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JTES DEPAR IMEN OF T I-IL NT LRIORNATIONAL PARK SERVICE‘yAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES/TENTORY NOMiNATION FORM--REGISTER FORMSSEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NA TIONAL SECTIONSTYPE ALL ENTRIES COMPLETE APPLICABLE--flNAME.HISTORIC.The Shepard CompanyAND/OR COMMON.Shepard’s.flLOCATIONwestminster Mall72-92 Washington St re259STREET & NUMBERNOT FOR PUBLICATIONCONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTCITY, hndEdward PCATEGORYSTATUS.* AGRICULTURE.OCCUPIEOIBUILDI NOS.PR VAlEOSJECT-PARK.EDUCATIONALIWORK IN PROGRESSPUBLIC ACQUISITION.ERCIA L-UNOCCUPIED,PRESENT USE.RESIDENCEACCESSIBLEIN PROCESSCONSIDERED.YES: RESTRICTED.GOVERNMENT. .YES: ER OF PROPERTY.‘NAMEDevelopment CompanyThJhard.STREET & NUMBER122 Mathewson StreetSTATECITY. TOWNProvidence.Rhode IslandVICINITYOF-02903flLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTIONCOURTHOUSE.REGISTRY or DEEDS,ETC.City HallProvidenceSTREET & NUMBER25 Dorrance StreetCITYTOWNSTATE.Rhode IslandProvidencefl REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING POSITORY FORSURVEYRECORDS.-FEDERALL.COUNTY3.OCAL.Rhode Isi and mmission‘STATERhode Island.//
/SÔESCRIPTION.P/I.CONDITIONCHECK ONE.,--&EXCELLENTDETERIORATED0000. AUINSFAIR-.UNEXPOSED.-.CHECK ONEXJJNALTEREDXORIGINAL SITEALTERED,.MOVED.-FDATE.-. -DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL IF KNOWN PHYSICAL APPEARANCE,1,-The Shepard Company building occupies an entire city block boundedby Westminster MalI, Union Street, Washington Street,and Clemence Streetin the heart of downtown Providence.The present structure evolved between 1880 and 1903, and incorporates a numbei of smaller buildings,dating from the l870’s,thatexisted on the fdrmerly three-block ite.The unified exterior treatment of the present’ building gives littleindication of the complex history O.f acquisition,alteration,andconstruction that characterized the evolutionary growth of the ShepardCompany from its modest beginnings in 1880.The building’s large sizeand prominent location make it a dominating visual element on three.maj or -downtown streets.---.-The Westminster Nail section of the building is four stories inheight.The two lower stories are faced with formed metal sheets whose.classicallyinspired detailing divides the facade into six bays.The-sfirst story of each bay consists of a large display window which istopped by a horizontal strip window with tripartiteor quadripartitedivisions.The vertical diviaioning established here extends to theThe thirdsecond story windows above, and help to unify the facade.bay from the corner of Clemence Street contains an entrance with a projecting metal and glass, segmentally arched canopy overhead.Directlyacross from this entrance, and near the middle of Westminster Mall, isthe tall, free standing Shepard Company clock which has been a cityyears.The most prominent feature oflandmark for more thanninetythe facade is the two-story arched corner entrance which pierces theThe arches spring frombuilding On both Westminster and Union Streets.square metal columns and are decorated with coffering on their undersides.The two -story- open space which they create produces an effectivetransitionfrom one side of the building to the other.The elegance ofenhancedbyhandsomemetallanternswhich prothe entrance is -furtherbuildingthelevelat theject from the facade of theatsecond storythetwoupperstoriesjuncture of each bay.The simple articulationofExceptmoldedfor acontrasts with the decorative richness below.string course between the third and fourth stories, and a simply detailed flat parapet above, there is no decoration except for the windowsthemselves.These are grouped in threes, and are simply recessed inThe tnthe buff-colored stucco surface without framing or moldings.partite window grouping does, however, echo the rhythm established inthe lower stories, and the integrity of each vertical bay is maintained.-.------.--.--A three bay section of the building on Union Street continues theThe arched,two-story entrance is,Westminster Mall facade treatment.The next adjoining section of the Unionagain, the dominating feature.Street facade is an extremely handsome four-- story brick building with adatestone of 1878 prominently displayed at the arched top of its narrowThis bay is flanked at each side by three wider bays, eachcentral bay.of which is defined by brick pilasters which run through the height of--.-See--ContinuationSheet 1-----
