Framingham Cultural Resource Inventory City of Framingham, Massachusetts Framingham Historical Commission December, 2018 INVENTORY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES CITY OF FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS As of December, 2018 The Framingham Historical Commission is pleased to present this updated version of the city’s Inventory of Cultural Resources. The previous update was January, 2017. The inventory now includes 734 buildings, monuments cemeteries, and other sites which contribute to the historical and architectural heritage of the city of Framingham. Of these, 475 are seen to be of special significance as having been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Historic Architectural Buildings Survey, and/or one or more local authority of recognition. This includes: National Register: Individual Listings 14 Historic District Listings 200 Register Eligible 6 Total 220 Historic American Buildings Survey 9 Framingham Local Historic District properties 89 Framingham Historical Commission marker eligible 112 Framingham History Center listing 38 Properties with preservation restrictions 7 Other properties and structures, which have been recognized by the Massachusetts Historical Commission independent of this body are included in the inventory. All city-owned buildings and structures are included. In the first twenty years, since the inventory was established, 1980 – 2000, twenty seven (27) properties/structures were lost to demolition, fire, etc. In the current period, 2000- 2016, an additional nineteen (19) properties/structures were lost and twenty (20) were added. EXPLANATION OF CODES I. AREA LETTER Some buildings in the inventory are part of a grouping of structures that gives them extra meaning in terms of their cultural value. These groupings may be neighborhoods, historic districts, or institutional complexes such as the buildings of Framingham State University. Thirty-six such areas have been identified and are each assigned a letter code. In some cases the areas overlap, resulting in an area designation O/S, where the mill buildings of Saxonville are part of the old Saxonville Mills complex (O), and are also in the National Register’s Saxonville Historic District (S). A Framingham Centre Historic District S Saxonville Historic District B Woodside Cottages T Sudbury Aqueduct Linear District C Framingham State College Campus U Sudbury Dam Historic District D Dennison Manufacturing Company V Weston Aqueduct Linear District E South Framingham Common W Water Supply System of Metropolitan Boston F South Framingham Freight Office X Framingham Reservoirs G Bodman Place – Pearl Street Area Y Hultman Aqueduct H Massachusetts Correctional Institution for Women Z Jonathan Maynard Historic District I Gossamer Rubber Clothing Company AA Fountain Street Industrial Complex J Mount Wayte AB Diners of Massachusetts K Upper Singletary Lane Area AC Framingham Army National Guard Armory Complex L United Church of Christ Conference Center AD St. Jeremiah Roman Catholic Church Complex M Windswept Farm AE Lake Cochituate Reservoir N Garden in the Woods AF Beebe Estate – Eastleigh Farm O Saxonville Mill Complex AG Hodgman Rubber Company Area P Framingham Center Common Historic District AH Edwards Congregational Church Complex Q Concord Square Historic District AI Marist Fathers Seminary Complex R Irving Square Historic District AZ Sarah Clayes Historic District II. MHC NUMBER All properties in the Framingham Inventory of Cultural Resources must be registered with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) maintains the state inventory, and assigns a number to each property. For Framingham each number in the state inventory is preceded with the city code “FRM.” The MHC number is included here as a cross reference to the state inventory. Properties with the designation “pending” are in the process of being registered with the state. III. SIGNIFICANCE CODES In 1991 Town Meeting passed an historic preservation by-law that provides for a delay period before historically or architecturally significant structures can be demolished. It states that any application for a demolition permit for such a structure shall be subject to review by the Historical Commission. The Commission will make a determination as to its historical and/or architectural significance. A delay period of six (6) to twelve (12) months can be imposed by the Commission, to allow time to explore alternatives to demolition. While listing in the inventory does not automatically indicate significance, it would be an important factor in making the determination. Other factors include some form of recognition in the National Register of Historic Places, or by some other organization such as the Framingham History Center. Recognitions of this