resent use CETA officeg in several

'" \(.... : ~..:._ \..... y.~. _/L~ t 1,- '.,-...... _ FORM B - BUII;QING In Area no. Form no. MASSA.CHUSETTS HISTORICAL CO?'>1MISSro:.; Office 01 t he Secretary, State House, Boston 'T'')\vn "1arlborough Main & Prospect Sts, Old High School & Jr. H.S. arne ----------------- resent use CETA officeg in several ooms; otherwige vacant City of Marlborough 1897 Source inser iption over.3 ide en tj an c. Style Colonia\ Revival 4. l\lap. Draw sketch of UI1QI b v in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric red brick Outbuildings (describe) ---------- Other features 3-3 tor y, rec tangular plan with 2 gabled o9vilion3. Hipp roof. Rece3~ed entranceg with Altered Moved 5, Lot size: Date --------- ------ Date --------- ----- One acre or less x Over one acr e Approximate frontage_2_0_0_' _ Approximate distance of building from st r e e 125' N t 6. Recorded by Harr i et \Yh i t e Organization MAPC -------------- Date 9/27/78...,....,,.,., n,.., - ~

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSA01USETTS HISTORICAL C(}.MISSI~ Office of the Secretary, Boston Corranuni ty : Hudson Forrn No: Property Name: Old R.S & Jr. H. S I Indicateeach item on inventory form which is being continuedbelov, Other features: coffered ceilings. Semi-circular arched entrances. BUilding situated on a low hill. Entrance consist~ of double doors with large semi-circular fanlights of divided sash. Windows in ranges of 3 1 s with white brick earred ~urrounds. Applied Ionic pilasters of white brick on pavilions. Also wide belt band and wide frieze of white brick. Modillion cornice and modilltons in gable of pavilions. Egg and dart and dentil molding along cornice. Two massive panelled copper sheathed chi~neys and two massive panelled brick chimneys. Acroteria and anthemion on some window lintels. End wall has Palladian window with keystone and elaborate metal tracery on the inside. Inscription in stone above one entrance reads I1High Sc hoo L'"; above other entrance reads 11 Junior High School.".., ". St Ie to Inventor

FORM B - BUII:DING MASSACHUSETTS - --~--_...-_.._- HISTORICAL ----~- COMMISSION "' - -. In Area no. Form no. 111 own Marlborough.' Iddress IV:ain Street I lme Frank D. v'jalker Build ing _.~ " resent use Marlborough CETA f, Consortium resent owner City of fl"iarlborougb scription: te 1898 Public Record Federal -1. I\lap. Draw sketch of building location Architect Charles Edpar Barnes in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric brick and stone L Outbuildings (describe) ---------- Other features Elaborate ned iments. -.::,) 0 chimneys. cornices >-:; 0,-" 0 '.> ni 0- Ft<'r'tr>J K D '1 Altered 0 vj,'1j..i{(;,<" &'-..D L) v, -:-1 Moved Date ----J l' 5. Lot size: Date --------- ------ --------- ----- One acre or less Over one acre-x..-- Appr oxi mate frontage Joo' N Approximate distance of building from street 75' 6. Recorded by_,~i~~(-,j... l--,;l.wjc-,-ll_-'~"' _ Organi zat ion >.ar J. t.o ro } 1 :'\1-:;: j no!' :...cpt.. Date 6/20/79 37r!.~7-77 (over)

7. Original owner (if known) Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates kar1boro Jr. rich ~chool (1960'e) l~~~ ( c \)>'.J..... r c >',. I" 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Com munication Community development x x Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political x Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social! humanitarian Transportation x 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) In 1897, the Planning Committee of Karlborough approved plans for the construction of a building to be userl as a hi~h school. Charles L. Bartlett held the office of Mayor at the time, Charles Ed~ar Barnes was architect, and construction was under the direction of J.E. ~arren and Co. '1he appropriation was for ~~65,000. Accord in/?:to Ella Bigelow t " No location In Marlborough could have been more appropriate and satisfactory than this central site occupied so many years by the historic buildings of time past." The opening and dedication was held on September 10, 1898. At the dedication, John C. Murphy, School Committee Chairm~ stated "... This is a beautiful structure strong and symmetrical; you have every reason to feel proud of the act which conceived it, of the skill which perfected it and the generosity which made it possible to realize it." Currently, the Frank D. Walker Building houses the Marlborough CETA Consortium, offering employment and counseling to those in the greater Marlborough area. The building is visually striking and the grounds are very well-maintained. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, ear ly maps, etc.) Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough. Ella Bigelow, 1910 Marlboro Annual Reports of the City of Marlborough (Marlborough Public Librarv)

FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Historical Commission Assessor's number I 70-28 I USGS Quad Area(s) I Marlborough I I A Form Number I 127 Town MarlborollCYb o Place (neighborhood or village) _ Main Street commercial area Address 121 Main Street te the hoto. iative here Historic Name FeeleyfPastille Blljldjng (O'Halloran? building) Uses: Present Commercial Original Commercial Date of Construction ca 1880's Source Maps; style Style/Form Queen Anne Architect/Builder unknown Exterior Material: ~---- - s within sal inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation not visible (concrete parged) Wallffrim brick facade: synthetic siding on sides Roof not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) facade doors N and upper windows replaced Condition fair/cyood c Moved [ X) no [ ] yes Date ~N~/A~ _ Acreage less than one acre '~corded by Anne Forbes Organization for Marlboro Hist Comm Setting On main downtown commercial street Modern metal and ~Jass bllildin~ to F. Date 3/31/94 small parkin~ lot to west

