FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission I 62-3 I I Sudbury 11~__ 15__ 80 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Town M'arlboTOugb 982 Boston post Road istoric Name Amos and Jouas Darling House Present Dwelling Original DweIling ate of Construction ca] 760 Maps; style; Bigelow le/Form Georgian vernacular Cape Cod cottage rchitect/Builder unknown erior Material: Sketch Map Foundation granite Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual Wa]l!frim wood clapboard inventory[arms have been completed. Label streets, including rowe numbers, if any. Attach a separate Roof slate sheet if space it; not sufficient here. Indicate north: Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ barn; cottagetgarage Major Alterations (with dates) _ one-story addition on east--20tb C Condition good Moved [X] no [ ] yes Date __ N....••.•../A _ Acreage 247 acres Recorded by Anne Forbes Setting On remnant of early £ann overlooking Organization for Marlboro Hist Camm Hager's pond across Rte 10 Spacious front Date 4n S/Q4, lawn with stone retaining wal] along road BUILDING FORM ARCHITECIURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This house is extremely rare in Marlborough as an example of a 1 lI2-story Cape Cod cottage of the Colonial era. Although it has acquired at least three additions over the years, the form of the main house remains as a five-by-two-bay, center-chimney structure. Most of the windows, which appear to retain their original narrow, projecting enframements, are primarily 8-over-12-sash; a pair of 6- over-S-sash windows appear under the roof gables. Three paired six-pane casement windows that light the upper story on the facade would date to the twentieth century. The center entry is high and narrow, with narrow flat pilasters, a high frieze, and molded lintel. (The door is not visible.) Typical '] of the era, other architectural detail includes narrow comer posts and a shallow boxed, molded cornice, without any roof overhang at the gable ends. .J A long one-story west ell appears to be of early date, and a 1 112-story rear ell, perpendicular to the main house, may be early as well. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [X] see continuation sheet Explain history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. Historical information about this house has been hampered by errors in the Darling geneaology given ... by Charles Hudson in his History of the Town of Marlborough, in which he confuses the two Amos, Darlings, father and son. U this house was constructed in about 1760, as its style implies and the 1978 inventory form states, th- it was probably built for farmer Amos Darling, who moved here from Framingham (possibly after livin., in Danvers), and married Hepzibah Bruce of Southborough in about 1745-46. Their children included Jonas, (b. 1753), and Amos, Jr., who was born in 1757 and would have been the one mentioned by Hudson who died in 1837 at the age of 80. Members of the Darling family were undoubtedly associated with the nearby Hager Sawmill (see Forms 907 and 14); one ofthe mostly likely ones would have been Amos Darling, Jr., who married Lovice (Lovisie) Hager, daughter of Ebenezer Hager, Jr. in 1800. (Other sources contend that the house was built in about 1726 by Hezekiah Cutting, who sold it in 1733 to Thomas Sanderson, and that it was later owned by Ebenezer Winchester and Joseph Maynard.) (Cont.) BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [] see continuation sheet Bigelow, Ella. Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough. 1910. Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough. 1862. Maps and Atlases: Holman, 1803; Wood, 1830; Hudson, 1835; Walling: 1853, 1857; Beers: 1875; Walker: 1889; Sanborns. Marlborough Directories. Marlborough Enterprise. 6/12/93. Vital Records of Marlborough, Framingham, and Danvers. 1978 Inventory Form. [ X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Marlborough Darling House Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Area(s) Form Boston, Massachusetts 02116 15 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, cont. The house was apparently inherited by Jonas Darling, who is shown as the owner on the map of 1803. By 1830, however, this was the property of "E, Hager". This may have been Ephraim Hager (b. 1764), son of William Hager (Ebenezer, Jr.'s brother) of 929 Boston Post Road, and thus Lovice Hagar Darling's cousin. He owned the property through at least 1835, but eventually moved to Framingham, where he settled on the estate of his grandfather, Ebenezer Hager, Sr. By 1853 the farm was owned by George Jones, who was here through the end of the nineteenth century. It is likely that it was during the early part of his ownership that the building acquired its traditional name of "Jones's Tavern." In the 1920's, this farm, along with the Howe Tavern (Wayside Inn) in Sudbury and many associated properties in both Sudbury and Marlborough, including the Hager Sawmill, were acquired by Hel11YFord as part of a restored inn and mill area. Massachusetts Historical Commission Community Property Address 80 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Marlborough 982 Boston Post Rd. Area(s) Form No(s). 