Appendix B – Historic Resource Inventory - Claremont Page/Historic Resources... · Historic Resource Inventory December 7, 2017 Page 1 of 49 Appendix B – Historic Resource Inventory

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Appendix B – Historic Resource Inventory DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT

Opera House Square (formerly Tremont Square; redesigned in 1978)

Figure 1: 16-34 Opera House Square - Hotel Claremont/Moody Building. Designed and built by Hira Beckwith, renovated by Hira Beckwith after a fire; dining room torn off and building altered in the 1990’s

Figure 2: Moody Building circa 1895


Opera House Square, cont.

Figure 3: 36-38 Opera House Square-1870's Victorian Gothic; Appears that there was a building on this site on the 1873 map that connected by a wooden wing to the Tremont house in the middle of the square. Tremont House burned in 1879. It is suspected that this building was erected soon after.

Figure 4: 42-44 Opera House Square - Dickinson Block; Presumably named and built for Aurelius Dickinson, owner of the Tremont House in the middle of the square from 1839 until it burned in 1879.

Figure 5: Farwell Block- 1854 – good Greek Revival commercial block; built as an investment in 1854 by George Farwell

Figure 6: 56 Opera House Square –Claremont National Bank –Designed and built by Hira Beckwith in 1876; remodeled in Art Deco style in 1929


Figure 7: Claremont City Hall/Opera House- 58 Opera House Square. National Register. 1896. Designed by Charles A. Rich of the New York firm, Lamb and Rich; built by Hira Beckwith. This building replaced the original 1790’s town hall that was built and moved to this site by Ichabod Hitchcock and later renovated in 1868 by Hira Beckwith. Built during the period when Claremont was developing a distinctly urban downtown. Hotel Claremont and the Union Block completed the framing of Tremont Square and new brick commercial blocks were extending onto Pleasant Street.


Tremont Street

Figure 8:2-6 Tremont St - Fisher Block – c. 1850’s – perfect little mid-19th century commercial block; a gem of its kind; important segment of continuous commercial fabric; former home of FW Wadleigh Meats and Groceries

Figure 9: 8 Tremont Street - Perry's Block; about 1857, Josiah W. Deane and Edward Tenney carried on an extensive business in manufacturing cigars and as wholesale dealers in manufactured tobacco employing 15 hands; upper story may have been added in 1884 for a Masonic Hall

Figure 10: 26 Tremont Street - (l) store, 1899-1904; (r) Rossiter's Block, c. 1850; 4-story; brick lower two stories with brownstone lintels; upper clapboarded 2 stories added c. 1900


Main Street

Figure 11: 1 Main St - Tumble Inn Diner; c. 1930; serial #778; Worcester (MA) Diner Co., 1-story metal diner in original condition

Figure 12: 2 Main St - Bailey Block/Fiske Free Library Home of E.E. and S.C. Bailey silversmiths, the second home of the Fiske Free Library, and The American Band, original building altered by Hira Beckwith


Pleasant Street

Figure 13: 1 Pleasant St - Union Block - Designed and built in c. 1890 by Hira Beckwith; home to his business offices; replaced an earlier wooden building that was destroyed by fire; some brownstone and terra cotta decorations located on the edge of the roof were removed and destroyed in the mid-1900’s; black glass Art Deco facades replaced original storefronts; Pleasant Street storefronts restored to near original appearance around 2015

Figure 14: 2 Pleasant Street - Brown Block; early commercial building restored to c. 1930 appearance in c. 2012


Figure 15: 14-20 Pleasant Street; Stowell Block; c. 1895; built on the site of a livery stable for George H. Stowell, a real estate investor and a hardware, coal and iron dealer with a shop in Brown’s Block; also, a prominent Republican

Figure 16: 19 Pleasant Street; Hunton Block; c. 1890; brick and granite design by Hira Beckwith; very similar to Dickinson Block on Opera House Square; Hunton originally intended to set the building several feet forward of its present position, projecting into the line of the street ahead of the line already established by the Union Block. This spurred the City to establish the uniform wider width of Pleasant Street


Pleasant Street, Cont.

