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Clark Houses
76 West Central Street, Natick, Massachusetts
Location: Natick, Massachusetts Coordinates: 42°16′56″N 71°21′25″W / 42.28222°N 71.35694°WCoordinates: 42°16′56″N 71°21′25″W / 42.28222°N 71.35694°W Built: 1870 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: French Second Empire Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 78000453
[1]Added to NRHP: February 17, 1978 The Clark Houses are historic houses at 74 and 76 W. Central Street in Natick, Massachusetts.
The houses were built in 1870 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
76 West Central Street, Natick, Massachusetts
Known as the Mary Clark Whitney House, this well-detailed French Second Empire Victorian is the second of five houses on West Central Street known as "the Clark Houses." The house was built by Edward Clark (owner of 74 West Central Street and no relation) for Mary Clark Whitney and her husband James Whitney. The couple was socially prominent in the town of Natick. James Whitney, a native of Sherborn, MA, went into partnership in a Natick-based clothing business in 1857 with Alfred W. Mann, originally of Templeton, MA. The firm, Mann and Whitney went out of business following the Panics of 1857 and 1861. Mr. Whitney then joined the Natick Protective Clothing Company, and subsequently served as treasurer of the Natick Five Cent Savings Bank, a position he held until his death in July, 1889. Mary Clark Whitney, was born January 8, 1816, one of 13 children, to Alphonse and Nancy Leland Clark of Sherborn, MA. Both of Mrs. Whitney's grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War. The Natick Chapter of the DAR made her an honorary member, and planned "an observance" on the century mark of her birth on January 8, 1916. However, fate intervened, and on the morning of December 24, 1915, two weeks before her 100th birthday, Mrs. Whitney died quietly in her home of 45 years. Her obituary in the Natick Bulletin, December 24, 1915, noted that "General sorrow was manifested on Wednesday by the people of Natick when it became known that its oldest woman, Mrs. James Whitney,...had passed away in the night." She was survived by her daughter, Mrs. Annie Bean, as well as Mrs. Bean's husband and two daughters, Madeline and Clara Bean.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
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