartford 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and location) I I � (,) 811 Main Street/01 u:: ;:: 4. OWNER(S) z I;J Private w Burkarnp, Kenneth 0 Public E I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) cornnercial 1 corn:nercial EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 6. Ye No IXJ Yes No I TO PUBLIC: IJ 0 0 during store hours STYLE OF BUILDINGI s I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. 20th century ccmnercial Icl920( I MATEA!Al(S) (lf'Kficate use or location wfiBn appropriate) 8. Brick 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding [) D Other (Specify) Fieldstone 0 shingle 0 Asph(!ltsiding D I wooer 0 Board batten 0 S'"cco D Cobblestone & Aluminum 0 Conaete 0 Cutstone 0 y I siding Type: T pe: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM "'. 9. 1 Po Balloon D Woodframe 0 st and beam D / �- KJ Load·berulng mason/)' 0 Strvcturaliron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type} I ii: D Gable A" Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: [lQ 0 0 0 I (,) D Gambrel 0 Shed D Hlp 0 Roood D O!h" w (Spacily) Ul (Material) "" D Woodshingle 0 Roll D D Slate lc asphalt Tllo . Other D Asphalt shingle � Builtup 0 0 (Spacily) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXItAA TE DIMENSIONS ' I I 2 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Ext i Good D Excellent i;J Good 0 Falc 0 Deteriorated l CtExcellent [XI 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. JNTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN I On 0 storefront level g) original site 0 Moved . [] Yes 0 N 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I D Barn D Sh D Garage D Other landscape features buildings {Specify) I or od D Carriage D Shop D Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ·. I D Open land D WOOdland D Residential D Scallered buildings visible from site g] Commercial D Industrial D Rural Q3 High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS r< Located in the central business district along Main Street on a block with three other early-20th century buildings. I (OVER) 0� an&9< ''"<"') 17. OWER�O)}.BLE FEAl)JAES OF BUI,OJNG SITE(/"'""" 1 he Janee and t'odgrove block 1s a two-story TOur-bay amber-colored brick building. The corners of the building are marked .bY brick piers. The storefronts are chrome and plate glass. Above the storefront, a large sign extends across the facade delineating the two stories. On the second story are symmetrically spaced tripartite windows with transom windows above. In each grouping, a large fixedsash window flanked by 1/1 double-hung sash with transom windows above, are set in molded surrounds of wood. A row of soldier bricks form a lintel; (the sills are hidden by the sign). Centered in the facade abovethe windows is a concrete name block .A reading Jaffee and Podgrove. Located at the same level at either side of the outer bays, diamond-shaped cast concrete blocks wit� floral motifs embellish the facade. Extending across the roof of the facade is a stepped parapet wall with console bracket bracing the steps. I I ------T0.wn0. ;------�------��7.18�.7.AR� C�H�TI uEC� T -- eu JLoER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL MPORTANI CE The Jaffee and Podgrove building is architecturally significant as an example of a transitional early-20th century commercial architecture in an urban setting. H hat> a symmetrical facade and uses tripartite windows, common to the Cclonial Revival style, however, it does not possess the detailing associated with the Cclonial Revival style. Like much commercial architecture of the early-20th century it uses a parapet wall with stepped parapet to help define the building and disguise the flat roof. H also employs diamond-shaped cast concrete blocks with floral motifs, a decorative element in a building element frequently employed by the Art Deco style popular in the 1930s. This building well illustrates the transition in commercial architecture. The Jaffee and Podgrove Building is historically significant as the home of the Manchester Public Market in the early-twentieth century. In the 1930's the building ·housed the W.T. Grant Cc. store. I Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1823. "' ' w To1-m of Manchester, Assessor s Records. 18lo "' Barbara A. Lewis ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS 6 -r '''' I·. HREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE G9 koowo Jg ,., 0 "�""''' Ovan i!ST·6 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIG RESOURCES INVENTORY #64 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: HIST-6 REV.6183 I STATE OF CONNECTICUT \ Si!eNo.: ' : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: : I I I {203) 566-3005 I I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY (_,�.y I ! Os 0 NR 0 Aclual 0 Potential I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common} (Historic) I steve K's 1 Purnell Building 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Hartford 0 Manchester 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andlor location) � 819 Main Street I I I '-' u: j:: 4. OWNER(S) z Pobl� [:14 Private UJ K•�ok, Chun Choi 0 9 I 5. USE (Ptesent) {Historic) , commercial 1 commerc�al 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Q v" 0 No (XI Yes No stores - during business hours I TO PUBLIC: 0 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival 1900 I B. l.fATERIAL(S) (Indicate use or locationwhen appropliate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding g Brick 0 Other 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone (Specify) I 0 Boafd & baHen 0 S!octo 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone skllng Type; Type: I 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ',,, 0 Wood lrame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon I [3 Load·bearlng masonry D Structural iron or steel 0 Other ( pecify} z I 0 10. ROOF (Type)S j:: I a. Gable Flat Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: 0 � 0 0 '-' I (/) Gambfel 0 Sh"' Row"' Other UJ 0 0 H;p 0 0 c (Matetial) (Specify) 0 Wood shingle 0 AoH 0 Tin 0 Slate asphalt I Other 0 Asphalt shingle IKl Buill up 0 Tile 0 11. NUMBER OF STORJES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS (Spedfy) 2 I 12. CONDITION (SinJCturaJ) I (Ext 0 Excellent Oo""' IXJ Fair D Deteriorated l CJ'Excellent Ooood Iii Fair D Deteriorated 13. INTEGAITY(Loca/ion) WHEN? IF YES, EXPlAIN I Q On original site 0 Moved ];ALTERATIONSfJ v.. 0 "' store. fronts altered; cornice, oriel rem ov. 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPEI FEATURES. J I 0 Ba 0 Shoo 0 Garage 0 Other landscape featuresor buildings 0 Carriagem 0 Shop 0 Garden (Spedfy) house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I '0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scanered buildings visible from site If'[] CommerCial 0 llldustrial 0 Rural [] Hfgh building density r 16. INTERRElATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILO!NG OR SITE (lnterioland'orexterior) The Purnell Building is a two-story grey brick commercial block wiith akered storefront leveL On the second story the facade is characterized by a central 1ft double-hung sash window in a wooden surround topped by flat arches with '0' keystones, flanked by three 1/1 windows of similar description in a 3-1-3 rhythm. Delineating the bays are pilasters �. embellished with a brick quoining motif on the corners of the building and on either side of the central bay. I The "shadow" of the original pedimented frontispiece is still visible in the facade. The original heavy corniceand paneled parapet wall shown in the 1914 rendering have beenremoved, as has the polygonal oriel window on the south elevation. On the south elevation an entry and enclosed exterior stairway has been added. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTUR AL IMPORTANCE The Purnell Building is an example of a Colonial Revival architecture applied to a commercialblock in an urban setting. The symmetrical facade with its (orignial) pedimented frontispiece, pilasters with quoining motH, and windows with flat arches and keystones employ the symmetry and classically-inspired features characteristic of Colonial Revival architecture. Though the building has been significantly akered by the modern storefronts and the loss of its parapet wall, the building � 0 does retain its symmetrical facade by virture of the central entry in the middle store. With the removal of the overscaled I ii:�z signage and restoration of the frontispiece and parapet, this building could again be a very attractive building and an asset to Main Street. The Purnell Building was buik in 1900. In the preface to Manchester Directory of 1902-03, Arthur Bowers writes, "Several I i fine business blocks have been completed during the two years, notably the Ferris, the Purnell Block, two large buildings at the Center ...." Johnson's Business and Professional Directory of 1901 lists the Purnell Building as the location of the Benson and Keith furniture company. Later the business became the G. E. Keith Furniture Company , retailer of furnilure and stoves, which is depicted in the renderings of the AreaView of Manchester.1914. r·r Bowers Manchester Directory, 1902-03, p. 4. "' Johnson's Business and Professional Directory, 1901. I � Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1901,1911, lg; Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records, Hughes & Bailey, Aero View ofManchester, Connecticut.1914, 15l ·--···---- NEGATIVE ONFILE D-6 CT 06040 ) : ------r . __.. AR;;EA:;;:;:T S;;T :;;O-;;B;;;UI;;LD;;; IN:;;:G:-;O;;;R:-;S;;I T;:-E cc :: p Nona known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism D Oeve:opers 0 other------0 Renewal 0 Prtvata D Deterioration D Zoning Explanalloo rT-6 REV.6183(Back) �ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #65 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY aUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: 6/83 I HIST·6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTMI .I l I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566·3005 I I DISTRICT IF NA, SPECIFY 0 S 0 NA ' 0 ACI"'I 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I 1 I 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester ' ' Hartford - -- 4-������ - ����------J------I b3�.�S� T� A� EE�T�A�ND�N�U�M�B� E� A���oo�7/� �� n1 - -- �U 822 Main Street 4. OWNER(S) G l �W�b7���------Kwok, Chun Choi and Kam H1·mng 0 Public Private S ------b,�_�u�s�E���,�.,�,�n,�J------� -�����,o�ri��� -- �� ------commercial/residential , commercial/residential ! EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE F YES, EXPLAIN ' 6. ACCESSIBILITY r:v1 ' !-"! v, 0 No ' l2li v., 0 No �:estaurant accessible I I roPusuc, r:J 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 20th Century Commercial ' 1928 I 8. (Indicate use or locdtion when appropn·ate) MATERIAL(S) 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding �Brick D Other {Specify} 0 Wood shingle D Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone & 0 Board batten D Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum llil eo;;,,,. D Cutstone siding s;t Type: c a ·· Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 'f,o frame 0 0 Balloon Wood Post and beam - � Load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel D Olh" (Spedfy) I z 0 10. ROOF (Type) Flat Sawtooth I � 0 Gable []: 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 I � 0 Gamb Slate 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin 0 asphalt shingle Tlle Other 0 Asphalt Q3 Bunt up 0 D (Spedfy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2 (Strvctural) (Exterior) 12. CONDITION I I Excellent 0 [] 0 0 Deteriorated D £jGood 0 0 Deteriorated Excellent Good Fair 1 Fair 13. INTEGAITY(Loca/ion) WHEN? j IF YES, EXPLAIN ill D ]ALTERATIONS0 No storefront altered On original'"' Mo•od ' Kl y, r':{ 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS LANDSCAPE FEATURES I 0 Batn 0 Shod 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15, SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT . 0 Opon�nd � Woooland 0 ResH:fenUal D Sca!tered buildingsvisible from site 0 0 0 Rural � High building density f/ Commercial Industrial I 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located on the west side of Main Street adjacent to commercial buildings built in the early 20th century. (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lntelioraJ)d/01exterior) This two-story three-bay brick commercial building has an anered storefront level. Scored concrete pilasters detailed with oak leaf and acorn motH support a wide brick frieze edged in concrete and embellished with pat era blocks and topped '<> by a concrete cornice. On the second story the three bays are delineated by the brick piers which rise above the level of � the parapet wall and are topped with concretecaps and embellished with a geometric motH. Between the piers are three • tripartite windows with transoms set above the concrete cornice. Abovethe windows are three concrete diamond motifs in � decorative brick work panels. Extending across the facade is a low parapet wall with concrete cap which runs between the .::. �;il :z piers. 0 ii: a: () Ill w 0 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAl IMPORTANCE The building is architecturally significant as an example of a transitional early-2oth century commercialbuilding in an urban setting. The commercial blockempioys tripartite windows, lintels, pilasters, cornice, and a low parapet wall, features common to Colonial Revival architecture, but does not possess the classically inspired detailing associated with the style. It uses geometrically derived concrete decoration employed by the Art Decostyle, popular in the 1930s. Like much commercial architecture of the early-2oth century ituses a parapet wall with stepped parapet to help define the building and disguise the flat roof. h relates to the adjacent one-story commercial building by its use of similar pilasters and concrete decorative elements. In the early 2oth century, the building housed the Montgomery Ward store. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester Ill Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. w () Town of Manchester , Town Directorv,1930. I!§ lg 41 Center CT06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS I ) . ___.,. REATS TO BUILDING OR SITE US: Ia known Nona 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Oth"------I 0 Renewal D Private 0 Deterio ' tST-6 REV. 6/83 (Back) 'IISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #66 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY uiLDINGS AND STRUCTURES Tow No. No.: HIST·6 REV.6183 i STATE OF CONNECTICUT n : j Site UTM I I I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I : I \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:I (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY Actual ! Os 0 NA 0 0 Potential t. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) I I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY Manchester I I Hartford 3. (and I !;;: STREET AND NUMBER or location) I§() 832-848 Main Street 4. OWNER(S) 0 Public IX)·Private I� Calciano, Addelorata, etc. 8 5, USE (Present) (Historic) commercial 1 commercial 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY y., No No accessible during bus TO PUBLIC: I � 0 [il:v.. 0 stores I 7. DATE OF CONSTRUCTION STYLE OF BUILDING I I 20th Century CommBrcial 1928 I 8. MATERIAL(S) (Indicate use or location whon apptopriate} I th 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding Gl Brick 0 O er (Specify) 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone I 0 Board & batten Os·- 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Conaete 0 Cut stone siding Type:_ Type; I '', 9. �HRUCTURAL SYSTEM T 0 Woodlfame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon []}: load·beafing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) 0 10. ROOF (Type) lz;:: 19: 0 Gable � ,,,, 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth 0 Gambrel 0 Shod 0 Hlp 0 Round Other w 0 I�0 (Specify) (Material) 0 Woodshingle 0 Roll 0 no 0 State asphalt Other I Asphalt shingle Built up Tile 0 � 0 0 (Specify} 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 1 I 12. CONDITJON (Structural) I (Exterior) 0 Excellent [] Good 0 ,,,, 0 Deteriorated l 0 Excellent [] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. JNTEGRITY(Localion} WHEN? ALTERATfONS IF YES, EXPLAIN I 0 On original site 0 Moved I I fR) y,, 0 No)I storefronts altered 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPE FEATURES I 0 Ba 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Othe landscape features or buiklings (Specify) 0 Carriagern 0 Shop 0 Garden r house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I :0 Openland 0 Woodland 0 ResidentJa! D Scattered bwldu'lgs VISible from slle IXJ High building density \• r I ONS o NG AND R DINGS �LocatedN�:::::�I on� the1::�:�:1 west� sideR:�: of Main Street on one of two commercial blocks built in the early 20th century. (OVER) 17. and/orexterior) OTHERNOTA BlEFEATURES OF BU LI DING OR SITE (Interior This one-story seven-bay brick commercial building has ahered storefronts. The seven bays are delineated by concrete pilasters embellished with a stylized oak leaf and acornmotif that carry a wide brick frieze edged in concrete detailed with '<>" corner blocks. Extending across the facade and wrapping around the corner is a concrete cornicetopped by a brick � parapet wall that runs between brick piers which rise above the concrete pilasters. Both the wall and piers have concrete a caps. �!V The corner storefront has a canted corner with a recessed entry detailed by a pressed tin ceiling. The side elevation containsfour bays similar to the facad.,, but with brick infill in place of the storefronts. 19. T HISTOR ICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPOR ANCE The building is architecturally significant as an example of a transitional early-20th century commercial building in an urban I I setting. The commercial block employs pilasters, cornice, and a low parapet wall, features common to Colonial Revival w architecture, but does not possessthe classically inspired detailing associated with the style. It uses geometrically derived u z concrete decoration employed by the Art Deco style, popular in the 1930s. Like much commercial architecture of the <( it tt u early-20th century uses a parapet wall with stepped parapet to help define the building and disguise the flat roof. relates u: to the adjacent two-story commercial buildingby its use of similar pilasters and concretedecorative elements. z C) c;; 1 ... Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maos ofManchester, Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. ffl Town of Manchester , Town Pirectorv, 1930, I� I§ Barbara A. Lewis VIEW >- "' Barbara A. Lewis ORGANIZA TION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center . CT06040 SU BSEQUENT FIELD EVALU ATIONS � - --iG ------�-�tH.� - _T_ -T - -0- _ __A_ I ------�v REA S O BU IL ING O S TE fJ Nooekoo"" 0 0 0 0 Oihe<______H�hways Vandaism Developom 0 0 0 0 Zooiog Renewal Private Dete"""'tion ExplanatiOn 6183(Back) �IST·6 RE V. HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #67 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES / T�wn No.: Site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I \ untl ·-� 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I : I 1 I (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY ( Os 0 NR 0 Actual 0 Potential r· 1. BUILDING NAME (Common} (Historic) •' I C"r.rrir.ae. Hon,;e etc 1 Rubinol•l Buildinq/Park Buildinq 2. TOWN I CITY VIllAGE COUNTY z Manchester -' Hartford 0 · 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/or location) I �() Main Street I I u: 841-857 ;:: 4. OWNER{$) z Public Private w Guachion, Daniel et al 0 � 8 I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) ,.. , '{'i ,, /ra«i<'IAnrir.l ! commercial/residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD lNTERIOR ACCESSIBLE F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY y., No v., No I TO PUBLIC: Q 0 l Q 0 �ccess to stores during business hrs 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION ?Ot-h ""'ntnrv commercial cl890/1930/1940 I 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or locatkm ..men appropriate) I Clapboard Asbestos siding [XI Briok Other 0 0 0 (Spocily) � Wood shingle Asphalt siding Fieldstone I 0 0 . 0 0 Board & batten � Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Conerate 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ,;,,,, 0 Woodframe Post and beam Balloon '"---', 0 0 Q load·beafing masonry 0 Stroctural i10n or steel 0 Other (SptJCify) z I 0 1 O. ROOF (Type) I ii: Gable Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth 0: 0 g 0 0 0 u (/) Gambrel Shed Hip 0 Round 0 Other w 0 0 0 pecify) I Q {S I (Matedal) l no 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 0 Slate asphalt Other 0 Asphalt shingle IX] Built up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) \1. NUMBER OF STORIES PPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I < r 12. CONDITION (Structural) (Excetior) 0 Excellent Qoooo 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 0 Excellent � Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated t3. JNTEGRJTY[Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF' YES EXPlAIN I : • ! On ma)or renovat�on to original structure [3:: original site 0 Moved Qfv., 0 No:> / 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) Carriage Shop Garden 0 house 0 0 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I Opan land WOOdland Residential Scattered buildings visiblefrom site p 0 0 0 GJ Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Aural IX] High building density r 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP Of: BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTAB E FEATURES OF BUILDIN OR SITE (lntetiorand/or exterior} The RubinowL Block is a three-storyG seven-bay stucco- covered commercial block with an altered storefront level. On the upper levels, the windows have been replaced. The secondstory has seven tripartite windows of a central fixed sash flanked by 1/1 double-hung sash in a metal frame. The windows are arranged in a 2·3·2 rhythm across the facade. On the third story at center are a row of four 1/1 double-hung sash windows with by sets of paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows on either side. A �w Extending across the facade is narrow cornice which delineates the stepped parapet wall that runs aboveit. At center is a paaked parapet over what appears to have been a name block, now infilled. On the street level in the doorway that provides a stairway to the upper stories, the name Rubinow Building appears in mosaic tile. I The Rubinow blockis an example of early-2oth century commercial architecture in an urban setting. Though the building has been significantly altered, it still maintains its massing, fenestration, and parapet wall and contributes to the streetscape along Main Street. The original commercialbuilding on the site was the Park Building a two·and-a-haif story hipped-roof structure with a similar fenestration pattern built circa 1893. Its completion is noted in the preface of the 1893 edition of Bowe(s Manchester Directory. During the early 20th centurj, this building was occupied by the grocery store of Oliver loop, depicted in the AilliL View of Manchester, 1914. The byilding appears to have been expanded and renovated. Historic photographs from the 1930's show a three-story brick building with a similar fenestration pattern and stepped parapet wall. The Manchester Directory lists the building as the Park Building during the 1930's, but in the 1940 Directory, the building is listed as Rubinow's Building. In the early 2oth William Rubinow sold insurance and real estate. In 1907 he established Rubinow's clothing store which was located on Main Street. He resided at 192 East Center Street. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maos of Manchester, 1919, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1930, 1935, 1939, 1940. ADDRESSTown of Manchester CT 06040 \ - - --((£,;:· =I ===;;:------�·::::•uiL�G;:::: 0 vaooa UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Si!e No.: · HIST·S REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT r 6183 : -- I I I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM '! 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:I I I (203) 566-3005 I DISTRICTI IF NA, SPECIFY 0 S 0 NR 0 Actoal D Potential }';I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (His/otic) I Marl ows/Manchester 1 Orford Hall Hotel 2. TOWN/CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford � STREET AND NUMBER (and location) I I I () 3. Main StreetI or il: 867-877 ;:: 4, OWNER($) z Public � Private UJ Marl01v, George & Sandals, Ruth 0 I 9 5. USE (Present) (Historic) commercial/residential • 1 hotel EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY No I TO6. PUBLIC: Gl 0 IKJ 0 No access to stores durina business hours 7. DATE OF CONSTRUCTION STYLE OF BUILDINGI v" I v" I Romanesgue Revival 1894 I 8. MATERIAL(S} (Indicate use locationwhen appropriate) I 0 Clapboard or 0 Asbestos skiing KJ """' 0 Olher (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Asph�tt siding 0 Fiekfstpne 0 Board balten 0 Siooco 0 Cobb!estone & 0 Aluminum 0 Conc Woodframe D Post andbeam Balloon ---r- '0 0 IKJ Load-bearing masonry 0 Struclural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) t 0 Gable IX] Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth ()a: (/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 H;p 0 Round 0 Othec I (Specify) c w (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 0 Slate I asphalt n" Other 0 Asphalt shingle � Built up O nte 0 (Specify) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 11. 