Figure 17: 27-45 Pleasant Street; c. 1910 Odd Fellows Block; missing original cornice detail on front; parts still visible on side; storefronts restored 2002; designed by David Messier

Figure 18: 32-40 Pleasant Street; Rand’s Block; c. 1871 second empire; 3rd floor was originally mansard roof design; later flattened; original location of the post office

Figure 19: 44 Pleasant Street; c. 1890; site of Rand’s Depot for many years – a newsstand and cigar store

Figure 20: 51-59 Pleasant Street; Latchis Theater c. 1930; Art Deco style with classical references; relief sculpture in pediment; theater section in rear removed in 1990s


Pleasant Street, cont.

Figure 21: Ornate pediment on Latchis Theater facade



Figure 22: 54-62 Pleasant Street – Goddard Block; typical simply-ornamented 1920s commercial building; original home of M.H. Fischman department store

Figure 23: 65 Pleasant Street; 1920s-30s commercial block with diminishing width horizontal bands; blue façade added later; formerly Kimball’s Stationary

Figure 24: 66 Pleasant Street; 1930s commercial building built for Montgomery Ward. Marble inserts on upper section and relief sculpture depicting Goddess of Commerce, symbol for Montgomery Ward.

Figure 25: Goddess of Commerce



Figure 26: 72 Pleasant Street - Congregational Church - Built in the Gothic Revival style with pointed arch windows and crenellated tower with square corner turrets; 1836

Figure 27: 96 Pleasant Street

Figure 28: 108 Pleasant Street- Home of John McCullough, a famous stagecoach owner (photo taken in 1889)

Figure 29: 108 Pleasant Street (McCullough house) today



Figure 30: 109 Pleasant Street – Neo-Classical Nason mansion once surrounded by a garden designed by the Olmstead firm with a companion garden at the Crandall house (43 Summer Street)


Broad Street Park

Figure 31: A war memorial park featuring a bronze Civil War Memorial figure, sculpted by Martin Milmore, atop a base of granite. This original soldier bronze was the first public sculpture erected in the State of New Hampshire and was copied or modified by the sculptor for other towns in New Hampshire and New England.


Broad Street

Figure 32: Cemetery behind Fire Station – one of several sets of cemetery gates donated by William H.H. Moody

Figure 33: 100 Broad Street - Fire Station designed and built by Hira Beckwith; 1917

Figure 34: Unitarian Church -106 Broad Street –The original church built in 1832 in the Federal style with four blind arches on each façade with granite imposts. The original façade was flat with doors in the outer arches and windows in the inner arches. Hira Beckwith’s alterations in the 1880’s included a projecting entrance tower/steeple, interior alterations with stained glass windows

Figure 35: Fiske Free Library - 108 Broad Street. Built by Hira Beckwith from plans designed by H.M. Francis & Son of Fitchburg, MA and with funding from Andrew Carnegie.


Broad Street, cont.

Figure 36: Trinity Church - 120 Broad Street - Built in 1852, designed by the New York firm Wills and Dudley, one of the best examples of Stick Style architecture in the state, extended and enlarged several times over the years, the church was further altered by the hurricane of 1938 when it lost its steeple

Figure 37: Goodwin Community Center - 130 Broad Street – 1884-85; Original Trinity Church parsonage designed and built by Hira Beckwith; Richardsonian style; now privately owned

Figure 38: Federal Post Office - 140 Broad Street. 120/146 Built in 1931; replaced the original post office located on Pleasant Street

Figure 39: George Farwell Home - 146 Broad Street – Fine example of the Neo-Classical/Greek Revival style; c. 1830


Broad Street, cont.

Figure 40: Claremont Bank/Spanos/Law Office - 158 Broad Street – First bank of Claremont; Federal style with blind arches like the Universalist Church; French Mansard roof alteration

Figure 41: J. Rounsevel/Clarke-Mortenson House - 174 Broad Street - Neo-Classical/Neo-Colonial house owned by the Upham family as one of their in-town residences

Figure 42: Michaud and Sammon - 107 Broad Street. One of a series of fine homes that are now a parking lot and Veterans Club

Figure 43: Claremont Savings Bank - 145 Broad Street - Site of several important historic homes including a Gothic wooden house in Claremont, twin brick Gothic houses, a Stick-Style Queen Anne mansion designed and built by Hira Beckwith and a Neo-Classical brick


Broad Street, cont.