nature are included in this inventory in the form of Significance Codes. LHD Property is included in a local historic district under the jurisdiction of the Historic District Commission NRI Individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places NRD Listed in a National Register District NRE Eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places HABS Documented by the Historic American Building Survey FHC Property owner has been granted permission by Framingham Historical Commission to place a “circa sign” indicating the historic name and date FHS Listed in the “Historic Framingham” publication of the Framingham History Center PR Property with preservation restrictions in the deed of ownership Framingham Cultural Resources Inventory February, 2017 Street Street Name Historic Name Age Range Area MHC# Significance Codes Notes Number Significance Codes FHC = Framingham Historical Commission FHS = Framingham Historical Society HABS = Historic American Buildings Survey LHD = Local Historic District NRD = National Register District NRE = National Register Eligible NRI = National Register Individual PR = Preservation Restriction --- First River Terrace Archaeological Site (location not disclosed) - 957 PR --- Hultman Aqueduct 1936 - 1939 Y 942 --- Sudbury Aqueduct 1875 - 1878 T/W 937 NRD --- Lake Cochituate Reservoir 1846 - 1846 936 --- Weston Aqueduct 1902 - 1903 W 941 NRD Adams Road 0 Linsley Hall - Framingham State College 1972 - 1972 C 136 Adams Road 14 1895 - 1915 C 133 Demolished 2009 Adams Road 36 1895 - 1915 C 132 Adams Road 42 Framingham State College Alumni House 1915 - 1925 C 137 Adams Road 43 1903 - 1903 131 Alexander Street 15 Mary L. Pratt House 1886 - 1895 307 Alexander Street 25 -27 Velma E. Coleman House 1887 - 1887 308 Alexander Street 40 -44 Wellington H. Pratt House 1886 - 1891 309 Alexander Street 51 Lena J. Davis House 1893 - 1895 310 Alexander Street 52 -54 George H. Davis House 1887 - 1895 311 Alexander Street 65 Abbie L. Glidden House 1897 - 1897 312 Arbor Way 4 L. Blodgett House 1860 - 1869 72 Arlington Street 68 -70 J. Chandler House 1872 - 1875 318 Aspen Circle 2 Richard R. Rock House 1980 - 1980 Z 1049 LHD Auburn Street 2 Brandolini House 1955 - 1955 A/P 19 LHD NRD Auburn Street 4 Stone Estate Gardener's Cottage 1850 - 1870 A/P 20 LHD NRD FHC Auburn Street 5 1970 - 1970 A 21 LHD Auburn Street 10 Dr. Simon Whitney House 1826 - 1826 P 33 LHD NRD FHC Badger Road 1 Luther Orlando Emerson House 1800 - 1830 L 510 Badger Road 1 Emerson House Barns 1850 - 1900 L 511 Badger Road 14 Maj. Lawson Nurse House (Richard Fiske) 1780 - 1799 pending FHC Barber Road 61 1930 - 1940 123 Beaver Street 0 Beaver Street Bridge 1922 - 1922 923 Beech Street 16 H. T. Fales House 1875 - 1889 415 Beech Street 23 -27 1920 - 1939 416 Fire damage, restored 2008 Beech Street 88 Framingham Hospital Nurses' Dormitory 1906 - 1906 221 Demolished 1980 Belknap Road 37 Aaron Pike House 1730 - 1735 554 FHC FHS Belknap Road 59 Ichabod Gaines House 1830 - 1832 1101 FHC Belknap Road 85 Jeremiah Belknap House 1750 - 1770 555 FHC FHS Belknap Road 90 E. Emerson House 1961 - 1961 1102 Belknap Road 147 Elisha Belknap House 1800 - 1820 556 FHC Belknap Road 161 Jeremiah Pike-Haven-Foster House 1660 - 1900 557 FHC FHS HABS LHD Belknap Road 161 Pike-Haven Homestead Marker 1930 - 1930 963 Belknap Road 261 Abijah Claflin House 1770 - 1800 558 FHC Framingham Historical Commission Page 1 Framingham Cultural Resources Inventory February, 2017 Street Street Name Historic Name Age Range Area MHC# Significance Codes Notes Number Belknap Road 429 Robert Forbes Perkins House Significance Codes 1891 - 1891 1103 Belknap Road FHC = Framingham655 HistoricalCharles Commission Capen House FHS = Framingham Historical Society HABS = Historic American Buildings1800 - Survey1832 LHD = Local559 HistoricFHC District NRD = National Register District NRE = National Register Eligible NRI = National Register Individual PR = Preservation Restriction Birch Road 24 1910 - 1928 678 Bishop Street 7 Dennison Manufacturing Company Power Plant 1905 - 1910 D 237 Boston Road 0 Boston Road Bridge Over Route 9 1931 - 1931 922 Demolished 1989 Brigham Road 14 Lustron Panel House 1950 - 1950 207 Demolished 1998 Brook Street 41 Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. McColl Statue 1971 - 1971 AD 951 Brook Street 41 St. Jeremiah Roman Catholic Church Rectory 1958 - 1958 AD 1097 Brook Street 41 St. Jeremiah Roman Catholic Church Rectory Shed 1958 - 1958 AD 1098 Brook Street 79 St. Jeremiah Roman Catholic Church 1958 - 1958 AD 1096 Brook Street 79 St. Jeremiah Statue 1958 - 1958 AD 950 Brook Street 281 Peter Balch House 1660 - 1755 607 FHC FHS Brook Street 301 William S. Walsh Jr. Middle School 1969 - 1969 608 Brook Street 535 Murray-Elisha Jones-Abner H. Brummell House 1700 - 1799 1104 FHC