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Home My WebLink AboutForm B Inventory BRN.2399Inventory No:BRN.2399 Historic Name:Lothrop,Asa House Common Name:Thacher,Frank -Hall,Joseph House Address:50 Main St City/Town:Barnstable Village/Neighborhood:Hyannis; Local No:2127; Year Constructed:R 1870 Architectural Style(s):Altered beyond recognition;No style; Use(s):Doctor Or Dentist Office;Single Family Dwelling House; Significance:Architecture;Commerce;Health Medicine; Area(s):BRN.AE Designation(s): Building Materials:Roof:Asphalt Shingle; Wall:Vinyl Siding;Wood;Wood Clapboard;Wood Shingle; Demolished No The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC)has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts.Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. 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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): September 2008 Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 342 026 AE 2399 Town: Barnstable Place: (neighborhood or village) Hyannis Address: 50 Main Street Historic Name: Asa and Abigail Lothrop House Uses: Present: Medical Office Original: Single-Family Residential Date of Construction: 1866-1879 Source: Historic Maps, Atlases, and Deeds Style/Form: Half Cape Architect/Builder: Unknown Exterior Material: Foundation: Unknown Wall/Trim: Vinyl Siding Roof: Asphalt Shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): One-story ell and one-story wing – Mid to Late Twentieth Century Condition: Fair Moved: no | x | yes | | Date Acreage: .52 Setting: Set back from Main Street on a relatively flat lot in an area characterized by multi-family residences, medical buildings and commercial development. RECEIVED MAY 05 2011 MASS. HIST. COMM. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BARNSTABLE 50 Main Street MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 AE 2399 _ 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. 50 Main Street is a one-story, wood frame, half-cape. The residence faces south and is setback approximately twenty feet from the road on a level lot. The building adopts an irregular plan and terminates in a side gable roof sheathed with asphalt shingles. An interior brick chimney pierces the ridge of the roof. A modern skylight is located on the south roof plane. The building is clad with vinyl siding. Access is provided by an opening set within an enclosed entry porch located at the west end of the façade. Three 2/1 double-hung sash windows are located along the façade to the east. A one-story addition is located to the west of the entry porch and extends to the north. A one-story ell projects from the north elevation of the principal block and is visible from the east elevation. A secondary entrance is located on the east elevation of the ell. Although additions have altered the footprint of the building, 50 Main Street maintains the form and fenestration of a modest half-cape. 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. 50 Main Street was constructed between 1866 and 1879 by Asa Lothrop (1825-1898), a seaman and his wife Abigail (b 1831). Asa and Abigail were married in 1850. Deed research shows that the Lothrops purchased a cleared lot of land from Alexander Baxter in 1866. In 1879, the Lothrops sold the property including the one-story dwelling house to Joseph Hall and Frank Thacher. In 1913, the men sold the land with dwelling house to Melinda B. Eldridge. The house changed hands numerous times throughout the twentieth century. It is currently owned by CHE LLC. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Barnstable County Registry of Deeds. FamilySearch Map of the counties of Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket, Massachusetts. Henry Francis Walling. Published by D.R. Smith & Co., 1858. Available online at Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. Map of Barnstable. Published by G.H. Walker & Co. With inset details of Hyannis Village, 1880. available online at historicmapworks Map of Barnstable. Published by Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, 1905. With inset details of Hyannis Village. available online at historicmapworks Map of Barnstable. Published by Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, 1910. With inset details of Hyannis Village. available online at historicmapworks Poole, A. F. Bird's-eye view of the village of Hyannis, Barnstable County. Mass A. F. Poole, 1884. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. May 1901; January 1906; September 1912; September 1919; November 1924; October 1932; 1949. available online at sanborn.umi.com Town of Barnstable. Assessors Records. U.S. Commerce Dept. Census Bureau, 1840-1930. INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BARNSTABLE 50 Main Street MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 AE 2399 INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BARNSTABLE 50 Main Street MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 AE 2399 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: Individually eligible Eligible only in a historic district Contributing to a potential historic district Potential historic district Criteria: A B C D Criteria Considerations: A B C D E F G Statement of Significance by_Julie Ann Larry & Geoff Melhuish, Turk Tracey & Larry Architects, LLC The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. Although additions have altered the footprint of the building, 50 Main Street (BRN.2399) maintains the form and fenestration of a modest half-cape. The property would be a contributing property in an expanded Hyannis Main Street Waterfront Historic District. District expansion would include residential and commercial properties located along Yarmouth Road, Camp Street and Cedar Street. Most of the properties were constructed during the second half of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century and maintain a degree of architectural integrity. The property is also eligible under Criteria B for its local association with the Lothrop family.