4 88' X 60' 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exteti 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 10 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scanered builOings visible from site 129 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High boilding density r k;/ INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS 16. Located in the commercial district along Main Street among buildings of similar scale and age, except for two buildings 1qith comternporary facades. (OVER} 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE {Interiorand'orexterior) The Orford Hall Hotel is has a three-story main block flanked by four story towers at each end. The first story is a�ered to contain two large storefronts. The second and third stories of the main block are dominated by six two-story round-arched openings. These openings are filled with paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows with wooden surrounds topped by transoms; the second story is topped by brick spandrels and paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows with round-arched transoms on the third story. The original windows appear intact, but are covered with aluminum storm windows. The arch openings are highlighted by the polychromatic brick work. Running across the main blockabove the arch openings is a corbeled brick cornice. The end towers are four stories in height, with the first story being part of the aitered storefront. The second story has three round-arched openings with Illdouble hung sash windows with wooden surrounds. The arch opening is detailed by the contrasting brick. The third and fourth levels are delineated by pilasters which separate three 1/1 double-hung sash windows with transoms of each level. The spandrels between the third and fourth level are recessed. A corbeled cornice runs across the top of each tower: 18. BUILDER 19. I I The Orford Hotel is architecturally significant as one of Mancheste�s rare and best examples of a Romanesque Revival building. With its simple massing, use of round-arch window openings, end towers, and corbeled cornice, the Orford demonstrates the massing and architectural detail typical of the Romanesque Revival style. Built of red and grey pressed I� brick, the Orford is one of Main Street's finest buildings, and because of its size and location, one of its most prominent. () Despite the alteration of its first story, the building has maintained a high degree of its architectural character. ii: Built in 1894, it advertised its in Bower's Manchester Directory as "a model of convenience,comfort and beauty , and is I� thoroughly in keeping with this, the gem of New England manufacturing villages. The hotel boasted a large two-story amusement hall with balcony, a banquet hall which seated 200, a dining room with a capacity of 75, a billiard hall and a ladies parlor. Old photographs and renderings show striped canvas awnings on above the storefront level and second story windows. The original proprietor was Mr. A. D. Peck. 'Bowers Manchester Directorv.1894, p.3. Advertisement in 'Bowers Manchester Directorv,1894, p. XXIX. Johnson's Business and Professional Pirectorv, 1901. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1901.1911. Buckley. A New England Pattern, Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Hughes & Bailey Area ViewManchester of Connecticut 1914. PHOTOGRAPHER DATE West elevation NAME DATE 7-1 06040 l _.AiAEATS TO BUILDING OR SITE ® Q None known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Devek>pers [] ��oc------Q Renewal D Private 0 De!eriotatioo 0 Zoning Explanation rT·6 REV. 6183 (Back) USTORIG RESOURCES INVENTORY /!69 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY JUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES J Town No.: Site No.: HIST·S REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I UTM CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:I I : I (203) 566·3005 DISTRICTI . 'F NR, SPECIFY ·r 0 S 0 NR I 0 Aduol 0 Potential I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Histodc) St. James Church 1 St. James Church 2. TOWN I CITY VillAGE COUNTY I§ Manchester I I Hartford 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and /orlocation) !< 0 896 �>ain Street 4. OWNERlSJ I� St. James Chw;;ch Corp. 0 Public g] Private g 5. USE (Present) (Historic) church · 1 church I 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: I l1i! Yes D No kJ v., D No / access for church activities ' 7. STYLE OF BUILDING I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION I Victorian Gothic 1875-76 8. MATERIAL{$) (Indicateuse orlocation when app10pfiate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos skiing . D Brick D Other {Specify) 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding D Fieldstone I 0 Board & ba"en D S!Uo I [i] Aluminum 0 Concrete D Cut stone siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM r llil Wood frame 0 Post and beam D Balloon D load·bearing masonry D Structural iron or steer / D Other ($profy) z 0 tO. ROOF (Type} I� llil Gal>!e D Flat 0 Mansard D Monilor 0 Sawtooth en Gambrel Shod Round 0 Other w D D D H;p D Q {Specify) I (Material) D Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 T1n 0 Slate asphalt Olh" [!9 Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile D (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSJO,�S I 1 121' X 56' 12. CONDITION (Structural} (Ext I [) D Excellent [X] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0,Excellent Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGR\TY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS 1FYES, EXPLAIN I On original site Moved Yes , IKJ 0 I IX] 0 No0 , aluminum sidina· steeole destroved in 1938 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I D Barn D Shod IRl Garage � Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) free-standing bell to1ver, I sculpture, rectory D Carriage Shop Garden house D D 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I '(] Open land D Woodland IRl Residential D Scattered buildings visible from sUe ( lY \ [2j Commercial 0 Industrial D Rural � High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS r Situated on a rise of land along Main Street, on an acre site, st. James Church is set I back from l>tiin street; its property occupies the entire block along Main Street. (OVER) 17. (Interior artdlorexterior) OTHERSt. James NOTABLE Church FEATURES is aOF VictorianBUILDING OR Gc!hic-style SITE church constructed in a Basilican plan whh a corner steeple tower on the left side and a low corner tower on the right. The facade is characterized by four stained glass lancet-arch windows with a large stained glass rose window above. Centered in the top of the gable end is an oculuswindow. At the apex of the facade and rear gable end are crosses. The entries are on the outer bays. The original doors have been replaced; new double doors l'g'' with contemporary stained glass lights are topped by a stained glass transom. Thedoorways are set in a peaked molded � surround. On the left bay, the original steeple tower has been shortened after hs destruction by hurricane in 1938; a gable z roof tops the truncated steeple tower. The corners of the towers are but1rGssed. 0 li: On the side elevations are four peirs of stained-glass lancet arched windows whh molded hoods and five pair of stained ii: glass clerestory windows above. At the rear of the church is a hexagonal apse embellished whh stained glass windows. !3 I(.)c On the she is a free-standing bell tower. Locatedin front of the church is a large sculpture of the hand of Christ. The church rectory is located adjacent to the church. John Walsh 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The church is archhecturally significant as an example of the Victorian Gothic style. Though the church has suffered the loss of hs steeple tower and has been sheathed in aluminum siding which creates a monochromatic color scheme, St. James still maintains much of its architectural �haracter. Its stained glass lancet-arch windows, its Basilican plan, and the use of but1resses are all typical of the Victorian Gothic style. The church is distinguished by its large stained glass rose window. Built on a commanding site on a rise of land set back from Main Street, St. James contributes both an significant building and an important open space to the streetscape. The grounds are notable both for its free-standing bell tower and the sculpture of the hand of Christ. Prior to the construction of St. James Church, Catholics who lived in South Manchester had to travel to St. Bridget's Catholic Church in the northern partof town. In 1874 Cheney Brothers donated an acre of land on Main Street as a she for a Catholic Church in South Manchester. ·The cornerstone was laid in August of 1875. Speissand Bidwell state that, "A full attendance of all Catholic residents was made possible by the closing of the silk factory. • The church was bui� by John Walsh, who donated the rosette window. St. James Church was dedicated on August 20, 1876. The construction of the church was marred by an act of vandalism in May of 1876 which was attributed to hostilhy toward Roman Catholics. Father Campbell, the pastor of St. Bridget's served also priest for St. James. Arriving in 1890, the Rev. Daniel Haggerty was the first resident pastor of the parish. In 1892 the rectory was constructed adjacent to the church; h was renovated in the early 19'20'$ Dur� 1h9 HtJrricane of 19'38 itt.- impressiv� s\e'aplQtc.w�r was d9str0}1ed Buckley, A New England Pattern, 189-190,, (/) Speiss & Bidwell, Historv of Manchester.173·175_205·206. w Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maos of Mancheste� 1926. I� Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. (/) O'Donnell, Historyof the Diocese of Hartford, p246·248. Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD I ) - -,'@ ------7"' :------r!:HR::: EAccT :::S-::T::-O:::BU"' ILc;: D-,I N:::G-::07R si TE �) J] 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 0 Other______Nonekoown DevelOpers 0 D 0 Zoning Explanation Private Deterioration 6183 (Back) rT·6 REV. �ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #70 FOR OFFIGE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Towo No.: j Site No.: HIST-6 REV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT uml : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I : I : I : I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 j ouAn: I (203) 566·3005 I Ins o NR D Actual D Potential 1. l NAME I I ,, I'' Regal's Men Shop I s H. Weldon Pl��r r I 2. TOWN I CITY r;;:_ UNTY I z Manchester � 0 I l NUMBER I � 13. I I � Main Street i u. 903 ' i= '· ' z I Public Private w c, IDuis and "'�-' �=·,. Bernard 0 KJ 9 I 5. USE (Pte,.ol) (Hi,.oric) ' 1 I. ·' ,, 1 's �-�'-�'<� '· I VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR. YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Yes 0 No ves No �+-�r< I TO PUBLIC: J� I Q 0 I .'' i.ble hn,in"'"" 7. STYLE OF I . DATE OF< TRUCTION rnlnni�l Revival cl897 I 8. MATEAtAL(S) (Indicate use or locationwhen appropriate) Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding Brick Other 0 (] 0 (Specify) 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphall siding 0 Fieldstone I _ 0 Board & batten 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: 9. .oYoltM Woodframe 0 Post and beam Banoon I D 0 � Load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 I 10. ROOF (Type) i= 0.. Gable Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: D D 0 0 0 (.) (/) Gambrel Shed [2g Hlp 0 Round Olh" I w D D D (Specify) c (Material) I Woodshingle Roll 0 Slate D 0 Tio {X] I asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Built up Tile 0 D 0 0 (Specify) 11. ' 'STORIES I I I 2� 12. I E ! I' 0 Excellent lU Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I ( xt Excenant GJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated ' . 13. IN < tuHU "'I WHEN? AL T RAUVNO YES,Ct EXPLAIN I E {2l:On original site 0 Moved Q Yes 0 No'I" �- ,, �nt'l <>nl; ' 14. , JTI I I lORI ·CA {Specify) I 0 Bam D Shod D Garage 0 Other landscapefeatUies or buildings 0 Carriage Shop 0 Garden house D 15. Open land 0 Woodland Resklentlal Sca"ered buildings visibfa from site I 0 D D Qg Commercial 0 Industrial D Rural IRl High building density 16, JNTEARELATIONSHIP OF I I t" Located in the central business district along Main Street between bolO buildings \•lith modern facades, but in a block with other tum-of-the-century buildings. I (OVER) #70 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteriof an&ore.tterior) 'Ihis tvx:>-and-a-half story three-bay hipped-roof building has an altered storefront level with an offset recessed entry. 'Ihe storefront level has been 1�idened beyond the ,� original three-store 1vidth. On the second story, brick pilasters define the corners. Three tripartite windCMs, the center one larger, has a fixed sash at center, flanked by multi-pane casement windows. 'Ihe wind01vs are set on storie sills and topped by flat arches, and shaded by green and �1hite striped a�mings. Circums=ibing the building is a frieze with decorative brick=rk topped by a modillion cornice. 'Ihe hipped roof is detailed by three gable-roof dormers topped with round-headed pediments. 'Ihe dormer at center is larger and has a fixed 4 x 4 sash window flanked by wooden pilaster carrying an entablature 1vith a broken round-headed pediment. 'Ihe pediment is embellished with a =est and Sl·lag motif topped by a finial. ·To either side is a smaller donner 1·1ith double-hung sash 1vind01v flanked by pilaster carrying an 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This building is architecturally significant as a good example of the Colonial Revival style architecture. Its praninent hipped roof 1vith its classically-detailed donners, m::xlilion cornice and pilasters, expresses many stylistic features of the Colonial Revival style, popular in the early 20th century. The building's roof line sets it apart from the other Main Street buildings, most of which have flat roofs. The elaborate round-headed pediments and decorative brick frieze further distinguish the building. The upper stories are in a very good state of preservation. In 1887 the land on 1mich the building stands was purchased by Dr. Thomas Weldon ' l from Sam Purnell. 'Ihe original building was erected about 1890 by Dr. Weldon. 'Ihe structure 1·lhich is sh01-m on the Sanborn Insurance Maps of 1896 was destroyed by fire in 1897. The block was either reconstructed or replaced 1vith a ne1v building of similar II dimensions. In the preface to Eo1ve's Manchester Directory 1898-99, BOivers wrote, "Several business blocks have been completed 1vithin the h..:> years. On Main Street q:'�� t.l)e Oak Hall, l1eldon' s brick building, and Hayes Hotel building .•••"* 'Ihe brick l West Elevation Barbara A. Lewis of Manchester Center Manchester CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS ..:______-IHAEATS TO BUILDING OR SITE �(:;;:,�- None known Vandalism Developers J 0 Highways 0 0 0 Other______n Renewal D Private D Deterioration D Zoning Explanation IT-6 REV. 6183(Bad!:) 1/:70 ) ST.,-6A REV 3-81 .------. I P'Oft OJI'P'ICIE USI: ONLY STATE OF CONNECTICUT TOWN NO.: SITE NO,: UTM: I , b�NECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION af-1-1-/-1-1- QUAO: ; 1 Str t Hartford, Connecticut 06106 \1uth Prospect ee , DISTftiCT: S NR: ACTUAL \.c1:.fORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FORM POTENTIAL b I r Buildings and Structures �PNTINUATION SHEET -, �m numbcr#i'Q Date: 7 18 93 H. I 'lllanas Weldon Block con't- entablature with a round headed pediment. These pediments are detailed \vith a swag and garland motif. The sides of the donners are sheathed in clapboard. building consisted of three storefronts on the first story, as shmm in the sanborn Insurance Maps of 1901. During the early 20th C'i'Jltury the building se:rved as the office of Dr. Weldon and a pharmacy 0\'/iled by Dr. Weldon. Until 1915 the upper stories served as Dr. \'/eldon's residence; he subsequently moved to 300 Porter Street and used the upper stories for boarders. In addition to running a medical practice and pharmacy, Dr. \·/eldon served as First Selectman in 1905. The property remained in the 1'/eldon family until 1937 �1hen it Has purchased fran the estate of Annie \'/eldon by J & S Realty. The store received additions or alterations in 1938, 1943, and 1954. In 1941 Louis Apter purchased the business of Regal's Mens Shop, no\<1 one of Manchester's oldest extant businesses. r J '; " independent ' agency attached to the Dept. of Education for Administrative purposes only. _ HIST-6A HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #71 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY \BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ' uTMj : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I I I :j I (203) 566·3005 OISTAJCT IF NR, SPECIFY F"" D s D NR ' OA�"'' 0 Potential I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common} (Historic) I Watkins Center 1 Watkin Brothers Furniture Store 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford 3, STREET AND NUMBER (andI orlocation) I � I I 0 935 Main Street u: ;::: 4. OWNER(S) z Public w Wilson Electrical, etc. 0 kJ Private Q I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) commercial condominiums ' commercial 6. EXTERIOA VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I TO PUBLIC: IUl v.. 0 No / E1i! v.. 0 No ' for office use during business hour s 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival 1920 I 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or locatWn when appropriate) I Clapboard 0 Asbestos skiing � Brid< D Other D (Specify) I D WOO 0 Woodframe 0 Post and beam D Balioon ·['"') Q Load·bearing masonry D Structural Iron or steel 0 Other {Specify) z I (Type) 0 10. ROOF ;::: 0. Gable Flat 0 Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: D 0 D 0 (/) Gambrel Shod 0 Hip 0 Row>d D oth" I w D D (SpedfyJ c (Material) Wood shingle D Roll 0 Tin 0 Slate I D asphalt D Other Asphalt Shingle 0 Built up 0 Til• 0 (Specify/ 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 3 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exts ' D Excellent [XI Good 0 Falc 0 Deteriorated I [j Excellent [Xjaood 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Loca/ion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN Q Onoriginal site 0 Moved Q�. o- storefront infilled; nelv wind01vs, entry 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I J I D Barn D Shod 0 Garage D Other landscapefeatures or buildings(Speci fy) Carriage Shop 0 Garden D house D 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT \ I 0 Openland 0 Woodland 0 Residential D Scattered buildingsvisible from site [21 D density t_/( Commercial lrK:Iustrial 0 Rural [] High building 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located at the corner of Main and Oak Streets, the building is an important anchor building for the block .. lvhich is comprised of turn-of-the-century I and contemporary architecture. (OVER) #7! 17. OF and!« OTHER NOTABLEFEATURES BUILDING OR SITE (Interior exterior) The Watkins Brothers Furniture Store is a three-story three-bay brick building wnh a symmetrical facade. The orignal storefront large windows have been replaced wnh new metal frame windows surrounded by brick infill and a new entry way added. Four wide scored concrete pilasters delineatethe three bays and carry the first story cornice wah the name Watkins Brothers imprinted in the concrete. ' The upper stories are characterized by two-story round-arched openings. The central bay has French doors that open to ®. a wrought-iron balcony topped by a muni-pane transom. The outer bays have· windows that are divided into five sections of 215 pane windowsfronted by wrought-iron balconies. Above the second story window is a wooden spandrel embellished wnh rectangular molded panels and turned bosses; the centralbay has smaller square motif. On the top story is a Palladian motif window with wooden infill. Theround-arched openings are topped by keystones. Extending across the facade is a concrete cornice topped by a low parapet wall. , I ------r.�� ���------L_�T.f8�.7.AR�C�HIT� E�C�T B U ILD E R 19. HISTORICAL OR AACHITECllJAALIMPORTANCE This building is architecturally significant as a well preserved later example of the Colonial Revival style applied to commercial archaecture in an urban setting. With ns symmetrical facade, two-story round-arched window openings incorporating a Palladian motif, and restrained cornice, the building is an elegant expression of the Colonial Revival style. lz� During ns coversion from furnnure store to office condominiums, the storefront windows were infilled and new windows (3 added. Despne these anerations and some minor reworking of the masonry on the south elevation, the building is in a very good state of preservation and remains as one of Main Street's finest buildings. I="'� The building is historically significant as the home of Watkins Brother Furniture for over sixty years. The Watkins brothers, Clarence G. and F. Ernesi Watkins began an undertaking business in 1874 when they bought out the Pinney Undertaking Co. In 1876 they took over the furnaure department of the Cheney Brothers general store, located on the southeast cornerof Main and Charter Oak Streets. By 1890 they outgrew the space and constructed a new building at the corner of Main and School Streets. In 1920 they built a new and larger facilny on the cornerof Main and Oak Streets. The furnnure business grew and in 1912 they expanded to include a music store which sold pianos and organs. In 1981, Watkins Brothers Furnnuredisolved as business and the building was developed into office condominiums. Buckley, A New England Pattern. p. 169-172. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Mao;>sof Manchester. 1919, 1926. ffl Manchester Hearld, November 14, 1981. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. I� & (/) Speiss Bidwell, Historv of Manchester,156-158. 41 Center CT 06040 . SUBSEQU ENT FIELD J f EATS TO BUILDING OR SITE (i1 � kn Oetelioration Zoo.'og IJ Renewal D Private 0 0 Explanation ! 6183 jST·6 REV. (B.a<*) : HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #72 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES HIST-6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 (203) 566·3005 0 Potential [X) 0 Public Private comnercial EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN IXJ Yes 0 No [X] Ye< 0 No commercial offices business 8. MATERIAL{$) (Indicate use or locationwhen appropriate) D Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding � Brick 0 Other (Spedly) 0 Wood shingle D Asl}ha!t siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board & balten D Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum D Concrete 0 Cutstone siding Type: Type: I I 0 Woodframe 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon ·- � load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Spedfy} z 0 i= 0.. Gable (] Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: 0 0 0 0 (.) (/) Gambrel Shod Hlp Roood Othat w 0 0 0 0 0 (Spedfy) 0 (Material) Tlo 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 0 Slete asphalt I Other D Asphalt shingle u;l Built up 0 Tile I 0 (Specify) Fair Deteriorated Deteriorated ALTERATIONS 0 Ye< [] No D Sh•d D Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattere-d buildings visible from site Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural � High buildingdensity 16. INTERRElATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS I=ated in the commercial area along Main Street among buildings of similar size, scale, and age (early 20th century). 17. OTHER NOTABlE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteli«and/or exterior) The House and Hale Building is a two-story seven-bay brick commercial block has a two-story central pedimented pavilion with recessed doorway. The entryway is a segmentally-arched Gibbs surround. The pattern of holes in the concrete indicate the entry was formerly coveredwith a dressed stone. The recessed entrance has new doors and transom. On the � first story, corner pilasters are faced in limestone. Banded brick pilasters delineate each bay and mark the corners of the 1¥ pavilion. They carry a denticular cornice withcurvilinear brackets. The original storefronts have beeninfilled with a banded brick which matches the pattern of the original brickwork on the second story. Each bay has a large contemporary window 1�1'5_� with brick sills. · li: On the second story of the pavilion are paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows with stone sills topped by flat arches with keystone motif. To either side of the pavilion are six 1/1 double-hung sash windows sat between stone sills and flat arches li with keystones. A wide cornice extends across the facade and side elevations. The overhanging roof is braced by paired brackets. The pavilion's pediment is embellished by a garland motif and crowned by a crest. The original ballustrade which delineatedthe rooftop has been removed. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The House and Hale Building is architecturally significant as a good example of the Colonial Revival style applied to an urban commercial structure. Its symmetrical facade and usa of classically-inspired detailing such as the Gibbs surround, � padimanted pavilion and cornices are characteristic of the Colonial Revival style. The banded brick and Gibbs surround :� entry gives the building distinction. Although the first story has been altered and the rooftop balustrade removed, the (3 building retains a significant pcrtion of its original character. ;� '<5 This building is historically significant as the home of two of Manchaste(s most prominent mercantile enterprises in the :u; early-2oth century, The J. W. Hale Company and the C. E. House & Sons, Inc. The building was constructed in 1909 to replace the Oak Hall Building (1897) wh'ch was destroyed by fire in 1908. One half of the storefront level was occupied by the J. W. Hale Company wr.:oh began as a dry goods store in 1857, and evolved into a department store after the retirement of Hale in 1914. The J. W. Hale Company was divided into 27 departments, of particular note is the self-service grocery, which was added in 1920. In 1923 it employed approximately 100 people. The store advertised itself as follows, "Is to Manchester what the Pyramids are to Egypt." Occupying the other half of the building was the C. E. House and Sons, Inc. Founded in · 1853 by Edwin M. House as a retail grocery and merchantile tailor, the tailor shop was inherited by C. E. House in 1885, and 1· was expanded to include ready made clothing, men's furnishings, and shoes. � Buckley, A New England Pattern, 169-173. Speiss, The Historv of Manchester Connectjcut,156-158. Johnson, Business and Professional Ojrectorv, 1901 Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchaster,1911, 1919, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. 