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Home My Public Portal AboutStonyBrookrd_1095, BRE.421Follow 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 36-52-0 Dennis C,G,I BRE.421 Town/City: BREWSTER Place:(neighborhood or village): West Brewster Address: 1095 Stony Brook Road Historic Name: McLoud/ C. H. Parker House Uses:Present: Residential Original: Residential Date of Construction: [1858-1866] Source:Deed research, historic maps Style/Form: Greek Revival Architect/Builder: Unknown Exterior Material: Foundation: Fieldstone Wall/Trim: Wood shingles Roof: Asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Barn (19th c.) Major Alterations (with dates): None on record Condition: Good Moved: no yes Date: Acreage: 3.97 acres Setting: This large parcel is located on the northwest side of Stony Brook Road. This stretch of Stony Brook Road is sparsely developed with conservation land and Smith Pond across the street, and a few 19th and 20th century houses on varying sized lots. This parcel slopes down behind the house to a small water hole, but the house is set close to the street on a level portion of the parcel. The house is surrounded by lawn with no foundation plantings. A gravel driveway leads to the detached garage/barn. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 1095 STONY BROOK ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 C,G,I BRE.421 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 modest example of a Greek Revival-style, 1 ½-story, gable-front house small rear side ell. This building is set on a fieldstone foundation. The walls are clad in painted wood shingle siding with small corner pilasters. The roof is clad in asphalt shingles and has a projecting molded box cornice with partial returns across the gable ends (a Greek Revival-style detail). A small, corbelled brick chimney rises from the main roof ridge and a narrow exterior brick chimney is located at the west end of the rear ell. Fenestration consists primarily of wood, 2/2 double-hung sash – this is the muntin pattern most associated with styles that came after the Greek Revival style, one would typically expect to see 6/6 windows. If the windows are original, this would mean the house is a late example of the Greek Revival style. If not, they could have been installed in the later-19th century. The front entrance is located off-centered and has a simple surround with flat pilasters and an unadorned lintel. Next to the house is a gable-front barn whose form is almost the same size as the house. The similarity is emphasized by the use of a similar cornice design. The barn has one 6/6 window in the gable, which further suggests that the original 6/6 windows on the house were replaced. 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. This house is not on the 1858 Map of Cape Cod, but a house is shown in this location on the 1880 Barnstable Atlas under the name “C. H. Parker.” This refers to Charles H. Parker. He purchased this house from Joseph and Clara J. McLoud in 1866 (Book 90/Page 354). Interestingly, McLoud sold Parker another dwelling nearby in 1865 (Book 88/Page 470). Deed research does not reveal when or how Joseph McLoud came to own this property. As noted above there is no house in this location on the 1858 Map of Cape Cod, so it seems quite possible that McLoud built this house sometime between 1858 and 1866. The house itself has an historic marker identifying it as having been built in ca. 1860 by C. H. Parker, but this appears to be incorrect. Joseph McLoud (1817-1875) was a fisherman. Charles Parker (1834-1903) also worked as a fisherman and became a farmer later in life. Following his death, his three children and their spouses, none of whom were living in Brewster, sold this property to Chester Perry of Brewster (Book 268/Page 126). Two years later, he sold a smaller portion of this property, including the house to Homer P. Clark of St. Paul, MN (Book 279/Page 55). Homer and Elizabeth Clark owned the large Federal house to the west, 1073 Stony Brook Road (BRE.70). According to Elizabeth Elliott, granddaughter of Homer Clark and current owner that property, Homer Clark intentions for purchasing this house remain as speculations within the family. A plan was recorded by the Clarks in 1930 showing the two houses and outbuildings in one Lot (see Lot A in attached Plan 14603-A). Homer Clark (1869-1970) was married to Elizabeth (Dunsmoor) Clark (1886-1977). Homer became chairman of the board for the West Publishing Company. The property remained in the Clark family until 1981, when Homer and Elizabeth Clark’s children recorded a subdivision plan separating the two houses (see INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 1095 STONY BROOK ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 C,G,I BRE.421 attached Plan 14603-B). That same year, the three siblings sold the property to one of the siblings, Catherine Clark Kroeger (Cert. of Title 115840). The house remains in the Kroeger family. This property is located within the Old King’s Highway local historic district (adopted 1973) and the house and 19th century barn are contributing resources in the Old King’s Highway National Register District (listed 1996). 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 Oral history – Elizabeth Elliott (5.22.17) www.ancestry.com - Vital records, US Census (1880, 1900), State Census (1855) https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46344838 (Homer P. Clark) Brewster Assessor sketch. Photo 2. View looking northwest. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BREWSTER 1095 STONY BROOK ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 C,G,I BRE.421 Plan 14603-A, 1931. Plan 14603-B, 1981.