33 Pleasant St MACRIS 08122019Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System
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Inventory No: YAR.440
Historic Name: Crowell, Isaiah House
Common Name:
Address: 33 Pleasant St
C ity/Town: Yarmouth
VillageiNeighborhood: South Yarmouth Village, Bass River
Local No:
218
Year Constructed:
1839
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Greek Revival
Use(s):
Single Family Dwelling House: Boarding House
Significance:
Architecture: Commerce
Area(s):
YAR.H: South Yarmouth - Bass River Historic District
Designation(s):
Nat'l Register District (0 512 911 9 9 0)
Root: Asphalt Shingle
Building Materials(s):
Wall: Wood: Wood Clapboard
Foundation: Granite, Stone, Cut
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FORM B - BUILDING
ALNSSAC HUSE TTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
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in relation to nearest cross streets and
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Exterior wall fabric �Aiite olalat;oar,.
Outbuildings (describe) Large. barr--
Other features wont does not face Pleasant
Street, 3/4- 3ape, two story, fieldstone
foundation
Altered X
Moved
5. Lot size
Date
Date
one acre or less X Over one acre
-33' on Akin veni:ae
Approximate frontage 701 on, '-Pleasant t Street
Approximate distance of building from street
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6. Recorded by ; _rctl�ne _
Organization^ Y r€ rn h Tfi +nri ra i r�r r
Date 30 11141st 197a -
7. Original owner (if known)
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
S. 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)
Isai2.h Crowell, bown in 1799, was a. ship's captain early in life. Being active in
foriegn trade, his vessel was captured by the British in the War of 1812 off St.
Johns s,evr n�u�dlazad. He and some other sailors were exchanged and sent home.r the
182Clts his voyages had acquired him much wealth. In 1808, the year Peer (one of his
six children) was bort he bought the "Red house" or '"ditch Douse" (see building
fora # 155). After the vmr, he returned to sea in the Folly, built for Isaiah and
David Crowell by local shipbuilder Asa Ssiveriek.
By the 1830te Isaiah eras deeply involved in local affairs of Bass River, then
called "The Ctker Village". Ile served on town committies and in the state legislature
(1831 - 1€130, In 1830 a. house -raising was held by the Mends (-Qaakers) to erect
this home for Isaiah Crowell. In the following years he was president of the
Barnstable Ba k, (1543 -- 1850, vas a: director of the bank for 37 years„ established
an ail cloth warps, fo=ned a stoch company with David X.,A-kin and David Kelley and
purchased a Local store originally built by Osborn Chase. =;Ihen he died in 1872, he was 86.
His wife Abigail (1785 - 1£72) is on record as vice-president of the newly formed
Library association. Both ase buried at the Friendb3 I:leetin; House a mile from their
home. The homestead passed to their son Henry Crowell who lived there many years.
lh-. s-=antively involved in both state and local politics, and was in business in
33oe.Dn. Their,.son;Peter was lost at sea in a storm in 18.1.
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In. the early 1900ts the '=shit s. uaed-this, J rge suture as a boa=ding,bouse to idUch
'local towspeaple often went for bhnday dinner. The Field family after them also kept
this as a boarding house. The newest owners, the Fallows, intend to restore the
building which is nav in poor shape. They have restored many old houses in Few �tg3axtd.
Because of the enormous size of the b-uild.ingt they too wJ 11 make it into a guesthouse.
0. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
1 "Yesterdayts Tide", Florence Baker, 1941
2 "History of Barnstable County", 1890
3 Pamphlet, "Old. ober Village", . :e;.1J.Jenkins, 1915
"Cage Cod, Its People and. Their History", Kittredge
5 "Shipmasters of Cape Cod", Kittredge
6 Oral from George Tapper of Pleasant Street
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL F `RSSION
Office of the Secretary, b..,ton
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Form No :
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Property Name: the Isaiah Crowell 1 -
Indicate each item on inventory form which is being 'continued below.
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The basic house is two stomtes but the extensions are one -and -a hall' and one stpry
-::ith a large screened porch and varied roo lines. dere are five chimney -� th
via fireplaces in the front part alone. The stairs to the widow's walk.remain but
the walk itself was blown off in the '1'9500,, The pluming is all in the second extension
dating it 'mound 1900. lost windows are six over six and there is only one small
dorme±. The baTn is now a two car garage. The old white clapboard building has a
tan light transom near the onofline.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom