Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
COUNTY: NATION Ali REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM * FOR N PS USE ONLY
ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries — complete applicable sections) [l. NAME
Calvin Coolidge Homestead
AND/OR HISTORIC:
2. LOCATION STREET ANC NUMBER: Just off State Route 100A CITY OR TOWN: Plymouth
CODE COUNTY: / Vermont Windsor OPT CLASSIFICATION'
CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE l/l OWNERSHIP STATUS (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC Z • District Q Building • Public Public Acquisition: I I Occupied Yes: • Restricted O • Site • Structure • • Privóte I | In Process I I Unoccupied * • Being Considered I I Unrestricted • Object • Both I 1 Preservation work I- in progress • No u PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate)
z> I I Agricultural I ) Government .• Pork • Transportation I I Comments
oc \ 1 Commercial I I Industrial I I Private Residence • Other (Specify) I— ( ) Educational Q Military I I Religious co I I Entertainment I I Museum • Scientific 4. OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME:
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5. LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC:
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6- REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY:
O DATE OF SURVEY: • Federal • State • County • Local TO DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS:
STREET AND NUMBER: O 2 CITY OR TOWN: \7 DESCRIPTION"
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• Excellent O Good • Fair • Deteriorated • Ruins • Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One)
• Altered • Unaltered • Moved • Original Site
DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (TI known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Boundaries: The Calvin Coolidge Hor.estead lies within the Plymouth
Historic District of sor.e 2t62h acres that was entered on the National Register December 2, 1970, and is described on Form 10-300 in a submission made by the State Liaison Officer on December 17, 1969, and a revision of September 22, 1970,
The lot on which the homestead stands is rectangular in shape and has a frontage of about 210 feet on the northeasterly side of the village street opposite the village church. The lot runs about 85 feet in depth to contain about 17,850 square feet, A considerable open space lies beyond the northwesterly boundary of about 85 feet, a small cheese factory and sales room belonging to John Coolidge being operated about 300 feet up the hill to the west, A line of trees and fencing separates the homestead lot from a field to form the boundary of about 210 feet on the northeast at the rear of the main house, ell and carriage barn. m ..A fence on the southeast about 85 feet in length separates the homestead rn lot from a corner lot containing the Wilder House, which is operated for the Vermont Board of Historic Sites as a hospitality and luncheon center. z
is* The main house of the Coolidge Homestead is about 52 feet long and 25 H feet wide; the ell, extending eastward, about 23 feet long and 25 feet wide; and the attached carriage barn about 26 feet long and 22 feet wide. TO The house is set about 25 feet back from the village street and with its cz two appendages fills almost half of its frontage on the village street. r>
Proper steps to assure the. integrity and preservation of properties within the Plymouth Historic District are being taken by the three O principal owners: the State Board of Historic Sites functioning for the State of Vermont, the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation and z John Coolidge, son of the 30th President. cn 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
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11. FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Edwin W, Small, Assistant to Director. Northeast Region ORGANIZATION National Park Service, New England Field Office 10/19/72 STREET AND NUMBER: lloo John W. McCormack Post Office & Courthouse cflTY OR TOWN: Boston Jiaasaohusfitts 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICA I ION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION
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 Law National Register. 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion
in the National Register and certify that it has been
evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set
forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology arid Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is:
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N/A for Registered National Date Name Historic Tifl.ndnarks ATTEST:
Title
Keeper of The National Register
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