Figure 44: 133 Broad Street - Site of first shoe factory Figure 45: Mascoma Savings Bank - 133 Broad Street

now

Figure 46: 165 Broad Street - Tappan/Dow Building. One of the finest examples of Neo-Classical/Federal architecture in New England. Copies of its Greek porch can be found in Hartland, VT and Old Deerfield, MA

Figure 47: Detail from the Tappan/Dow Building


Broad Street, cont.

Figure 48: 175 Broad Street - Stevens High School - original building designed & built by Hira Beckwith Figure 49: Samuel P. Fiske house on Broad Street c. 1830,

Greek Revival

Figure 50: 189 Broad Street – 1795; Samuel Fiske/Stevens House. A Federal style house influenced by Asher Benjamin with major Colonial Revival alterations


Broad Street, cont.

Figure 51: 209 Broad Street - Original Hosea W. Parker house - designed and built by Hira Beckwith in the Queen Anne style

Figure 52: 209 Broad Street – Remains of the Hosea W. Parker mansion


Broad Street, cont.

Figure 53: 221 Broad Street – Gov. Ralph Metcalf/W. Howard Dunn Building - designed and built by Hira Beckwith c. 1770

Figure 54: 233 Broad Street. Neo-classical mansion built as a town house for the owners of the “Goddard Mansion” daughter of Mr. Maynard; c. 1910


Lower Village Historic District

Main Street

Figure 55: 56 Main Street; built c. 1830; remodeled late 19th century

Figure 56: 91 Main Street –machine and erecting shop, Sullivan Machine Company; 1905- 1919; designed by Arthur S. Coffin

Figure 57: 105 Main Street - Foreman House - one of six identical Victorian cottages

Figure 58: 111 Main Street – one of six identical Victorian cottages; c. 1890


Main Street, cont.

Figure 59: 131 Main Street: Austin Tyler's Tontine Building – 1833-34; very good example of an early 19th century commercial block, built by a group of prominent investors; a major visual element in the commercial core of the Lower Village; Building was originally divided straight down the middle; Austin Tyler owned the west half, Clement & Rossiter the east. Each bought their parcel of land from Ephraim Tyler on 10 Aug 1833; building was completed by Jan 1835, when Clement sold his interest in the eastern half to Austin Tyler. That deed (13/401) calls it the “tontine building built in Company with Austin Tyler and Clement and Rossiter”

Figure 61: Main Street - Sugar River Grist Mill- 1855 Greek Revival – site of an early saw and grist mill constructed in 1767 with historic water turbine invented by John Tyler

Figure 62: 169 Main Street – original site of Claremont Flock; former site of Simeon Ide/Freeman and O’neil complex

Figure 60: 139-147 Main Street: Parmalee Building - 1835; distinctive early 19th century commercial block with stepped gable ends; built in the 1830’s boom years in which the Lower Village took shape; a critical visual element in the Lower Village; one building erected as such in 1835 across two lots of land; western lot owned by Horace Parmalee, merchant; eastern lot owned by Claremont Manufacturing Co. About 1843, Henry Patten established himself in trade at the west end, remaining there until 1882; the eastern 4 bays were known as the Claremont Book Shop, and were presumably


Main Street, cont.

Figure 63: 170 Main Street: c 1835

Figure 64: 195 Main Street; main brick building 1830’s; porches and wooden front added 20th century

Figure 65: 203 Main Street: 1834; virtually original Greek Revival exterior; highly distinctive design with paired Doric columns set in a recessed front entry

Figure 66: 1832-1833 stone double-house dwelling; erroneously referred to as the Tontine House


Main Street, cont.

Figure 67: Dunklee house - early 19th century Federal brick dwelling. One of the largest and perhaps earliest in a row of Federal/Greek houses on the south side of lower Main Street.