8-13-93 8-13-93 Town of Manchester ADDRESS CT 06040 � EATS TO BUILDING OR SITE tdJ None known 0 Highways 0 Vanda6sm 0 Developers 0 Oth" t. l ------(fl�; r-;) Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration D Zoning E�planation ' i ?T·S REV. 6183(Back) ------ ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1173 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: No.: HIST-6 REV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I Site UTM : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I I (203) 566-3005 DISTRICTI IF NA, SPECIFY D s D NR ' D Ac'"'' D Potential r'i 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Histolic) Cheney Block 1 Cheney Block 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester Hartford 0 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI 01location) I � 969-985 I I (.) Main Street u: ;:: 4. OWNEA(S) z Max Grossman Revocable Trust Public Private w 0 rg I e 5. USE (Present) (Historic) commercial/apartments 1 commercial/office 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I y., 0 No y No TO PUBLIC: IX] IXJ ., 0 access to stores during business hrs. 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONST�UCTION Colonial Revival 1899 I 8. MATERIAL(S) {lndicaleuse or locatiOn whenapp lopriate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding EJ """' D Oth" (Sped�} I 0 Wood shingle D """"''"""' D Fieldstone 0 Board & banen 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum. 0 Cof'ICtete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM D Woodframe D Post and beam D "'""" -·I g Load-bearing masoncy 0 Strvctura! iron or steel D Other (Specify) I z 0 10. ROOF (Type) ii: 0 Gable Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor Sawtooth a: Q D {) I C/) D Gambrel D Shed D Hlp D R'"nd D Other w (SpedM 0 (Material) I D Wood shingle D Roll 0 Tln 0 Slate asphalt O!her D Asphalt shingle � Built Up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXl .tATE DIMENSIONS I 2 � 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exterior) D Excellent kJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent �{] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? AL TERATJONS ) !IF YES. EXPLAIN GJOn original site 0 Moved IXJ Ye• 0 No storefronts altered; balustrade removed 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I D Barn D Shod 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or bUildings (Specify) D Carriage D Shop D Garden house I . 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT D Open land D Woodland D Residential D Scattered buildings visible from site < -/ {i] Commetcla! D Industrial 0 Rural � High building density l 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in the commercial district of Main Street among buildings of similar size, scale, and age. I (OVER) #73 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interior and'otoxteriOf) The Cheney Block is a two-story seven-bay brick commercial building. On the street level, the block is comprised of five stores; all the storefronts are attered. Marking the cornersof the building one the first story are brick piers which carry a wide modillion cornice across the facade at belt course leveL Some pieces of terracotta rope molding remain on the piers. 1;:;-� \ On the second story, the corners ol the building and the pavilion are detailed with staggered brick quoining motif. Centered in the AI pavilion are tripartite 1/1 double-hung sash windows delineated by brick pilasters and flanked by han-pilasters with Corinthian capita� supporting an entablature. Above the tripartite window is the Cheney Block's nameplate. Flanking the tripartite windows are 1/1 l;z-Q� double-hung sash windows flanked by han pilasters with Corinthian capitals supporting an entablature. To either side of the single li: windows are two sets of tripartite wind�ws similar to the windows at center, but topped by an elaborate round headed hood mold with foliated motif and embellished with egg-and-dart molding. All the windows are set on stone sills. A modillion cornice runs around the facade and side elevations, as well as the centralpediment. The pediment is detailed by a 1�0- medallion with date of construction, 1899, framed by a ornate scroll and garland motif. An acroterion tops the pavilion's pedimented gable. The original roof-top balustrade has been removed. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAl. IMPORTANCE The Cheney Block is architecturally significant as a good example of the Colonial Revival style applied to commercial architecture in an urban setting. It has a symmetrical facade and architectural detail such as a pedimented pavilion, quioning, tripartite windows and that are typical of the Colonial Revival style. Also, the use of classically inspired detailing such as modillion cornice, acroterion, , IZ egg-and·dart molding was a common feature. The elaborate hood molds add to the distinction of the building. Though the storefronts IC3� have been altered and the original balastrade removed, the commercial block maintains much of its architectural integrity as the architectural detail of the second story is very much intact. 'iii The building is historically significant as the successor to the first Cheney Brothers general store located on the southeast corner of �� Main and Charter Oak, which burneil in 1898. The construction ol the Cheney Block on Main Street between Maple and Oak contributed to the northward shift of the commercial district on Main Street. In the early twentieth century the Cheney Block housed the G.W. Smith boot and shoe business, the St•uth Manchester Post Office, W. B Cheney's drug store, and Calvin Tiffany jewelry business. Judge H. 0. Bowers occupied an office on the second floor and James Farrant, a barber located in a back office. 8-11-93 7-13-93 ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street, Manchester, CT 060-10 -,.,.-,.----O!h-"---_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_�---_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ -_'_��� fTIP �:�l�:-:-�:o:s"r"o-::a:-:u,:-:, :-:: ,NG==::::-:h::::r:r"":--- -v-""-"""'--- -o.-.. O _ (Jlli;i J � : 0 0 Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation 1 6183 (Back) 7T·6 REV. HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #74 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 'BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT J : I I : I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION unci ' 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I : I I (203) 566-3005 I :'.'-•' DISTRICT 'F NR, SPECIFY (' D s D NR D A""'' 0 Potential j (Common) BUILDING NAME (Historic) I 1. 1 Forest Building 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z I 0 �lanchester Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI or location} I I () Main ii: 1063-1067 Street I= OWNER($) z Q:g 4.Guinpero, Mary 0 Public Private I !2 w 5. USE (Present) (Historic) commercial/residential 1 oommercial/residential EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I 6. [XI vos D No Gil Yos 0 No / TO PUBLIC: access to stores during business hours STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7.20th Century Corrrnercial t c.l923 I 8. MATERIAL($) (I cate location appropriate) ndi use or when D Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding GJ Brid< D Other /Sp«jly) 0 D s D I Wood shingle Asphalt .�ing Fleklstone D D 0 Board batten Stu= Col>bles!one & 0 Aluminum 0 Conctete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. io D D Balloon r Wood frame Post and beam IX] load-bearii"'Q masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 10. (Type) 0 ROOF I= D Gable G Flat 0 Mansard D Monitor 0 Sawtooth ii: ()11. C/J D Gambrel D Sheo D Hip D 0 Other I (Specify) c ""'"" w (Material} D Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tio D Slaio I asphalt � O!h" D Asphalt shingle Built up 0 Tile D (Specify) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 3 I 11. 1 12. CONDITION (StiUCtural) (Exteriot) D Excellent �Good 0 Fal' D Deteriorated 1 D Excellent k]aood 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. JNTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS 'F YES, EXPLAIN [X} 0 original site 0 Moved IXJ Yos 0 No altered storefront RELATEDOn OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 14. D D D Garage (Specify) I Barn Sh"' D Other landscape features or buildings D Carriage D Shop D Garden house I 15, SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT D Open lan<:f D Woodland D Residenttal D Scattered buildings visible from site 0 Commercial D Industrial D Aural [}l High building density f/ 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in the corrmercial district along Main Street, it is one of three adjacent buildings of similar age. I (OVER) #?f (/n"riw "''-"Wi<"l , , , , , 17· OTH""'NOJ:ABLE FUJ1JBES OF JlUILDlNG OR SITE """ , , 1 ne �orest tluuamg 1s a tnree-story two-bay yellow bnck commerclalfresldentlal bUI/dmg. The first story storefront has been aUered but has a recessed entry wtlh tile floor and decorative tile an the sides. A wooden door with a single glass light is set in a plain surround and topped by a transom. The second and third stories are comprised of two sets of paired 6/1 double-hung sash windows set of concrete sills with brick soldier surrounds on top and sides. Concrete corner blocks mark the uppercorners. Centered abovethe top windows is a name blockbearing the name Forest Building flanked by two square concrete blocks. The facade is built of yellow striated bricks contrasting wtlh pale red bricks for detailing. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19 HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE · The building is architecturally significant as an example of early-2oth century commercial archtlecture. Though the block has a symmetrical facade like Colonial Revival archtlecture; tls modest embellishment is geometrically derived decoration rather than the classically-inspired detail of the Colonial Revival style. Built by /923, the block is listed in the Manchester Direct01y and appears on the Sanborn Insurance Maps of 1926. DATE A. Lewis 8-13-93 DATE BarbaraA. Lewis 8-13-93 ORGANIZATION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENTFIELD EVALUATIONS f'L] Renewal 0 Private 0 DeloOO JST·6 REV. 6183(Back) ------�------.--- ··········--·--·---- i ISTORIG RESOURCES INVENTORY #75 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV.6183 J STATE OF CONNECTICUT : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 UTMI I I QUAD: I I (203) 566·3005 DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY Os NR 0 Actual Potential r' D D I. BUILDING NAME (C<>mmoo) 1 (Historic) I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester I Hartford I 3. STREET AND NUMBER (alldlor focdtion) (.)� I u: 1069-1073 Main Street ;:: 4, OWNER{S) z 0 Public kJ Private w Guinipero1 Mary_ I 8 5. USE (Presenl) (Hisloric) commercial 1 commercial 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN, ACCESSIBILITY access�ble during business hours I Yes No Yes No TO PUBLIC; l [3 D ! 13 D I 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 20th Century Commercial I cl925 I 8. MATERIAL{S) (fndicate use or location when appropriate) 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding 0 Brid< D Other I D Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding D Reklstone (Specify) 0 Board & batten D SIO>CCO D Cobblestone 0 Aluminum G Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: . 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 1- J D Wood frame 0 Post and beam D Balloon fJ load·bearing masonry D Swctural iron or steel Other (Specify) z D I 0 10. ROOF ;:: 0. Gable(Type) Flat 0 Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: D El D 0 (.) IJ) Gambrel Shed H;p Rouod Oth" I w D D D D D c (Material) (Specify) Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 no Slate I D asphalt D D Asp halt shingle [XI Bui!t up Q nte Do�" 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS {Specify) I 1 12. CONDITION (Structural) I 0 Excellent [} Good 0 Fal' 0 Deteriorated ( ) Excellent Q Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGRITY(LocalionJ WHEN? IF YES,E EXPLAIN I I storefrX10 onts altered � On original site 0 Moved No .I j_ALT RATIONSy, D >I 14. AELA.TED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES EJE I D Barn D Shed D Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildir.gs (Specify) D Carriage Shop Garden house D D I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ' 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential D Scattered buiklings visible from site \, ill Commercial D Industrial 0 Aural � High b1Jik:lill9 density �-···/16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located on the 1·1est side of Main Street adjacent to other early- 20th century buildings. (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTA BLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteriorand!Oiexterior) This one-story yellow brick commercial building has three-storefronts with recessed central entries. The storefronts are defined by brick piers w�h concrete bases which supporta concrete frieze detailed by bricksoldiers and topped by a concrete stingcourse at cornice level. The low parapet wall that extends across the facade is peaked at center and topped with a concrete cap. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTU RAL IMPORTANCE The building is architecturally significant as an example of a transitional early-2oth century commercialbuilding in an urban setting. The commercial block employs a brick frieze, stringcourse, and low parapet wall, features common to Colonial I� Revival architecture, but does not possess the classically inspired detailing associated with the style. Like much z commercial arch�ecture of the early-2oth century it uses a parapet wall with peaked parapet to help define the building and (3 disguise the flat roof. The building relates to the adjacent buildings; it employs the same yellow striated bricks as the Forest I� Building and uses a peaked parapet like the building to the south. (/) Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maos of Manchester,l926. (/) Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. w Town of Manchester , Town Directory, 1923. '() 'a: ;, '0 (/) 8-13-93 NEGATfVE ON FILE E-7 Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center CT SUBSEQUENTFIELD EVALU ATIONS � ) __ ------f ,, LR_ _ _ - - l-0- _ _ _ ------) EATS TO BU I ING O R S ITE j Vandalism Other------Nonaknown 0 Highways 0 0 Developers D 0 Private 0 Deterioration D ZorillQ Explanation ;>T·6 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1176 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES I Town N o. HlST·6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : I S!teNo.: : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:un.•j (203) 566·3005 ll I : I I DISTRICTI IF NA, SPECIFY 0 S 0 NR / 0 Actu•l 0 Potential r 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (HiSfOFic} 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/orlocation) I I () u: 1077-1081 Main Street f= 4. OWNER(S) z Public Private w Monroe Associates, c/o Charels Shimkus D £] Q 5. USE (Present) (Historic) commercial 1 commercial 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE F YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I TO PUBLIC: Q y., No Y No I D Gl " D b.ccess to stores durinq business hrs 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 20th Century Commercial cl926 8. I MATERIAL(S) (Indicate use or locatiOn when appropriate) I ' D ClapOoard D Asbestos siding � Brid< D Other [Specify) I D Wood shingle D Asphalt siding D Fieldstone D Board & batten 0 Stucco D Cobblestone 0 Aluminum � Concrete 0 Culstone I sldlng Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I ) 0 WoOOframe 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon [�l.Load·beariog masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z I I 0. ROOF 0 (Type) f= a. D Gable Flat D Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: IKl () (/) D Gamble! D Shed D Hip 0 Round Other I w D (Specify) c (Material) D Wood shingle D Roll 0 no 0 Slate I asphalt Other D Asphalt shingle � Built up D Tile 0 (Specify) 1 t. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 3 I 2. CONDITION (Strucwral) I (fxletior) D ExceHenl m Good D Fair D Deteliorated 1 D Excellent [ij Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Localian) WHEN? ALTERATIONS 'F YES. EXPLAIN No [XOn original site D Moved Q Yes 0 ) Sb lt� A]+oY ,.-'! 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURE$ I I I D Barn D Shod D Garage D Other landscape features or buildings(S pecify) D Carriage D Shop D Garden house I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT .0 Open/and 0 Woodland D Restdenhal 0 ScaneredbU!Idmgs ViSible hom srte � Commercial 0 Industrial D Rural � High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated on the east side of Main Street adjacent to early-20th century commercial blocks. {OVER) 17, OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE {lnteriorancVorexterior) This three story y�llow brick commerciaVresidential building has an ate red storefront level. Access to the upper stories is located on the left bay. The second story is delineated by a string course of soldiers in a contrasting dark red color. Centered in the facade on the second story is a tripartite window of 8/1 double hung· sash flanked by 6/1 double-hung sash in a plain surround set on brick sills and tapped by lintels comprised of red brick soldiers. Concrete panels are located between the second and third story windows. The third story window is also a tripartite window with similar sash set on brick . e. sills but topped with a string course of red brick soldiers at the lintel level. Ex1ending across the facade and south elevation is a low parapet wall of yellow brick with a peaked parapet set between brickpiers on the facade. A rectangular motn of I� brown brickdetails the facade. The parapat wall along the side elevation is stepped and is also detailed by brown brick. The a. side elevation has twelve bays of paired or single double-hung sash windows ' (/) w 150 1 18. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The building is architecturally signfficant as an example of a transitional early-2oth century commercial building in an urban setting. The commercial block employs tripartite windows, lintels, string courses, and a low parapet wall, features common to Colonial Revival architecture, but does not pcssess the classically inspired detailing associated with the style. Like I� much commercial architecture of the early-2oth century it uses a parapet wall with stepped parapet to help define the building C) and disguise the flat roof. The building is distinguished by its use of yellow brick detailed by contrasting dark red brick. u: I* r,. Sanborn Map Company,Insurance Maps of Manchester 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester , Town Directorv, 1923. > m htc��Ww u�------l_--� ADDRESS 1---'iREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE � None kno'Hn 0 Highways 0 Vandafism 0 Developers 0 0\1"'------ 0 Renewal 0 Prtvate 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation T-6 REV. 6183(Back) I :HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #77 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY ' BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT / ' UTM I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICTI IF NA, SPECIFY 0 S 0 NR 0 Aotu•l 0 Potential i BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I 1.Elisabeth Bennet Middle School 1 Franklin School/Barnard School/East Side Re c. 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY M3nchesterI Hartford 3. � STREET AND NUMBER (andI location) I I /§() 1141 Main Streetor OWNER($) I� [] Public 0 Private 4.'lbwn of M3nchester e 5. USE (Present) (Historic) school 1 school I EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 6. D No TO PUBLIC: []:Ye; D No IXJ y, / accessible for school activities 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI / DATE OF CONSTRUCTION I Colonial Revival 1914-1917 MATERIAL($) (Indicate I.J$8 orwhen location approp1iate) I 08. Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding fJ Briel< D Olh" {Specify) 0 Woodshingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone I & D Board batten D Stu= 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum Q Concrete 0 Cutstone I skiing Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. /.,. , 0 Woodframe 0 Post and beam 0 B�loon G Load·bearing masonry D Strvctural iron sleet or D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) I� [2i Gable D Fl" D Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth (/) Gambret Shoo H; Round D 0 D p 0 D Oih" w {Specify/ c (Material) I D Wood shingle D R�l 0 Tin IKJ Slate I asphalt Other D Asphalt shingle 0 Bui!tup 0 n!e 0 {Specify} 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXlMA TE DIMENSIONS I 2 12. CONDITION (SIIUctutaJ) I I D Excellent G•- D F•l• 0 Deteriorated Excellent GJ•- D Fair D Deteriorated 13. INTEGRJTY(LocaiionJ WHEN? TERA T/ONS 'F("[;} YES, EXPLAIN [;3 On original site 0 Moved I AlGJ Ye; No0 [ D doors• rrodern infill "nd ;m-. Q�H�nQ RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I 14. 0 Barn D Shoo D Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage D Shop D Garden I house I 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT D Open land D Woodland fJ Residential D Scauered buildingsvisible from silo (XJ Commerdal 0 Industrial D Rural bJ High buildingdensity 1/ 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS CX::cupying the entire block bounded by Main, School, Vine, and l'lells streets the mchool buildings are adjacent to commercial areas on Main Street and residential areas on I School. Wells and Vine Streets. (OVER) #77 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDINGOR SITE (lnteriorand'Olexterior) 'Ihe Education Square canplex is canposed of three historic buildings, the Barnard S School, the Franklin School, and the Fast Side Recreation Building. MX!ern additions � connect the three structures to canprise the present Elisabeth Eennet Middle School 'Ihe · Franklin School, the Barnard School, and the Fast Side Recreation Building were three lf?ilJh I � 'of the four buildings planned as a quadrangle of school facilities in the square block .\2v bounded by M3.in, School, Vine, and Wells Streets known as Education Square. 'Ihe Franklin l;zQ School, located on M3.in Street, and the Barnard School, oriented toward Vine Street, are � almost identical in plan and design. a: ':fue Franklin School and Barnard School are brick t1-�-story buildings set on a raised basement level and comprised of a twelve-bay main block \'lith two-bay pavilions on each I� end. Occupying the center of the first story of the facade are six 12/12 double-hung sash windov1s set on concrete sills and topped by flat arches \•li th keystones. (con' t) ':fue Education Square canplex is architecturally significant as an excellent example of an ensemble of educational buildings built in the Colonial Revival style. llEw ':fue formal symnetrical arrangement of the facade and the use of classically-inspired � details such as a Doric order frontispiece, flat arches with keystones, and quoined ;� pilasters are typical of the Colonial Revival style. Although the fourth building in 'Cl the quadrangle, the library, \'/aS not constructed, tlle three buildings form an impressive !w canplex of buildings which illustrate state-of-the-art educational architecture in the early-20th century. Its conversion to a Middle School using m:xlern brick infill structures \'/aS sensitively undertaken and has maintained the original character of Education Square. r 'Ihe buildings were constructed over a three year period between 1914 and 1917 to t>. .-' L "''l-'"-''''"' the Ninth District School that occupied the site prior to a fire on October 23, 1993. Shortly after the fire, cneney Brothers retained the architectural (con't) Buckley 1 A New :England Pattern, pp. 196-202. Speiss and Bidwell, History of M3.nchester. pp. 195-205 Sanborn M3.p Co. 1 Insurance M3.ps of M3.nchester, 1926. Town of M3.nchester, Assessor's Records. Learned, "A Historical Study of the Gro\•lth of the Ninth District School System in Under the Influence of the Brothers. Le\'lis DATE ,_ Ill Barbara A. Le\dS 8-15-93 Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street . ,. ).;R�EA;';TS;:cT:;;O;-;B::;UI;;-;LD;;;ING=o:;;-R-;:;SIT:;;E:------(.:j:fjijj�jJ H�hwaY' L Noneknown 0 0 Vandalism 0 Developers 0 011•" ------flRenewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 loring Expfanatlon f r·6 REV. 6183 (Bad<) � �------� #77 \l ST-6A REV 3-81 P'O" OP'FICK Ull[ ONLY TOWN NO.: STATE OF CONNECTICUT SITE No.: UTM: 18/-1-1-/-. /-/- ,c ONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION QUAD: ' J )uth Prospect Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 DUSTftiCT: • ACTUAL POTENTIAL \o,,"(QRIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FORM ' br Buildings and Structures ' I CONTINUATION SHEET 8.,_,/c.,9;.,3,__ number: ___ r ·rm #77 Date: _ ' Franklin School; Barnard School, East Side Recreation Building 1 1141 Main Street, con' t. 1: The entry is located in the second bay and is balanced by a 12/12 double-hung sash 17. wind01v set in a blind arch which occupies the eleventh bay. Tci either side of the entry and blind arch are smaller 2/2 double-hung sash 1Yindows. The second story has a similar arrangement of windows, but has an extra set of 12/12 windoos in place of '·' the entry and blind arch; the windoos set on sills above a string course. The entry is characterized by a frontispiece composed of engaged Doric columns supporting a full entablature, it frames a recessed doorway 1Yith a semi-circular fanlight. The name of the Barnard School is cast in the concrete door surround. The name plate of the Franklin School is located on the second story above the doorway and 1Yindov1. The side elevations have ti·Jo stories of six 12/12 double-hung sash windows set on concrete sills and topped by flat arches with keystones. Centered in the attic story of the gable ends is an oculus wind01v. The corners of the pavilions are detailed 1vith quoined pilasters. Extending across· the main block and side elevations is a rnodillion cornice topped by a low parapet wall. The gable ends of the side elevations have 1''": parapet end walls that are stepped at center. The East Side Recreation Building is a tlvo story seven-bay brick building 1·1ith central entry and two-story wings. 