BUILDING FORM ARCHITEcrURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. One of the better-preserved commercial buildings on Marlboro's Main Street, this narrow brick store/office block, formerly part of a continuous row of buildings, now stands alone. Three stories high, its facade consists of two large display windows alternating with two recessed entries at the first story, and a four-bay symmetrical arrangement of windows at the second and third stories. The upper windows, which have stone sills and lintels, have been replaced with l-over-l-sash: some of what appear to be the original 2-over-2's remain on the sides of the building, however. The first-story storefront is fairly intact, retaining its configuration of two large plate-glass windows with wooden surrounds with wooden panels below. Although both doors of the recessed entries have been replaced, the westernmost still has what appear to be early-twentieth-century narrow sidelights and a fanlight transom. Ttbe door is a ca. 1905 long glass-paneled type. r The upper facade displays the "panel brick" decoration that was popular, especially in commercial buildings, in the 1880's and early '90's. Large recessed brick panels fill the wall surface between the windows, and angled vertical bricks, angled stacked headers, and dentil-like single headers animate the area below the windows. Brick quoining articulates the building comers at the first story, and rows of corbeled bricks create a band course between the floors and adorn a brick parapet at the roofline. At the upper center of the facade is a wide brick wall gable, flanked by a pair of short, paneled-brick piers. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] 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. 121 Main Street is the smallest of the commercial buildings in the Main Street area to remain from the building boom of the 1870's-'80's, and, along with the Temple and Warren Buildings, (NR-- MHC #s 49 and 129), the only survivor of the continuous streetfront of business blocks that once filled the north side of Main Street from the Devens Street to the McEnelly Street stairs. In its early days it housed the small hotel and saloon of John Feeley, who later had a fruit and confectionery store here. I " According to the present owner, the building was originally constructed by a member of the O'Halloran family. In this century it was acquired by the Pastille family, who have maintained a liquor store here for at least two generations. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ ] see continuation sheet Maps and Atlases: Walker: 1889; Sanboms. Marlborough Assessor's records. Marlborough Historical Society: Lapine photograph collection. Owner's records. [ X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement fonn is attached.

FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Historical Commission Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) I 70-137 I I Marlborough I I A Form Number I 128 Town Marlborough Place (neighborhood or village) _ Main Street commercial area \ Address Present 126-136 Main Street Frank I Sher Building Commercial, "II ",..- Original Commercial Date of Construction ca 1920's Source Maps; style Style/Form Architect/Builder Modeme unknown Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation nat visible Wallffrim brick, glass, metal, ceramic Roof nat visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ Dane Major Alterations (with dates) most doors and display windows replaced Glass panels removed from some areas (See also Page 2 ) Condition fa_ir _ Moved [ Xl no [ ] yes Date ~N_/~A _ Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Organization for Marlboro Hist Comm Date 3/31194 Setting On main downtown commercial street at comer of Court St Beaux Arts City HaJJ to W : parking to rear and opposite

Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Community Marlborough Property Address Main Street district Form No(s). A 64, 80, 81, 86, 98, 99, 112, 113, 105, 106, 120@128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 155, 173, 183, 184, 185, 192, 193, 194, 208, 209, 473, 504, 805, 900, 901, 902, 906, 911, 912 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Check all that apply: Form [ ] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] Contributing to a potential historic district [1 Potential historic district Criteria: [x] A [] B [x] C (] D Criteria Considerations: [] A [J B [] C [] D [J E [] F [] G Statement of Significance by F_o_rb_e_s_I_Sc_b_u_l_er The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. _ A potential National Register District, meeting Criteria A and C of the National Register, exists along Main Street from Exchange Street to Bates Avenue, including short sections of the northern side streets. This district embodies and articulates the evolution of the community's commercial, municipal, and institutional history. The Town Common (1660) and the Old Common Cemetery (1706) are reminiscent of the beginning of this municipality. Most of the other properties in this district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and are reflective of the expanding population and the need for increased housing and space in schools, churches and municipal buildings. The business and bank blocks are also reminiscent of the economic growth of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The buildings represent popular building styles from the Federal Period through the Revivals of the turn of the twentieth century. Contributing to such a district are the following properties: Thayer Tavern, Loring House, Union Common, Central Fire Station, City Hall, the second People's National Bank, Marlborough High School, the Baptist Church, the Old Common Cemetery, the McDonald and Campbell Houses, and the old Post Office (all eligible individually, as well;) and, eligible as part of a district: the Wasbington St. School, three monuments--the Soldiers' Monument, the Doughboy and the Volunteer, the John Brown Bell, three other churches and related buildings--the Union Congregational, Immaculate Conception and Sts. Anargyroi--the Immaculate Conception rectory, school, and convent, and several commercial buildings, including 121, 126-136, 195-205 Main, both People's National Banks, the First National Bank, and the Marlborough Savings Bank, the Corey Building, the Addison and Middleton Blocks, the Rice Building, 7/9 Mechanic Street, and the White City Diner. A few residences on the associated side streets would also be eligible as part of this district, including 28, 36, 70 and 73 Bolton Street, 41 and 47 Mechanic, and 105-116 Washington Street.

BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. In spite of its altered condition, this long one-story, six-store block is significant as the only representative on Main Street of the Moderne style, which was popular during the 1930's and '40's in new commercial areas, and, as here, in infill buildings on older commercial streets. The building, which appears to be shown on maps as early as 1929, may have had its distinctive Carrarra-glasspaneled fronts added a decade or so later. (Photos show that the glass panels extended the length of the building at one time.) Each of the six storefronts here consists of one or two large plate-glass display windows and a recessed entry. The paneled and bracketed wood detailing of the eastern section, which contains two stories, is apparently a relatively recent alteration. The easternmost entry, at #126 Main, has a wooden door with a large glass light, and transom above. The door and windows at #128 Main are new. Many changes were made to this building in the 1930's or 1940's, and the western section utilizes some of the experimental materials typical of those decades. Here the plate glass display windows have metal surrounds, and are supported on bases faced with large pseudo-stone ceramic panels of granite-like appearance. Decorative sheet-metal gratings provide ventilation between the panels. Above the storefronts of this section the building is sheathed with opaque black Carrarra glass panels. The storefront at #130 has a door identical to that at #126, #132 has a glass and metal replacement door, and at #134 the window, door, and surrounds have all been replaced. The store at #136 Main is larger than the others: here the entry is recessed between two large display windows of the same design as those at #s 130 and 132 Main. I \ J HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] 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. The six-store Frank Sher Building is an example of one type of "infill" building that was constructed in Marlborough in the latter part of the early modern period. Instead of the tall blocks that in the late nineteenth century had been built with storefronts on the first floor, and flats or offices above, by the 1920's and later, Marlborough's commercial areas were filling with small-scale stores, many of them clustered together in one-story buildings such as this. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ ] see continuation sheet Maps and Atlases: Sanborns from 1929. Marlborough Historical Society: Moineau Photo Collection. [ X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement [orm is attached.

Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Community Marlborough Property Address Main Street district Form No(s). A 64, 80, 81, 86, 98, 99, 112, 113, 105, 106, 120, 127,dlID 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 155, 173, 183, 184, 185, 192, 193, 194, 208, 209, 473, 504, 805, 900, 901, 902, 906, 911, 912 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [ ] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] 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_r_be_s~/ _S_ch_u_l_e_r The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. _ A potential National Register District, meeting Criteria A and C of the National Register, exists along Main Street from Exchange Street to Bates Avenue, including short sections of the northern side streets. This district embodies and articulates the evolution of the community's commercial, municipal, and institutional history. The Town Common (1660) and the Old Common Cemetery (1706) are reminiscent of the beginning of this municipality. Most of the other properties in this district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and are reflective of the expanding population and the need for increased housing and space in schools, churches and municipal buildings. The business and bank blocks are also reminiscent of the economic growth of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The buildings represent popular building styles from the Federal Period through the Revivals of the tum of the twentieth century. Contributing to such a district are the following properties: Thayer Tavern, Loring House, Union Common, Central Fire Station, City Hall, the second People's National Bank, Marlborough High School, the Baptist Church, the Old Common Cemetery, the McDonald and Campbell Houses, and the old Post Office (all eligible individually, as well;) and, eligible as part of a district: the Washington St. School, three monuments-the Soldiers' Monument, the Doughboy and the Volunteer, the John Brown Bell, three other churches and related buildings--the Union Congregational, Immaculate Conception and S15.Anargyroi--the Immaculate Conception rectory, school, and convent, and several commercial buildings, including 121, 126-136, 195-205 Main, both People's National Banks, the First National Bank, and the Marlborough Savings Bank, the Corey Building, the Addison and Middleton Blocks, the Rice Building, 7/9 Mechanic Street, and the White City Diner. A few residences on the associated side streets would also be eligible as part of this district, including 28, 36, 70 and 73 Bolton Street, 41 and 47 Mechanic, and 105-116 Washington Street.

FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Historical Commission Assessor's number I 69-462 I USGS Quad Area(s) Fonn Number I Marlborough I I~A I 130 Town Ma rlborollo"h o Place (neighborhood or village) _ \ Main Street area Address ]85-187 Main Street Historic Name People's National Bank: Marlborough Cooperative Bank Uses: Present Commercial Original Commercial Date of Construction ca] 890-9? Source Moineall photo Collection: maps: style Style/Form Qlleen Anne Architect/Builder I F Warren Exterior Material: Foundation Wallrrrim (not visible) brick and stone veneer u: I uu; au I UC::/.>, I) ~H)'. :u. ",. l.<separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Roof (not visible) Ou tbuildings/second aly Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) _ N Storefront replaced, marqnee added: two-part rear addition Condition ~fa~j..l.r _ Moved [ X] no [ ] yes Date ~N~T/~A~ _ Acreage less than one acre Decorded by Anne Forbes Setting On main downtown commercial urganization for Marlboro Hist Comm street Renaissance Revival stone bank to F: Date 3/3] 194 modem] -stag' brick bllildjno' to Vl - -

