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Home My Public Portal AboutStonyBrookRd_1174, BRE.71Follow 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): June, 2017 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 47-84-0 Dennis BRE.C,G,I BRE.71 Town/City: BREWSTER Place:(neighborhood or village): West Brewster Address: 1174 Stony Brook Road Historic Name: Smith, Joseph and Mary House Uses:Present: Residential Original: Residential Date of Construction: [Late-18th – early-19th c.] Source:Deed research, vital records, building style Style/Form: Georgian Architect/Builder: Unknown Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Wood clapboard/ Wood Roof: Wood shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Barn (pre-1880) Pool (2007) Major Alterations (with dates): Addition (1994) Screen porch (2003) Condition: Good Moved: no yes Date: Acreage: 2.72 acres Setting: This house is located on the south side of Stony Brook Road and bounded on the east by Great Fields Road. The surrounding area retains its rural character with conservation land and a few historic and contemporary houses set close to the street. This house is also set close to the street on a parcel that slopes down behind the house to (Master) Smith Pond. Clamshell/gravel driveways extend to parking areas from both Stony Brook Road and Great Fields Road. The house is surrounded by lawn and minimal foundation plantings and a privet along the street partially obscures the house from view. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 1174 STONY BROOK ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 BRE.C,G,I BRE.71 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 Georgian-style, five-bay by two-bay, two-story house with a large rear ell. The building is clad in painted wood clapboard. The four corners of the main block have quoins – a Georgian detail. The hipped roof is clad in wood shingles and has a molded box cornice with dentils (teeth-like molding) below. Matching tall, corbelled brick chimneys rise from the two side slopes of the hipped roof. The front elevation has an elegant centered entrance, the door of which is obscured by wood louvered shutters. The door is flanked by fluted pilasters and surmounted by a semi-elliptical fanlight and lintel with an open pediment that is ornamented with dentil molding. Sets of two windows are aligned vertically on the first and second story on each side of the entrance and a window is centered above the entrance. All of the windows have wood 6/6 double-hung sash with molded surrounds and projecting sills. Similar, widely-spaced windows are found on the side elevations of the main block. There is a long, two-story, stepped-down rear ell that appears to have been expanded or rebuilt in the 20th century (see photo 2). The ell has a variation of the dentil molding on the main block, and the window casings are a simplified version of the window casings on the main block. Located behind the house is a large barn. The barn has an “English” form, meaning the primary barn doors are on the side elevation as opposed to the gable end. This barn is seen on the 1880 Barnstable County Atlas. 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 house is located in West Brewster, on a road that was originally part of Old King’s Highway. Laid out in 1665, Old King’s Highway, also historically referred to as King’s Highway and County Road, was the region’s major east/west corridor. In Brewster, the original route followed Stony Brook Road, avoiding the wetlands and marshes associated with Quivett Creek and Stony Brook. By the mid-19th century, causeways and bridges were built across tidal and wetland areas allowing for the straightening of Old King’s Highway, including northwest of this house near the Dennis town border. Mill sites on Stony Brook became an important economic engine and led to early development in West Brewster, including extant residential resources from the 18th and 19th century along Stony Brook Road. The name “Stony Brook Road” was in use by the early-20th century. According to the 1979 version of this Form B, the original owner was Mr. Joseph Smith (d. 1842) and “Smith held several important positions in the town. Beginning in 1789 when the town was required to appoint a grammar school master, Mr. Smith was chosen. In 1804, he held the position as Parish Clerk and Treasurer. From 1805-1817 he served as Town Clerk and Treasurer.” It is unknown when exactly this house was built, but the Georgian details suggest a late-18th century, or possibly very early-19th century date. A house is shown in this location on the 1858 Map of Cape Cod with the name Mrs. Smith, referring to his wife Mary (1779-1859). She died the year before, but she was still listed as the owner. It is unclear how the property came to be owned by multiple parties, but in 1864, those parties - J. S., Joseph, L., and Thomas Nickerson and H. S. Doane, all merchants of Boston, Barnabas Freeman of Eastham, and Barnabus Cobb and W. Lincoln of Brewster all owned this property and conveyed it to Lurana Winslow (Book 84/Page 496). Lurana Winslow (1811-1899) was the widow of Nathan Winslow who had died in 1856. That same year, she sold her house at 962 Stony Brook Road (BRE.68). Lurana lived here with her daughter Caroline. In 1885, Lurana Winslow conveyed the property to Eben W. Paine, Jr. (Book 162/Page 526). According to the 1979 version of this Form B, Eben Paine (1835-1904) commanded barques in trade between Boston and Zanzibar, Africa, and later became an agent for six years for Messr. Ropes & Co., and retired from the sea in 1886. The 1900 US Census listed him as a farmer, possibly referring to cranberry farming. Cranberry bogs south of this property were frequently referenced in deeds. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 1174 STONY BROOK ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 BRE.C,G,I BRE.71 The 1910 Barnstable Atlas shows this house owned by Mrs. E. Paine, referring to Eben’s widow, Mary G. Paine (1843-1913). The house passed to her son, Allen T. Paine. Allen (1882-1950) and his wife Amelia lived in Binghamton, NY and he worked as a civil engineer, including for the New York State Highway (1920, 1940 US Census). In 1946, the Paines sold the property to Ira S. and Nettie C. Lewis of Framingham (Book 643/Page 211). The 12 acre property was subdivided in 1949 and again in 1989. The house remained in the Lewis family until 1887, and is currently owned by Joseph and Victoria Klein of Pelham, NY (Book 14522/Page 102). This property is located within the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District (adopted 1973) and the house and barn are listed as contributing resources in the Old King’s Highway National Register District (listed 1996). A shed was also listed as contributing that does not appear to be extant. 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 (1880, 1900, 1920, 1940), State Census (1855) Brewster Assessor sketch. Photo 2. View looking northwest from Great Fields Road.