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Home My Public Portal AboutStonyBrookRd_842, BRE.67Follow 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 35 46 0 Dennis C,G,J BRE.67 Town/City: BREWSTER Place:(neighborhood or village): West Brewster Address: 842 Stony Brook Road Historic Name: McCloud/Winslow House* *unconfirmed Uses:Present: Residential Original: Residential/ Stage Coach Stop Date of Construction: 1760-1780 Source:Deed research, construction methods Style/Form: Georgian Architect/Builder: Unknown Exterior Material: Foundation: Granite (main block), fieldstone (addition) Wall/Trim: Wood shingles/ Wood Roof: Asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: None Major Alterations (with dates): Ell added ca. 1800 Condition: Good Moved: no yes Date: Acreage: .76 acres Setting: This parcel is uniquely sited adjacent to the Stony Brook Grist Mill complex. The house is oriented to the street and set against a steeply sloping portion of the parcel. The property is largely open. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 842 STONY BROOK ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 C,G,J BRE.67 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 Georgian-style house consists of a two-story main block with hip roof, a two-story left side ell (built ca. 1800) that has a gable roof, and a rear ell built into the sloping site. The main block of the house rests on a low granite block foundation and the ell rests on a fieldstone foundation. The building walls are clad in painted wood shingles with narrow cornerboards with a narrow skirtboard above the foundation. Georgian period houses of this form were typically clad in wood clapboard originally. The current owner speculates that the wood clapboards were replaced with wood shingles sometime in the mid-19th century; an 1871 photo shows the building with shingles. The roof is clad in asphalt shingles and has a molded box cornice. A large brick chimney is centered on the main roof ridge. The front elevation of the main block has the five-bay configuration typical of 2-story Georgian (and Federal-style) houses with a centered entrance flanked by two evenly-spaced windows on the first story and five vertically aligned windows on the second story. The elegant front entrance has a wood, six-panel door flanked by flat pilasters with a four-light transom and three-panel molded lintel above. Fenestration consists primarily of wood, 12/12 double-hung sash set in projecting surrounds with flared lintels. Most of the windows have wood louvered shutters. The side ell has a low-pitched gable roof and has similar fenestration as the main block. The current owner speculates that this fenestration was originally on the east side elevation of the main block and was reinstalled in the ell when it was built in ca. 1800. Remnants of a stone foundation are visible of a mid-19th century, side-gable barn seen in historic views on the west side of the house. 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. The Stony Brook/Factory Village National Register District nomination dates this house to the mid-18th century and refers to it as the Anguish McCloud House. The book, Images of America, Brewster, refers to this house as the Joseph McLoud House and Tavern, and states that the house served as a stage coach stop and refers to Joseph’s son, Anguish McLoud, as having served honorably in the American Revolution. The 1980 version of this Form B dates the house to ca. 1760, attributes the date to ancient bible of a Mr. Smith who lived on Stony Brook Road, and speculates that the house was built by Kenelm Winslow whose daughter, Addie married Capt. MacLeod. Further research has not confirmed the attribution to Joseph and Anguish McCloud (McLeod) or Kenelm Winslow. However, the current owner, preservationist Gino Verzone, does believe that the house dates between 1760 and 1780. This date range is based upon the method of construction, including the windows. What is known based on title research is that the house was owned by Ezekiel and Lucy Thacher in the early 19th century. The Thachers were living in Sandwich in 1828 when they conveyed this property to Samuel H. Allyn and Gilbert Winslow, both of INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 842 STONY BROOK ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 C,G,J BRE.67 Brewster, for $1,462.50 (Book 1/Page 57). The property was described as including a dwelling house and other outbuildings. The property was further described as having a Hatter’s Shop immediately to the east. Samuel Allyn (1803-1883) worked as a cabinetmaker. He married his first wife, Sophronia Winslow (1808-1840), in Brewster in 1827. In 1843, he remarried in Sandwich to Nancy Nye (d. 1880) and they lived in Sandwich thereafter. All three share a grave marker in Sandwich. Gilbert Winslow (1805-1839) was Sophronia’s brother. He worked as a trader and married Amanda Wilder in Brewster in 1829. In 1831, Gilbert conveyed his interest in the property to Samuel Allyn (Book 5/Page 149). In 1846, Allyn conveyed the property to brothers Joseph and Rhodolphus McCloud of Brewster (Book 41/Page 265). This deed simply referenced “buildings thereon.” Both Joseph (1817-1875) and Rhodolphus (1823-1885) were Master Mariners. In 1852, Joseph conveyed his ½ interest to Rhodolphus and Jane (Phinney) McCloud (Book 51/page 554). By this time, the buildings were described as a dwelling house, barn and other buildings. In 1854, Rhodolphus conveyed the property back to Joseph McCloud (Book 58/Page 305). The house is shown on the 1858 Map of Cape Cod under the name J. McCloud. Joseph had married Clara (maiden name and marriage date unknown). Clara continued to own the property following Joseph’s death in 1875. It is shown as belonging to “Mrs. McCloud” on the 1880 County Atlas. She married Cyrus Cahoon in Brewster in 1892, but she was living in Harwich in 1896 when she conveyed this property to Warren M. Sylver of Brewster (Book 224/Page 250). Warren Sylver (1842-1926) was listed as a day laborer in the 1900 US Census. His wife, Josephine, died in 1910, and he kept the property until 1926, when he conveyed it to his son, Edward E. Sylver (Book 432/Page 473). Edward (1881-1942) married his wife Catherine in 1912. The 1920 US Census lists Edward as a farm laborer who was “working out” – i.e. not his own land. The property changed hands numerous times thereafter, and is currently owned by preservationist Gino Verzone, who bought it in 2013 (Book 27505/Page 87). This property is located within the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District (adopted 1973) and the house and barn foundation are contributing resources in the Stony Brook/Factory Village National Register District (listed 2000). 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 Brewster Historical Society, Images of America, Brewster, Arcadia Publishing: Charleston, SC, 2002. Stony Brook/Factory Village National Register District nomination www.ancestry.com - Vital records, US Census (1850, 1900, 1920) Brewster Assessor sketch. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 842 STONY BROOK ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 C,G,J BRE.67 Photo 2. View looking southwest.