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Massachusetts Historical Commission 145, 46,58 II Marlborough I[ All [ 1093-1100J

80 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Marlborough

Name of Area lower Concord and Stow

Roads
•Present Use residential

Construction Dates or Period early 20th C

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Sketch Map Acreage ca 7 aCI:eS
Draw a map of the area indicating properties within
it. Number each property for which individual Recorded by Anne Forbes. consultant
inventory forms have been completed. Label streets
including route numbers, if any. Attach a separate Organization Marlborough Historical COmmt
sheet if space is not sufficient here. Indicate North.
Date (month/day/year) 7124/95

Streets included:

Concord Road: #s 44 through 58

Stow Road: #s 14 through 79

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ARCHITECfURAL DESCRIPTION [] see continuation sheet

Descri.bearchitectural, structural and landscape features and evaluate in terms of other areas within the
community.

In the early decades of this century, several small houses were built on the seven-acre area at the foot
of Concord and Stow Roads. All represent modest, vernacular styles and house-types, and all are at
least somewhat altered. Nevertheless, the area is valuable as a microcosm of a range of typical types
of dwellings that were being constructed in many New England communities at that time.

One pre-1900 house stands here, as well. Probably built about 1890, today the James Moriarty House
at 79 Stow Road has been altered by the near total replacement of its wraparound porch. Enough of
it is intact, however, to show that this building was a continuation of the old side-gabled, two-story, one-
room-deep house type with rear ell that had been prevalent throughout the nineteenth century. It still
displays its original 2-over-2-sash windows, glass-and-panel door, and molded, boxed roof cornice.

To its south, at 54 and 58 Stow Road, a pair of long, tiny, gable-roofed Craftsman Bungalows introduce
one of the house-types of the 1910's-'20's. Both stand on rubble foundations, and #58 retains its typical
roof detail of exposed rafter ends at the unboxed eaves. #s 14 and 22 Stow Road, also on rubble
foundations, are larger, side-gabled Craftsman cottages of the 1920's. #14 retains its exposed rafter
ends, windows with vertically-divided upper sash, and, on the interior, a stone fireplace. Three 1 1/2-
story houses at the base of Concord Road, all apparently built in the 1920's, are also side-gabled, with
rubble foundations. All retain their 6-over-l-sash windows and unboxed eaves. #56 a two-room-deep
bungalow with an overhanging roof and integral facade vestibule. #58, which was built in 1926, has the )
same features. It also retains its original wide clapboards, and uses its high foundation to full effect: !
some prominent sections are built in both the rock-faced and rusticated concrete block that was then fI'
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popular, and the rubble stone is used in a high front stairway.

HISTORICAL NARRATIVE [] see continuation sheet

Explain historical development of the area. Discuss how this area relates to the historical development of
the community.

This small residential area illustrates the way in which some sections of Marlborough's side streets
adjacent to the main roads, (in this case the east portion of the Boston Post Road), were being divided
into small lots and built up with houses in the first few decades of this century. This was especially true
of the east part of Marlborough, where upper Farm Road, lower Wilson Street, and part of lower
Hosmer Street, now made more accessible by the rise of the automobile, were also filling with houses
.in the 1910's through 1930's. (See Forms AA and AC). By the late 1920's lower Concord and Stow
Roads were an even more desirable site for housing because they adjoined the new Marlborough
Country Club and golf course.

BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ ] see continuation sheet

Maps: Marlborough Assessor's maps.
Marlborough Building Permit records.

[ ] Recommended as a National Register District. If checked, you must attach a completed

National Register Criteria Statement form.
I1'l,"\'ENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property

Marlborough Lower Concord and

Stow Roads
Massachusetts Historical Commission
JO Boylston Street Areats) Form Nos.
Boston, Massachusetts 02116 AB 1093-1100

AREA DATA SHEET

NOTE: Although the inventory includes the entire area outlined on the Area Sketch Map. only resources which
are mentioned in text of the Area Form have been given inventory numbers and are listed on the Area Data
Sheet. A<; a rule, these represent the most historically or architecturally significant resources in the area. There
are a few more historic properties located within the area, however. (See Area Sketch Map for their locations.)

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

1098 58-44 44 Concord Road ca. 1920's former Bungalow

1099 58-46 56 Concord Road 1920's Craftsman Bungalow

1100 58-48 58 Concord Road 1926 Craftsman Bungalow

1093 45-82 14 Stow Road 1920's Craftsman Bungalow

1094 45-81 22 Stow Road 1920's Craftsman Bungalow

1095 45-78 54 Stow Road ca. 1920 Craftsman

Bungalow

1096 45-77 58 Stow Road ca. 1920 Craftsman

Bungalow

1097 46-9 79 Stow Road J ames Moriarty House ca. 1890 vernacular Victorian
cottage

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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community Property

Marlborough Lower Concord and

Stow Roads

Massachusetts Historical Commission

80 Boylston Street Area(s) Form Nos.
Boston, Massachusetts 02116 AB 1093-1100