15 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [x] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [ ] Contributing to a potential historic district [] Potential historic district Criteria: [x] A [] B [x] C [] D Criteria Considerations: [] A [] B [] C [] D [] E [] F [] G Statement of Significance by __ F_o_rb_e_s_I_S_c_h_u_le_r _ The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. The Amos and Jonas Darling House, more commonly referred to as Jones Tavern, meets Criteria A and C of the National Register. The late eighteenth century property is signficant as one of only a few remaining Marlborough farmhouses which expresses the passage of time in the evolution of the building. Darling was a farmer from Framingham. In the 1830s the property was occupied by Hagers who were probably associated with the sawmill on the opposite side of the road. By 1853 it was Jones Tavern. Architecturally the building is significant as one of the only extant one and one-half story Georgian cottages in the Cape Cod tradition. The property retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. FORI\,l B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION /5"* Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston Address (~G2 :Joston .::ost ~(oad Name Jonas 0R.Tling Fornestead Present use ,(;tesidence Present owner :,-l.. Leroy Temple 3. Description: 1! Story Center Chimney Date 1760 Source l1..lb. Local ::ristories style CaDc Cod Colonial 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect None in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric ..lood Clapboard Outbuildings (describe) __B_a_rn _ Other features Corner posts extend above ceiling to accomodate eye Altered Date o @ Moved Date 5. Lot size: 8(1 STOll PO$ r /{OAD One acre or less Over one acre X D Approximate frontage ----------150 Feet Approximate distance of building from street 60 Feet 6. Recorded by Ernest Ginnetti Organization Harlborough Historical -'-:.',J COUlffilsslon ~- . Date 9/21/78 , (over) M-5-77 7. Original owner (if known)------------------------------ Original use za rtu --------------------------------_-.:.-_--, Subsequent uses (if any) and dates-----------------------------~(esicJence \. 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Recreation Agricultural Education Religion Architectural x Exploration/ Science/ The Arts settlement x invention Commerce Industry .A. r Social! Communication Military humanitarian Communitydevelopment Political Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) I Amos Darling was the first of his name in i1arlborough, he moved \. here from Framingham but was originally from Oanvers. lle married Hepzebah Bruce of Southborough and. he died in 1837 at the age of 80. His son Jonas "vas living in this house in 1803 according to the map of Harlborough. Jonas was born June 4, 1753 and married Nary Knights in 1778, he died in Sterling. During the early part of the 20th century this house was o~med by the Ford Found.ation along with th.e ~':ayside Inn (Em'Te Tavern) as part of effort to restore some of the Colonial Eor..estead.. It now remains an excellent example of a Georgian Cape '::od. house, the only one left in the city. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, ear ly maps, etc.) Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough, Ella Bigelow, Marl., 1910. History of Harlborough Mass., Charles Hudson, Boston I'lass. FORM B - BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission I I Sudbury I 1 14 _ 80 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Town Marlborough Place (neighborhood or village) _ East Marlborough 9'9 Boston post Road ···Historic Name Wi11iam Hager House Uses: Present Dwelling Original Th.velling Date of Construction late 18th century Maps; style; Bigelow Style!Form GeorgianfFederaJ vernacular unknown Exterior Material: Sketch Map Foundation granjte Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual WaUffrim wood clapboard inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate Roof wood shingle sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ long 1-stoty shop near road Major Alterations (with dates) False center o chimney added, one of twin chimneys removed Door replaced, long rear ells removed after ca.