Central Street

“The Dutton, Ide, and Russell Houses on Central Street, and the remaining Greek Revival dwelling opposite them … represent one of the most dramatic expressions of the Greek Revival style in New Hampshire. We know of no other example in the state where houses of such uniform temple form are placed in perfect alignment on a terrace with broad lawns leading down to a street. These buildings proclaim the pride and prosperity that marked Claremont’s first golden age in the 1830s. Central Street is a dramatic testament to the optimism that characterized Claremont’s early industrial era. Central Street is a treasure and a monument to urban planning in New Hampshire.” James L. Garvin, State Architectural Historian, 2006

Figure 68: 16 Central Street - Dutton-Ide-Russell/St. Mary buildings- Built in 1835, four identical Greek Revival four-column, temple-front houses (2 remaining) built for industrialists, attributed to the master builder Aaron Howland (Walpole, NH), built on a raised plain, the four houses were known locally as “Nabob Row”; a fifth three-columned Greek Revival house opposite (extant) is thought to be Howland as well;


Union Street

Figure 69: 40 Union Street – 1832-4 Greek Revival; Clement & Rossiter Store/Claremont Manufacturing Co


Mill District

Figure 72: Sullivan Machinery - A machine tool industry established in 1850; noted for making a variety of machine tools before specializing in mining machines - cutters, drills, compressors, etc. - for the mining, quarrying, and construction industry (Library of Congress)

Figure 70: Moseley Bowstring Bridge - One of the few extant examples of this type of bridge; crossed over the Sugar River between Mill #6 and the former Monadnock Mill power plant and carried pipes and workers (Library of Congress)

Figure 71: Monadnock Mill complex - Water Street - A textile mill complex begun in 1832; noted for producing the first dimity fabric in America; installed Jacquard looms to weave Marseille and matelasse bedspreads


Mill District, cont.

Figure 73: Sullivan Machinery - Main Street between Pearl and Water (Library of Congress)

Figure 74: Sullivan Machinery - Main Street (Library of Congress)

Figure 75: Gasworks Site

Figure 76: Gasworks Plant



Figure 77: 45 Crescent Street – Management and textile design offices of the Monadnock Mills Co. were located in this building




Summer Street

Figure 78: 14 Summer Street - Upham family homestead house; moved from Broad Street when Stevens High School was built; early Federal house nearly identical in style to the Fiske-Stevens House on Broad Street. This house retains much of its original character with the exception of the two Victorian bay windows. The Upham family was connected with Sullivan Machine/Joy Manufacturing from its founding

Figure 79:43 Summer Street - Howe/Johnson/Snow/Crandall house. Built about 1820 by Rev. Howe and expanded and updated on several occasions in the Second Empire/Italianate Style. This is the first example of a Hira Beckwith house, in collaboration with Mr. Freeman


Summer Street, cont.

Figure 83: Tyler Carriage House

Figure 80: 54 Summer Street - John Tyler home - designed and built by Hira Beckwith in the Queen Anne Style for John Tyler; ball room on third floor Figure 81: (http://www.ledyardsawmill.org/historic-

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Figure 82: John Tyler, inventor of the Tyler Water Turbine

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Summer Street, cont.

Figure 84: 73 Summer Street - Hira Beckwith's house built in the High Queen Anne Style. Hira Beckwith was Claremont’s most important architect/builder through the Victorian period. Many of Claremont’s finest homes, public and commercial buildings and mills were designed/built by Mr. Beckwith.

Figure 85: Another view of the Hira Beckwith house


Prospect Street

Figure 86: 33 Prospect Street - Otis Waite House c. 1870, Italianate style


Prospect Street, cont.

Figure 87: 37 Prospect Street - Frederick Waite house (No relation to Otis Waite) Frederick Waite was a builder and superintended the building of several Cornish Colony houses. This is a fine example of the Bungalow Style.

Figure 88: 40 Prospect Street - Bowles house. Queen Anne Style house at the head of Pearl Street


Bailey Avenue

Figure 89: 6 Bailey Avenue - Designed & built by Hira Beckwith Figure 90: 15 Bailey Avenue. Shingle Style house; winter home of the Upham family

Figure 91: 19 Bailey Avenue. Shingle/Stucco Style house Figure 92: 8 Bailey Avenue – Designed and built by Hira Beckwith


Putnam Street

Figure 93: Temple Meyer David - 25 Putnam Street

Bond Street

Figure 94: 1 Bond Street. Craftsman Style Bungalow Figure 95: 18 Bond Street – Queen Anne house designed & built by Hira Beckwith at the head of Green Street


Myrtle Street Lincoln Heights

Mulberry Street

Figure 96: 11 Myrtle Street; excellent example of a Greek Revival cottage

Figure 98: 11 Mulberry Street - William Rossiter House; 1840. National Register of Historic Places