Form No10.3C.OaR,v. IQ-74-JJNI ILDSFA1LS DI PAR I MLN I 01 LIII IN ILRIOR----1-- -REcEIVED-NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACESINVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORMCONTINUATION SHEET---FOR NPSUSE ONLYNATIONAL PARK SERVICE-----ITEM NUMBER--DATE ENTERED7PAGE-- ----2--:.‘--‘-r--arethe building.At the Jirs-t and third story levels, the nted by delicately carved,used liberally throughout the building, not only for capitals but alsoand a rich, polychrome. effect is produced.for window sills and lintels,theThree windows fill each bay on the upper three stories,with:theOn the second and third stories,exception of the central bay.central rectangular window in each bay -is capped by- a triangular lintelEach of the-windows on the fourthwith a floral rondel at its center.Thestory is round-arched, with a keystone in the central window.fenestrationof the first story has been altered to conform to the firstfloor window, treatment that continues uniformly around three -s-i-des o.fseven bay divisionthe entire complex.Without disturbing the vertical,ing ‘of the facade, large display windows, topped by horizontal tripartitestrip wiridows,have been -installed in five of the bays, while a multi-doorThe character of the building has not been comentrance fills a sixth.and continuity with the other ectionspromised through this alteration,-of the long Union Street facade has been increased.-------Adjoining the 1878. section, and stretching to Washington Street, isthe six-story brick addition to the complex which was completed in 1903.At street -level, the overall pattern of large display window topped byThe five:horizontal strip windows is maintained across the building.upper stories contain uniformly spaced rows of windows, each pair unified by a brownstone lintel.At the fifth story level, ‘a corbelled-the attic story from those below.brick string course- differentiates----The six-story Washington Street facade is the most impressiveWith its Renaissance inspired design, andsection of the complex.landmark on the downtown scene.careful detailing,it is a distinguishedThe lower two stories of the six bay facade are, like those on West‘.minster Mall, faced with metal and feature a similar window treatment.An entrance is contained in one of the bays.The four central bays areseparated by engaged columns.The corner bay at Washington and UnionStreets is framed by square columns which enclose engaged columns fromLargewhich the semicircular arches of the two-story entrance spring.arched windows,, extending through -two stories, rise above the archedAt the base of each is a projecting balcony with iron railentrance.Above each archedings which is supported by four curving consoles.window on the fifth story is a triple window, while a single window iscentered in-the attic story.As on Westminster Mail, the wrap arounddevice, ande-ffect of the corner treatment is an effective transition-----------See continuationSheet 2-GPO 892455------.-
Form No. iO-COaRe&. 10-74-JNITEDTATES DEPARTMFNTOI:T-LIE INTERIOR-NATIONAL PARK SERVICE-FOR NPS USE ONLY--REcEIVEDNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACESINVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORM-CONTINUATION SHEETITEM NUMBER-out boldly- as the buildingstands-2DATE ENTERED-PAGE7is approached3----along Washington Street.While the end bay at the corner of Washington and Clemence Streetscontains, no’ entrance, it -repeats the upper story treatment of. theThis treatment is again carriedopposite bay in all other respects.Street.The brickwork on the upperaround the corner to Clemencethe corner baysBrick quoins articulatestories is extremely fine.windows,andthefacadeis enlivenedabove the springing of the archedthealternatingprojectionby a complex horizontal pattern created byThe central four bays on theand recession of courses of red brick.third through sixth floors each contain a triple window which repeatsthe window pattern below.A continuous brownstone string course exthe attictends across the facade at the fifth floor level, setting-offthebuildingin anstory.A boldly projecting dentiled cornice capseffective manner.it i of sufficient visual weight to balance theLike the metalplastic mass of the lower sections of the building.surface on the two lower stories,it is painted brown, and harmonizeswell with the red brick below.-----------The Clemence Street facade of the Shepard Company is of minor-importance.-The street is a narrow thoroughfare, no longer open totraffic, which serves mainly as a service drive for the buildings oneither side.Of chief interest here are the two, second story enclosedpedestrian bridges that connected the Shepard Company with the CherryWebb and Claddings stores on Westminster and Mathewson Streets andwith the Shepard Tea Room which was located in a Mathewson Streetbuilding.-The four floors of continuous former retail space that extendfrom Washington Street to Westminster Mall are,in spite of the largenumber of alterationsthat have occurred through the years, quiteunified.Ceilings throu-ghout are of tin, and a uniform height ofEach floor is supported by rows of metalfifteen feet is maintained.columns 806 in all according to advertisements that appeared in- 1903Terrazzo covers thewhich extend through the length of the building.ground floor, while those above are hardwood, in some instancescarpeted.A-recent owner, who had planned to develop the building asa shopping mall, cut two rectangular holes in the ceiling between thefirst and second floors tO create a two-story open space in the centerof the structure.Offices, storage areas, and banks of elevatorsEscalators rise throughborder the central- open space on each floor.Along the Washington Street frontthe building at various locations.on the third floor are .a series of handsome, wood-panelled offices.----------See---continuation-Sheet 3GPO 892 455- -
