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FORM B  BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Topographic or Assessor's Map Recorded by: Geoffrey E Melhuish, ttl-architects Organization: Town of Barnstable Date (month / year): August 2009 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 226 068 2351 Town: Barnstable Place: (neighborhood or village) Centerville Address: 7 Valley Avenue Historic Name: Rodney and Katherine Osterhoudt House Uses: Present: Single-Family Residential Original: Single-Family Residential Date of Construction: c 1916 Source: Historic Maps, Style, and Deeds Style/Form: Dutch Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: Unknown Exterior Material: Foundation: Concrete Wall/Trim: Wood Shingles Roof: Wood Shingles/Asphalt Shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Replacement windows – late twentieth century Condition: Fair Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: .04 acre Setting: The building faces west and is set back approximately ten feet from the east side of the Pleasant Avenue footpath. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BARNSTABLE 7 Valley Avenue MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 2351 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 _X_ 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. 7 Valley Avenue (BRN-2351) is a one-and-one-half story wood-frame cottage with Dutch Colonial Revival influences which is similar to 4 Valley Avenue. The building adopts a rectangular plan on a concrete foundation. The three-by-five bay building faces west and is set back approximately ten feet from the east side of the Pleasant Avenue footpath. The cottage terminates in a front gable gambrel roof; the upper plane of the roof is sheathed with asphalt shingles and the lower plane is sheathed with wood shingles. A nearly full-width shed roof wall dormer is featured on the north and south roof planes. The dormer features double- hung replacements set within simple wood surrounds. An interior brick chimney pierces the ridge of the roof. The residence is clad with wood shingles. A single entry on the west elevation is protected by a gable roof entry porch. The roof of the porch is supported by robust wood posts. A single replacement sash is located to each side of the entry porch. 7 Valley Avenue is a modest early twentieth century wood frame residence. 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. In 1871 The New England Convention of the Christian Church purchased and established a camp meeting known as Camp Christian on the 160 acre Perry Farm in Centerville. In 1872 the Christian Camp Meeting Association (CMMA) was established with the purpose: “to hold and encourage others to hold religious services.” Camp Christian was renamed Craigville in 1881 in honor of the life and ministry of Dr. J. Austin Craig, a prominent leader of the Christian Church (Christian Camp Meeting Association Brochure). Situated on a bluff overlooking Nantucket Sound, with the Centerville River to the west and Lake Elizabeth and Red Lilly Pond on the east, it served as a spectacular spot for a retreat from everyday life. Families were able to buy or lease the 288 small lots, with clergy getting theirs free. They initially erected tents or built small shelters, and as time and means allowed, small cottages were constructed. Today, the area is densely developed, with many cottages occupied year round. Craigville attracts a variety of visitors, both religious and secular, to its Conference Center throughout the year, one being the Cape Cod Writers’ Center Annual Workshop. The conference Center is owned by the Christina Camp Meeting Association and managed by the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. 7 Valley Avenue (BRN-2351) was constructed c 1916 by Rodney (B 1879) and Katherine S. Osterhoudt (B 1878) of Kingston, New York after purchasing the lot from Olive B. Tremper. Rodney is listed as a blue stone dealer in Kingston. The Osterhoudt’s owned the property until 1937 when it was acquired by Kenneth E. Wilson. Subsequent owners include J. Charles and Bessie Roberts (1941-1945), William A. Jackson (1954-1963) and Edwin L. and Gail Maurath Lyon (1977-1980). The property is currently owned by Dale C. Oates. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BARNSTABLE 7 Valley Avenue MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 2351 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Barnstable County Registry of Deeds. FamilySearch Grounds of the CCMA at Craigville, Barnstable Co., MA, 1895 Grounds of the CCMA at Craigville, Barnstable Co., MA, copy made 1928 Map of Barnstable - Craigville. Published by Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, 1910. Perry's Plan of Cottage Lots, Christian Camp Ground, 1872 Perry's Plan of Cottage Lots, Christian Camp Ground, copy made 1937 Plan of Land in Barnstable, MA, 1924 Town of Barnstable. Assessors Records. U.S. Commerce Dept. Census Bureau, 1840-1930. Vuilleumier, Marion. Cape Cod’s Craigville. A History of Craigville Massachusetts. 1972.