Address: 193 South Road
Contemporary Building Name: Rankl Farm
Historic Building Name:
Present Use: Residential
Historic Use: Residential
Architectural style: Greek Revival / Moorish Revival/ Gothic Revival / Italianate
Date constructed: c. 1860 (Baber), 1890 (Assessor)
Description: In the three-bay gable end toward the street of 193 South Road, the door is in the south (right) bay with two 1-over-1 windows surrounded by flat casings to the left. The door is framed by plain pilasters under an ogee Moorish Revival arch and molded flat cornice. The door is glazed with two arched single panes. The second floor has three 1-over-1 windows while in the attic window interlacing Gothic Revival tracery fills the upper arched sash. There is a small chimney in the rear wall. The one-story wing to the south has a door and two 1-over-1 windows. The large red barn to the south is built with vertical wood siding under gable roof.
Significance: 193 South Road displays the gable end temple form and flanking doorway pilasters of the Greek Revival style plus features of later architectural styles, including the Moorish Revival as evidenced by the ogee arch over the front door. This ogee arch is perhaps the only Marlborough example of its type. The pointed-arched glazing of the attic window stems from the Gothic Revival, while the round-arched glass panels in the front door reflect Italianate influence. The question of whether these later revival-styles features are original or added might be determined by close examination and would have a bearing on determining the date of construction for the house, which does not show on the 1855 map or 1869 atlas. The property is possibly the last operating cattle farm in Marlborough.
Sources: Baber, David. Capitol Region Council of Governments Historic Resource Survey of Marlborough, 1978.
Ransom, David. Historical and Architectural Resources Survey, Town of Marlborough, Connecticut. April 1998.
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