'Ihe facade of the main block is characterized by five bays of windows set in blind arches that rise frcm a belt course that extends across the facade. finn of Carrere and Hastings of New York to design a ccmplex of four buildings 1 tlvo for classrooms1 one for recreational facilities 1 and a library. The Franklin School, Barnard School are three of.. the four buildings planned as a quadrangle of facilities for the s�e .block botinded by Main, School, Vine and \'/ells Street known as Education Square. The fourth building in the plan, the library, was not built due to the rising cost of construction. The Franklin School housed the State Trade School until the construction of its own facility. The East Side Recreation Building with its gyrnnalium and swimming , I pool \vas used by the school children dliring school hours and was available to adults during evenings and vJeekends. I I The present �liddle School is named for Elisabeth Bennet, supervisor of the nonnal girl school and principal of the schools at El:lucation Square and the Nathan Hale Elementary ·School. She was an early advocate of providing recreational facilities for youth. 1 independent agency attached to the Dept. of Education for Administrative purposes only. ! HIST-6A -.- ,;.-_ '·-�- ..,,..,,.., ,_., .,.... ,..,.,,,.. ,..,.,.,. ·.- ·:···---·······- ·-······ .,._ ·-·-· .., .,., �-···········-· ''" 2. -��----� ------.. ---·----,-.. "·· -· .. . ·-· ... --�------·-·---·------�---����-��-�------JISTORJC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1178 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: S te No.: H!ST·6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT I i 6/83 UTM I I I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 OUAD: I I I (203) 566-3005 DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY '<. �..-· I r 0 S 0 NR 0 Aotool D Potential i 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) {Historic) I 1 South Manchester .Jfiah Sch"" 1 TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY 2.Manchester Hartford 15� 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/or location) I I 1146 Main Street 4. OWNER{S) � Public Private I�UJ Town of Manchester 0 g USE (Presenl) (Historic} 5.residential-apartments 1 hiah school EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN I ACCE:SSIBILITY 6. 10 Yos No Yos [11 No 1 TO PUBLIC: 0 0 7, STYLE OF BUILDING I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival 1904 I MATERIAL(S) (1/ldicateuseor location when applopriate} I 8. Clapboard Asbestos siding Other 0 0 � 0 (Specify) Brick I 0 WOO'J shingle 0 Asph�tt siding 0 Reklstone 0 Board batten 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone & 0 Aluminum D Concrete 0 CUt stone I s d ng Type: Type: i i .- STRUCTURAL SYSTEM :: 9. . � '.' frame Post and Balloon i Wood beam -••. - /0 0 0 IRl load-bearing masonry 0 Structu1al iron steel or Other (Spedfy) 0 ' I z 0 10. ROOF (Type) 0 Gable 0 A" 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth Gambrel Sh"' [ij Hip Roond Ot er I� 0 0 0 0 (Specify} h � (Material} 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 [;3 State I 10 asphalt no Other Asphalt shingle Built up i 0 0 0 0 (Specify) I' I 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATETI/o DIMENSIONS I 3 CONDITION (Structural) I (Exteriot) Ii 12. ce I 0 Ex lent IX.Jaood 0 F•l• D Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent f] Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated ALTERATIONS I 13. JNTEGRITY(Location)l WHEN? IF YES. EXPLAIN IKJOn original site 0 Moved IKJ 0 N 0 / side entxv RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPE FEATURES I I y., 14. I 0 Barn 0 Sh"' 0 Garage Qg Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage ShOj> 0 Garden parking lot on side and rear house 0 SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 15. 0 Open land Woodland Residential Scattered boildings vlsib!e from site ( 0 0 0 ,,( r � Co�merdal 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 HliJh building density " 16, INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located diagonally across Main street from Education Square, the former high school building has a deep set back from �Ein Street . I (OVER} -#7:? 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interior and'01extetior) The former South Manchester High School is a three-story fifteen-bay brick building with a symmetrical facade and central entry. The building shs on a foundation of rock-faced ashlar and a partially raised basement level. The central entry is composed of a scored-concrete frontispiece comprised of engaged Doric columns set on grantie bases carrying a � full Doric entablature and embellished whh two lions head relief sculptures. The doorway is recessed. Double doors, which I 'iJ' 1 appear to be replacements, are topped by a semi-circular fanlight. The facade consists of a nine· bay main block whh three-bay pavilions on each end. The first story is delineated by a concrete string course that circumscribes the building. To ehher side of the entry are three pairs of 6/1 double-hung sash windows and a narrow 111 double-hung sash window on each outer bay. The windows are set on concretesills and are topped by a string course that circumscribes the building at sill level. On the second and third stories the nine bays are delineated by two-story pilasters with concrete caphals and bases. The windows on the secondand third stories are paired 6/1 double-hung sash. The windows on the second story are set on a sill-level string cxiurse and topped by concrete lintels. The windows on the third story are set on concretesills and topped by a lintel-level string course. Recessed panels separate the windows of the secondand third stories. The three-bay s of windows on the end pavilions are 611 double-hun� sash windows. On the second storythe windows are topped by keystone 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER Hartwell, Richardson and Driver, Boston Beattie and Wilcox, Fall River, MA 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The building is archhecturally significant as an excellent example of a Colonial Revival-style school building. Its symmetry and use of classically-derived detailed such as hs frontispiece with Dcric columns,flat arches with keystones, quoining, and modillion corniceare all typical of the style. The archhectural firm of Hartwell, Richardson and Driver of Boston produced a sophisticated design for this early-2oth century school building. Its conversion to housing for the elderly did not significantlyalter the facade or side elevations and the building is in an excellent state of preservation. The South Manchester High School was built in 1904 accomodate a secondary school in the Ninth District. Speiss and Bidwell state, " After the closing of the Center and the East Academies about the year 1870, there was no private insthution in town which provided instruction in·high schoolsubjects. In 1902, Superintendent of Schools, Fred Verplankk began to examine other schools and solicited proposals from various architectural firms. The school was constructed with funds donated by Cheney Brothers. TheSouth Manchester High School was dedicated on December 14, 1904. I ,.,,,, __ I . Buckley, A New England Pattern, 195-196. Speiss & Bidwell, Hjstorv of Manchester,199-206. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Learned, "A Historical Study of the Growth of the Ninth District School System in Manchester, Connecticut, Under the Influence of the Cheney Brothers, p. '59-60 > Ill Barbara A. Lewis ORGANIZATlON Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41·Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS ���,1-IAEATSTO BUILDING OR S ':fE . Jl Nooo known D H;ghways D Vandalism D .,...,,.,,,., I] Renewal 0 Private D Deleriomtio II #78 8/93 Bennet Apartments, 1146 Main Street, con 't ', I motifs; on the third floor the \·lindo;vs are topped by flat arches with keystone motifs. The corners of the pavilions are detailed \vith brick guoining. , I 'Ibe hipped roof overhangs and is embellished with a full entablature and modillion cornice. 'l\·10 chirrmeys with corbeled caps and detailed \vith recessed panels rise from each end. I I''J HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1179 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY . .. BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ! Town No.: Tsite No.: HIST·6 AEV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ' UTM CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I (203) 566-3005 : I �·. DISTRICT . IF NA, SPECIFY 0 S 0 NR � 0 Aotoal D Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) I South United Methodist Church 1 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z I 0 Manchester Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and kx;ation) I I I (.) 1 226 Main Street/or u: ;::: 4. OWNER($) z South United Methodist Church 0 Public Q:g Private g (Present) (Historic) I w 5. USE church _lchurch EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE :YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 6. IX] 0 No @ Yos 0 No I TO PUBLIC: � �ccessible for church activities 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI y, DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Late Gothic Revival _I 1924 I MATERIAL($) (Jndica/9 use Whenappropriate) 08. Clapboard orlocation Asbestos siding 0 Other D D•""' (Speoify} 0 Wood Shingle D Asphalt siding [XJ Fieldstone I 0 Board & batten 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone sldlng Type: Type: I STRUCTURAL SYSTEM t """' 9. Y''': D Woodframe 0 Post andbeam 0 BaUoon IKl Load·beating masonry 0 Structural iron or steel D Other (Spedfy) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) t Gable Fl" 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth I a: 0 D I (.) (/) Gambrel Shed Hip "'""" Olh" D D D D D (Speoify} c w (Material) D Woodshingle D Roll 0 Tin [Xj Sl"' asphalt I Olher D Asphalt shingle 0 Bui!tup O nre 0 (Spodfy} 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 1 and 2 12. CONDITION I 0 Excellent (Strocturaf)IXJ Good 0 Fat• D Deteriorated !(ExtQ)Excellent 0 Good 0 Fal• 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? AL TERATfONS IF YES, EXPLAIN original site 0 Moved No0 I bJ [] D ,con temrorarv mucation" 1 ""' 1 rH na -' -' -' em \vP.st 14. RELATEDOn OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I v., I I 0 Barn D Shoo D Garage !;] 0th9f landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Cruriage D Shop 0 Garden house narthex located adiacent to church 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I ( n land D Woodland Residential D Scattered build!"" s visible from site r-/ kJ Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density I 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS IDeated on the corner of Main Street and Hartford Road, the church is adjacent to the residences and open space of the Great Lawn and across the street from canmercial and office use. (OVER) #71 17. and/orexterior) OTHER NOTABLE FEATIIRES OF BUILDING OR SITE ( lllterior The South United Methodist Church is a late G:>thic Revival-style chruch 1dth gable-end orientation and a nassive corner bell-tower. The church is constructed of I� coursed fieldstone. The facade and bell-tov1er are ariented to1�ard Hartford Roa.d. The church employs a modified T-plan 1·1ith a longer cross--gable section on the west elevation �· · connecting to a two-story educational 1dng. . . The facade is characterized by a large pointed-arch (four centered) opening 1dth arched I•IOCX'len double- I Arthur Eaton Hill 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The South United Methodist Church is architecturally significant as an excellent example of the late G:>thic Revival style applied to religious architecture. Although � the G:>thic Revival style reached the height of its popularity in the mid-19th century, I (3 it continued to be employed in institutional and religious architecture well into the �-- twentieth century. '!he church reflects nany features typical of the Gothic Revival style I � in its use of pointed arch lvindows, stained glass tracery 1·1ind01vs, buifresses, and to1·1er en 1�ith battlements. It also demonstrates the attributes of the late Gothic Revival in its use of a mon=hranatic color scheme of natural coursed fieldstone. '!he church is distinguished by its massive bell-to1·1er 1dth battlements, its large stained glass tracery 1·1ind01vs and its buttressing. '.!he church is the only example of the late Gothic Revival in the district, and one of the finest examples of religious architecture in Manchester. is in an excellent state of preservation. � The church is historically. significant as the church building of the South United �------�lt. Speiss and Bidwell, History of Manchester, pp112-114. sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1926. 'lb1m of Manchester, Assessor 1 s Records. 7-15-93 elevation ORGANIZATION 'lbwn of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Street Manchester CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FJELD EVALUATIONS ------l(:�;�i�}' � - -__U - -01- _ _ _ _ ------j:�f.l.!�EATS TO B Il NG OA SITE _ '� 0 0 Vandalism 0 D Oth&r______Noneknown Highways Developers f}] 0 0 0 Zoning Renewal Private Deterioration ExplanatiOn )sr--9 REV. 6183 {Back) #Ti " ST-:-6A REV 3-81 �------� I P'Oft OP'JII'ICI: U•ll ONLY STATE OF CONNECTICUT TOWN No.: , SITE NO.: UTM: I af-/-1-/-1-/- bNNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION QUAO: I )Uth Prospect Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 • ACTUAL POTENTIAL �·-;."TORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY FORM , pr Buildings and Structures CONTINUATION SHEET South United Methodist Church con 't 'cm numbcr#79 Date: 7 15 93 l, I 1117,. bell tower l·lhich rises above the apex of the roof. fue roof is covered in polychromatic slate. On the facade the apex of the gable end is topped with a cross. At the rear ! I of the church above the nave, a small steeple rises from the roof. Along the Main Street elevation are four pairs of pointed-arch stained-glass wind01qs. A ·stone buttress with concrete caps brace the i'/all on either side of each pair of windows. fue gable end of the cross gable oriented tQI>/arEl Main Street is dominated by a large pointed-arch tracery windo1q. 11i thin the 1qind01q are five trefoil windo1qs 1 the outer bays separated from the middle three by stone buttresses of similar I description. At the left of the facade is a massive square stone bell-t01qer. On the first level is an arched entryway 1·lith a recessed arched v.Delden door and fieldstone architrave. Above are two levels of rectangular stained-glass windo1vs set on ooncrete sills and topped by concrete lintels. fue bellfry level is markedy by large arch openings with tracery. The t01qer is topped byconcrete battlements. On the west elevation is a stone porte-cochere 1·1ith a shed roof detailed by a stepped parapet. Also on the west elevation . . is a two-story educational wing �1ith oontemporary addition. Methodist Church �ose oongregation has been active in Manchester since the eighteenth ·�- r··} century. Speiss and Bidwell trace the beginnings of Methodism in Manchester to the organization of a congregation in 1790. Beginning 1vi th six members meeting in the home of Thomas Spencer on Spenser Street, the membership grew to over 100 by 1820. In 1822 the congregation erected a meeting house on a site just east of the Congregational Church in the center. The Methodist congregation was very active in the al:: of the Methodist body withdre1v foll01·1ing the example of the Congregationalists1 to form a Methodist Church at the North Village."* In 1854 the oongregation moved to the present site at Main Street and Hartford Road 1qhere they constructed a ne1v meeting house. This building was used until the early 1920's �en the present stone church, designed by Arthur Eaton Hill, was constructed in 1924. II I I ·"- � independent agency attached to the Dept. of Education for Administrative purposes only. HIST-6A HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #80 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY ' BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT Town No.: I Site No.: H1ST·6 REV. CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I : I I ' I I SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT UTMI I I 59 06106 QUAD: (203) 566·3005 0DISTRICT 0. IF NR, 0SPECIFY 0 1. (Common) [Historic) S NR I Actual Potential BUILDING NAME 1 I 2. I z ManchesterTOWN CITY VILlAGE COUNTYHartford 0 ' � 3. (amilorlocalion) () I I 31-33STREET ANDMaple NUMBER street ·u: ;:: 4, z 0 [XJ Ul Lea,OWNEA{S) Fred P. & Albert g I 5. (Ptesent) (Historic} Publ� Pfivate - two residentialUSE - two family 1 residential family IZJ y., 0 0 I[! I 6. _jEXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD .!INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'IF YES, EXPlAIN 7.ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC; No Yos No Queen STYLE OFAnne BUILDING DATEc 1906OF CONSTRUCTION I 8. (/Miicaleuse or locationwhen appropri ate) I DMATERIAL{$} 0 0 D {Spe Aluminum Concrete Cut stone I 9. skiing Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM '''J IZJ D D I D Woodframe Post and beam 0 Balloon Load·bearing masonty Structural icon or steel D (Specify) z 0 10. Other(Type) I ;:: D. ROOF 0 D 0 a: IX] D () (/) Gable Flat Mansacd Monitor Sawtooth Ul D D D D D I 0 (Specify) Gambcel Shed Hip Round Othe< (Material) D D 0 no 0 I Wood shingle R�t Slate 0 01"'' � D asphalt D (Spe 11. Asphalt shingle Built up Tile 2 2 NfJMBER OF STORIES A43"�'�':'igF DIMENSIONS I 12. (Structural) (Exterior) E9 I "" 0 CONDITION 0 D 1 D t]o 0 D 13. ALTERATIONS • • Excel!ent Good Fair Deteriorated Excellent Fair Deteriorated alU!Ulnum s�ding i p:lr.ch bal..lstrade I � INTEGRJTY(Localion)0 - WHEN? E'jv.. D IIFYES, EX_PLAJN 14. On original site Moved J I No' D RELATED OUTBUILDINGSD OR LANDSCAPED FEATURES D {Specify) I D Barn D Sh"" D Garage Other landscapefeatures or buildings 15. Carriage Shop Garden house I •, D SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTD 0 D \ D Open rand D Woodlal"'d 0 Residential D Scatlered buildingsvisible from site t_/ Commerdal Industrial Rural High building density 16. LocatedINTERRELATIONSHIP in aOF BUILDINGresidential AND SURROUNDINGS neighborhood, not far fran the commercial district, it is one of three adjacent houses with the identical plan. I (OVER} #?o 17. QUlER NOTABLE FEAWRES.OFBUILOO/G OR SITE {/niPd � first story, two single windows of simil�r description on the second floor, and a pair of similar windows similar in plain surrounds centered in the gable. To either side is a one by one bay entrance porch composed of square columns supporting a plain architrave I § , and hipped roo�. A_ square ba!ustrade runs along the side of the porch. The entrance to each house is located in the cross gable. A llf'f!)t. paneled door with hght on top 1s sat 1n a molded surround. �jlf I� The secondstory has a slight flare at its base. The cross-gable elevation has four multi-pane over a single pane sash windows with t plain surrounds on the first story, two on the second, and one centered in the gable. The roof has a small overhang; molded rake boards cover the gable ends of the facade and cross-gables. An open rear entry porch is located on either end of the house. A I� chimney with comeled cap rises from the ridge line of either side of the cross-gable. ! I I ,--! ��-��� � = ------��= ��------18 .AA CHI TEC T .U lI DER Patrick Gorman 19.tjj§TOA.ICAL OR ('.RCHITEQTURALIMPORTANCF' • , 1 nis house rs archrtecturally signihcant an example of a basic double house type wh1ch was bu1H in great number in the neighborhood East of Main Street durio�g the late-19th and early 20th centuries. It is seen throughout the neighborhood in vernacular, Quean Anna, and Colonial Revival versions. This example illustrates its expression in the Queen Anne style through the usa of the I� popular Queen Anne-stylewindow motif of a small square panes surrounding a larger central square. The installation of aluminum siding hides the textural quality that w.3S acheived by the original siding of clapboard and wood shingle. (.) ii: It is historically significant as an example of the type of housing constructed by Cheney Brothers Silk Mills workers. Cheney I* employees were encouraged to build two-family houses, occupy on haH and rent the other half. This assisted the worker in affording the construction mortgage. "in the 19th Century, the property upon which this house, and #23-27 and #37-39 stand belonged to Daniel H. Eldridge, a farmer and large property owner on what is now Manchester's east side. In 1898, Eldridge's heirs transferred the property to Patrick Gorman, a local mason and contractor. This house was used as a rental property. In 1923 the family of a painter lived in #31, and two families, including a Cheney employee, Jived in # 33. The house remained in the possession of the Gorman family until l972. "' Town of Manchester, Records. Town of Manchester, land Records, vol. 142, p. 364. Ta.llldMan::hester,TownDfed!J!V,1923. 'Sutherland,Town of Manchester, Exp,nsion Survey of the Chaney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982. 8-13-93 NEGATI VE ONFILE E-30 1;; BarbaraA. lewis 8-13-93 ORGANIZATONI Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENTFIELD I I . riAEATS TO BUILDING OR SITE { kno',•.-n Q None 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 ""''"'""" 0 O!h" 0 Renewal 0 Prtvate 0 OeteOOration 0 z"""" Explanalioo ST-6 REV. 6/83(Back) ISTORIG RESOURCES INVENTORY #81 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES . Town No : I Site No : HIST·6 REV.6J83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ; . CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION uml ' I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: l _I I I (203) 566-3005 -· DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY Os NR ! Actual Potential rI 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) 0 0 0 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester Hartford 0 I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI or location} () 47 Maple Street I I u: ;:: 4, OWNER($) z Public [XI Private w Guinpero, Mary & Frances I g 5. USE (Present) (Historic) 0 residential - residential 6. tXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY J I IZJ y., No y., � No TO PUBLIC: / _ 7. STYLE OF BUILDING 0 I 0 I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Greek Revival l c 1872 8. I MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or location when app!opriare) E9 Clapboard Asbestos sidifl9 Bricl< Other 0 0 0 (Specify) I Woodshingle D Asphalt skiing Fieldstone 0 & 0 0 Board batten 0 Slooco 0 Cobblestone Aluminum CorlClete Cuts!one I 0 Siding 0 Type 0 Type: :•. 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM : I ·'00 Wood frame {X] Post and beam BaUoon Load·bearing ·masOIV)' 0 Structural Iron or steel 0 0 Other (Specify} z I 0 010. ROOF (Type) ii: Gable Flo! 0 Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: � () (/) 0 0 0 Gambrel Sh"' H;p Round Olh" I w " 0 0 0 0 0 (Specify) (Material) Wood shingle Roll Tin Slate I asphalt 0� Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 Other(Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES0 APPROXIMATE0 DIMENSIONS 0 I 2 � 48' X 32' 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exterio ) Excellent Qg Fair Deteriorated Fair Ooood D1 Excellent Ooood � D Deteriorated ALTERATfONS l I 013. INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? 0 IF YES, EXPLAIN original site porch; one story \·ling � On � y., No) 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS0 Moved OR lANDSCAPEI FEATURES I 0 I I Ba Sh"' tJ Garage · OtheFiandscape features or buildings (Specify) Carriagem Garden 0 0 Shop 0 house 015. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT0 0 I 0 Op-en land 0 Woodlend KJ Residential Scattered bwldmgs VISible from s11e Commercial Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density 016. INTERRElATIONSHIP0 OF BUILDING AND SUAROUNDJNQS 0 1// Located on a corner lot, the nouse faces Cottage Street, although it has a Maple Street address. It is situated am::>ng late nineteenth and early twentieth century houses. (OVER) #£/ "· "i'�r$'fW6�Hto/ft'\!�'b'lf/P�'S'ImlRMili'a�"irl\%�'1'6to/"B"pen porch which extends across the full facade. The porch, a later addition has two levels ofTuscan columnssupporting a plain architrave and a shed roof on the top level. Running between the columns is a turned balustrade with molded handrail. The porch's four bays are unevenly spaced to accomodate the central entry. The doorway has a paneled door set in a wide architrave. The windows flanking the doorand on the second story are 212 double-hung sash with wide surrunds and cornice cap. Corner postsdelineate each corner. The gable ends are deeply pedimented. Centered in each gable end is a 212 aHic window wnh plain surround. On the south elevation is a one-story hipped-roofaddition with a gable roof entry hood supported by brackets. ! I ------� �� D��------'--���S.