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Home My Public Portal AboutMainSt_2963, BRE.39Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.12/12 FORM B  BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Locus Map N 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 90-163 Dennis A, G BRE.39 Town/City: BREWSTER Place:(neighborhood or village): East Brewster Address: 2963 Main Street Historic Name: Small/Chapman House Uses:Present: Residential Original: Residential Date of Construction: Early-19th c. Source:Deed research, house form and style Style/Form: Federal/ Full Cape Architect/Builder: Unknown Exterior Material: Foundation: Fieldstone Wall/Trim: Wood shingles/ Wood Roof: Asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Barn (see Photo 4) Major Alterations (with dates): Remove and rebuild kitchen (2002) Garage addition and barn renovation (2007) Condition: Good Moved: no yes Date: Acreage: 1.38 acres Setting: This property is located in East Brewster on the north side of Main Street, and is bordered on the east by Chapman Lane. This section of Main Street is more sparsely developed with a mix of historic and contemporary residential and commercial buildings. This house is set relatively close to the street. A gravel driveway leads past the west side of the house to a barn. Landscape features include a lawn and foundation plantings that surround the house. Mature shrubbery and trees partially block the house from public view. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 2963 MAIN STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 A, G BRE.39 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. This is a Federal-style Full Cape with a rear ell/addition. The house rests on a fieldstone foundation. The walls are clad in wood shingles with plain cornerboards. The front elevation shingles are painted white – perhaps a nod to many Capes of this period that have or had white-painted clapboard instead of shingles on the front elevation. The roof is clad in asphalt shingles and has a modest box cornice with narrow two-part frieze boards on the side gables. The main block has the five-bay configuration with centered entrance typical of Full Capes. The front elevation has a higher stud wall with the windows set well below the cornice – a feature which often distinguishes early-19th century Capes from Colonial-era Capes. The front entrance is unusual in design and may be a replacement, but is also shown in the 1969 version of this Form B (see Photo 3). The door is set in a slight recess and has transom lights above. Fenestration consists of wood 9/6 double-hung windows set in projecting frames. The property includes a large barn (see Photo 4). This barn has an English form, meaning the barn doors are on the side elevation rather than a gable end, which are identified as New England barns. 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. The 1979 version of this Form B gives this house a date of ca. 1800. The form of the house, especially the higher front elevation with windows set well below the roof eave, indicate a house likely built in the early 1800s. This house is shown on the 1858 Map of Cape Cod with the name “J. Small, Jr. Est.” The subsequent owner, as shown on the 1880 Barnstable Atlas map, was Eben Chapman. Deed research and vital records have not revealed a connection between the Small and Chapman families, or who J. Small, Jr. was. Vital records indicate that Eben Chapman (1815-1891) was living here as of 1850 with this wife Harriet (Knowles), whom he had married that same year. By 1850, they had their two children, Reuben and Joseph. Eben worked as a farmer and carpenter. The house passed to Reuben and Joseph Chapman. The property comprised 20 acres at that time. In 1879, Crosby conveyed the “two story building near the grist mill formerly occupied for a grocery store” to Reuben Chapman (Book 132/ Page 413). This store was originally located west of 2821 Main Street (BRE.35). Reuben operated a store here with his brother Joseph under the name Chapman Brothers, dealers in dry goods, groceries and hardware. In 1912, Reuben Chapman conveyed his interest in the store to the Crosby’s granddaughter, Emeline Hamlin (Book 315/ Page 107). This property has remained in the extended Chapman/Knowles/Anson family and was subdivided in the 1990s to create the current parcels. The property is located within the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District, adopted in 1973. 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 (1850, 1880), State Census (1855) INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 2963 MAIN STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 A, G BRE.39 Photo 2. View looking north. Photo 3. 1969 Form B photo. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 2963 MAIN STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 A, G BRE.39 Brewster Assessor sketch. Photo 4. View of barn, looking north.