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Inventory No: YAR.421
Historic Name: Matthews, Henry House
Common Name:
Address: 246A Pleasant St
CityfTown: Yarmouth
VillagelNeighborhood: South Yarmouth Village; Bass River
Local No:
176
Year Constructed:
c 1780
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Colonial
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House
Significance:
Architecture
Area(s):
YAR.H: South Yarmouth - Bass River Historic District
Designation(s):
Nat'l Register District (512 911 9 9 0)
Building Materials(s):
Wall: Wood Shingle; Wood Clapboard; Wood
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FORM B - BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMIMISSIO T
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
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-1. Tia. Draw sketch of building location
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north.
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ss 246A Pleasant Street
nt use pari-vate residence
owner George E. Robertson
tion:
1780
e aight and oral
Architect
front --clapboard
Exterior wall fabric sides -shorn lts_
Outbuildings (describe)
Other featuresd6 Cie
w/front dower, doorway is classic Geare�an
w pilasters transom and. lantern, ar eal
side extension of 3 Widows and on entrance
way on left facing side, ehi � arm bat�i
main section and addition -
Altered X Date
'Moved Date
5. Lot size
One acre or less X over one acre
Approximate frontage_ 45 feet
Approximate distance of building from street
60 feet
6. Recorded by Donald. �Lric�
Organization va=outh Historical 21L-, elf _
Date LL1_y 26 1
7. Original owner (if known)
Original use d.4elling, house
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates srcr rrsa;7'rce
8, Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal
Conservation
Recreation
Agricultural
Education
Religion
Architectural
Exploration/
Science/
The Arts
settlement
invention
Commerce
Industry
Social/
Communication
'Military
humanitarian
Community development
Political _
Transportation _
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
After the .lndians, the land in this part of the, "Lower
Village", belonged to the Matthei: and Baker fm- flies. 1n th-is case Henry
Iratt'he ;s t,as probable' one of the earliest owners of this &felling house.
Ile €,=as a coastal captain c:=,andi.ng the sloop, "Mar; -Francis" .
Cr_ the 1880 reap H. Yatthew*s estate seems quite large, and
with a. grist mill marked can the property to the .river, quite industrious.
Tris Georgian. was, according to the present mmer and -the
obvious ancient detail in the foundation, never moved. It seems therefore,
"hast people populated this area along the river as early as the late 1700fs.
Henry Kattlzews, considerinZ hds apprcxitme..te date of death,
sometime after 18010, did not build this house, but it was probably a relative
of his, another I atthews or perhaps a Baker i4ho raid.
Early on the house -•as expanded so that a holf Cape became
a full Cape, that ha.d an ell created to extend back into an outshort type
back addition. All ancient in appearance and hidden behind centuries of
growth.
Additional owners of the house include, Charles Hen y Davis
,who prior to the first decade of the century, Lived no -t door Ln the "House
of the Seven Chimneys".
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
1. 1880 and 1907 Atlas' of 3axmstable County, Geo.T1. ;Walker, Boston
2. 1858 1'ri.-Comty Flap, henry F. 74albing, Boston
30 George E. Robertson, 246A Pleasant Street, Bass niver
4. Deed 3ooks 877 pg 32= 190 pg 215; 272 pg 187; Ba'- is -table Co€mty Probate Building