BUILDING FORM ARCHITEcrURAL DESCRIPTION [X] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This building is one of the most flamboyant of the few commercial blocks remaining on Main Street that pre-date the turn of this century. It is a tall four-story, two-bay brick building, with a facade of brick- and stone veneer. Its original three-arched first-story storefront has been completely replaced, but the upper part of the facade retains its original character. Here is a combination of rough-faced, red-orange stone blocks, and the same yellow-orange (buff) brick that appears in the Warren Block (MHC #129--NR), several doors to the east. I ) The second and third stories are filled with a pair of shallow two-story cast iron bay windows set into wide segmental-arched openings. At the fourth story are four replacement I-over-l-sash windows, with blocked-up transoms. The wall surface of this facade is more animated than on any other building on Main Street. Rough-faced stone blocks cover the exposed wall of the second and third stories, and form large voussoirs across the top of the bay windows. Simple quatre-foil-like panels are interspersed over their surface. (Cont.) HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain history of the building. Explain its associations with. local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the rale(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. #187 Main Street is significant as the first building on Marlborough's Main Street built by a bank for its headquarters. It was built as the People's National Bank, and later, after the People's Bank built a newer building next door at #179-181 Main, it housed the Marlborough Cooperative Bank. ;' The People's National Bank was founded in 1878, during a slowdown in Marlborough's industrial economy, largely as a result of efforts by D.W. Hitchcock and others. Its first president was Elbridge Howe, and upon his death, Mr. Hitchcock succeeded to the presidency. The original cashier, who continued in the post for many years, was John L. Stone. The original offices of the People's Bank were located in the old Town Hall. In 1882 the bank moved to the recently-built Temple Building at 149 Main (Form #49-NR), and in 1890 it purchased the land for this building. The Marlborough Cooperative Bank was incorporated in 1890, with Charles F. Robinson as President. It merged with the People's National Bank in the 1920's, and was located here for many years. I <1 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES ] see continuation sheet Conklin. Hurd. Maps and Atlases: Sanborns from 1896. Marlborough directories. Marlborough Historical Society: Moineau photo collection. Pictorial Marlborou!!h. 1879. [ X] Recommended for listinz in the National Resister of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Oiteri.a Statement fom~ is attached.

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Massachusetts Historical Commission Marlborough Areats) A People's National! Marlborough Coop. Bank Form No. 130 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION, cont. The fourth story is clad in an orange brick veneer, corbeled at the cornice line. A central facade gable, as in the Warren Block, is filled with patterned "basket-weave" brick, and flanked by a pair of heavy piers of alternating brick and stone. At the upper cornice is a prominent copper molding; a decorative iron balustrade embellishes the front roof line. The builder of this structure was the prolific Joseph E. Warren, who was also responsible for the construction of the nearby Warren Block and the First Baptist Church, along with many other buildings in the area.

Massachusetts Historical Commission Areats) Community Marlborough Property Address Main Street district Form No(s). A 64, 80, 81, 86, 98, 99, 112, 113, 105, 106, 120, 127, 128,cnID131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 155, 173, 183, 184, 185, 192, 193, 19~ 208, 209, 473, 504, 805, 900, 901, 902, 906, 911, 912 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [ ] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] Contributing to a potential historic district [1 Potential historic district Criteria: [x] A [] B [x] C [J D Criteria Considerations: [] A [] B [J C [] D [] E [] F [] G Statement of Significance by F_o_r_be_s~/ ~S~ch~u~l_e~r The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. _ A potential National Register District, meeting Criteria A and C of the National Register, exists along Main Street from Exchange Street to Bates Avenue, including short sections of the northern side streets. This district embodies and articulates the evolution of the community's commercial, municipal, and institutional history. The Town Common (1660) and the Old Common Cemetery (1706) are reminiscent of the beginning of this municipality. Most of the other properties in this district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and are reflective of the expanding population and the need for increased housing and space in schools, churches and municipal buildings. The business and bank blocks are also reminiscent of the economic growth of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The buildings represent popular building styles from the Federal Period through the Revivals of the turn of the twentieth century. Contributing to such a district are the following properties: Thayer Tavern, Loring House, Union Common, Central Fire Station, City Hall, the second People's National Bank, Marlborough High School, the Baptist Church, the Old Common Cemetery, the McDonald and Campbell Houses, and the old Post Office (all eligible individually, as well;) and, eligible as part of a district: the Washington S1, School, three monuments--the Soldiers' Monument, the Doughboy and the Volunteer, the John Brown Bell, three other churches and related buildings--the Union Congregational, Immaculate Conception and Sts. Anargyroi--the Immaculate Conception rectory, school, and convent, and several commercial buildings, including 121, 126-136, 195-205 Main, both People's National Banks, the First National Bank, and the Marlborough Savings Bank, the Corey Building, the Addison and Middleton Blocks, the Rice Building, 7/9 Mechanic Street, and the White City Diner. A few residences on the associated side streets would also be eligible as part of this district, including 28, 36, 70 and 73 Bolton Street, 41 and 47 Mechanic, and 105-116 Washington Street.

FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Historical Commission Assessor's number I 69-465 I USGS Quad Area(s) I Marlborough I I A Form Number I 131 Town Marlborough Place (neighborhood or village) _ Main Street commercial area Address 195-205 Main Street Historic Name.; _ Present Original Commercial Commercial Date of Construction _---'-c... a'---'1~9~3~5 _ Maps; style Federal Revival chitect/builder unknowd Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory [orms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation brick WaIlfTrim brick Roof slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates} _ All storefronts replaced--mid-1ate?oth C N Condition fair Moved [ XJ no [ ] yes Date ~N........ /A",-- _ Acreage less than one acre... ecorded by Anne Forbes Organization for Marlboro Hist Comm Date 3/31/94 Setting On main downtown commercial street. jn front of '.teep rock ledge Modern l-story brick stores to F small park to W

BUILDING FORM ARCHITECfURAL DESCRIPTION [ J see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This building illustrates a type of small one-story multi-store commercial block that was built, usually in isolated examples, in many New England towns during the 1930's, when Royal Barry Wills and others were popularizing solid, small-scale buildings reminiscent of commercial buildlings of the colonial and federal periods. (A near twin to this building exists at 59-73 Main Street in Concord, and it is highly possible that both were designed by the same architect.) The use of warm-toned rustic brick for the parapet end- and party-walls, and costly slate, with copper flashing, in the gabled roof is typical of these buildings. This one is a three-part, symmetrical arangement of a cupolaed central block of two or three stores flanked by a pair of lower-roofed two-store sections. An arched louvered vent breaks the center of the roof plane in each of the side sections. Surviving architectural trim here includes a molded wooden cornice at the front roofline, with a dentil course below. Although all the storefronts have been changed, the general arrangement of wide openings with large display windows and recessed entries remains. A course of vertical bricks forms the lintel across the top of the openings. An intact window bay, with four large panes, remains in the west end wall. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet Explain history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the roleis) the owners/occupants played within the community. One of a few small, handsome "infill" buildings constructed on Main Street in the 1920's through early 1940's, this building will require further research to determine the circumstances of its construction. It stands on the site of one former business block and part of another--the ca. 1890 one-story, five-store Campbell block, and the three-store Brown Block. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES ] see continuation sheet Maps and Atlases: 1938 Sanborn. [ X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement [orin is attached.

Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Community Marlborough Property Address Main Street district Form No(s). A 64, 80, 81, 86, 98, 99, 11~ 113, 105, 106, 120, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 155, 173, 183, 184, 185, 192, 193, 194,208,209,473,504, 805, 900, 901, 902, 906, 911, 912 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [ ] Individually eligible [J<] Eligible only in a historic district [x] Contributing to a potential historic district [ -l Potential historic district Criteria: [x] A [J B [x] C [] D Criteria Considerations: [] A [] B [] C [] D [] E [] F [] G Statement of Significance by F_o_r_be_s_/~S_ch_u_l_e_r The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. _ A potential National Register District, meeting Criteria A and C of the National Register, exists along Main Street from Exchange Street to Bates Avenue, including short sections of the northern side streets. This district embodies and articulates the evolution of the community's commercial, municipal, and institutional history. The Town Common (1660) and the Old Common Cemetery (1706) are reminiscent of the beginning of this municipality. Most of the other properties in this district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and are reflective of the expanding population and the need for increased housing and space in schools, churches and municipal buildings. The business and bank blocks are also reminiscent of the economic growth of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The buildings represent popular building styles from the Federal Period through the Revivals of the turn of the twentieth century. Contributing to such a district are the following properties: Thayer Tavern, Loring House, Union Common, Central Fire Station, City Hall, the second People's National Bank, Marlborough High School, the Baptist Church, the Old Common Cemetery, the McDonald and Campbell Houses, and the old Post Office (all eligible individually, as well.) and, eligible as part of a district: the Washington S10 School, three monuments--the Soldiers' Monument, the Doughboy and the Volunteer, the John Brown Bell, three other churches and related buildings--the Union Congregational, Immaculate Conception and Sts. Anargyroi--the Immaculate Conception rectory, school, and convent, and several commercial buildings, including 121, 126-136, 195-205 Main, both People's National Banks, the First National Bank, and the Marlborough Savings Bank, the Corey Building, the Addison and Middleton Blocks, the Rice Building, 7/9 Mechanic Street, and the White City Diner. A few residences on the associated side streets would also be eligible as part of this district, including 28, 36, 70 and 73 Bolton Street, 41 and 47 Mechanic, and 105-116 Washington Street.

FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Historical Commission Assessor's number I 69-459 I USGS Quad Area(s) I Marlborough I I A Form Number I 132 Town Marl horol 19h Place (neighborhood or village) _ Main Street commercial area Address 200-202 Main Street Historic Name First National Bank Uses: Present Commercial Original Commercial Date of Construction 1925-26 Source Maps: style Style/Form Renaissance Revival Archi teet/builder l~!d~k_n_o_w~n _ Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation not visible (marble veneered) WalllTrirn stone with brick sides ; Roof not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) _ large mid-20th-century addition on east end N Condition go-o_d _ Moved [ X] no [ ] yes Date _N_T/~A _ Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Organization for Marlboro Hist Comm Date 3131/94 Setting On main downtown commercial street Farly-20th C brick 2-story block to F- modern 7-story concrete building to W

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Marlborough First National Bank Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, MA 02116 Area Form A 132 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION, cont. The interior of this building, in its hipped, vaulted ceiling with large central colored-glass skylight, also mimics its predecessor. Here the walls of the large square banking room are articulated by high blind arches. In the mid-twentieth century, the building was enlarged with an addition on the east end. The addition is built of a similar stone and has an identical base; its window and cornice are smaller and simpler than those in the main building. The northeast facade comer is undercut at the first story to accommodate a comer entry. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, cont. power held by Marlborough's industrialists and wealthiest merchants over the city's economy, in 1897, a generation after its founding, the bank's officers were still shoe manufacturers, major builders, and the owners of its largest store. T.A. Coolidge was president, builder George Cate was vice-president, and the directors were L.P. Howe, T.A. Coolidge, William and William L. Morse, George Cate, Frank Mason, and Charles W. Curtis. The National Bank remained at Gay and Mechanic Streets through the tum of the century. In 1925-26 it constructed this building on the site of the old Estabrook Block.

BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [X] see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This building is highly significant to the streetscape of Main Street as one of a pair of wellpreserved stone-faced Renaissance Revival bank buildings. It stands nearly opposite its companion, the slightly earlier second building of the People's National Bank (see Form #105). Both are three-bay structures with tall round-arched windows spanning two stories and filling most of the facade, with the bank entry in the lower section of the central window bay. In contrast to the heavy proportions and prominent stone-block surface of the People's Bank, however, the facade here is higher, smooth-faced, and its detail is generally flatter, more delicate, and more attenuated. Four flat, fluted Ionic pilasters which separate the bays rise from a high glazed granite base to a classical entablature and cornice adorned with dentil and egg-and-dart courses. Above the roofline, instead of a balustrade, this building has a solid, rectangular-paneled stone parapet. The multi-light, woodmullioned windows are framed by heavy keystoned stone moldings. The entry, which has a modern glass-and-metal door, has a molded stone architrave and foliate-carved surround. (cant). HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] 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. \ " The second bank established in Marlborough, the First National Bank was organized in 1863 with a capital of $50,000. Its founding was largely the result of efforts by the seventy-year-old Mark Fay, the same man who had successfully launched the Marlborough Savings Bank three years earlier, (see Form #155,) and had brought the Fitchburg Railroad into the town in the 1850's. Within two years the bank's funds had increased to $200,000. The first officers included Mark Fay as president and Edmund C. Whitney as cashier, and, as directors, Samuel and Joseph Boyd, William Gibbon, William Morse, 2nd, John Whiton, Erastus and George Woods, and Sidney and Mark Fay. William Gibbon became president upon Mark Fay's death in 1876; he was succeeded in 1878 by shoe-manufacturer Sidney G. Fay. In 1868, at a time when lower Mechanic Street appeared to be developing into a downtown business district, the Savings Bank and National Bank built a small Greek Revival brick building on the northwest corner of Mechanic and Gay Streets (demolished). They shared the space for many years, and after the Savings Bank constructed the building at 32 Mechanic Street for its own use in the early 1890's, the First National Bank occupied the entire double bank building. Illustrative of the (cont) BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ ] see continuation sheet Maps and Atlases: Sanborns from 1929. MarlboroughHistorical Society: Moineau photo collection. Pictorial Marlborough, 1879. Marlborough directories. [ X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement [orm is attached.

Massachusetts Historical Commission Community Marlborough Property Address Main and Prospect Area(s) Form No(s). A 120 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [x] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] 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 Marlborough High School meets Criteria A and C and is eligible for the National Register individually and as part of the Main Street district. The property articulates the growth and development of the town to a city with centralized services. The 1898 central high school, designed by local architect Charles Barnes, indicates the growth in population and the importance of the schools with the construction of this large red brick Colonial Revival building.

FORM B - BUILE>ING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number Massachusetts Historical Commission 69-480 I I Marlborough I Town A 133 Marlborough Place (neighborhood or village) _ Main Street commercial area Address 223-225 Main Street Historic Name Rice Building Uses: Present Commercial Original Commercial Date of Construction c_a_19_1_9 _ Source Maps; style Style/Form astylistic Architect/Builder l~lo~k~n~o~w_d~ _ Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. A uacb a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation brick Wallffrim brick Roof not visible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates ) _ Gabled roof added--mid-20th C Storefronts all doors replaced: 2nd-stoT)' sash replaced Condition fa~i~r _ Moved [Xl no [ ] yes Date ~N~/~A _ Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Organization for Marlboro Hist Carom Date 3/31/94 Setting On main downtown commercial street Modernized?-story building to F: Altered ca 1970's l-stqjy store block to W

BUILDING FORM ARCHITECfURAL DESCRIPTION [ ] see continuation sheet Describe architectural [eatures. Evaluate the characteristics oj this building in terms of other buildings within the community. One of the plainest of the early-twentieth-century "infill" commercial buildings on Main Street, the Rice Building nevertheless contributes the characteristics of the years just after World War I to the mixture of architectural types and styles. A relatively unadorned rectangular box, the simplicity of its flat, two-story brick facade is relieved by a small amount of concrete detail: a flat concrete band spans the facade just below the roofline; above it "Rice" appears in a concrete tablet. A similar name plate with "Rice Building" is mounted over the entry to the upper floors, with is located in the east corner of the facade. The sills of the second-story double-hung windows (two pairs, a three-part, and a single window over the east door), are also concrete. Bands of vertical bricks also add subtle accents to the facade: at the window and store-front lintels, and in a band course above each story. The storefronts here, though replacements, maintain their basic configuration of two display windows and a recessed entry. ) ) HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (J 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 ownersloccupants played within the community. This little building, one of the last on Main Street to be built with more than one story, had three stores on the first floor, and offices at the second. The offices were occupied by the building's owner, attorney John E. Rice, and another lawyer, Willfam E. Brewin. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ J see continuation sheet Maps and Atlases: Sanborns from 1920. Marlborough Historical Society: Moineau photo collection. [ X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement form is attached.

Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Community Marlborough Property Address Main Street district Form No(s). A 64, 80, 81, 86, 98, 99, 112, 113, 105, 106, 120, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132@134, 135, 155, 173, 183, 18~ 185, 19~ 193, 194, 208, 209, 473, 504, 805, 900, 901, 902, 906, 911, 912 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check an that apply: [ ] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] 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_r_be_s_I_S_ch_u_l_er _ The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. A potential National Register District, meeting Criteria A and C of the National Register, exists along Main Street from Exchange Street to Bates Avenue, including short sections of the northern side streets. This district embodies and articulates the evolution of the community's commercial, municipal, and institutional history. The Town Common (1660) and the Old Common Cemetery (1706) are reminiscent of the beginning of this municipality. Most of the other properties in this district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and are reflective of the expanding population and the need for increased housing and space in schools, churches and municipal buildings. The business and bank blocks are also reminiscent of the economic growth of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The buildings represent popular building styles from the Federal Period through the Revivals of the turn of the twentieth century. Contributing to such a district are the following properties: Thayer Tavern, Loring House, Union Common, Central Fire Station, City Hall, the second People's National Bank, Marlborough High School, the Baptist Church, the Old Common Cemetery, the McDonald and Campbell Houses, and the old Post Office (all eligible individually, as well;) and, eligible as part of a district: the Washington St. School, three monuments--the Soldiers' Monument, the Doughboy and the Volunteer, the John Brown Bell, three other churches and related buildings--the Union Congregational, Immaculate Conception and Sts. Anargyroi-vthe Immaculate Conception rectory, school, and convent, and several commercial buildings, including 121, 126-136, 195-205 Main, both People's National Banks, the First National Bank, and the Marlborough Savings Bank, the Corey Building, the Addison and Middleton Blocks, the Rice Building, 7/9 Mechanic Street, and the White City Diner. A few residences on the associated side streets would also be eligible as part of this district, including 28, 36, 70 and 73 Bolton Street, 41 and 47 Mechanic, and 105-116 Washington Street.

FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Historical Commission Assessor's number I 69-217 I USGS Quad Area(s) I Marlborough I I A Form Number I 134 Town MarIborollgh Place (neighborhood or village) _ Main Street Commercial area Address 262-268 Main Street Historic Name Addison Block Uses: Present Commercial, residential Original Commercial, residential Date of Construction early 20th century (parts may be 1862) Source Maps; style Style/Form Col Revival/Qlleen Anne Architect/Builder ljnknown Exterior Material: Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. Foundation granite WaIlffrim brick and synthetic siding Roof not yjsible Outbuildings/Secondary Structures _ none Major Alterations (with dates) _ 1 N sash replaced; shutters added Much trim gone Condition f_;l_ir~ _ Some storefront alteration; some upper wjndow Moved [ X] no [ ] yes Date ~N_/~A _ Acreage less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes Organization for Marlboro Hist Comm Date 3/31/94 Setting On main downtown commercial street at corner of Windsor 1882 brick store! hotel block to W 1890's high school opposite

BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [ 1 see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This building, though altered, retains its form and general appearance as Main Street's only example of a building type that was being developed in cities from the 1890's to 1910's--the brick and woodframe store/apartment complex. Conforming to a trapezoidal lot at the corner of Windsor Street, it is an irregularly-shaped four-story building with a flat roof. The first story is of brick construction, and houses four stores-vtwo west, and one east of a central entry, where the door to the apartments (a modern replacement) is recessed under a keystoned brick archway. Over the arch, in a carved granite block, is the name "Addison." This building contains some ofthe better-preserved storefronts on Main Street. The easternmost, although its door has been replaced, retains its large plate glass display windows with wood surround and panels below. The multi-light windows of the two western storefronts appear to be replacements, as are their wood and glass doors. Most of the wall and cornice area above the storefonts remains intact. The three upper stories are set back from the cornice line of the stores. In a configuration common to transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival apartment buildings, both the front and east side elevations alternate between flat wall plane and projecting bays. On the main facade two bays are polygonal; the corner bay is round. Although the windows have been replaced (some formerly held lozenge-paned sash), and much of the trim has been lost, fluted corner pilasters with bracketed ") capitals remain at the building corners, and a dentilated cornice marks the roofiine. ị HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] 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. The Addison Block, as an early-twentieth-century combination commercial block and apartment complex, truly embodies the evolution of Main Street from its days as the primary industrial center of Marlborough to an early-modern downtown of stores, offices, and multi-unit dwellings. It stands on the site, and probably on the foundation, of one of Marlborough's many boot- and shoe factories of the second half of the nineteenth century, the westernmost of the two former Clapp & Billings factories (originally built in 1862 by E.F. Longley). Just behind it on Windsor Street was another part of the factory, and behind that, a bowling alley. The other, easternmost factory had been replaced in the 1890's by the A.O.H. Building and the Bond Building (both demolished). BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ ] see continuation sheet Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Middlesex County. 1890.. Maps and Atlases: Sanborns. Marlborough Historical Society: Moineau photo collection. [X] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, a completed National Register Criteria Statement [orm is attached.

Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Community Marlborough Property Address Main Street district Form No(s). A 64, 80, 81, 86, 98, 99, 112, 113, 105, 106, 120, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133~ 135, 155, 173, 183, 184, 185, 192, 193, 194, 208, 209, 473, 504, 805, 900, 901, 902, 906, 911, 912 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: [ ] Individually eligible [ ] Eligible only in a historic district [x] 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_r_b_es~/_S_ch_u_l_e_r _ The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. A potential National Register District, meeting Criteria A and C of the National Register, exists along Main Street from Exchange Street to Bates Avenue, including short sections of the northern side streets. This district embodies and articulates the evolution of the community's commercial, municipal, and institutional history. The Town Common (1660) and the Old Common Cemetery (1706) are reminiscent of the beginning of this municipality. Most of the other properties in this district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and are reflective of the expanding population and the need for increased housing and space in schools, churches and municipal buildings. The business and bank blocks are also reminiscent of the economic growth of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The buildings represent popular building styles from the Federal Period through the Revivals of the turn of the twentieth century. Contributing to such a district are the following properties: Thayer Tavern, Loring House, Union Common, Central Fire Station, City Hall, the second People's National Bank, Marlborough High School, the Baptist Church, the Old Common Cemetery, the McDonald and Campbell Houses, and the old Post Office (all eligible individually, as well.) and, eligible as part of a district: the Washington St. School, three monuments--the Soldiers' Monument, the Doughboy and the Volunteer, the John Brown Bell, three other churches and related buildings-vthe Union Congregational, Immaculate Conception and Sts. Anargyroi--the Immaculate Conception rectory, school, and convent, and several commercial buildings, including 121, 126-136, 195-205 Main, both People's National Banks, the First National Bank, and the Marlborough Savings Bank, the Corey Building, the Addison and Middleton Blocks, the Rice Building, 7/9 Mechanic Street, and the White City Diner. A few residences on the associated side streets would also be eligible as part of this district, including 28, 36, 70 and 73 Bolton Street, 41 and 47 Mechanic, and 105-116 Washington Street.