--.-Form No. t0-OOa4çv, IC-74--:----UNIi EL 1 ATES DEI’ARFMENT 01-il IE INTERIORNATIONALPARK SERVICE-----FOR NPS USE ONLYRECEIVEDNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACESINVENTORY’-- NOMINATION FORMCONTINUATION SHEETITEM NUMBER3-.i-’.-,DATE ENTERED-‘7-----M:-- --PAGE----‘.- . --4-The fifth -floor of the 1903 addition is also fifteen feet- in heiht,and consists of offices and storage rooms.The sixth floor attic spacehas a nine foot ceiling with exposed beams and brick walls, and a hardwood floor.The basement- contains a boiler room, low ceilinged storage-space, and a nine foot high display space.-The History-of---the Siteand Building----Shepard and Company opened its doors for business on April 3, 1880in a three-stoiybuilding at the corner of Westminster anditalianateClemence Streets which had been formerlyoccupied by MacKee, EdwardsCompany.From this modest beginning, the business expanded during ,thenext twenty-three years to become the largest retail store in New England.John Shepard, Jr., the founder of the new enterptise,soon set aboutremodelling his store, installinglarge, floor to ceiling display,windows on -the first floor to attract attention and effectivelydisplayhis merchandise.-The ‘need for greater space was soon felt, and the*upper floors of the building were taken over,in 1885, Shepard had theopportunity to acquire the adjoining three story building which wasoccupied by Robinson jewelers and Howe E1 Can druggists.With theacquisition of this building, which was also soon remodelled, Shepardand Company- had a Westminster Street frontage of 80 feet, "which wasreckoned as one of the large stores of the town.’- On December 5, -1890,a serious three alarm fire occurred in the store.Undaunted by hismisfortune, Shepard arranged for rapid repairs, and the store reopenedon December 15, 1890 with a well publicized fire sale.As his businesscontinued to prospers the need for additional space became evident,In1896, the dry goods firms of H. W. Ladd, a four-story structur& on thecorner of Westminster and Union- Streets, was acquired.Shepard andCompany now extended the length of the entire block between Clemenceand Union Streets along Westminster Street.The expansion of’thebusiness, however, was only beginning.-------.-.----Between 1896 and 1903, the store expanded northward to WashingtonStreet, obliteratingtwo city streets in the process,and transforminga formerly three block area into one huge retail store.Parallel toWestminster Street, and about 165 feet to the north,ran Comfort -Street.--1-"Story of RemarkableProvidence Sunday ‘Journal,---.--Business Growth in Twenty-Five Years."April 2, 1905, p. 23-.-See-ContinuationSheet 4GPO 892 455- -S
Form No, 1O;300a----2.!JNI ILL STA ULS DI PAR I MLN I 01 I IlL INtl RIORNATIONAL PARK SERVICEIfiQv- 1G-74--.-FOR NPS USE ONLY-‘REcEIVEDNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACESINVENTORY --NOMINATION FORMCONTINUATION SHEET4-ITEM NUMBERr-" -DATE ENTERED7PAGE---,-STo provide for additional storage needs, Shepard had built an annexacross this street-at the rear of the main store in the mid 1890’s.When the city abandoned Comfort Street in 1898, this annexwas connectedto the main building.With the further addition Of the-handsome 1878building located at’ the corner of Union and Comfort Streets, the ShepardCompany’s domination of the site was becoming increasingly solidified.The final step in the process’ was made possible when the city gave upan additional thoroughfare, Happy Street, which ran between Comfortand Washington Streets.A new six ‘story building was constructed be.tween 1900 and 1903 which extended westward from the former corner ofUnion- and’Comfort Streets to Clemence Street engulfing the existingannex and north to Washington Street.At the same time, the WestminsterStreet section of the building was raised to four stories and given a-unified treatment that complemented the new Washington Street facade.By October, 1903, when the last portion of the new building was opened,the complex covered an area of one-and one-quarter acres.The total’floor area was nearly seven acres.It had grown from 6,400 square feetof space in 1880 to approximately 301,000 square feet----- ----,The architetfor the new, six-story addition was George FredericHall 1866-1925.A Providence native, he studied at local schools -andwas associated with the Providence firm of Stone, Carpenter and Willsonin the early years of his career,in 1893, he formed a partnershipwith Frank Howard Martin which continued until 1917, when Martin died.The firm was -responsible for many important public, private, and commercial buildings in the area.Hall was associate architect for theIndustrial National Bank building which was nearing completion whenhe died.--‘----.-,---A prominent feature of the Washington and Union Street additionto the Shepard block’ was-"The Wellington," a "metropolitan restaurant,"It was located on the second floorwhich opened on’November 11, 1901.-of the Union Street side of the complex, next to the’ 1878 building, andwas entered from a semicircular driveway which cut into the building atapproximately the point where Comfort Street had once met Union.--2Sèe:"Shepard Company to Sart Work on Reconstructing BuildingProvidence Journal, March 10, 1923, p. 1.For ,p. 1.see::?litua--See---continuation-Sheet 5-a’----GPO 892 455-