Figure 97: 44 Lincoln Heights - Daniel Dexter House; 1789. National Register of Historic Places

Figure 99: William Rossiter House


Charles Street Sullivan Street

Figure 100: 8 Charles Street Figure 101: 99 Sullivan Street - Greek Orthodox Church


Foster Place

Figure 102: 1 Foster Place Figure 103: 3 Foster Place

Figure 104: 4 Foster Place


West Claremont

Figure 105: The junction of the Sugar River and Connecticut River was a former living area of Native Americans 400-800 years ago

Figure 106: Ashley's Ferry landing - now a public access to the Connecticut River, was one of two ferry crossings between Claremont and Weathersfield

Figure 108: High Bridge today

Figure 107: High Bridge - Main Street. Two railroad bridges. The original high bridge is marked the remains of its granite piers. It was built by George Washington Whistler in 1846. The current iron bridge was put in place when the railroad was realigned and graded.


West Claremont, cont.

Figure 109: Known as the William Breck Farm, the 130-acre property was purchased in 1792 by Mr. Breck from Cotton Dickinson

Figure 110: c. 1770; Sumner’s Tavern or the “Cupola House”; built by Col. Benjamin Sumner

Figure 111: Godfrey Cooke/"Riverfields"/Hawkins House - 295 Windsor Road. Considered one of New Hampshire's finest Federal houses, built in 1825; shows the influence of Asher Benjamin

Figure 112: Tyler House - 17 Clay Hill Road - Oldest standing farmhouse



Figure 113: 39 Windsor Road -The ell of this Federal farm house was built in 1768-69 by Dr. William Sumner. Sumner was one of the earliest physicians in Claremont. He was the moderator of the 2nd town meeting held in his home on March 14, 1769



Figure 114: Union Church - 133 Old Church Road. Begun in 1771 from a plan by Royal Governor John Wentworth and built by Ebenezer Rice, designed in the style of Congregational churches. This is the oldest Episcopal church in New Hampshire. It retains its original box pews. The tower was added in 1800; the church lengthened by 20 feet in 1820. Wooden horse stalls are located behind the church.

Figure 115: Old St. Mary's Church - Old Church Road. Built in 1823 by Rev. Virgil Barber, son of Rev. Daniel Barber, former rector of Union Church. Federal in style with Gothic Revival touches as seen in the relieving arches over the windows. This is the oldest Roman Catholic church in New Hampshire. A chapel is on the first floor. The second floor was used as an academy.


Figure 116:684 Main Street - 1825; Built by Leonard and Hiram Gilmore of Acworth NH

Figure 117: 700 Mani Street - 1773, Col. Benjamin Tyler homestead. Tyler was elected a selectman at the first town meeting. He was a superb mechanic, a renowned inventor and prominent mill owner.





Figure 118: 1784 – farm and tavern house built by Alexander Ralston

Figure 119: Russell Jarvis Homestead - 36-40 Russell Jarvis Homestead Road. Originally the home of Judge Sanford Kingsbury. Built about 1780. Bought by Dr. Leonard Jarvis. William Jarvis, Consul to Portugal and cousin of Leonard, sent the first large flocks of merino sheep to this farm in 1810.

Figure 120: Part of the Jarvis Homestead Figure 121: Part of the Jarvis Homestead


William H. H. Moody

In March of 1916, William H.H. Moody, a retired Claremont Businessman, donated the land known as Moody Park. Moody’s gift to the City was described at the time as “a donation, for use as a public park and recreation ground, to be enjoyed for free by the people of Claremont.” A Claremont native, Moody became one of the wealthiest men in the region, having made his fortune as a shoe manufacturer.

Figure 122: Moody Park Pavilion


William H. H. Moody, cont.

Figure 123: W. H. H. Moody/ Highland View Farm; 33-40 Arch Road. A 300-acre estate bordered by a stone wall; the stone arch over Arch Road was the main entrance to the estate; the main house and caretaker’s house remain; Moody raised race horses and local legend says he once supplied horses for the U.S. Cavalry

Figure 124: Moody Mansion

Figure 125: Moody Mausoleum

Figure 126: Cemetery Gates gifted by Wm. H. H. Moody

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