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Jifcfllib Till Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Franklin INYtNIUKT - NUMINAMUN hUKM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE (Type all entries — complete applicable sections) $ ' /$ • /¥' 0T> 23 &l3-3 1t<> 1 jifcflliB wiiiiiiiii^^ COMMON: Nordica Homestead AND/OR HISTORIC: Birthplace of Lillian Norton (Lillian Nordica) till STREET AND'NUMBER: J -J '* RFD#3 on the Holly Road about 1/2 mile from Route 2? CITY OR TOWN: , Farmington '/•'./".' , ! STATE i CODE COUNTY: CODE Maine L8-2/5J *':ranklin 007 STATUS ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY OWNERSHIP (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC | | District 3£] Building 1 1 Public Public Acquisition: XD Occupied Yes: i — iii • j IS Restricted n Site rj Structure SC Private D '" Process | _| Unoccupied i —. „ , I 1 Unrestricted | —| Object I I Both | | Being Consideree LJ Preservation work — in progress > —' ^° PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) \ | Agricultural | | Government | | Park CD Transportation 1 1 Comments CD Commercial CD Industrial Q Private Residence PI Other fSoecifv) £] Educational 1 1 Military [ | Religious I | Entertainment 3Q Museum Hi Scientific *» ... ................ !||;||llll!i!^ OWNER'S NAME: (/) The Nordica Memorial Association, Inc. F r STREET AND NUMBER: S'" R.F.D. #3 CD CITY OR TOWN: STA1TE: CODE Farmihgton ^---~ ~ Maine L8-275 D COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DE Ecfe> ETC : , .' , ' \ ij h •j f" d STREET AND NUMBER: / - -u fj. 4 V' jl* \—-' "\ 5 »~. >^ ':.- ' i-H M H ^ ^:' ' ..,: : - ; 3 CITY OR TOWN: V*"" \ r,V r'"\\'-' - ' STA1 TE CODE V^-'>. pV-'O'"-' ,.,;.~/ \ A ^ , \HX TlfLE OF SURVEY: "*— — —— --*" ENTR -n NUMBERY 0 DATE OF SURVEY: | | Federal Q State | | County [~] Local X3 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 2 TJ <S> C en STREET AND NUMBER: m 0 r~z CITY OR TOWN: STAT -< DATE (Check One) O Excellent B Good Q Fair Q Deteriorated CONDITION 1 1 Ruins 1 1 Unexposed (Check One) (Check One) D Altered B Unaltered D Moved Pd Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PlHYSICAL APPEARANCE The Homestead serves as a museum :For the large collection of Lillian N^rd:N^rdica belongings. Two large collection5 were found in the 1930*3. The complete c Llection consists of wardrobe, trunks, raro china, stage jewels, art objects, a chair given by Diamond Jim Brady, a Chinese chair given by the Empress of China, furniture and autographed photographs. There are two life sized portraits o her. One of which is located in ^he Homestead. There are three rooms open for public inspection. In the Gown Room many of her costumes for opera or concert:; are found on forms. There are nearby pho o- graphs of her wearing some of theise gowns. There are glittering stage jewel displayed in a casket which once held a million dollars worth of her real jewels. Here is the chair given to Nordica by Diamond Jim Brady. A recent acquisition is a large piece of the gold plaster molding from the old Metro­ politan Opera House. This rests on a large piece of the first gold curtain used at the Metropolitan. Nordics sang in La Giocenda the night it was firs' seen by the public. In the front room is the first portrait of Nordica. This room is filled with rn many mementoes: stage jewellry, the plaque from the Liberty ship, The Lillian rn Nordica, furniture and autographed pictures. Immediately off the front room is Nordica*s bedroom. In this room, besides the bedroom furnishings, are the rare China and two expensive gowns used by the diva. The first gown is of gold cloth and cost $3,000. The second is a wedding gown of white satin with pearls and silver lace. The house itself is presently occupied by the caretaker's family. The site TO overlooking the Sandy River and Mcunt Blue is some two miles from Farmington on the Holly Road. The well preserved house rests on a 115 acre tract. The nor was partially restored in 19J<0 and finally restored in ^gfe8. Only one tenth of the Nordica collection is presently in the Homestead, PERIOD (Cfre-c* One or More as Appropriate) [ [ Pre-Columbian | [ I 16th Century Q T8th Century 60 20th Century [3 15th Century D 17th Century S3 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S> (It Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or Store as Appropriate) (~1 Urban Planning Abor iginal | | Education [ [ Political [ | Prehistoric [3 Engineering Religion/Pbi- O Other (Specify) [~| Historic [3 Industry losophy [~1 Agriculture D Invention rj Science [ | Architecture Q Landscape |T] Sculpture D Art Architecture Socio l/Human- Q Commerce D Literature itarian [ | Communications O Military Theater |~~] f~| Conservation Music Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE / Born in the Nordica Homestead as Lillian Norton