:-‘-Form No. I,O-OUa1074iFo?-‘:,----.----:‘‘.---UNITED STATES DLI’ARTMENFOFiIIIINATIONAL PARK SERVICE-‘.,-INTERIORFOR NPStJSE ONLY--.------RECEIVEDNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACESINVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORM-CONTINUATION SHEET-ITEM NUMBER5DATE ENTERED,7PAGE-E-ty-.6--The entrance was framed by square columns topped by a wide, simplyarticulatedentablature.A single round column was at the center of theopening, with the driveway curving behind.Although the driveway wassubsequently. removed, the entrance is still visible on Union Street withthe area between the columns infilled with display windows topped’ byquadripartitestrip’ -windows-.-------The Shepard -Company already had a "regular" restaurant,which was"The Wellington,"’also located on the second floor of the new addition.however, was something special, a "first class" restaurant that-wasadvertised as the equal of the great hotel restaurants in New York’ andBoston.It was described as "a spacious apartment 40 x’ 50- feet, finishedrich weather oak nd with a handsomelyin a high wainscotting-ofdecoratgd ceiling, embracing elaborate papier mache handworked designs."The restaurant ‘was lighted-by incandescent lamps in clusters,Thewas richly carpeted, and also featured two private dining rooms.entire new addition to the store was by no means complete by the timeof the resta}’rant opening.Indeed, a photograph of the WashingtonStreet, facade which was published in August, 1903 reveai the lower-stories of the building still surrounded by scaffolding.---Ft’----Although no major new construction occurred after 1903, a continuing process of remodelling took place through the years as-the‘store adapte’d to new needs.On March 8, 1923 a disastrous milliondollar fire struck the store.The sixth and part of the fifth floorsat the Washington Street end of the buildingwere severely damaged.As was the case with the 1890 fire, littletime was lost in makingnecessary repairs, and the store reopened on March 29, 1923.Supervising the reconstructionwas George F. Hal-i, the architect for thebuilding.The acquisition of additional space also continued after1903.In 1920, ‘the company acquired -the building at 122 MathewsonStreet which was located across Clemence Street from the main store.Subsequently, in 1939, theA new restaurant was opened here in 1923.Shepard Tearoom opened in the building and remained until closing onJanuary 5, 1974.---‘-‘---3"The WellingtonNovember 10, 1901, p.-Open Tomorrow."10.‘4"Washington StreetAugust 2, 1903, p. 19.-is Advancing."ProvidenceSunday Journal,-ProvidenceSunday Journal,-------GPO 892 455II-
iForm Nb. 1D-3OORev, 1O-!41’-- IILINIERIORNATIONAL PARK SERVICEFORNPSUSEONLYRECEIVEDNA11ONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACESINVENTORY NOMINATION FORMDATE ENTERED--CONTINUATION SHEET5AITEM-7NUMBERPAGE6A- ‘---In 1920, -the company -acquired the building at 122 MathewsonStreet which, since 1939, has been, known-as Shepards Tearoom.Locatedacross Clemence Street from the main store, the 45-X 112-foot, threestory brick-buildingdates from the turn of the 20th century.On ther-ight, -it directly adjoins the-Mathewson Street MethodistChurch,ahandsome stone, four-story church and office building complex completedin 1896.On the left, it is separated from th& adjoining three-storybuilding by the remains of Happy Street,, ‘the narrow thoroughfare that,‘extended to Union Street be-fore it was abandoned by the city.‘t--The main facade of the Tearoom building is faced with yellow brick.-The first’ story was remodeled in 1941, and is now covered with enameledmetal panels.It contains an entrance to the second floor on the-left,and a symmetrically disposed restaurant facade with windows flankinga central double-doored entrance.Projecting from the buflding-abovethe entrance is a tall neon’ sign reading "Shepards Tearoom."-Above the remodeled first story, the building retains its originaltreatment.The second and third floors each con tamthree triple,double-hung, mullioned windows, unified into two-story verticalbays by brownstone sills,lintels and quoins.A brick and brownstonebelt course extends across the facade above the t
across from this entrance, and near the middle of Westminster Mall, is the tall, free standing Shepard Company clock which has been a city landmark for more thanninety years. The most prominent feature of the facade is the two-story arched corner entrance which pierces the building On both Westminster and Union Streets. The arches spring from
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