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    These two houses are examples of late 19th century vernacular Italianate and Queen Anne styles typical of the Rice Farm subdivision in Marlborough. #45 Washington Street was built around 1870 while #43 Washington Street was constructed in the 1880s. Both houses have retained their clapboard siding and decorative features like brackets, bay windows and wraparound porches that were common for the time period and neighborhood. The houses illustrate the type of residential development that occurred in the Rice Farm area as it was subdivided and sold throughout the late 1800s.

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    These two houses are examples of late 19th century vernacular Italianate and Queen Anne styles typical of the Rice Farm subdivision in Marlborough. #45 Washington Street was built around 1870 while #43 Washington Street was constructed in the 1880s. Both houses have retained their clapboard siding and decorative features like brackets, bay windows and wraparound porches that were common for the time period and neighborhood. The houses illustrate the type of residential development that occurred in the Rice Farm area as it was subdivided and sold throughout the late 1800s.

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    These two houses are examples of late 19th century vernacular Italianate and Queen Anne styles typical of the Rice Farm subdivision in Marlborough. #45 Washington Street was built around 1870 while #43 Washington Street was constructed in the 1880s. Both houses have retained their clapboard siding and decorative features like brackets, bay windows and wraparound porches that were common for the time period and neighborhood. The houses illustrate the type of residential development that occurred in the Rice Farm area as it was subdivided and sold throughout the late 1800s.

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    FORM G - STREETS CAPE Assessor's Sheets USGS Quad Area(s) Form Numbers

    Massachusetts Historical Commission 70 I Marlborough I ,-_H_;_R_,,--_4_9_1_,


    _4_9_0
    __ --'
    80 Boylston Street

    --
    Boston, Massachusetts 02116

    Marlborough

    / ...- Place (neighborhood or village)

    Rice Farm subdivision

    Addresses (inclusive)
    -----------
    _ 43 and 45 Washington Street

    ORange of Dates or Period ca. 1870-1889


    ~:5
    Predominant Architectural Styles/Forms _

    vernacular Italianate/Queen Anne gable-end-


    and-wing houses
    Alterations one door and window replaced at

    43 Washington

    General Condition _~g ••o_o_d,-- _

    Sketch Map Acreage less than one acre


    Draw a map of the streetscape indicating properties
    within it. Number each property. Label streets Recorded by Anne Forbes, consultant
    including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate
    sheet if space here is not sufficient. Indicate North Organization Marlborough Historical Carom
    with an arrow.
    Date (month/day/year) 9110/94

    Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this [orm
    STREETSCAPE FORM

    ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION [] see continuation sheet


    Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other streetscapes and similar
    buildings in the community.

    These two houses are among the most well-preserved examples of the prevailing house-type built
    in the "Middle Village" area in the latter part of the nineteenth century-vthe 2 1/2-story, side-hall-
    entry, three-bay gable-end house. Here the type is found with a two-story side wing. Both houses
    stand on brick foundations and have kept their clapboard siding. Both also have the 2-over-2-sash
    windows with molded surrounds, and the narrow comer boards and molded, boxed cornices that
    were typical of the vernacular Italianate style. The 1880's house, #43, retains some of its paired
    cornice brackets and a heavy, bracketed canopy at the main entry. The chamfered, square posts
    at the facade porch on the wing, as well as the polygonal bay window on the main facade are also
    typical Italianate features.

    The wraparound porch at the earlier house, #45 Washington, which was built in about 1870, also
    has square, chamfered posts, but its lacy saw-cut brackets are more typical of the later Queen Anne
    style. Both houses have glass-and-panel doors.

    HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet


    Explain the history of this streetscape, and how it relates to the overall development of the
    community.

    These two houses are an excellent illustration of the type of development found in all sections of
    the Rice Farm subdivision, which was first laid out by Major Henry Rice in 1855. (See Area Form
    H: "Middle Village.") Over the years, shoe-manufacturer Samuel Boyd purchased many ofthe lots,
    and either sold the land itself, or put up houses for sale, and after Major Rice's death in 1867, he
    bought much of the remaining Rice real estate holdings.

    The earlier of these two houses is 4S Washington, which was standing by 1871. Typical of the
    prevailing Irish-American ownership in the neighborhood, at that time it belonged to O.F.
    Cavanaugh. By 1875, and through at least 1889, it belonged to members of the McCarty family,
    In 1897, two adult members of the O'Brien family are listed here, both employed in professions
    typical of the residents of this neighborhood. Dennis E. O'Brien was a shoe worker, and Dennis
    W. O'Brien was listed as a laborer.

    43 Washington Street was built in the 1880's at the southern end of a double lot of the Rice Farm
    subdivision; like the three lots just east of it, this one extended through to Rice Street. The owner
    for many years was Thomas Fahey.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ ] see continuation sheet


    Maps and atlases: 1871, 1875, 1878, Pictorial Marlborough 1879, 1889.
    Marlborough directories and tax valuations.

    [ ] Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must
    attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
    INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property

    Marlborough 43 and 45 Washington


    Street

    Massachusetts Historical Commission


    80 Boylston Street Area(s) Form Nos.
    Boston, Massachusetts 02116 H;R 491,490

    STREETSCAPE DATA SHEET

    MHC# Parcel # Street Address Historic Name Date Style/type

    491 70-16 43 Washington Street Fahey House 1880's Italianate

    490 70-14 45 Washington Street Connery House ca. 1870 Italianate/


    Q. Anne

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