in 18^7. she lived there until she was five years old. Moving from the old Homestead, she lived in Farming"! on Village for a short time and then moved to Boston. Her mother had intended that her sister Whilemena be given serious voice training, but with Whilemens death, her mother turned to Lillian, the youngest of her six daughters. Following some^private lessons, Lillian Norton entered the New England Conse­ rvatory of Music, Boston, her first instructor being John O'Neil. Lillian went abroad to perfect her vocal training and to secure the opportunity of a debut h- in a European opera house. When she was 21, this opportunity came in Milan, U Italy, in the role of Elvina in Don Giovanni. At the suggestion of her Z> teacher, San Giovanni, she then Italianized her name first to Giglia Nordica (Lily of the North) and then to Lillian Nordica. Accompanied by her mother, UL "illian spent ten years living in Europe. They moved from Italy to Paris, to r- St. Petersburg, to London. Progress was slow, but Nordica was arriving as a CO singer. She had her American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1891. She had arrived as a star, but she set a new goal, that of imperson ating the Wagnerian roles. She studied for Wagnerian roles under the tutjgr- lege of Wagner's widow, becoming one of the few sopranos ever to sing Wagnerian UJ roles in tune. LJ In 1911 she returned to Farmington to be presented the Nordica Homestead by two her sisters. The most memorable event of her visit was the concert she gave before a packed house made up of her townspeople. flordica possessed a voice of liquid purity, exceptional range and magnificent power. These combined with a charming personality, flair for the dramatic, and obsession to study enabled her to reach fame in every corner of the earth. Sie fas married three times, but none of her marriages were successful. Her first msband died when he was lost on a balloon flight, she divorced her second and ler third spouse outlived her. In the fall of 1913 Nordica began a concert :,our which extended to the pacific coast, to Honolulu and Australia. In the ulf of Papua in December she was taken seriously ill with pneumonia, and not intil March was she able to cintinue her journey to Batavia, Java, where she )assed away May 10, IQW. In 1^28 the Nordica Homestead opened to the public ind has been open every since that time. Two large collections of Nordicana rare acquired in 1931 and 1935. adding a wealth of interesting pieces to the lomestead. Glacken, Ira, Yankee Diva Newspaper article, Lily of the No rth, Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 3i 1( 06 Stinchfield, Ben, Museum for a Li Lv_, Music Journal, June, 1969, pp24 & 25 Newspaper article by Harriett Hou Shton, May 3, 1967- K - s^ LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY < ) DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY Q OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES - 1C CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE G\ Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconc s Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW 44o 41. 49- 70 o 8 . 51 • 0 • . o ' " NE 44 o 41- 59. 70 o 8 - 17 • SE 44 o 41- 42- 70 o 8 • 35 • sw 44 p 41 , 30 . 70 o g , $ , APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: <0 *** |LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OV iRLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: COC E COUNTY CODE ^ m -T— — ^ m STATE: COC E COUNTY: >^*T^ ' ' ' ^ / ""/^X CODE /AVV ^- **• '-'.^\ 1\ z STATE: COC E COUNfl^V' /''^,'^~~'/< ^~'^\ CODE /£•/ ^6, , C'''^ .[j ^\ X STATE: COC E COUJN-'Ff': "* (> /•./••, ,-• -\ CODE AV H ra r^'/Tr) '• "•' c> c: NAME AND TITLE: \Sv"^/<; - ^ John W. Briggs, Historian n ORGAN! ZATION "V^C^I \\^2^'^ DATE H State Park & Recreation Comm. November 7 f 1Q6Q STREET AND NUMBER: O State House z CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE c/t Augusta Maine 0160 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­ I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Lav j 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusio: \ National Register. ^~ in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures s< it forth by the National Park Service. The recommende d Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Presefvati&n^ level of significance of this nomination is: National [H State [3£] Local Q J? t1 ^—— DEC Z 3 1969 «^^r L ' / \/ Date Name _ /^2f^t^^7 ^ ^J^t-f^^-^ /^ / Lawrence Stuart ATTEST: / I /'" / -,..-; Director Title ^V^t^ ///// •& Jf^L/.^(^^ Keeper of Trig National Register Z November 7, 1969 Date ' Date DFC t - 1969 Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation Sheet) (Number all entries) f ' Edwin Norton, the father of Lillian Norton, built the house in I8k6.
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