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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): June 2017
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
35-55-0 Dennis C,G,J BRE.68
Town/City: BREWSTER
Place:(neighborhood or village): West Brewster
Address: 962 Stony Brook Road
Historic Name: Winslow, Nathan House
Uses:Present: Residential
Original: Residential
Date of Construction: [1760-1790s]
Source: Deed research,
Style/Form: Full Cape
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Granite
Wall/Trim: Wood clapboard, shingles/ Wood
Roof: Asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Large barn southwest of house, rebuilt 2017
Smaller “English” barn southeast of house (likely 19th c.)
Major Alterations (with dates):
Rear additions (late-20th/early-21st c.)
Condition: Good
Moved: no yes Date:
Acreage: 2.77 acres
Setting: This parcel is located on the south side of Stony
Brook Road. This stretch of Stony Brook Road is developed
with a mix of 19th and 20th century dwellings on varying-
sized lots with no pattern if siting. This parcel rises up
steeply from the street. Along the street, the parcel is left in
a natural state with mature trees and plantings, greatly
obscuring the house. A clamshell driveway leads from both
corners of the property at the street and sweeps behind the
house.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 962 STONY BROOK ROAD
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 an intact example of a Colonial-era Full Cape with rear ells/additions. The building rests on a granite foundation. The
walls are clad in wood clapboards on the front elevation, wood shingles on the other elevations, and cornerboards. The roof is
clad in asphalt shingles and has what appears to be a molded box cornice on the front elevation with narrow trim (or frieze)
boards below, and narrower trim boards on the side elevations. A large, corbelled brick chimney is centered on the roof ridge.
The front elevation is characteristic of the Full Cape form, with a centered entrance flanked by two evenly-spaced windows on
each side. The front entrance door surround has pilasters and a multi-light transom above. The entrance lintel is set into the roof
trim, a feature often seen on Colonial-era Capes. Fenestration on the main block consists of 6/6 double-hung sash on the first
story and, interestingly, narrower 9/9 double-hung sash on the second story of the side gables. In addition, the right (west) side
elevation has two small 2/1 windows located close to the roof eaves and another 2/1 window set high in the gable peak (see
Photo 2). The windows are set in projecting molded frames. The left (east) side elevation does not have the two small windows
close to the gable eaves but does have the small window set high in the gable peak. There is a rear ell that is shown in the 1969
version of this Form B (see Photo 3) and a series of rear additions have subsequently been added (see Photo 4, 2007 Assessor
photo).
The property includes a barn, located south of the house (seen on right side of cover photo). The main barn door opening is on
the gable front. This would classify the barn as a New England barn in form (barns with doors on the end gables are classified as
New England barns, those with doors on side elevations are classified as English barns). According to the Stony Brook/Factory
Village National Register nomination, this barn is likely the structure that can be seen on the hilltop at the east end of the village
in a photograph taken prior to 1871.
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.
A house is shown in this location on the 1858 Map of Cape Cod with the name Mrs. N. Winslow. This refers to Lurana (Freeman)
Winslow (1811-1899), who married Nathan Winslow in 1829. He died in 1856, which would explain why the name of the 1858
map was Mrs. N. Winslow. (Note: the 1980 version of this Form B identifies Mrs. N. Winslow on the 1858 map as the widow of
Nathaniel Winslow, who died in 1849, but this is incorrect). The Winslow family were prominent early settlers of the Stony Brook
area, and had interests connected to the mill village. This house is dated to ca. 1790 in the 1980 version of this Form B, and
dated to the 18th century in the Stony Brook/Mill Village National Register nomination. Both Nathan’s father and grandfather were
farmers, and this property operated as a farm. All the 19th century deeds reference a barn and other outbuilding, among other
details. The eldest Nathan was the son of Kenelm and Zerviah (Rider) Winslow. Kenelm Winslow lived at 909 Stony Brook Road
(BRE.306). Nathan (1736/7-1820) married Eunice Major (1737-1814) in 1760. They had nine children, including Nathan (1768-
1836). This Nathan married Mary Nye (1771-1844) in Brewster. The date of their marriage is unknown, but they had their first of
eight children in 1795. He also worked as a farmer. If the first Nathan Winslow built this house, the house would likely date to
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sometime after his marriage to Eunice in 1760. His son’s marriage to Mary Nye likely took place in the early 1790s. The house,
therefore, could have been built sometime between 1760 and the 1790s. Nathan and Mary had eight children, including another
Nathan. As noted above, this Nathan Winslow (1811-1856) married Lurana Freeman. The Winslow family also appear to have
built the late-18th century Cape at 1002 Stony Brook Road (BRE.69).
In 1864, Lurana Winslow, now a widow, sold this property, described as including a dwelling and barn, to William Robbins of
Brewster (Book 86/Page 359). (That same year, she bought 1174 Stony Brook Road, BRE.71). William Robbins (b.1821)
married Fanny Rogers (b. ca. 1825) in Brewster in 1842. As of the 1870 US Census, William and Fanny were living on this
property, but he was working as a seaman. Also living with them were their daughter and son-in-law, Jeremiah and Rhoda
Wixon. Jeremiah was working as a fisherman. Living next door was another daughter and son-in-law, Joseph and Appleta
Howes, and he was listed as a farmer. That house was 1002 Stony Brook Road (BRE.69) which William Robbins also owned
and presumably rented to the Howes. Perhaps Joseph was managing the farming activities on the Robbins property.
This house passed to Joseph and Appleta Howes, who were living in New Bedford in 1884 when they conveyed the property to
Charles W. Perry (Book 158/Page 336). Charles (1847-1915) married Sarah Long (b. 1847) in 1868 and they had six children.
Charles worked as a fisherman (1880 US Census), a shoe repairman (1900 US Census) and a tax collector (1910 US Census).
The house passed to their daughter, Viola Baker who, in 1925, sold the property to Henry and Helena G. Jackson of Winthrop
(Book 415/Page 546). The house subsequently changed hands a number of times but deeds continued to reference the
agricultural component of the property.
This property is located within the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District (adopted 1973) and the house and 19th century
barn 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
Cutter, Richard W., ed., Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts,
Vol. II, Lewis Historical Publishing Company: New York, 1908.
Stony Brook/Mill Village National Register nomination (2000)
www.ancestry.com - Vital records, US Census (1870, 1880, 1900, 1910)
Brewster Assessor sketch.
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Photo 2. View looking east.
Photo 3. 1969 Form B photo. Photo 4. 2007 Assessor photo.