Historic Structure Report: Gowing-Clark House (Daniel Taylor House)
Phillips MK. 2000. Historic Structure Report: Gowing-Clark House (Daniel Taylor House). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Northeast Cultural Resources Center. Lowell, Massachusetts
Minute Man National Historical Park protects 970 acres in and around the Massachusetts towns of Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, commemorating the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War. The Gowing-Clark house is located in Concord, Massachusetts, and is part of the Minute Man National Historical Park (MIMA NHP). The house is at present referred to as the Daniel Taylor house, named after the man who was thought to have owned the house (or an older portion of it) on April 19, 1775. The site on which the house sits has potential importance in the interpretation of the historic battle that occurred on that date between British and American troops since it is located across Old Bedford Road from Miriam's Corner where the running battle began as the British troops retreated to Lexington. The structure is in need of maintenance work that would potentially effect important features, and several questions needed to be answered in order to guide the work (e.g., what is the chronology of ownership of the house and site; when was the current main house built and by whom; and when was the ell built and by whom). This draft historic structure report for the Gowing-Clark house is an abbreviated Level II report. It was prepared for MIMA NHP by the Building Conservation Branch (BCB) of the National Park Service's Northeast Cultural Resources Center and was written by Architectural Conservator Maureen K. Phillips. Preparation for this report involved historical and archival research and physical and photo documentation of the building. Intensive physical investigation was conducted by BCB Historical Architect David Bittermann and Architectural Conservator Maureen K. Phillips, and was limited to areas that were thought may reveal the most information with the least intrusiveness. The author wishes to than the staff of MIMA NHP and of the Concord Free Public Library, who have generously assisted in the preparation of this report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Phillips, Maureen
- Date of Issue
- 2000-02
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Northeast Cultural Resources Center
- Units
- MIMA , NER
- Keywords
- Daniel Taylor, Gowing-Clark, physical evolution
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 006548: Gowing-HSark House