�AA�C�JT�E�H C�T BUJL ER 19. . . l!IST.ORJ1 hiS houseCAL OR �RIS CarchitecturallyHIToCTURAL J�PQRTANQ,< Significant as an example of the Greek Rev1val style. Though the house has a Maple Street address, it is orlanted toward Cottage Street, thus ns gable ends are perpendicular to the street. Its symmetrical facade, central doorway, deeply pedimentedgables, and door surround are all typical features of the Greek Revival style. The two-story porch, though a later addition, is one of the few examples of a two-story full-facade Colonial Revival-style porch in the neighborhood East of Main Street. It is historically significant as an early example of workers housing in the neighborhood East of Main in which many of the Cheney Brothers Silk Mills employees lived. "In the 19th Century, the property upon which this house, and #23-27 and #37-39 .stand belonged to Daniel H. Eldridge, a farmer and large property owner on what is now Mancheste�s east side. In 1901 it was acquired by one Jane Manning who transferred it in 1919 to Joseph McCaughey, a native of Partadown, Ireland and a Cheney silk dyer, and his wife Elizabeth. TheMcCaugheys resided next door at #59, but apparently they sold the house in 1922 and moved into this one. They lived here wnh three other members of their family, al! Cheney employees. Me Caughey died in 1927 and his wife retained possession of the house until l931."' Town of Manchester, ffl Town of Manchester, Land Records, val. 119, p. 314. TcMndMao::hester,TO'M1D!edgy, l923. I� 'Sutherland, Town of Manchester, Expansion Survey of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982. (/) DATE 8-13-93 DATE 8-13-93 ADDRESS41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS � ------� f�rl�R����T� O�W�ILD�J NG�O=R�S=IT=E known , 0 D Vandalism 0 Developers 0 Other------§None Highways I] D Private 0 "''"""'""" 0 Zooing R•newaJ 6183 (Back) fl-6 REV. HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1182 ' , , FOR OFFICE USE ONLY !BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ! Town No.: HJST·6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : _j SitaNo,: : : UTM : : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:� (203) 566-3005 I I I DISTRICTI F NAJ SPECIFY r ! Os 0 NR r 0 Actual 0 Potential I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester .Hartford 0 _I , !;i 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andlor location) I () 60 Maple Street ii: ;:: 4. OWNER(SI z Public e9 Private w Chara, Bessie, et al. 0 9 I 5. USE (Present) (Histone) residential .1 residential 6. �XTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Ye' No Ye' [] No I TO PUBLIC: [ld 0 \ 0 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Greek Revival/Italianate I c.l860 I 8. MATERIAL($) (/Miicateuse or location when apptopriate) Clapboafd 0 Asbestos siding 0 Brick. 0 Other 0 (Specify) Wood shingle D Asph lt s!Oing Fieldstone I 0 � 0 0 Board & bal!en EJ Stucco 0 Cobb-lestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Tyl)e: Tyl)e: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ' l '' �� Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Ba loon I 0 Load·bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other {Speofy) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: a. Gable Flat 0 Mansard Monitor sawtooth ir m 0 0 0 () (/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 "'' 0 Round 0 Other I w (Specify) c (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin 0 State I asphalt Other G Asphalt shingle Built up Tile 0 0 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 20'x 36' plus wing 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exterior} 0 Excellent [Jl: GoOd 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated j 0 Excellent ugo<> 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT .· I 0 Open land 0 Woodland E9 Aeskfen!ial 0 Scattered buildings visible from site b_/ 0 Commercial lndustnal Aural High building density r 0 0 0 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential area anong houses dating from the mid-19th to the early�20th centuries. I (OVER) The house has a two-story two-bay main block with a side entry and a long two-story wing. The facade is composed of two bays ol 6/6 double-hung sash windows in molded surrounds on each story. The windows are flanked by shutters which appear to be a later addUion. The gable end is oriented toward the street and is deeply pedimented. The entry is one the west elevation The paneled door has 3/3 rectangular lights on top and is set in a molded surround. It appears to be a later addUion. -=- The two-story wing has Us entry on the left bay. The paneled doorwUh paired round-arched lights is sat in a wide �� surround. The two 6/6 double-hung sash windows wUh molded surrounds on each level are not symmetrically placed. The D. all's gable and has returns. Extending along the west elevation of the main blockand in front of the ell is an L-shaped � Italian ate-style entry porch. Turned posts are braced by intricate scroll-sawn brackets wUh drop pendants and carry a plain ' (/) w archUrave and hipped roof. A turned balustrade with molded handrail runs along the front of the porch. One bay of the , I 0 porch has been enclosed. A chimney w�h corbeled cap rises from the ridge line of the main block and ell. 19. I This house is architecturally significant as an example of the Greek Revival style. The facade's orientation and its deeply pedimented gable, as well as the gable returns on the wing, are all typical features of the Greek Revival style. H also provides one of the finest examples of an Halianate-style porch with �s turned poasts and intricate scroll-sawn brackets with I �z drop pendants. Though the original siding was covered by stuccoand part of �s porch enclosed, the residence still C3 illustrates both the Greek Revival and ltalianate styles of the mid-19th century. u: I* "In 1872 Cheney Brothers transferred the property upon which this house and #66-68 stand to John Mahoney, a Cheney employee. In 1900 his widow, Hannah, ;ived here with her stepson, a mason, and two boarders, one a mason, the other a builder. In 1923 the stepson , John, still !ived here with his wife. He may have built #66-68. The house remains in possession of Mahoney's descedndents." Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maos of Manchester, 1919, 1926. "' w Townof Man'ch.ester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Land Records, val. 127, p. 525. I �0 TOMld Mardleslef,Town Di'oc!;xy.1923. "' 'Sutherland, Town of Manchester, Expansion Survey of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982. �-�======�------� I::::�·Uil�G:;"::,: o Vand"� o o...�.. o ''""------®_;��m· f] Renewal 0 Private 0 O&terioration D Zoning Exptanation IST·6 REV. 6/8.3(Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #83 FOR 'USE ONLY 'BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES 'Town No.c SHe No.: 6183 HIST·6 REV. J STATE OF CONNECTICUT : I : I : I : I : I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION "™I : I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 louAD; I \ {203) 566·3005 I NR, SPECIFY _0 In"'"'"'"' s 0 NR I" Actuar 0 Potential (Hi,loric} "· I I I 2. iLLAGE COUNTY z 0 r 3. (ondl"'/cc.lion) I � STREET AND NUMBER I () ii: h'>-h7 M"nlP � 4. 0 Public [1g Private w Knt-"rh >1 �1 .Tr I 9 (P'"'"'i (Hi,oric) 5. USE 1 r<>i ""'nt-i " ���' -"�-H "l !::.)';;ti:HJUJi 6. VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD F YES:ExPL.i.iN �g�'ii'.��L/TY y., I lKJ 0 No I 0 Ye• �No I T v• I'· STYLE OF I DATE Uirt-nri"n "' >hr r.1R7S 8. (fndiC 0 Aluminum 0 Coooete 0 Cut stone I Siding Type: Type: o• _SYSTEM ·.':' 19. ' and r � WrxxJ frame 0 Post beam 0 Balloon 0 load·bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) t FloJ G Gable 0 0 Mansaro 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth 0: () (/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 Hip 0 Rouoo 0 Oth" I w ) c (Spedfy {Material) Tin 0 Woodshingle 0 Roll 0 D Slate I asphalt Oth Qn1e Q Asphalt shingle 0 BuiJt up 0 (Spedly)" 11. I I 2-l, 331 X 401 "· ,. Good t E c Excellent 0 Deteriorated Ex enent [XjGood 0 0 Deteriorated 0 []: Fair D I xtOJ Fair 13. AU I l"•cunh WHEN? XPLAIN On G original site 0 Moved []Yes 0 NrE • 14. RELATED I ;QRI 0 Bam 0 Shed Garage 0 Other landscape featU/es or buildings Specify) I @ ( 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15.: ENVIRONMENT I 0 Open/and 0 Woodland 89 Residential 0 Scaltered buildings visible from site ,_/ 0 Rural r CommerCial 0 lndusltial 0 0 High building density 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS houses built primarily Located in a residential neighborhcxx:l arrong one and t\-;'0-family in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (InteriorancVor exterior) This two-story 3 x 3 bay double house is oriented with its gable ends perpendicular to the street. H has a one-story porch which extends across the facade. The porch is composed of Tuscan columns carrying a plain architrave and hipped I� roof. A square balustrade and molded handrail runs between the columns. A small section of balustrade runs between the paired doors to divide the porchin two sections; this section is punctuated by a newel post with ball finial. The central paired doors are set in a plain surrounds. The doors are paneled with a large rectangularlight at top. All the windows are 1/1 double-hung sash with plain surrounds flanked by shutters. They are located to either side of the paired entries on the first story; on the second story a single window occupies the outer bays while the central bay is paired. The side elevations are three-bays. On the first story are two 1/1 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds and a side door sheltered by an Hal ian ate style entry hood of scroll brackets supporting a hipped roof. The second story of the side elevations has three windows and the attic story has one centered in the gable. The roof has a slight overhang. Two chimneys with corbeledcaps rise from the ridge line. The house is architecturally significant as a well-preserved example of a Victorian Vernacular two-family house which is characterized by its simple building plan and minimal detailing. The overhang of the roof and ltalianate-style entrance hoods I� are also features typical of a Victorian Vernacular dwelling. Hs well proportioned porch is a very good example of a Colonial z Revival style porch, a popular addition to houses in the early 20th century. t3 H is historically significant as an early example of workers housing in the neighborhood East of Main in which many of the I� Cheney Brothers Silk Mills empioyees lived. "An 1869 map indicates that the property uponwhich this house stands probably u; belonged to Daniel H. Eldridge, a farmer and large landholder in what is now Mancheste�s east side. Hs ownership at the turn-of-the-century is unclear, but one of the dwellings was rented by an Irish-born loomfixer, and his wile, and five sons. In 1903 John Kotsch, a German-born Cheney employee, and his wife Anna, purchased the house and they transferred it to their two Cheney-employed sons, Samuel and Jacob in 1914. They each lived in the house; Samuel married a daughter of Jacob Bensche who lived in #59. The house remains in the possession of Samuel·s son. Thus three generations of the same family have lived in this house. Atlas of Hartford and Tolland Counties, Connecticut, 1869, en Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maos of Manchester. 1919, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. I�_ Town of Manchester, Land Records, vo!. 168, p.431 Sl TOM!d�.Tov.n()ig;by.l923. 'Sutherland, Town of Manchester, Expansion Survey of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982. I i ...., (· THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE G;·-_,- lX] N known D Vandalism one 0 Highways [] D 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Y" GJ 0 No y., IKJ I TO PUBLIC: l 0 No 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Victorian Vernacular cl880 8. I MATERIAL(S} (Indicateuse or lOcation when appropriate) I Oth" [29 Clapboard 0 Asbestos Siding 0 Briel< 0 (Specify) 0 Wood shingle 0 Asph:tt siding 0 Fieldstone I & Cobblestone 0 Board ballen 0 Stu= 0 0 Aluminum 0 Conctete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ,. 'Q Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon 0 Load·bearing masorvy 0 Structural iron or steel (Specify) 0 Other z O. {Type) I 0 1 ROOF t Q Gable Flat Mansard 0 Monitor D Sawtooth a: 0 0 () Sh'"' (/) 0 Gambrel 0 H;p 0 Round 0 Other w 0 (S-ly} I 0 (Material) WoodShingle "" Slate 0 0 Roll 0 0 I asphalt Other []}: Asphalt shingle Tile 0 Bui!tup 0 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 1.1 21' x37' 12. CONDJTION (Strvctural} I (Exterior) 0 Excellent QGood 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent OGood �Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. T£RA TfONS I � INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? AL IF YES, EXPLAIN On original site 0 Moved I 0 y., 0 No'I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I (Specify) Barn ShO 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density \. 1·/16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood among single and tv1o-family four and early 20th centuries. One of houses dating from the late 19th 23) (OVER) ns on Ma le Street (109) (119) (1 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUIL DING OR SITE (lnteOOr ard!fXexteri«) This three-bay one-and-a-ha� bay cottage has a shed roofed porch which extends almost across the entire facade. A low shingled wall supports square columnswith capitals that carl)'a plain architrave and shed roof. The entl)', on the left bay, is a paneled door in a plain surround. The central and right bay a 616 double-hung sash windows In plain surround. Centered in the upper stol)' is one 6/6 double-hung sash window with plain surround. On the east and west elevations are two 6/6 double-hung windows with two 312 fixed sash attic windows. On the west elevation is a gable-roof domer with a 3/3 double-hung sash. The roof has a small overhang; eaves are boxed. I This house is architecturally signnicant as an example of the Victorian Vernacular. Its simple rectangular massing, roof overhang, and simple porch are typical of Victorian Vernacular residences. Minimal detail, also typical of the style, is found I� in the boxed eaves and square columns with capitals. <( 0 The house is one of four cottages with identical plans buitt along Maple Street. In the early 20th centul)', it was the home I� of Ernest Crawshaw, an employee of Cheney Brothers Silk Mills. I r· . Sanborn Map Company Insurance Maos of Manchester.. 1919.1926, "' Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. w I� Ta.vnd�. TCM!lDr!:ct:!y. l923. "' CT 06040 ------{ ------1·-";�R���'"T�O�B�U�ILD� IN�G� O"R�S�IT� E ------� lJ known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 D ------None Developers Other fJ D 0 0 Zoring Renewal Private Oeterioratk>n Explanation JST.Q REV. 6.'83 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY f!85 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES / Town No.: j Site No.: HIST·6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT : 6183 UTM I I I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I _L I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566·3005 I I I DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY -,��- I 0 S 0 NR o A�ool 0 Potential � I 1. BUJ DING NAME {Common) 1 (Historic) I TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 2. I Hartford 0 Manchester I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and location) I I {) 31-33 Norman StreetI or ii: � OWNER(S) 0 Public [;d Private 4.Eagleson, Isabell s I USE (Present) (Historic) w 5. t\vo-family residential l two-family residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY Yos 0 No 0 IKJ No I TO PUBLIC; fXJ I __[ STYLE OF BUILDINGI y,. DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Colonial Revival cl925 I MATEAIAL(S) (fndicateuse or location when apPropriate) I 08. Clapboa & 0 Aluminum fXJ Conctete rock-facefU Cut stone siding Type: Type: I h STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. 1,,._! 0 Woodframe 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon .._ fXJ Load·bealing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 ROOF (Type) ii: 10. 0 Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: {) � (/) 0 Gambrel 0 ShO 0 Woodshingle 0 Roll 0 0 Slate I asphalt Tio Other JliJ Asphall shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 (SP«fly) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2� 36' X 40' I 11. CONDITION (Structural) I (Extenor) 012. Excellent E:J Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated /1 0 Excellent (3 Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I JNTEGAJTY{Locafion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN 13.E9 On original site 0 Moved 0 Yos [] No0 RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 14. I 0 Barn 0 ShO •. 15. I 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scanered buildings visible from site 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High buildingdensity (r' 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood comprised primarily of single and b;o-family homes built in the early 20th century. I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (lnteri.:lrand'ore�eriof} This two-and-a-hall story three-bay house, sheathed in rock-faced ocncrete blocks, has a "Four Square' plan and two-story porch. The entry porch extends across the entire facade. Tuscan oclumns rise from a low wall ol rock-faced ocncrete block, with pilasters at the corner and entry bays, to support a plain architrave and hipped roof. On the seocnd story the porch occupies only the center bay; Tuscan oclumns rise from a low wooden wall to support plain architrave and hipped roof. The central entry is comprised of a paneled door wtth a large rectangular light in a wide wooden surround. The entrance bay is flanked by 1/1 double-hung sash windows in a plain surround wtth wooden lintels and sills. The second story arrangement is the same, wtth the door providingaccess to the porch. The hippedroof has a slight overhang. Centered in the attic level is a hipped-roof dormer sided in clapboard wtth a pair of 1/1 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is archttecturally signtlicantas an example of the 'Four Square; a variety of the Colonial Revival style used primarily for residential archttecture. t• symmetrical facade, massing, hipped roof, dormers, and simple detailing are all characteristic of the Four Square. The use ollintels and Tuscan oclumns makes reference to the classically inspired detail I <�� employed by the Colonial Revival style. This is the few examples of Four Square house wtth one central entry included in the 0 survey. This house was etther bui� as a one-family house and ocnverted to two-family use, or contains separate entrances U: within the house. The residence is also notable for tts use of a rock-faced ocncrete block, a building material enjoyed some I* populartty in the early 2oth century. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Reco;ds. Town of Manchester , TownDirectorv, 1926 . PHOTOGRAPHER CT06040 , _ _ rtEATSTO BUILDING OR SITE ..--- 0 Noneknown 0 H;grr.. ys 0 V-lism 0 Rene-Nal 0 Private 0 Deteriota!ion 0 Zoring Explanatioo �T-{)' REV. 6183 (Bad\) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #86 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ) Town No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I SileNo.: UTM I I I I - CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION \ \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I : I (203) 566-3005 ) DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY Os 0 NR ' D Actual D Potential r� 1. BUI�D!NG NAME (Common) (Historic) 1 2. TOWN I CITY VIllAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI orlocation) I I (,) 115-117 Oak Street u: ;:: 4, OWNEA(S) z Public [!] Private w Florek, Helen & Leslie 0 g I 5. USE (Ptesent) (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY y., Y" IX] No I TO PUBLIC: \ IIX} 0 No ! 0 " 7. STYLE OF BUILDING I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Italianate c 1872 I 8. MATERIAL(S) (Indicate use orlocation when appropn'ate) I 0 ClapOoard I:KJ Asbestos siding IK] Brickfound. 0 Other (Specify) I 0 WOOIJ shingle 0 Aspllalt siding 0 Fleldstone 0 Board & balten 0 Stuoco D Cobblestone D Aluminum 0 Coocrete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM �·· r )� Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Banoon 0 Load·baafing masonry 0 Structural iton or steel 0 Olher (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: 0. 0 Gable 0 A" 0 Mansard 0 Monilor 0 Sawtoolh a: (,) "' 0 Gambrel 0 Shod []j Hip 0 Rouod 0 Other I w (Spec;lyf c (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Rol l 0 Tin 0 Sl"' I asph an Other IX) Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 (Spec;ty) 11. NUMBER Of STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 34'x63' 12. CONDITION (Structural) I x l t e9 Good 0 E el en 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated Excellent n Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. JNTEGAITY(Location}c WHEN? ALTERATIONS IFl(£xts) YES. EXPLAIN • • I � porch; s�ding; entry On original site 0 Moved l e9 Yos 0 No) l 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I 0 Barn 0 Shoo 0 Garage (] Other lancscape features or buildings (Specify) hedge at front 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 0 Open lanO 0 Woodland � Residential 0 Scaltered buildingsvisible from site ( 0 Commerdal 0 Industrial 0 Aural 0 High building density l;/16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Spaciously sited on a double lot along a street of homes dating fran the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I (OVER) 17. T =ER NOTABLE FEA URES OF 8UII.OINGORS (TEj(n]'noqn&Me>tedo<) . . . . , 1 ne neuse IS composeo 01 a two-story uve-oay ma1n block With a low-p1tched hipped roof and a h1pped roof porch extendmg across the facade; at rear is a two-stOJy ell with a one-story entry porch. The central entry consists of a paneled door in a molded surround. To either side are two bays of 212 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds. On the second story are five bays of windows of similar description. The hipped roof h<.s an overhang which is detailed with paired curvilinear brackets. The porch, a later addition, is comprised of a low shingled wall supporting square columns, a cornice embellished with brackets of a similar oonfiguartion, but small scale, and a hipped roof. 3�., . e. The side elevations have three unevely spaced bays of 212 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds. Two attic windows punctuate the attic elevation. At rear is a two-story three-bay ell with a similar windows and brackets at the oornice level. The ell's entry porch is similar to the front porc!1, a low shingled wall supports square oolumns, a bracketed cornice and hipped roof. ------r,� ��� ------, ---t�,B�.�I AR� C�H� IT�EC�T�-- -- 8UI LD ER 19. lj!STORICAL OR.ARCHITE,CTURAL l�iPOA.TAN,QE I he house Js architecturally s1gnrticant of one of the best examples of a two-family Italian ate house in the neighborhood East of Main Street. It is one of the few examples having a low-pitched hipped roof. The overhang of the roofs and porches are detailed with paired curvilinear brackets, a feature typical of the ltalianate style. The ell echos the details of the main block, but in a smaller scale. The porch is a later addition, but is a good example of a turn-of-the-century porch. Though the siding masks some of the architectural z il'll§ detail, the house still maintains much of its original character. It is historically significant as an early example of workers housing in the neighborhood East of Main in which many of the Cheney Brothers Silk Mills employees live�. "Cheney Brothers may have purchased the property on which this house stands from Daniel H. (/) I� Eldridge, a farmer and large landholdeJ on what is now Mancheste(s east side. In 1900 the firm rented the house to a French-born Cheney silk designer, his wffe, and four children, and he oontinued to live there for the first three decades of the 20th century. The house was purchased in the 1937 auction by Harold T. Keating, a state deputy shefiff, who lived at #183 Oak."" I Town of Manchester, Records. (/) Town of Manchester, Land Reoords, vaL 125, p.283. Tov.nd Man::hester,Town Diroory, 1923. 0 'Sutherland,Town of Manchester, Expansion Survey of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, Phase Two, 1982. I�(/) Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 I,·, REATS TO BUILDING OR SITE J known L.] � Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration D Zoning Explanation ST·8 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #87 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: REV.M3 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I UTM I rH CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I ' I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566·3005 I I DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY S NA Aot"'l 0 Potential :;:.-· 0 0 0 f" BUILDING NAME (Commoo) (Historic} I t. 1 CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 2. TOWN I Hartford 0 Manchester I 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and loCation} � I I (.) 183 Oak StreetI or u: ;::: OWNER($) z Public [!] Private I 4. Kaplan, Victor 0 g (Historic) w USE (Ptesent) 5. residential l residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN I ACCESSIBILITY No ) TO PUBLIC: !)