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Final Study Report Mashpee Historic District Page 4 of 15 extending east and west along Main Street. These two roadsserve as the east-west, and north. south connectors of the town. The area is comprised of 18 historic buildings dating from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century, a burial ground, a herring run,a mill pond,two small cranberry bogs,two monuments, and a park, as well as a number of more recent buildings. All are located in a rural setting along Great Neck Road North, Lovell's Lane, and Main Street. Typically they are set back 15 to 25 feet from the road on spacious, informally landscaped lots. The mixture'of 19t' and 20th century buildings set within a semi-rural setting within Mashpee's traditional town center represent the town's evolution from an Indian Plantation, to a. District; and finally to a town. The buildings comprise a cohesive collection of civic and residential structures dating from the early 19u' to the mid 20u' century, although there are some modem intrusions such as late 20th century infill residential development and a Dunkin Donuts on Main Street. Historic buildings include modest examples of the Greek Revival and Classical Revival styles, as well as numerous vernacular structures. Most buildings within the area share similarities of massing, materials, and modest design qualities. The residences are typically one to two or two-and-one-half stories in height, often with a smaller side or rear ell. The houses have asphalt shingled gable roofs'set either end or side to "the street, and low stone or brick foundations. Small brick chimneys rising from the roof ridge are common, and small shed or gable dormers (often added to the original structure) pierce the roofs of a handful of houses. The houses are clad most often in wood shingles, although several houses have wood clapboards, ` with very simple wood corner boards, cornices, and sill boards. Vinyl siding, while rare, is present on a few buildings. The most common windows are 6/6 double hung sash with plain surrounds. Some houses have 1/1, 2/2 or 12/12 windows. Entrances may be centered or set to one side of the facade and also have simple trim treatments. - The most stylistically notable historic residences are the Parsonage at 431 Main Street(MHC 10 and the Lysander Z. Amos House/Old Post Office at 28 Great Neck Road North (MHC . Both were built in the mid 19u' century in the Greek Revival style with wide comer boards, gable end returns, and more elaborately detailed entrances. The Jones/Pocknett Homestead at 262 Main Street a MC 7) is a slightly more modest version from the same period. Dating from the early 20th century, the Earls H. Mills, Sr.House at 224 Main Street(MHC 92),is a good example y I� of the Foursquare type,with a symmetrical 3-bay facade,hip roof, and a side porch. A number of small garages and sheds are present as outbuildings in the district, and large,one- and one-half-story, gable-roof Barn (M11C 96)'at the Lisbon Johnson House at 278 Main Street SIC 95). There are several simple commercial buildings in the district, which are characterized by being residential in scale and materials, including the former Old Post Office at 231 Main Street(MHC 5)and the Ock1y Trading Post at 387 Main Street(MHC 35). The public and institutional buildings in the district, offer a variety of styles and materials, but k, maintain the relatively modest scale and design that distinguish the majority of the buildings. Like the houses, the two churches are wood frame: The Mashpee Baptist Church at 27 Great Neck Road North (MHC 16) is an unadorned gable roofed building , clad in shingles, with an enclosed entrance vestibule, and the First Pentecostal Church at 258 Main Street C 6 is " Gothic Revival style with diamond pane windows,vertical board and stucco siding, and exposed rafter ends. The two public buildings in the district are designed in the Classical Revival style