FORM H - PARKS AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES USGS Quad I Marlboro I Area(s) Form No. Forms within '----_1 I I 911 912 Town Marlborough Fast Village/Spring Hill Address Main Street at Bolton Historic Name I rnjon Common ~ Ownership: [X] private [] public I - 't" _.Ao,.,'. -;"! I. ',""'" '" 'I' ;"i::: ' ::::\;,,,, \.".. Type of Park or Landscape Feature - ~,,:,.:' I dl~ 'III. liil!lit\llilill'dl"", \.l"" )1111\1111'\\111111 (check one): I u.j..-..1 - --'- --. _._..~... _.- -.. -'~' _ i'" _....- - ~---'- 1 park ~ 1 farm land X] green or common X mine or quarry j garden training field boulevard/parkway other _ Sketch Map Draw a map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets, including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate north. lv\:,~(l6,&~:l\\" ~ IJ"-rYcP 6-~(f' ] 9 ~I 6-!+ ST <i ~q\\,\... rfj - "",-",01-'6. 1}Jb-~ 0 GD N Date of Construction from ca 1806 Source town histories chmch records i Landscape architect N.... /""-A""'---- Location of Plans _ none Alterations/Intrusions (with dates) _ 1968' erection of stone and brick tower to house John Brown Bell (See also Page 2) _ Condition Acreage good less than one acre Recorded by Anne Forbes, consultant Setting At comer of Bolton in mixed com i Organization for Marlboro Hist Comm Date 6/30/94 mercia] area of early-nineteenth-c to modem buildings First ChJlTch facing N edge

PARKS AND LANDSCAPES FORM VISUAL/DESIGN ASSESSMENT [) see continuation sheet Describe topography and layout. Note structures such as bandstands, gazebos, sheds, stone walls, monuments, and fountains. Note landscaping features such as formal plantings, agricultural plantings, and bodies of water. If possible, compare current appearance with original. The shape of the common or park that today provides a welcome "green" space at the northeast corner of the Main and Bolton Street intersection was changed and enlarged somewhat over the years as the streets were realigned. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, a small midintersection triangle which had been the site of an early schoolhouse was eliminated, what had been a slightly southeastern slant to the foot of Bolton Street was straightened, and the open area here assumed its present form as a long, gently sloping rectangle. The landscaping of the common with a central maple-lined brick pathway was apparently done during the second half of the nineteenth century. The modern cast-aluminum picket fence and, on the east side, a chain-link fence, replace a former wrought-iron fence. Two objects from elsewhere III the community were eventually relocated here. A pedestaled octagonal granite-block watering trough of 1893 was moved here \firthe central path from the intersection of Main and East Main Streets at the turn of the century, when streetcar tracks were being laid down. In 1968, when the GAR Building on Main Street was to be tom down during an urban renewal campaign, the John Brown Bell from Harper's Ferry (see Form #912), which had f hung on the side of the building, was moved here to the comer, and installed in a new stone and brick tower. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [X] see continuation sheet Discuss history of use. Evaluate the historical associations of the landscape/park with the community. The Union Common, (also known over the years as the East Common, and later Union Park), is the oldest and most significant open space in the eastern part of Marlborough's downtown. Together with the earlier "old" common at the intersection of Main and Prospect Streets, about a third of a mile to the west, it is a reminder of the interlinking of landscape with church and public outdoor functions that was traditional in most New England communities, especially during the nineteenth century. In 1806, the town built a new church on the south slope of Spring Hill to replace the aging 1688 meetinghouse that stood on the old common (see Form #194). The property acquired for the church stretched from what is today a parcel on the north side of High Street south to Main Street, and included this land. The 1806 church itself was replaced in 1836, and again, after a fire, in 1853. High Street was put through in front of the church in 1855. The new church building was aligned to face south over the open space that over the years had come to be used for many open-air gatherings and celebrations. Like the old common, this "east common" was used also used as a military drill field. The Marlborough Rifle Company, for instance, held training maneuvers here. (Cont.) BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES: Bigelow. Church records. Hudson. Hurd, D.H. History of Middlesex County, Mass.. 1890. Maps and atlases: Walling: 1871, Beers: 1875; Bailey & Hazen: 1878; Walker: 1889; Sanboms [Xl Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston, MA 02116 Marlborough Union Common Area I Form No. 911 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE, cont. In 1887-88 the question of the legal ownership of the common occupied much interest in the community. Both the town and the Union Society, the legal body that owned the church building and property, claimed ownership of the common. Two prominent Marlborough lawyers were involved in arguing the dispute--james McDonald represented Marlborough, and E.F. Johnson spoke for the Union Society. The case was finally decided by the Superior Court in favor of the Union Society, and the common has remained under church ownership until the present time. -::ms _ ---