(] 0 No 0 Q STYLE OF BUILDINGI y,. I y., I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION I 7. Victorian Vernacular c.l885 MATER!Al(S) (Indicateuse lOcationwhen appropriate) I 08. C�pboatd or D Asbestos skiing 0•""' 0 Oth01 (Spedfy) pha I � Wood shingle 0 As lt siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board batten 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone & 0 Alummum 0 Concrete D Cutstone I siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I 9. I 0 Woodframe D Post andbea m D Balloon 0 Load-bearing masonry D StrvcturaJ Iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) I z 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: Gable Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: IKJ 0 0 0 0 (.)0.. �" I (/) 0 Gambfel 0 Shed 0 Hip 0 Round 0 Other (Specify) Q w (Material) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin 0 Slate asphalt Other IKI Asphalt shingle 0 Buiit up 0 THe 0 (Spedfy) . I NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 11. 2i CONDITION (Structural) I (ExterkJr) 012. Ex�Uent Qooo0 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 0 Excellent Qooo0 0 Fair D Deteriorated I JNTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN ' bJ13. On originalsite D Moved 0 Ye• Q No0 RElATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 14. I 0 Bam 0 Shed IKI Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house I SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 15. 0 Open�oo 0 Woodland IKI Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density b< 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood among one and bw-family houses dating primarily from the late 19th and early 20th century. I {OVER) 17. ThisOTHER house NOTABLE has FEATURES a rectagular OF BUILDI mainNG OR block SITE (lnteriorandlorextOOor) wnh ns gable oriented toward the street. The first story has three bays. The offset entry, located on the left bay, is romprised of a paneled door in a plain surround. To the rights are two 1!1double-hung sash in a plain surround. Two windows of similar description are on the second floor, and one window is centered in the l'g' gable end. A hipped roof porch extends almost across the full facade. Square columns rise from a low shingled wall to support a plain archnrave and hipped roof. A The steeply pnched roof overhangs; the eaves are boxed and molded rakeboards embellish the gable. A corbeled �j/ chimney rises from the ridge line. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. ThisHISTORICAL house OR isARCHITECTURAL architecturally IMPORTANCE significant as a good example of the Victorian Vernacular style. Its simple rectangular massing, steeply pitched roof with overhang, and simple porch are typical of Victorian Vernacular residences. Minimal ornamentation, also typical of the style, is found in the molded rakeboards. 1?1� z (3 In the early 20th century this house was the residence of James and Anna Keating; James Keating was employed by I� Cheney Brothers. In the 1920's Anna Keating, a widow lived there with G. M. Keating, a nurse. (/) tlliiih \J) Town of Manchester, TownDiregorv, 1923. (/) Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Mapsof Manchester,1926, w Town of Manchester, Assessor's Reccrds. I� (/) Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS41 Center Manchester, CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FJELD EVALUATIONS 1 ---- -__------L .. J:fii:iE:�i:i�:SsT.:;;;;;;•u;;;J -;;�;;;, N;;G ";:;o;"h'":;;r:;-, 0 vM 6. iTER lOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY y., I l [3 0 No 0 Ye' IXJ No '' TO PUBliC: 7. STYLE OF BUILDING I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival cl910 8. JocaUon I MATEAJAL(S) (Indicate use or when appropriate) I 0 Clapboard [] Asbestos siding 0 "''"' 0 Other (Spgcify) 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fietdstone I 0 Wood shingle & 0 Board batten 0 S\UCCQ 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I j � Wood frame 0 Post and beam t3 Balloon 0 Load-bearing masorry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) < ii: 0 Gable 0 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 SaW1ooth iE A" {) (f) 0 Gambrel 0 Shod QHip 0 Rouod 0 Other I w (Specify) c (Material) Tin 0 Wood shingle D Roll 0 0 Slate I asphalt Other [3: Asphalt shingle 0 Built up D Tile 0 (Sp«cify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2� 12. CONDITION (StlVCtural) I (Exterior) 0 Excellent Qoood 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent [XjGood 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated ALTERATIONS > I 13. !NTEGRITY(l.ocalion) WHEN? IF YES, EXPlAIN 0 On original site 0 Moved _] 0 Ye' 0 No 14. RElATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPE FEATURES I I 0 Barn Garage Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) I 0 Shod [] 0 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I . 0 Open land 0 Woodland [] ResidenHal 0 Scauered buildings visible from site \ 0 Commerdal 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density 1/ 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood among one and two-family houses dating from thE< late 19th and early 20th centuries I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interiorand/or exterior) This four-bay two-story double-house employs a "Four Square" plan wah a hipped roof and full-facade porch. The porch is comprised of a low-shingled wall wah columns carrying a plain architrave and hipped roof. Centered over the entry bay of the porch is a gablet. The outer bays of the first story are 1/1 double-hung sash windows in a plain surrounds. The inner 1�- bays are the entries comprised of paneled doors wah rectangular upper lights in molded surrounds. On the second story, 1two 1/1 double-hung sash windows are evenly spaced in the facade. The hipped roof has a slight overhang. Centered in the attic story is a gable-roof dormer wah paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows topped by a deeply pedimented gable. The side elevations have four windows on the first story; three on the 1�6!i: second. Gable roof dormers, centered in the attic of the side elevation, have a single 1/1 sash window. At rear is a �� one-story porch. c 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is archaecturally sign,:icant as an example of the "Four Square; a variety of the Colonial Revival style used primarily for residential archaecture. tts symmetrical facade, massing, hipped roof, dormers, and simple detailing are all characteristic of the Four Square. The deeply pedimented gable of the dormers and the gablet on the porch make reference g to the classically-inspired detailing employed by the Colonial Revival style. This example is a double house, a form easily I{3 accomodated by the Four Square. I�(/) Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. (/) Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. w I�(/) Barbara A. Lewis Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 , SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS l L;.d Nonekoovm 0 Highways Yanda� Developers Otllef 0 ______0 0 ______l···iJ·mRiEA;;;;r,TSiiTrco;;iBiiUI;;;LD'lliiN>UG;";O;;R,-;S;;IT'OE------{csi�_ 1J Renewal 0 Privata Explanation �T-6 REV. 6183 (Bad<) HISTORIG RESOURCES INVENTORY #89 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES I Town No.: site No.: HJST-6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT :/' 6/83 : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION ur�j J I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I I (203) 566·3005 I .• .\ DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY s 0 0 NR OA D Potential r,· �"' 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 {Historic) I 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z I 0 Manchester Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and lor k>Cation) I I () Oak u: 238-240 Street f= OWNEA(S) z 0 Publk; Private w 4. Roser, 1'/alter & Nancy Q I g 5. USE (Present) (Historic) two-family residential 1 tlo.D-family residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBUC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY [13 y., I TO PUBLIC: 0 No / 0 [X) No 'F STYLE OF BUILDING Y" DATE OF CONSTRUCTION I I · 7. Colonial Revival cl910 I MATER/Al(S) (lndiCCJte use lOCation when appropn'ate) I 8. or 0 Clapboard Q:g Asbestos siding 0 "'"" 0 Other (Specify) 0 0 I Wood Shingle 0 Asphalt siding Fieldstone & 0 Board batten 0 0 Cobblestone SIV= 0 Aluminum • 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I s!Oing Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9, I / Gl Wood frame 0 Post and beam Gl Balloon 0 Load·bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z 10. I 0 ROOF (Type) !i: 0 Gable 0 Flat D Mansard 0 Momtor 0 Sawtooth a: () Oth" IJ) 0 Gambrel 0 Shed (]:H;p 0 Round 0 I w Cl (Specify) (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tio D Slate I asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Built up 0 Tile l3Sl 0 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2-!;- 461 X 381 12. CONDITION (Structuraf) I (Extenor) Good , 0 Excellent GJ 0 Fair 0 Deteri I 0 Open land Residential 0 Woodland 13 0 Scattered buiklingsvisible from site 0 C<>mmerdaf 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density �/ 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood among one and two-family houses built primarily in the early 20th century. I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BU ILDI NG OR SITE (lnteriorandlorexterior) 'Ibis t=-and-a-half story eight-bay double house is characterized by the bx:>-story bay 1dndows flanking a central t=-story porch. At the center of the facade is a two-story bx:>-bay porch canprised of slender colUJTU1s carrying a plain architrave A topped by a hipped roof on the second story. Turned balustrades define the edge of \ijjV �" : the porch. Centered in the facade are the entries comprised of paneled doors with oval lights in a molded surround flanked by three-quarter sidelights. l o li: either side of the porch are �1ide bx:>-story bay 1·1indows with 1/1 double-hung 'lb I� sash windrn1s in plain surrounds topped by pent =oss gables. Centered in each gable is a 1/1 double-hung sash window in a plain surround. each side elevation is a en one-story enclosed entry porch• . I 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTA NCE This house is architecturally significant as an example of the Colonial Revival style applied to a b1o-farnily residential dwelling. 'lhe syrrmetry of the massing and � the facade, use of colurrms, and pedimented gables are all features corrmon to the (3Z� I Colonial Revival style. This house plan of a rectangular block 1d th central porch and �� entries flanked by tiro-story bay 1dndrn1s is seen 1�ith some frequency throughout the neighborhood. 'Ibis is one of the best examples of this double-house type. 'j!2(/) r· of Manchester, Assessor's Records. T01m I�"'w (/) A. Le1�is elevation D-15 of Manchester TOim Manchester cr 06040 ' ------, � ------.-rH·�"'"'Ts""r"'o__, .,---____- -, EA BUI LD ING OR SI TE ccJ of] Nonaknown 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Developers [] 00�------� Renewal 0 Private D Deterioratiofl 0 Zoning Explanation !sT-6 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1/90 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES B Town No.: Site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT / CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I ' uml 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566·3005 I I : I I I DISTRICTI . IF NR, SPECIFY '( D s D NR D A''"'' D Potential 1. BUILDING NAME {Common) (Historic) I l -- I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 Manchester Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/cr loc I 0 Board & batten D SW<= 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone siding Type: Type: I . 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM � ::;, .IKJ Woodframe D Post and beam � Balloon -·=-· I Structural iron or steel D Load·bearing masonry D D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type} i= a. Gable Fl" Mansard Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: D D D D (.) "' Gambrel She D Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 no 0 Slate asphalt I Olh" Asphalt shingle Bullt up 0 Tile [X) D D (S-ly) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROX MATE DIMENSIONS I 1 1 : 12. CONDITION'F)IIUCtural) I {E t ) 0 Excellent IKJ Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 x0 Excellent IK]Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES. EXPLAIN I On original site Moved N � 0 D v.. IKl 0 14. AE\.ATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I D Barn D Shed IXl Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify} D Carriage Shop D Garden house D 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I D Open land D Woodland IXl Residential D Scattered buildings visible from site �· 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural D High building density )j 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated on a �10oded site, the house is in a residential neighborhood among houses dating from the early 20th ceTitilry. I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABlE FEATURES OF BUILDING bR SITE (Interior and/orexterior) This one-and-a-half story bungalow has a hipped roofand a gable-roof enclosed entry porch on the left bay. The door is flanked by 212 fixed sash windows in plain surrounds. Molded rake boards embellishthe gable end of the entry porch. On the right of the main block is a triple 3/3 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds. Centered in the atlic is a hipped roof ll. dormer with paired 111 double-hung windows in plain surrounds. The roofoverhangs and has exposed rafters. The side elevations have hipped roof dormers with paired 1/1 double-hung sash windows. A rectangular bay window with I� ,z hipped roof is located on the west elevation. A brickexterior chimney rises from the west elevation. 12 li: ' "' I�w I c I This house is architecturally significant as one of the best examples of a bungalow in the East Side neighborhood. �s low pitched hipped roof, overhanging roof with exposed rafters, dormers, and exterior chimney are all features typical of the bungalow style. The molded rake boardson the porch gable and rectangular bay window are also typical of the style. The bungalow has not been altered and is in an excellent state of preservation. I Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester , Town Directorv, 1923. !3 I� "' Town of ADDRESS 41 Center ) \• t"HREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE @ � ) Nona krtoorn D Highways 0 Vandalism 0 06YeJopers [] 00�------ IJ Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration D Zoning Exp!anatiofl ' I ST-6 REV.6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1!91 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY !BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: HJST·S REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ; : I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM! I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566·3005 I I I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY �.,.I I Os 0 NR 0 Actual 0 Potential i 1. BUILDING NAME {Common) (Historic) 1 I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester Hartford 0 � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/orlocalion) I u 18 Pearl street I I u: ;:: 4. OWNER(S) z Public Private w Pearl, Mae 0 XJ 9 I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY [J ves No Yes liJ No I TO PUBLIC: 0 ! 0 . 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Queen Anne cl890 I B. MATEAIAL(S) {Indicate use or location when apptopriate) I !KJ Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding 0 Brick 0 Other {Specify) � I � Wood shingle D Asph lt siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board & batten 0 S!UC«l 0 Cobblestone D AlUminum D Concrete 0 Cut stone I sidmg Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I ��, g Wood frame D Post and beam 0 Balloon 0 Load·bearir.g masoruy 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: a. Gable Flat D Mansard Monitor D SaWlooth a: g 0 0 u "' GamDre! Shed Hip Round Other w 0 0 0 0 0 I c {Specify) (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 RoU 0 Tin 0 Slate I asphalt Other IXJ Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 12. CONDlTION (Siructural) I (E e ior) 0 Excef!ent 0 Good Q Fair 0 Oeterklrated 1 xt0r Excellent Oo<>od [}j Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. tNTEGRITY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN g On original site 0 Moved _j 0 Yes []: No01 14. RELATED OUTBUILOJNGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other JarKlscape features or buikfings (Specify) 0 Carriage Shop Garden house 0 0 IJ 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONt.tENT 0 Open land 0 Woodland � Aeskfential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site 0 Commercial 0 lrn:lustrial 0 Rural 0 High building density r 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Situated on a 1·10oded property, it is the first residential property. I {OVER) #'1! 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE {lntedofandlorexteti«) This two-and·a·half story three-bay residence has a rectangular block wnh a wide clipped cross gable and a shed roof porch which extends across the facad,. Turned posts braced by brackets support a plain archnrave and hipped roof. A square balustrade defines the edge of the porch; a newel post wnh ball finial defines the entrance bay. The door, located on the left bay, is paneled with a rectangular light on top set in a plain surround. The two windows on the first story, and three on the secondstory are 212 double-hung sash windows wnh plain surrounds. On the east side elevation is a window with a large square glazing surrounded by smaller squares. On the side elevations, the gables are clipped and pent. Centered in the gable end below the clipped gable is a rectangular attic window. The cross gable is clipped wnh rake boards incised in a decorative motif embellishing the edge. The center portion clipped gable extends farther and is braced by curvilinear brackets; a molding runs between the brackets to define a rectangle on the facade. 19. HISTORICAl OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This house is archnecturally significant as an unusual example of a Queen Anne-style residence. U has a rectangular massing with one cross gable, but ns unusual roof line created by clipped and pent gables gives the impression of a more � complex massing, typical of the Queen Anne style. Also typical of the Queen Anne style is the combination of different building materials • clapboarding on the· first two stories and wood shingle in the gable ends. It also employs a glazing pattern _ 1-uz typical of the style. The unusual roof tr�atment is probably the workof a local builder to embellish an otherwise simple house g; plan. The house has not been aUered, but is threatened with deterioration by lack of periodicmaintenance. I� During the 1920's this house was thG residence of John Dougan, a dyer employed at Cheney Brothers. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. l[{l Town of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. () a: 1£ PHOTOGRAPHER ;�EATS TO BUILDING OR SITE · . l, , None known 0 Highways Private D Renewal 0 � Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation ST·6 REV. 6183 (Back) iSTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY /192 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY rUllDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: site No . HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT j : ' UTM : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I _ '. 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD I I I : I I I I (203) 566·3005 . DISTRICT:_] ' IF NR, SPECIFY >:--;;.·· ! O s 0 NR D Actual 0 Potential ' I 1. BUILDING NAME (CommOII) (Historic) 1 I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY Manchester Hartford 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andloriOCli.Iion) I Ia!;: I u 68-70Pearl Street 4. OWNER($) Pubtlc Private w v & p Construction Company D Q g I� 5, USE (Present) (Historic} ' i two-family residential 1 two-family residential 1 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY liJ Y s 0 No 0 No I TO PUBLIC: / y., lU I 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI o DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Queen Anne � cl890 I 8. MATERIAL(S) (Indicate use or location when appropriate) Q Clapboard D Asbestos siding 0 Brick 0 Other (Spgdfy} � Wood shingle 0 Asph lt siding 0 Reldstone I � 0 Board & batten 0 S'"cco 0 Cobblestone ' 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon ._ _..-· i'i) @ 0 load·beariog masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) I z 0 10. ROOF (Type) IX] Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Mo itor 0 Sawtooth n I�(/) D Gambrel 0 Shed 0 Hip D Rou 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density 1/ 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood among one and two-family houses dating primarily from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I {OVER) 17, OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interior extericl)and/or The house is a 2·1/2 story T-plan double house w�h gable front orientation. The gable-front facade has two 212 double-hung sash windows w�h cornice caps on the first and seconds stories, and one centered in the gable. Entries are located on the outer bays of the facade and on the cross gable. The doors are paneled with a cenlral rectangular glazing I�- surrounded by smaller squares. The porch extends across the facade and wraps around each side back to the cross gable. . The porch is composed of turned posts braced by scroll-sawn brackets supporting a plain arch�rave and hipped roof. Running between allernating turned posls and newel posts is a diagonal pattern balustrade. I� The cross-gable elevation hastwo 212 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds on the first story, two on the li: second, and one centered in the gable. The roof has a small overhang; molded rake boards cover the gable ends of the . facade and cross-gables. The gable ends are sheathed in wood shingle. A chimney with corbeled cap rises from the ridge "' w line of ehher side of the cross-gable. I 15Q 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE ' This house is archhecturally significant an example of a basic double house type which was buill in great number in the East Side neighborhood during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. It is sean throughout the neighborhood in vernacular, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival versions.This example Illustrates hs expression in the Queen Anna style through the use of the popular Queen Anne-style glazing motif of a small square panes surrounding a larger central square and the features of the porch. Also typical of the Queen Anne style is the combinationof sheathing materials, clapboard and wood shingle. The house has not bean significantly aile red and is a good state of preservation. During the 1920's this two-family residence was the home of William McCourt, an employee of the Orford Soap Company · and Abbie Fay, a widow. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Town DireC)orv, 1923. Barbara A. lewis elevation Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center Manchester CT 06040 SUBSEQUENTFJELD EVALUATIONS � Renewal 0 Privale D "''"""'""' D Zook>g Explanalk>n T -6 REV. 6183{Back) I HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY 1193 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: I HIST-6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT j 6183 : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566·3005 I I I I I I I I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY ('" Os D NR D Actual 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) I TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 2. I Hartford 0 Manchester 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/ location) I � 113-115 Street I I (,) Pearlor u: ;:: OWNEA{S) z 4. Pearson, Florence 0 Public EJ Private I 8 (Present) (Historic) w 5. USE t\qo-family residential 1 t1w-family residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I Q y., 0 No 0 y., 5J No TO PUBLIC: 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial Revival cl9l0 I MATERIAL($) {fndicateuse or location when appropriate} I 08. Clapboard 1st D Asbestos siding D Brick D Other (Specify) 'hi""'.Znd [] 0 Asphafl siding D Fieldstone I wood 0 Board & batten D Si=o 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum D Concrete 0 Cutstone I siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ''' i 9. I g Wood frame D Post and beam G: Balloon D Load·bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ;:: Gable Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor Sawtooth a: D D D (,)0. I en D Gambrel D Shed liJ Hip 0 Rouod D Other (Specify} c w (Material} D Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 D Slate I aspha!t no Other @ Asphalt shingle D Built up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 11, :;>.1 l CONDITIUN (Siructural) (Exterior) D12. Exet�llent E9 Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent K.) Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(Localion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN � Onoriginal site D Moved l D y., EJ No0 RElATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPE FEATURES I I 14. I D Bam D Shod G9 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) D Carriage D Shop D Garden house SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I '! 