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Home My Public Portal AboutMainSt_3057, BRE.193Follow 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 101-45 Dennis A, G BRE.193 Town/City: BREWSTER Place:(neighborhood or village): East Brewster Address: 3057 Main Street (part of 3115 Main Street) Historic Name: McQuillen, William and Helen House Uses:Present: Recreational, Camp Administration Building Original: Residential Date of Construction: ca. 1911 Source:Deed research Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: Unknown Exterior Material: Foundation: Concrete (partially parged) Wall/Trim: Synthetic clapboard/ Wood Roof: Asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Many outbuildings connected to summer camp Major Alterations (with dates): Kitchen addition (1940) Replacement windows, synthetic clapboard (date unknown) Condition: Good Moved: no yes Date: Acreage: 54.9 acres Setting: This former house is located in East Brewster on the north side of Main Street and is the administrative building for the Monomoy/Wono Camps. The building is set well back from the street and partially obscured from view by rolling hills. An asphalt driveway spans across the front of the building. The building is surrounded by expanses of lawn. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 3057 MAIN STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 A, G BRE.193 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 large example of a Colonial Revival-style former summer house. The two-story building rests on a parged foundation. The walls are clad in synthetic clapboard, and was previously covered in wood shingles. The Gambrel roof forms which terminate with slight flares is one of the main features which distinguishes this house as Colonial Revival in style. The main roof has a prominent cross gable which extends from both the front and rear elevations. Beyond the cross gable to the right (east), the main roof steps down. The front and rear roof slopes also have numerous shed dormers of varying sizes. Three brick chimneys rise from the main roof. All the windows have been replaced, primarily with what appear to be vinyl clad 6/6 double- hung sash set in frames that are also vinyl clad. The front cross gable form has three mullioned windows in a shallow bay on the first story with 4/1 windows flanking a 6/1 window. A hexagonal open porch demarcates the front entrance, extends to the west end of the front elevation, and becomes an enclosed porch on the west side of the house. This porch is supported by a series of heavy Doric columns. As seen in a 1944 photograph of the house (see Photo 4), the house has retained much of its form and fenestration patterns. 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 Historical Narrative is adapted and expanded from the 1980 version of this Form B) In 1911, Mary D. and Egbert Jamieson of Lexington sold 30 acres of land to William F. and Helen T. McQuillen of Brookline (Book 310/ Page 321). McQuillen built this house shortly thereafter, and purchased additional land in two transactions in 1912 creating the current sized parcel. Helen grew up in the Nickerson homestead which had been renovated into the Christopher Ryder House in Chatham, which perhaps was an influence on their deciding to acquire property on Cape Cod. William McQuillen was a paper merchant, and they had no children. William McQuillen died in 1926. That same year, his estate conveyed the property to Elizabeth F. Montague of Sandwich (Cert. of Title 1341). Montague appears to have rented the property out, including to the Bishop of Fall River for several years as a summer house for himself. The property came to be known as Wild Acres (see Photo 4, 1944). What is now Monomoy Sea Camps began as Camp Wahtonah-Camp Monomoy for boys, founded in Harwich in 1922 by Robert J. Delahanty (Captain Del) and Harriman C. Dodd, two educators at The Worcester Academy. In 1926, the camp moved to East Brewster in the vicinity of Linnell Road. In 1939, a girls camp was formed in Brewster, Camp Wono, Inc., beginning with 24 girls. Camp Wono leased the Montague property in 1949, and the following year she sold the property to Robert J. and Emma L. Delahanty of Brewster (Cert. of Title 11323). In 1963, Emma Delahanty conveyed this property to Camp Wono, Inc. In 1975, Camp Wono and Camp Monomoy combined and Camp Monomoy moved to the Wono campus. The Camp Monomoy site to the east was purchased by the State and merged into Nickerson State Park in 1983. Subsequently that site was leased by the State to the Cape Repertory Theatre. This parcel is located within the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District adopted in 1973. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 3057 MAIN STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 A, G BRE.193 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 Boyd, George H. III, Brewster, The Way We Were, George H. Boyd III: Brewster, 2016. www.ancestry.com - Vital records, US Census … Brewster Assessor sketch. Photo 2. View looking northwest. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 3057 MAIN STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 A, G BRE.193 Photo 3. Rear elevation, looking southwest. Photo 4. 1944 view of house.