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Inventory No: HRV.31   

Historic Name:

Common Name: Bull, Trumbull - Whitney, S. W. Outbuilding

Address: 7 Old Littleton Rd

City/Town: Harvard

Village/Neighborhood: Harvard Center

Local No: 17D-24.01; 238

Year Constructed:

Architect(s):

Architectural Style(s): No style

Use(s):Secondary Dwelling House; Single Family Dwelling House;Undetermined

Significance: Architecture

Area(s):HRV.A: Harvard Common Historic DistrictHRV.O: Harvard Center Historic District

Designation(s):Local Historic District (3/27/1975); Nat'l Register District (9/22/1997)

 

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FORM B - BUILDING assessor's # 17D-24.01

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Massachusetts H i s t o r i c a l Commission 80 B o y l s t o n S t r e e t Boston MA 02116

Sketch Map

Recorded by: C l a i r e W. Dempsey

O r g a n i z a t i o n : H a r v a r d H i s t o r i c a l Commission

Date: May 199 3 K E C E I V E D

J U L 1 5 1993

area Common fo r m # 031

Town

Place Common

Ha r v a r d

I S t o ] t

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Address 07 O l d L i t t l e t o n Roa

H i s t o r i c Name: house

Use P r e s e n t r e s i d e n s e

O r i g i n a l r e s i d e n s e ?

Date o f c o n s t r u c t i o n : see r e a r

Source r e v e r s e

S t y l e Craftsman

Form g a b l e b l o c k

A r c h i t e c t N/A

E x t e r i o r M a t e r i a l :

W a l l / T r i m wood

Roof a s p h a l t

F o u n d a t i o n s t o n e

O u t b u i l d i n g s none See r e a r o f f o r m f o r more

d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n

A l t e r a t i o n s use? See r e a r o f f o r m f o r more

d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n .

C o n d i t i o n good

Moved no

Acreage 6.7 6 a c r e s

S e t t i n g v i l l a g e See r e a r o f f o r m f o r d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n

j S & S S . H I S T , C O M M .

BUILDING FORM

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION

This small house, numbered 7 on Old L i t t l e t o n Road, i s l o c a t e d on the same l a r g e p a r c e l as the B u l l House a t 9 Old L i t t l e t o n Road. Both houses are set w i t h i n a large open lawn, w i t h a new screen of tree s along the road side. The l o t slopes down to the r e a r , w i t h t e r r a c i n g and foundation w a l l s of stone. The house described here i s lo c a t e s to the west of the large house/barn complex, and set f u r t h e r to the r e a r of the l o t . I t i s a small clapboarded house of a s i n g l e s t o r y , i t s three-bay facade includes an o f f center e n t r y , and a screened-in porch wing has been added on the l e f t or west.

HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

The earliest-known owner of t h i s p a r c e l i s b e l i e v e d to be Trumbull B u l l . B u l l was one of several mid-century store-keepers, o p e r a t i n g w i t h h i s p a r t n e r i n several of the stores t h a t stood on the Common. B u l l was a founder of the Odd Fellows i n 1845, served as selectman i n 1855, as town c l e r k i n 1857-59, on the l i b r a r y committee i n 1865-69, and as j u s t i c e of the peace a f t e r 1872. By 1898 the house was owned by Mrs. S.W. Whitney. H i s t o r i c maps i n d i c a t e o u t b u i l d i n g s i n the v i c i n i t y of t h i s b u i l d i n g as e a r l y as 1870, and t h i s s t r u c t u r e may indeed be a remnant of a ca r r i a g e house, barn, or shop. I t s present appearence suggests t h a t i t was remodelled d u r i n g the 20th centruy f o r use as a guest house or s t u d i o .

REFERENCES

Anderson, D i r e c t i o n s of a Town, 1976. Nourse, H i s t o r y o f Harvard, 18 94. Holman Map of 18 31. Beers A t l a s of 1870. Richardson A t l a s of 1898.

_x_ Recommended f o r l i s t i n g i n the National R e g i s t e r of H i s t o r i c P l a c e s . See NR C r i t e r i a Statement form f o r the Harvard Common Area

F O R M B - B U I L D I N G

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Offio« of the Secretary, State House, Boston

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Date

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Style

Arch i t ec t

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Outbuildings (describe)

Other features

A l t e r ed V _ _ _ - ~

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Date / ? 6 6.

Date

5. Lot size:

One acre or less V Over one acre_

Approximate frontage j Q

Approximate distance of bui lding f r o m street

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6. Recorded by

Organization^

Date

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JAN 2 0 1975

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