15. D Open land D Woodland G9 Residential D Scattered buildings visible from site D Commercial D Industrial D Rural D High building density [r·16. INTERRElATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential area comprised primarily of single and two- family homes dating from the early 20th century. I {OVER} . � -- 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Interiorand/or exterior} This two-family house has a rectangular main block with its corners inverted on the first story of the facade to accomodate a recessed entry on each side. The main block has a two-bay gable-roof entry porch on each side; square ]' columns rise to support a plain architrave and a pedimented gable roof. Running between the columns and house is a turned I � . balustrade with molded handrail. On the facade there are two 211 double-hung sash in plain surround on each story. Centered in the second story of the facade is a diamond pattern in shingles. The base of the second story has a slight flare. Centered in the attic story is a li gable-roof dormer with four 212 fixed sash windows; the gable has molded rake boards. The hipped roof of the main block 0. has a wide overhang that is embellished with a modillion cornice. a: The elevations have three bays. The first story has a tripartite window with quarrels over a single glazing in a I� double-hung sash at center. 18. ARCHITECT BUILDER !9. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE , I This house is architecturally significant as an interesting example of a Colonial Revival style two-family residence. With its rectangluar main block, overhanging hipped roof with modi Ilion cornice, gable-roof dormer, and use of tripartite windows, the house incorporates many features typical of the Colonial Revival style. Hs recessed entries, and dormer fenestration I�� are unusual variations which make this house an interesting example of the style. The diamond pattern which appears in 0 shingle appears in other Colonial Revival buildings in the neighborhood. The building has not been aHered and is in a very U: good state of preservation. I* During the 1920's this two-family home was the residence of James McCollum, an employee of Cheney Brothers and · Hartland Street, an accountant. Town of Manchester, Town Directoty, 1923. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. PHOTOGRAPHER ' i Town of Manchester CT06040 n Renewal D Private D Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation I Sr-6 REV. 6183(Back) I HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY h£94 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No. : Site No.: I HIST-S REV. S/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:UTMI I (203) 566-3005 I I : I I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY Os 0NR 0Aoru•l D Potential 1'3--' 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) � I 1 Heating Plant Education Square 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester Hartford 0 � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (andI or location) I 39 School Street I I () ii: 4. OWNEA(S) � Town of Manchester w �Public 0 Private s I 5. USE (Present) (Historic) physical plant 1 heating plant 6. EXTEAJOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY I TO PUBLIC: IIXJ y., 0 No 0 Y" IXJ No '· 7. SblE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Co . onial RevivalI I I 1916 I 8. MATERIAL(S) (Indicateuse or locationWhen appropriate) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding � Brick D Other [Spedty} I 0 Woodshingle D Asph_alt s!Cing 0 Fieldstone 0 Board & b io Woodframe 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon \t� IX] load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel D Other (Spedfy) z I 0 10. ROOF(Type) >= a. Gable Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 S.wtoolh a: D Gl () en 0 Gambrel 0 Shod 0 Hip 0 Rouod D Olh" I w c (S-ly) (Material) D Woodshingle 0 R�l 0 Tio 0 Slate I asphalt Oth" D Asphalt shingle 1}9 Built up 0 Tile D (Spedly} 1 t. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 1 12. CONDITION (StiUctural) I ,Ext , 0 Excellent IXJoood 0 Fal' 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent Qoood D Fair D Deteriorated I 13. INTEGR!TY(LocatiOn) WHEN? ALTERATION$ ) 'F YES, EXPLAIN [X}On original site 0 Moved 0 Y" EJ No 14. A ELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I D Barn 0 Shed 0 Garage D Other landscape features or buildings(Specify) D Carriage D Shop D Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 0 ()penland D Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site . D Commercial ln 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE This building is architecturally significant as an example of an industrial heating plant in the Cclonial Revival style. Desp�e its util�arian purpose, the facade is attractively rendered with windows with flat arches and keystones, string course, cornice and low parapet wall, all features typical of the Cclonial Revival style. This structure is historically significant as the heating plant for the Education Square complex. Built in 1916, this building supplied steam for the Barnard School, the Franklin School and later the Recreational Building located across School Street in Education Square. This was part of the complex constructed to replace the 9th District School Building which was destroyed by fire in 1913. �. �,: (/) w ,U ,rr: • :::> :o(/) Barbara A. Lewis Barbara A. Lewis OAGANIZA TION Town of Manchester ADDRESS 41 Center St., Manchester CT 06040 SUBSEQUENT FIELD EVALUATIONS ___ J,(H.!)R"'EA"'T"S-::T"'07BU71L'"'o"IN:-::G-::O-::R-::S=ITE=------�c;��None koown D Highways 0 Vanda�sm D Developers D Other______ DeTerioration 'J Renewal 0 Private D D Zoning Explanation pT·6 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #95 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ! Town No.: SitaNo.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ; : I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I ' 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:un.tJ .. I I (203) 566·3005 L I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY Os 0 NR [ 0 Actual 0 Potential . r 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) 1 State Trade School - 2. TOWN f CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Hartford 0 Manchester , [i 3. STREET AND NUMBER (aOO/orlocation) I () I ii: 45 School Street ;:: 4. OWNER(S) z [iJ Publk: Private w Tmvn of Manchester 0 9 I 5. USE (Present) {HistMc) school 1 school 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 1XJ y., No [] y., No for school use I TO PUBLIC: 0 0 7. STYLE OF BUILDING I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Colonial I Revival 1924-25 I 8. MATERIAL(S) (Indicate use or location when app!opn·are) I 0 Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding (3Brick 0 Other (Specify) 0 Woodshingle 0 AspJ!a!t siding D Fieklstona I 0 Board & bauen 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone Siding Typo: Type: I 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 1, ) ,,,, 0 Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon [X] Load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron orsteer 0 Other (Speofy) z 0 � 0. ROOF {Type) I ;:: 0.. Gable []: Fl" Mansard Monitor Sawtooth a: 0 0 0 0 () (/) Gambrel Sh•d H;p Round Other w 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 (Specify) (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 T;n 0 Slate asphalt I Other 0 Asphalt shingle � Built up 0 Tlte 0 (Specify) : t. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2-1 /2 I 12. CONDITION (Structural) I (Exterior) 0 Excellent IXJ Goo< 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent [l9 GoO I Q On anginal site Moved Y No dOOrS replaced 0 rn " 0 / t.:.. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Bam 0 Shed 0 Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Spedfy) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I ' 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residen!ial 0 ScaUered buildings visible from site 0 Commercial 0 lrldustriaJ 0 Aura! � High building density 16. !NTEARELATJONSH!f> OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS . opposite r, The School is located on the north side of School Street Education Square and adjacent to the heating plant. I (OVER) exteriot) The State Trade School building is a two-story eleven-bay brick building set on a raised basement level with a symmetrical facade and central entry. The facade is divided into a seven-bay main block with a two-bay pavilion on each b' side. Corner pilasters mark the corners of the pavilions. The entry is comprised of double doors, which have been� �'": replaced, in a concrete architrave topped by a cornice braced by console brackets. Above the entry is a name block reading I � Cheney Brothers. The windows on the first and second stories are 15/15 double-hung sash set on concrete sills topped by _ flat arches with keystones. The basement level has 10/10 double-hung sash windows sei on concrete sills and topped by � lintels. I ii: () . I� This bulding is architecturally significant as an example of a Colonial Revival-style school building. hs symmetrical facade and use of pilasters, cornice, frontispiece, muhi-pane glazing, and flat arches with keystones are all features common to the Colonial Revival. Except for the replacement of the double doors, the school building is intact and is in a good state of preservation. The building which served as the State Trade Schoolwas buiH 1924-25. The State Trade Schoolwas established by 1915 to offer students the opportunity to learn practical trades along with academic study. The textile school begun by Cheney Brothers in 1912 was merged with the State TradeSchool in 1915. Courses included tool making, mechanical and architectural drafting, carpenty ani:l cabinet making, electrical work and textile manufacturing. Speiss and Bidwell state, • In the Textile Course, which is open to gir:s as well as boys, students who show proficiency spend one-haff day each week in the silk factory receiving an hourly wage for all productive time. Until the construction of the State Trade Schoolfacility, the school was housed in a se Buckley, A New England Pattern, Speiss & Bidwell, Histmy of Manchester, 201-206. Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maos of Manchester, 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Learned, "A Historical Study of the Growth of the Ninth District School System in Manchester, Connecticut, Under the Influence of the Cheney Brothers, p. 87 JREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE Y. None known 0 Highways 0 Vandalism D Developers ' 0 Rene-.val 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoo'ng Explanation r·6 REV. 6183 (Bad<) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #96 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES " Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : -, UTM : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I I I I I \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 OUAD1 I i (203) 566·3005 DISTRICT IF NR, SPECIFY r? D s 0 NR 0 AOI"al 0 PotenJial 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) j_(Historic) I ' 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY :z 0 Manchester Hartford I (and I otlocation) � 3. STREET AND NUMBER I I () 56-58 School Street iL ;::: 4. OWNER{S) :z Pobnc Private I w White, Charlotte 0 [g} g 5. USE (Presenl) (Historic) residential l residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD ! INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY y., y., I TO PUBLIC: [1J 0 No 0 Q No l 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Greek I Revival I c.l880 I 8. MATERIAL{S) {lrn:ffcate use or location when appropriate) Clapboard Asbestos siding Brick Other 0 � 0 0 {S{Weify) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphall siding D Aeldstone 0 Board & batten 0 S!<>ero 0 Cobblestone 0 Aluminum D Conctete 0 Cut stone I skfil'IQ Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM Woodframe Q Post and beam Balloon \._i I"') Gl D 0 Load·bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) I :z 0 10. ROOF (Type) ii: Gable D.,,, Mansard Monitor D Sawtooth 0: Gl D 0 () (/) Gambrel 0 Sh•d 0 Hip 0 Round Other I w 0 0 (S{Weify) 0 (Material) 0 Woodshingle D Roll D "" 0 Slate I asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Sui!!up Tile � D 0 0 {Spedfy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2:} 36' X 241 12. CONOJTJON (Structural) I 0 Excellent [Xlaooo 0 Fair D Deteriorated Excellent � Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY(LocationJ WHEN? ALTERATIONS IFI(Ex/Ct YES, EXPLAIN [X}On original site 0 Moved g v., 0 No:>I sidinq· 0(Y)r ;mrl '·'' �rlN,,� 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I 0 Barn 0 Shod Q Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage Shop D Garden house 0 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT \ I 0 Open/and D Woodland � Residenlial 0 Scattered buildings visible from site ( 0 Commercial 0 ln On the gable ends are two 6/6 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds on the first and seccnd stories, and one centered in the attic level. On each end are gable returns. 18. 19. I This house is archftecturally significant as an example of a transftional Greek Revivalmalianate-style residence. It is a later example of the five-bay rectangular block plan used frequently in Greek Revival and Federal style houses of the early and mid-19th century. Features such as gable returns and 6/6 glazing were features ccmmon to Greek Revival-style residences. The house is distinguished by its elaborate ltalianate-style entry hoods wfth scroll brackets wfth drop pendants. , I Sanborn Map Company, lnsmance Maos of Manchester 1919 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester , Town Directorv, !923. DATE 5 Barbara A. Lewis 8-15-93 J: "- North elevation DATE 8-15-93 CT 06040 ) 1.-...... fHREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE G@j &J Nona k.oow1'l 0 Highways Vru>da•sm Developa1s 0 0 Ooo�------ 1.] Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterio!ation 0 Zoning Explanation I �IST-6 REV. 6183 (Back) FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #97 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Sita No.: S ·· REV. 6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT / ' I I I I r : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION umj 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I (203) 566-3005 lH�;' DISTRICTI IF NA,SPECIFY Os 0 NR D Actual 0 Potential I 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) 1 I ' 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z . 0 M:. n . <' ·-" lor I � 3, STREET AND NUMBER (and location) I I (j 78-80 School Street iL 4. OWNEA(S) � 0 Public Q Private I Ul Monseglio, Helen e 5. USE (Ptesent) (Historic) , 1 two-family residential hon -f;,1 �0 A, ... ' � 1 EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN 6. ACCESSIBILITY I Yes 0 No 0 Yes EJ No TO PUBLIC: [X) I 7. STYLE OF BUILDING I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Italianate l cl880 I a. MATERIAL(S) (Indicate use or locationwhen appropriate) [XI ClapbOard D Asbestos siding IX] Bricl< fnd 0 Other (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle D Asph.aH siding D Fieldstone O Board & batten 0 Sloo 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM J'")' G3 Wood frame 0 Post and beam 0 Balloon 0 Load·baaring masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) I z 0 10. ROOF (Type} ;:: 0. G3 Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monltor D Sawtooth a: (j I "' 0 Gambtel 0 Shod 0 Hlp 0 Roood 0 Other Ul (Spedfy) 0 (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 Tin 0 S�lo I asphalt Other []] Asphalt shingle 0 Bu.dt up D TII9 0 (Spedfy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES PPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 1/2 _l� 12. CONDITION (StructuraJ} (Ext , 0 Excellent O Good 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 0 Excellent [Xj Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated I 13. JNTEGRITY(Loca/ion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES,EXPLAIN Q On original site D Moved ' Gl y., 0 No, / aluminum siding under overhang of roof 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I 0 Barn 0 Shod QS Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Sh<>j> 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I \ 0 Open land 0 Woodland []J Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site '(0 CQmmerdaJ 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density .£"-" 16. JNTI;�RELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS �;_<.;:; Located in a residential neighborhood of mostly one and t1vo-family early-20th centuries. ,.�(I homes dating from the late 19th and (OVER) . story house employs aT-plan. The facade is dominated by a pair of two-story polygonal bay windows. The bays are comprisedof 212 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds. Between the two stories are molded spandrels embellished wnh turned bosses. Centered in the gable end is a round-headed window. To enher side is a one by two bay entrance porchcomposed of turned posts supportinga plain architrave and hipped roof. . A turned balustrade runs along the side of the porch. The entrance to each. house is located in the cross gable. A paneled . door wnh light on top is set in a molded surround. @ The cross-gable elevation has two 1/1 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds on the first and second stories, and one round-headed window centered in the gable. The roof has a small overhang. An enclosed shed-roof rear entry porch is located on the back bay of either end of the house. A chimney with corbeledcap rises from the ridge line of either side of the cross-gable. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTIJRAL IMPORTANCE This house is archftecturally significant as an example of the ltalianate style in a two-family residence. The T-plan is a house plan employed for two-family reoidences throughout the neighborhood In variety of stylistic expressions. With its polygonal bay windows, round-headed windows, and porches with turned posts, the house is representative of the ltalianate style. z I�('l The house is historically signfficant as an example of workers housing buiit by Cheney Brothers Silk Mills to house their I� employees in the late 19th century. It is one of three houses wnh identical plans buiit on School Street by Cheney Brothers; 1/J this house is in the best state of preservation. In the early 20th century this two-family house was the home of Fred Frederic, an employee of Cheney Brothers and Mrs. Maude Campbell. of Manchester, Town Directorv, 1923. 1/J Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Anderson Notter Finegold , et. al. Preservation and Development Plan for the Cheney Brothers National Landmark District, Manchester, CT, 1980. 0 I�1/J Barbara A. Lewis 8- 13-93 ADD RESS 41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 ---J ------' _ EA_ T�- -- _ _ _ G_ _ - I- E:- f f�lR ST0 BU ILD I N OR S T (l; t.;:J O..,oloj>o" Noneknown VandaMm 0 ------0 H;ghway• 0 0 Oth" E 0 D D ZOOog xplanation 11 RenB'.val Private Deterioration 6J83 iST-6 REV. (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #98 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES / Site STATE OF CONNECTICUT Town No.: / No.: HIST·6 REV. 6183 CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM I \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 I I I : I 1 I (203) 566·3005 I - QUAD: I 0DISTRICT 0 rf NR, 0SPECIFY AoiUal 0 Potential (Common) S NR ' r/ 1. BUILDING NAME 1 (Historic) I z Manchester 0 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTYHartford /ocallon) I � I I () 79 School Street u: 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/or ;:: z 0 Pubflc [29 Private w 4. NoOWNER{S)rwood, Roderick I Q 5. residentialUSE (Present) 1 (Historic)residential y., 0 I �iXTERIOR VISIBLE0 FROM PUBLIC ROAD l INTERIORy., ACCESSIBLE 0 'IF YES, EXPLAIN 6. 7.ACCESSIB!UTY TO PUBLIC: I No No VictorianSTYLE OF BUILDING Vernacular DATEcl890 OF CONSTRUCTION I B. I 0MATERIAL{$) Clapboard (Indicate use or location� when Asbestos apptopriate} siding � 0 Other 8... fnd (Sped�) D Wood shingle D Aspha!t skiing 0 Fieldstone I . 0 Board & batten 0 0 Cobblestone SIU<= 0 Aluminum 0 Concrete 0 Cut stone I siding 9. Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I kl Wood frame 0 Post andbeam 0 alloon -"') B 0 Load·bearing masonry 0 Structural iron orsteel 0 Other (Specify) z I Q tO. li: ROOFGable (Type) 0 Flat D Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: KJ () 1/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shod 0 0 ound 0 w 0�" I ; (Sped�) c R H p (Material) 0 shingle 0 0 no 0 Slate I asphalt Wood R�l Other Asphalt Tile [] shingle 0 Builtup D 0 (SpedM 36' I 11. NUMBER OF2 STORIES APPROXIMATE24' x DIMENSIONSplus 24' X 18' � I 012. CONDITIONExcellent (Structural)[1! 0 0 Deteriorate-d Exeeffent IX]ooo<� 0 0 Deteriorated ALTERATIONS ('2t I Good F•lr F•lr I otlgina/ site Moved y 13.GJ !NTEGRilY(Locstion) 0 WHEN? IX] ., 0 ) IIF asbestosYES, EXPLAIN cd r'H n� On I I No I 014. RELATEDBarn OUTBUILDINGS0 OR LANDSCAPE0 FEATURESGarage 0 Other landscape features or buil I \, D15. SURROUNDINGOpanland ENVIRONMENT0 Woodland [29 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visiblefrom site 0 Commerdal 0 industrial 0 Aural 0 High building density p/ Located a residential neighborhood among one and t1vo-family houses built primarily 16. INTERRElATIONSHIPin OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. I (OVER) This two-story L-shaped residence an entry porch at the intersection of the sections. The roof extends to form the porch roof which is supported by square posts. The porch is detailed wnh a patterned spindle screen and brackets. The facade is comprised of paired 4/4 double-hung sash windows in molded surrounds on the first story, a 6/6 double-hung sash window in molded surround on the second story and a 4/4 double-hung sash window in the attic level. PJ:;ovethe entry porch is a shed-roof dormer wnh a 3/3double-hung sash window. To the right of the entry porch is a 6/6 double-hung sash window in a molded surround on each level. The gable ends have molded eaves and two chimneys rise from the ridgeline at rear. , I 16. BUILDER , I 19. I This house is archnecturally significant as an example of the Victorian Vernacular style. Its simple plan and simple porch detailing are typical of the style. Although the house employs some features typical of the Queen Anne style such as the flare at the base of the second story and the integral porch, n does not have the complex massing and textural qualny I � z associated with the style. li During the early 1920's the house was the residence of David McCann, a Cheney Brothers employee. iii !· Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maos of Manchester. 1919 1926, "' Town of Manchester, Assessor's Reco;ds. I� Town of Manchester, Town Directory, 1923. 0 (/) ... � f-tHAEATSTO BUILDING OR SITE Cili:it liJ None known · D Highways D Vandafism 0 Developers [] a"�------ ] Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zooif'IQ Explanation . 1lST-6 REV. 6183 (Back) ··����--. ·� '·· · �-:. 0.:�. . -�:: . : ... .. ··-··· . J�±i�-��s���:���---��: · ;�: i ______r _ :�- ...... r s�; {: t�±:� L J�W�tf:�r� ;.. HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #99 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY STRUCTURES Town No.: I Site No.: ru!�DI��; !�D STATE OF CONNECTICUT ! uTM I I : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION / I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I �i) (203) 566·3005 [,�,, DISTRICT 'F NR, SPECIFY . Os 0 NR 0 Actual� 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common) 1 (Historic) I I 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z Manchester 0 Hartford � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and I orlocation) I I (.) 92-94 School Street u: I ;::: 4. OWNER(S) z w Graveline, Margaret 0 Public [21 Private g 5. USE (Present) (Historic) I bw-family residential 1 two-family residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: / !ug Y" 0 No / 0 y., IX] No ' I 7. STYLE OF BUILDING DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Victorian Vernacular 8. MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or location when appropriate) I 0 Clapboard D AsbeStos siding GJ """' D Oth" I fnd ) (Specify D Woodshingle Q Asphaltskfing D Fieldstone I D Board & banen Ostocco D Co-bblestone 0 Aluminum 0 CotlCfete 0 Cutstone siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ···-.l'i''') [2g Woodframe 0 Post and beam 0 B�looo /> D Load-bearing masonry D Struc!utal Iron or steel D Other (Specify) z � 10. ROOF(Type) I a. Gable Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: [2g D (.) en D Gambrel D Shoo D Hp 0 Rouod D Oth" w ; (Specify) c I (Material) D Woodshingle D Roll 0 no 0 Slate asphall Other I Gl Asphalt shingle D Built up 0 Tile 0 (Spadty) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS 2� ,_ I 12. CONDITION (St!UCtural) (E tefi ) D Excellent Ooood KJ Fair D Deteriorated ' x 0{)t Excellent Ooood .KJ Fair 0 Deteriorated 13. INTEGRtTY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATI0,'\1$ IF! YES, EXPLAIN [iJOn original site 0 Moved Gl v., D No() ' asphalt sidinq I 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I D Barn D shoo � Garage 0 Other landscape features cr buildings(Specify} 0 Carriage 0 Shop Garden I \ house D I__) 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I,"' D Openland D Woodland D Residential D Scattered buildings visible from site ,_.. D Commercial D Industrial D Rural D High bui!Oingdensity 16. INTERRELATIONSHIPOF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS I Located in a residential neighborhood among one and two-family homes "h.n�1+- ...... _..: ___ ,:, -- ,_ L"- 1-.L..- , 1'"\.L.. \., --� ____ , __ 'lA.L..L -- ·- L. ·- .