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FORM B BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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Recorded by: Eric Dray, Preservation Consultant, for
Organization: Brewster Historical Commission
Date (month / year): November, 2017
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
78-96 Dennis A,G,I BRE.409
Town/City: BREWSTER
Place:(neighborhood or village): East Brewster
Address: 2520 Main Street (2512 Main Street in MACRIS)
Historic Name: Clark, George and Margaret House
Uses:Present: Residential
Original: Residential
Date of Construction: ca. 1910
Source:Deed research
Style/Form: Vernacular
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Fieldstone
Wall/Trim: Wood shingles/ Wood
Roof: Asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Gable front garage/barn (late-19th c.), three-car garage
(later 20th c.) (see Photo 4)
Major Alterations (with dates):
Rear addition, 2014 (see Photo 3)
Condition: Good
Moved: no yes Date:
Acreage: 1.73 acres
Setting: This property is located in East Brewster on the
south side of Main Street. The surrounding area is
developed with a mix of historic and contemporary
residential and commercial buildings. The house is set
relatively close to the street on its deep, level lot. A gravel
driveway leads to a barn/garage to the southwest of the
house. The parcel is informally landscaped with lawn,
deciduous trees and shrubbery. The house itself has
intermittent foundation plantings, exposing the raised
foundation.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 2520 MAIN STREET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
This is a modest late-19th century vernacular house. The form consists of a 1½-story gable front main block with one-story, hip
roof ells on both sides, and a rear addition (see Photo 3). The house rests on a raised fieldstone foundation. The building is clad
in painted wood shingles with no cornerboards. The roof is clad in asphalt shingles (likely wood shingles originally), and the roof
has a projecting molded box cornice. The windows all appear to have been replaced and now consist of 2/1 double-hung sash
on the main block set in flat surrounds with projecting sills, and casement windows on the side ells. The unusual front entrance is
set deeply within a segmentally arched recess. The wood door appears to be original and has multiple molded panels and a
large window.
The property has two outbuildings, both southwest of the house. There is a 20th century three-bay garage, and a larger barn with
a New England form (meaning the barn doors are on the end gable instead of a side elevation). The barn appears to date to the
late-19th century or early-20th.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss the 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.
This property was part of a larger assemblage of parcels owned by George C. Clark, including what is now 2530 Main Street
(BRE.410). The Assessor date for this house is 1880, but there is no house shown in this location on the 1880 Barnstable Atlas
map. According to title research, in 1909, James H. and Emma F. Payne (Paine) of Brewster conveyed a parcel of land to
George C. Clark (Book 321/ Page 249). This parcel was situated west of other land the Paynes owned and east of the Corrigan
property (2500 Main Street, BRE.408). The Paynes lived across the street at what is now 2537 Main Street (BRE.194).
A house is shown in this location on the 1910 Barnstable County Atlas but, unusually, there is no name connected with the
house. This might suggest that the house was under construction by George Clark and/or not yet occupied when the Atlas was
drawn. In 1915, George C. Clark acquired an additional 3 acres of land from Emma F. Payne (Paine) that was located west of
the first purchase and east of 2550 Main Street (Book 355/ page 241).
George C. Clark (1878-1963) married Margaret M. Desmond in 1905 in Brewster. They had three daughters - Mary, Margaret
and Lillian. George worked as a station agent for the railroad, possibly working at the East Brewster Station. The estate of
George C. Clark conveyed this property to their daughter Lillian Callahan (Book 1347/ Page 80). In 2001, Callahan conveyed the
property into a trust of which she and her niece Jane Remy (Margaret’s daughter) were trustees (Book 14300/ Page 244), and in
2005, the trust conveyed the property to Jane Remy (Book 20120/ Page 328).
This parcel is located within the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District adopted in 1973, and the house and barn are
contributing resources in the Old King’s Highway National Register District adopted in 1996.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
1858 Map, Map of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, & Nantucket, Walling, Henry.
1880 Map, Atlas of Barnstable County, Boston, MA: George H. Walker & Co., 1880.
1910 Map, Atlas of Barnstable County, Boston, MA: Walker Litho. & Publishing Co., 1910.
Barnstable County Registry of Deeds
www.ancestry.com - Vital records, US Census (1910, 1920)
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 2520 MAIN STREET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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Brewster Assessor sketch.
Photo 2. View looking southeast.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 2520 MAIN STREET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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Photo 3. View looking northwest.
Photo 4. View of outbuildings, looking south.