• I This house is a two-story four-bay two-family house w�h a porch extending across the full facade. The porch is comprised of square posts that rise from a low shingled wall to carry a plain architrave and hipped roof. On the first story the outer bays consist of a 6/6 double-hung sash window w�h plain surround and paired 6/6 windows on the inner bays. The entries, located close to the outer bays, are composed of paneled doors with a segmentally -arched upper light in a plain surround. On lhe second story four 6/6 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds are evenly spaced across the I� facade. A chinmey w�h corbeled cap rises from each side of the center ridge. '.,i (/) w 0 19. I The house is architecturally significant as a well-preserved example of a Victorian Vernacular two-family house which is characterized by its simple building plan and minimal detailing. � is historically signfficant as an early example of workers I� housing in the East Side neighborhood in which many of the Cheney Brothers Silk Mills employees lived. z <>: (.) I� (ii Town of Manchester, Town Directory, 1�23. Anderson Notter Finegold , et. al. Preservation and Development Plan for the Cheney Brothers National Landmark District, Manchester, CT, 1980. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. CT06040 l·�rJ:�:::REA=rs'"r"'o"'s"'u•"'w"'•N"'a""o"R"'s"'•r"e------((iliim i;J koonn Other------, Nona 0 Highways 0 Vandalism 0 Davelope1s 0 R Renewal 0 Private 0 Deterioration 0 Zoning Explanation .tiST·6 REV. 6183 {Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY /1100 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 3UILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ; Town No.: Site No.: HIST·6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT j ' : I I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION UTM ' 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD:I I I I : I I (203) 566-3005 I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY r 0 S 0 NR ' 0 Att"al 0 Potential I t. BUILDING NAME (Common} 1 {Historic} 2. TOWN I CITY VILlAGE COUNTY ' z 0 Manchester Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and I or I I (,) 37-39 Spruce Streetlocation) \ u: ;::: 4. OWNER(S) z Public � Private I UJ Ahlberg, Arline 0 g 5. USE b-10{Ptesent) family residential 1 (Historic)bolO-family residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPlAIN ACCESSIBILITY I TO PUBLIC: KJ: Yes 0 No 0 Yes 5I No 7. STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Queen Anne cl895 I 8. MATERIAL($) or when I 0 Clapboard (Indicate use location0 Asbestosappropriate) siding 0 Bock 0 Other Q Wood shingle Asph�Jt siding D Fieldstone I 0 (Speafy) 0 Board & batten 0 S'"oco D Cobblestone 0 Aluminum 0 Conctete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I )51 Wood frame 0 Post and beam 5I Balloon r -- load·bearing masonry Stroc!Ural iron or steel I 0 0 ) 0 Other z I 0 10. ROOF(Type) (Specify) ii: 5I Gable Flal Mansard Monilor Sawtooth iE 0 0 0 0 (,) "' 0 Gambrel 0 Shod 0 H;p 0 Round 0 01h" t UJ Cl (Material) (Speafy) 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll Ono 0 State I asphalt Other G9 Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS (Specify) I 2-J,. 481 X 34' 12. CONDITION I 0 Excellent (Structural)fJ Good 0 Fair D Deteriorated l(ExtCt Excellent @ Good D Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 13. lNTEGRITY(Locafion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES, EXPLAIN [il On original stte 0 Moved [XI Yos 0 N shutters 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I J I 0 Barn 0 Shed � Garage 0 Other landscape featU/es or buildings(Specify) 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT \ I 0 Open land 0 Woodland 0 Residential 0 Scattered buildings visible from site ,_/ ( 0 Commercial 0 lndustlial 0 Aural 0 High building density ' 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located adjacent to the fonner SWedish Congregational Church, n01>1 the Manchester Presbyteria Church, in a residential neighborhood of homes dating primarily from the turn-of-the-century I (OVER) This two-and-a haH-story five-bay house is composed of a rectangular main block w�h its ridge line parallel to the street and projecting cross gables on each end. These two-story cross gables have 212 double hung sash windows in plain surrounds on eachstory and are topped by gable roofs which overhang slightly. The gable ends are embellished with molded rake boards. The crossi)able ends are sheathed w�h imbricated shingles which contrastw�h the shingles of the first and secondstories. . . Extending between the bay windows is a two-bay one-story entry porch. Square columns support a wide plain architrave ® I�0 and shed roof. To e�her side are the entries flanking a central 212 double-hung sash window. Thesecond story has a slight ii: flare at its base. I�w The side elevations have two bays of 212double-hung sash windows. The gable ends are sheathed in imbricated shingles 0 and are embellishedw�h molded rake boards. Centered in the gable end is a 6/6 double-hung sash window. A brick chimney with corbeled cap rises from each side of the main ridge line. 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECllJRAL IMPORTANCE This house is archnecturally signHicant an example of a double house type which was buitt in the neighborhood East of Main Street during the late-19th and early 20th centuries. It is seen throughout the neighborhoodin vernacular, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival versions. This example illustrates its expression in the Queen Anne style through the use of the '�z differing shingle shapes and patterns a.1d the flare of the second story, which gives a textural quality to the facade. < In the 1920's the residence was the home of Robert Wilson, who owned a Spruce Street grocery store and Thomas Phillips, · ll an employee of Cheney Brothers. iii Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1919.1926. (/) Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. w u Town of Manchester , Town Directory, 1923. a: "' 0 (/) Manchester CT 06040 ) ... liL THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE �;flm; 0 None koo.vn 0 Highways 0 Vanda6sm 0 DevelOpers 0�------ '0 Renewal 0 Private 0 Deteriofation 0 Zoning Explanation IHIST·6 REV. sr83 (Back) ------··-···--·------·-··------�---...... -.. _� HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #1 01 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: site No.: HIST-6 REV. 6/83 STATE OF CONNECTICUT : _j : : : : : : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I I 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: (203) 566-3005 uml I I : I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY t '_:;C;;f ' Os D NR ! 0 Actual 0 Potential 1. BUILDING NAME (Common} (Historic) -i Manchester Presbyterian Cllurch 1 Swedish Congregational Cllurch 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z 0 ManchesterI Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and location) I I () 43 I or ii: Spruce Street ;: 4. OWNER(S) z Manchester Presbyterian Cllurch 0 Public t:9 Private E! I USE (Present) (Historic) w 5. church 1 church 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES. EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY 0 No lXJ Y" 0 No I TO PUBLIC: liJ access for church activities STYLE OF BUILDINGI y., I I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Vernacular 1892 I 8. MATEAIAL{S) (lrnficate use or locationwhen appropriatu) I Clapboard side 0 Asbestos skiing 0 Brick 0 Other ED (Specify) I I D Wood shingle 0 Aspl]altsiding 0 Fieldstone D Board batten 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone J\ & IK] luminum facade 0 Concrete 0 Cutstone I Siding Type: Type: .. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM I 9. IX] WO 0 Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) !;: IX] Gable 0 "" 0 Mansard 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: () (/) 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 H;p 0 " 0 Other I {Specify) 0 '""" w (Material) D Wood shingle 0 Roll Dr;, 0 Slate I asphalt Olher � Asphalt shingle 0 Built up D Tlle D (Specify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 1 Ex rior 12. CONDITION {Structural) I { te ) 0 Excellent li) Gooo 0 Fair 0 Deteriorated 1 D Excellent [X) Gooo 0 Fair D Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRITY{Loca/ion) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES. EXPLAIN 0 On original sHe 0 Moved ex o No0 aluminum siding on facade; entry_altered 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR lANDSCAPE FEATURES I I y, I I D Barn 0 Sh'"' D Garage 0 Other landscape leatU/es or buildings (Speedy) D Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ·; I 0 Open land 0 WO Located in a residential neighborhood on Spruce Street among homes built. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I (OVER) #MI The former Swedish Congregational Church building is a three-bay building with central entry and steeple tower oriented with its gable end toward the street Stairs lead to double doors in a molded surround she�ered by a gable-roof portico which appears to be a later addition. Above the entry is a stained glass oculus window with radiating muntins. Rising above the gable roof is a square steeple tower topped by a pyramidal-roof with a flare at the base of the roof. Flanking the central entry is a door on the right bay and a window on the left bay, niether appear to be orininal. The facade is sheathed in I� aluminum siding which wraps around the side elevations. Most of the side elevations are clapboard. The side elevations are 0 five bays; the first four are Gothic stained glass windows. At rear is an addition. t I I� c 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE The building is architecturally significant as an example of a late-19th century church. Despite alteration, the church �� maintains its original massing, steeple tower, and gothic stained glass windows. z < The building is historically signHicant as the original home of the Swedish Congregational Church in Manchester, organized In 1892. The neighborhod east of Main was home to many Swedish immigrants who came to work at the Cheney Brothers Silk I! Mills in the late 19th and early 2oth centuries. Swedish benevolent societies, SAGA and VASA met in the nearby Orange Hall. The church later became the home of the Manchester Presbyterian Church. iii Buckley, A New England Pattern, p 191. (/) Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Manchester, 1919, 1926. 'Bowers Manchester Djrectorv 1894, P.3. I� Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. 0 (/) PHOTOGRAPHER l .�J ------r��ro�-00-=� - - �{01' � Noneknown Highways Vandatism Developers � 0 0 0 0 Other______ p Renewal 0 Private D Daterioration 0 Zoning Explanation �JST·6 REV. 6183 (Back) . ·-�--- ······- �- �------�---·-� ...... ,____ �-�- _. ______•.• ·--· •• - • . •• ---···--·-·-''"'�� ... :.....:..-c..._, ____··�··· ,,:,..�-·.. · HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #102 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: j Site No.: H1ST·6 REV. 6/8.3 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ' UT� I I I : � CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I :I I \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I j (203) 566·3005 DISTRICT'· !IF NR, SPECIFY -· l 0 S 0 NA 0 Actool 0 Potential BUILDING NAME (Common} (Historic) ' 1. 1 2. TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY z ManchesterI 1 Hartford 0 � STREET AND NUMBER (and locatiM) I (.) 3. 74 Spruce I Streetor u: ;:: OWNER($) z Pobli<: [;1 Private w 4, Rosette, Alan 0 g 5. USE (Present) (Historic) residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD !INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: j!g 0 No 0 [] No STYLE OF BUILDINGI y., y., I DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7, Queen Anne cl890 I 8. MATERIAL{$) (fndiC & 0 Aluminum D Concrete D Cut stone I skl'ing Typa: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 1''. ) � Woodframe 0 Post and beam 0 s.Jiooo 0 load-bearing masonry 0 Structural iron or steel 0 (Spocify) z I 0 ROOFOlh" (Type) ;:: 10. Gab!e 0 Flat 0 M 0 Monitor 0 Sawtooth a: � '"""' (.)a. Ill 0 Gambrel 0 Shed 0 Hip 0 Roood 0 other I w (Spocify) 0 (Material) 0 Wood shingle 0 ROll 0 "" 0 Slate I asphalt Other Asphalt shingle Builtup Q D 0 Tile 0 (Spocify) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2 ,1- 12. CONDITION (StrocturaJ} I 0 Excellent Qgoood 0 F•l• 0 Deteriorated Excellent [ijGood 0 Fair D Deteriorated I INTEGRITY (Location) WHEN? IF('[;) YES, EXPLAIN [2t13. On original site 0 Moved Af.TERATIONS[] 0 No0 two-story addition/attached aaraae RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I y, I 14, 0 Barn 0 Shed 0 Other landscape leaiUres or buildings (Specify) I Q att 0 Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden0'"'' house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I Openland Woodland Residantial Scanered buildings visible from sile J 0 0 [3 0 r' 0 Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density 16. INTEARELAT/0.\!SHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located at the corner of Spruce and Pearl in a residential neighborhood among houses dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I (OVER) 17. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING OR SITE (Wetior;md/OfextOOor) This two-and-a-half st01y three-bay residence has a rectangular block wtth a wide clipped cross gable and a shed roof porch which extends across the facade. Slender columns support a plain archttrave and shed roof. A square balustrade defines the edge of the porch. The door, located on the right bay, is paneled w�h a rectangular light on top set in a plain I� surround. The two windowson the first story, and three on the second story are 1/1 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds. On the north side elevation is a window w�h a large square glazing surrounded by smaller squares in a molded surround. On the side elevations, the galbles are clipped and pent. Centered in the gable end below the clipped galble is a rectangular attic window. The galble ends are sheathed in a fishscale shingle. The cross galble is clipped with rake boards incised in a decorative motH embellishing the edge. The center portion clippedgable extends farther and is braced by curvilinear brackets; a moiding runs between the brackets to define a rectangle on the facade. At rear is a two story addition and attached garage. I I I I I This house is arch�ecturally signHicant as an unusual example of a Queen Anne-style residence. n has a rectangular massing with one cross gable, but tts unusual roofline created by clipped and pent gables gives the impressionof a more complex massing, typical of the Queen Anne style. Also typical of the Queen Anne style is the combination of two types of wood shingle shapes and patterns. n also employs a glazing pattern typical of the style. The unusual roof treatment is probalblythe work of a local builder to embellish an otherwise simple house plan. Though this house has received some contemporary storm windows and a rear addttion, tt maintains most of tts original character and is a good example of this unusual expression of the Queen Anne style. I Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Town Djrectorv, 1923. \ � f ,;· T REA TS TO BUILDING OR SITE {X] None known 0 Higtr,yays D Vandrui 0 Rem;r,yaJ 0 Privata 0 Deterioration D ZOOtlg Explanation -i!ST·6 REV. 6183 (Back) HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY # 103 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Town No.: Site No.: H1ST·6 REV. STATE OF CONNECTICUT J 6/83 uTM/ : CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I ' I I \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 QUAD: I I I ; (203) 566-3005 DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY ..� ><'' 0 0 NR 0 Aeloal 0 Potential BUILDING NAME (Common) (Historic) s I I 1. 1 TOWN CITY VILLAGE COUNTY ' z 2. I 0 Manchester / Hartford I � 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and/orlocation} I () 56-58. .\'lells Street u: OWNER{$)_ � Public Private w 4. I:bdd, 'Ihanas 0 � I g USE (PieSent) (Historic) 5. residential 1 residential 6. EXTERIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD 'INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE 'F YES, EXPLAIN I ACCESSIBILITY y., No y., No TO PUBLIC: IXJ 0 0 IXJ / STYLE OF BUILDINGI DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 7. Greek Revival/Italianate cl870 I MATERIAL($) (Indicate use or location when apptopriate) I �8, Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding D •ricl< D OtW (Specify) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Asphalt siding 0 Fieldstone 0 Board & batten 0 Stucco 0 Cobblestone D Numinum 0 Conctete 0 Cut stone I siding Type: Type: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 9. Woodframe IXJ Post and beam D Balloon --I ) IXl 0 Load·bearing masonry D Structural iron or steel 0 Other (Specify) I z 0 ROOF (Type) I ;:: 10. Gable 0 Flat 0 Mansard 0 Monitor Sawtooth a: IXl 0 ()a. (/) Gambrel Shed H Round Other I D 0 0 ;p 0 D w (Specify} c (Material) I 0 Wood shingle 0 Roll 0 0 Slate asphalt Tin Other IJ Asphalt shingle 0 Built up 0 Tile 0 (Specify) 1 NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS t. 1 I 2-i; 36 X 301 CONDITION (Structural) I (E te r) D12. Excellent IJooo<> 0 Fair D Deteriorated 1 x 0OO Excellent Qooo<> D F•l< D Deteriorated I 13. INTEGRilY(Location) WHEN? ALTERATIONS IF YES. EXPLAIN kJOn original site 0 Moved 0 .. G N 0 RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPE FEATURES I I v I 14. I D Barn D Sh g Garage 0 Other landscape features or buildings (Specify) od D Carriage D Shop 0 Garden house SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT I 15. i D Open land D Woodland IX] Residential D Scanered buildings visible from site f"::}' 0 Commercial D Industrial 0 Rural 0 High building density \> 16. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS Located in a residential neighborhood among one and two-family homes built primarily in I the mid to late 19th century. ---(OY_Efj) -#/63 17. FEATURES OF BUILDING This two-and-a-haH story five-bay house a rectangular block w�h gable ends perpendicular to the street and a two story ell. The central entry is comprised of a paneled door set in a molded surround topped by an ltalianate-style entrance hood supported by heavy scroll bracketswith drop pendants. To e�her side of the doorwaybe are two 6/6 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds. Aluminum storm windows are placed overwhat appearsto the· original sash. On the second I� story five windows of similar description delineatethe five bays. 0 On the gable ends are two 6/6 double-hung sash windows in plain surrounds on the first and second stories, and one i= centered in the attic level. On eachend are gable returns. The two-story flat-roof ell has an entry on the side elevation I� embellished with a similar, but smaller scaledItalian ate-style entry hood. A chimney rises from e�her end of ttie ridge line. w c , I 19. HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECiURAL IMPORTANCE This house is arch�ecturally signnicant as an example of a transitionalGreek Revival/ltalianate-style residence. It is a later example of the five-bay rectangular block plan used frequently in Greek Revival and Federal style houses of the early and mid-ISth century. Features such as gableby returns and 6/6 glazing were features common to Greek Revival-style residences. The house is distinguished �s elaborate halianate-style entry hoods w�h heavy scroll brackets with drop pendants. "In 1900 the property upon which this house, #49, 55, and 44-46 Wells Street stand belonged to Edwin T. Carrier, a native-born Charter Oak Street marchmt who lived at #55 Charter Oak Street. Carrier's daughter, Francis Arnott,wife of Alexander, an attorney, inherited the properties. In 1900, the families of a Swedish-born Cheney employee and a French-Canadian-born blacksm�h rented the apartments, and the blacksm�h took in as a boarder a Canadian-born Cheney weaver and her daughter. In 1923 two families, a single man and a single woman lived in the house. Twoof the men were I"" . Cheney employees. Mrs. Arnott retained possession of the house untill937."' } the Two, 1982, 'Sutherland, Town of Manchester Expansionof Survey of Cheney Brothers Historic District.Phase Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps Manchester, 1919 1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. Town of Manchester, Land Records, val. 124, p. 353. Town of Manchester, Town Pirectorv, 1923. / ��0 �BBaN ro_ ar_ a_ A_ ._ _l�e�w�is� ------,�Th<>�nN� ----- RL�E L------�: D-17 SUBSEQUENT41 Center FIELD EVALUATIONS CT 06040 11. THREATS TO BUILDING OR SITE €}':' fX] �'one known D Highways Vandalism 0 Devolop<"' 0 0�------ b ReooNal 0 Private D Deterioration 0 Zoning HIST-& REV. 6183 (Bad<) . ISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY #104 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UilDINGS AND STRUCTURES aH Town No,: Site No.: H!ST·6 REV.6183 STATE OF CONNECTICUT I CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION I I 06106 uml \ 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT QUAD: I I I I } (203) 566·3005 I DISTRICTI IF NR, SPECIFY ,. Os D NR ' 0Actual 0 Potential (Common) i 1. BUILDING NAME (Historic) 1 2. TOWN I CITY VILLAGE COUNTY ' z 0 Manchester Hartford I f'i 3. STREET AND NUMBER (and lorlocation] I I () l'lells street ii: 88-90 ;:: 4, 0\'/NER(S) z p,.,� w Olschetskie, Donald and Rhonda D Q Private 9 I 5. USE (Ptesent) (Historic) two-family residential 1 two-family residential 6. EXTEAIOR VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC ROAD INTERIOR ACCESSIBLE IF YES, EXPLAIN ACCESSIBILITY [21I Yes 0 No [X) I TO PUBLIC: 0Yes No 7, STYLE OF BUILDINGI I I D NSTRUCT!ON Victorian Vernacular :� ::� 8. I MATERIAL(S) {Indicate use or location when appropriate) I IXJ Clapboard 0 Asbestos siding D Brid< D Oth" (Spedfy) I [XJ Woodshingle 0 Asph_alt skiing D Fieldstone & 0 Board batten 0 St"cco D Cobb!estone 0 Aluminum 0Concrete D Cut stone I skiing Type: Type: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ) and I' ' [}9 Wood frame D Post beam 0 Banoon I n or ' D load·bearing masonry D Structural ro steel D Other (Specify) z I 0 10. ROOF (Type) ii: Gable Flat Mansard Monitor Sawtooth ;;: [}9 D D 0 D () (f) D Gambrel D Shed D Hlp 0 Round D Oth" I w (Specify) 0 (Material) Tlo D Wood shingle D Ron 0 D Slate I asphalt Other Gl Asphalt shingle D Buill up. O.Tile 0 (Spedfy) 11. NUMBER OF STORIES APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS I 2-k 32' X 501 xteriol 12. CONDITJON (Structural} I (E } D Excellent IK]oo«t 0 Fot1 D Deteriorated 0 Excellent Ooo«t [3 Foil 0 Deteriorated ) I 13. INTEGRITY(Locatlon} WHEN? ALTERATIONS IFI' YES, EXPLAIN On ' Q original site 0Moved 0Yes G)No 14. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS OR LANDSCAPEI FEATURES I I I 0 Barn D Shod g Garage D Other landscape features or buildings (Speofy) D Carriage 0 Shop 0 Garden house 15. SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT 0p•ntond I \ 0 0 Woodland [X] Residential D Scat!ere Located in a residential neighborhood among one and b�o-family houses built primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I (OVER} -#lot/ 17. Q..ITHER he house NOTABLE is F aE ATURES 2-1/2 OFstory BUIL DT-planIN G OR SITEdouble {Interior house and/or wtlh exten'or) gable front orientation and a porchextending across the facade. The porch is composed of turned posts br3ced by small curviliniear brackets canying a plain archtlrave and hipped roof w�h gablet over the entry bay. A low balustrade runs between posts. At the center of the facade are paired entries; the doors are covered by aluminum storm doors. To etlherside is a 212 double-hung sash window w�h plain surrounds and a narrow cornicecap. On the second story three similar windows are evenly spaced across the facade and one is centered the gable end. The side elevations have two ba)s and the gable ends of the cross-gables have four bays of similar windows. Corner boards definethe cornerof the house. Thegable ends are sheathed in impricated wood shingles. Thepeak is embellished w�h triangular panel cut out to suggest stick trim above a spindle screen. Three brick chimneys w�h corbeled caps rise from the ridgelines. , I 19. HISTORICALThis house OR ARCHI is Tarch�ecturallyECTURAL IMPORTANCE signtlicant as an example a Victorian Vernacular-style two-family residence. Its simple massing and ornamentation of �s gable peaks and porch is typical of the style. The unusual decorativetreatment of the peaks is a motH seen on other houses in Manchester, probably the work of a local carpenter. The house has not been significantly allered, and except for missing spindles in the spindle screen the house has not lost any arch�ectural detail. Periodic maintenance is required to protect its arch�ectural detail. "in the 19th century the property uponwhich this house and #92-94-96·98 stand belonged to Whning J. House. Between 1887 and 1923 this parce changed hand' nine times. In 1923 this house was purchased by Michael A. Orf�elli, an Italian-born ice cream store manager. Orf�elli lived wtlh his family in #90 and he rented #88 to the family of an accountant. The house remained in Orfitelli's possession untill963. • II Sanborn Map Company, InsuranceMaps of Manchester,1919.1926. Town of Manchester, Assessor's Records. "' Town of Manchester, Land Records, vol.76, p. 82. I� Town of Manchester , Town Directorv, 1923. 0 "' NAME Barbara A. Lewis Town of Manchester ADDRESS41 Center St., Manchester, CT 06040 FIELD EVALUATIONS ------�� =------r·::&t�R��� T�S �TO�B�U� Il� D�I NG�=o SITE R � LJ Nooeknown D D 0 DevelOpers 0 Other·------Highways Vandalism I 0 0 0 Zoning E Renewal Private Deterioration xplanation 6183 {Back) IST·6 REV. I I II II i I I ! I T I I I flOO J=- r- ' ! I - [f 'i'l '\ p I - i-- I : I t I � , I I MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT HISTORIC PROPERTIES ' I /': INVENTORY Historic Property correspond� I with Survey Form 6. r; � SEPTEMBER 1993 Ma� prepared by Town of Manchester I Planning Department �� I I, DOWNTOWN MANCHESTER /EVITALIZATION PLANNING PROGRAM I . � Townor Manchester, -�onnectlcut L___ _ ..,... __ -·- ...... ---- ...... - ... I I I , I , I I , , I I I I I I I , I i 1 ' I ll : I l I (I I