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Nomination for Eliot Burying Ground

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 3,491 words across 18 pages, filed in 1974. Reproduced in full, word for word.

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1H0026697 Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HIS No UTM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM STATE: Massachusetts COUNTY: Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE :(Type all entries: complete applicable sections) JUN 2 5.1974 NAME COMMON: AND/ OR HISTORIC: a) Eustis Street Burying Ground or b) First Burying Ground in Roxbury LOCATION STREET ANG NUMBER: Eustis Street & Washington Streets CITY OR TOWN: Boston (Roxbury) STATE Massachusetts "D- CODE 025 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 9th COUNTY: Suffolk CLASSIFICATION CODE 025 CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS (Check One) District X Site Building Structure X Object Public Private Both Public Acquisition: - In Process Being Considered Occupied Unoccupied - Preservation work in progresr ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC Yes: Restricted Unrestricted No PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) L Agricultural Government Commercial Industrial L Educational Military Entertainment Museum Park Private Residence Religious Scientific OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: City of Boston-Department of Parks and Recreation STREET AND NUMBER: City Hall CITY OR TOWN: Boston LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Registry of Deeds STREET AND NUMBER: Suffolk County Court House CITY OR TOWN: Boston - Transportation *CEmetery ecer city) - Comments _RECEIVED APR 9 1974 STATE: NATIONAL Massachusetts REGISTER CODE 025 Massachusetts Suffolk STATE- COUNTY: STATE Massachusetts CODE 025 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: TEoRsuRVy of Historic Assets of the Crommonweaslthof Massanhusetts DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Massachusetts Historical Commission (617) 727-8470 STREET AND NUMBER: 40 Beacon Street CITY OR TOWN: Boston ISTATE: Massachusetts JUN 2 5 1974 ENTRY NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY CODE 025 DATE DESCRIPTION (Check One) Deteriorated Excellent X Good - Fair Ruins CONDITION (Check One) X Altered - Unaltered Moved - Unexposed (Check One) Original Site DESCRIBETHE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Eliot Burying Ground, roughly a triangle with a rounded hypotenuse, lies at the corner of Washington and Eustis Streets, formerly the two main roads leading to Boston and Dorchester from Roxbury.

Abutting it on the southerly tip is the former firehouse at 20 Eustis Street. Surrounding the entire ground is a pudding stone wall with a granite cap and cast- iron gate, erected in 1856. A later short iron fence has been set on top of the granite cap. Paths are laid out in a meandering fashion among the irregularly laid stones, tombs, and mature trees. Unlike other historic cemeteries in Boston, few of the stones were rearranged in the 19th century's quest for symmetry and precision. The tombs are organized in two ranges, ten in the ground's center which are the oldest, and along the brodering wall twenty-seven more below grade of which three have large horizontal monuments over the graves. In 1882, a bronze tablet was placed on the entrance gate to commemorate famous people within.

The former firehouse, Italianate in style, is two story, red brick, one bay wide by 3 bays long with an early wood frame addition that extends the building by two full bays plus a small "ell". The roof is pitched with gable end to streets. Small brackets support the overhanging cornice which does not have complete return; at the corners it is supported by pairs of elaborate, elongated brackets. On the facade, the ground floor engine door is marked by rusticated granite blocks in a segmental arch pattern. Immediately above two narrow round head windows flank a slightly larger similarly shaped window. Each has granite sills supported on small brackets and rusticated granite window caps. Along the sidewalls, plain windows have plain granite sills and lintels.

rectAnquiAR Besides the rear addition, recent changes include the bricking up of the engine entrance leaving only a small asymmetrical door and window. buffer between it and the expressway beyond. LO 19 2 RECEiVED APR 3 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian| 15th Century 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1630 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal Education - Prehistoric Engineering Historic Industry Agriculture Invention Architecture Landscape Art Architecture Commerce Literature Communications Military Conservation Music C Political Religion/Phi- losophy Science Sculpture Social/Human- itarian Theater Transportation Urban Planning Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Eliot Burying Ground was the first in Roxbury, established just after the town's incorporation in 1630 from the common land, and remains one of Boston's oldest cemeteries. Roxbury was annexed to Boston in 1868. The significance of Eliot Buryinges from its early establishment, the funerary art, and from those buried there. The first tomb built in the burying ground is that of the Dudley family, built before 1653./ Buried here are tovernorhomasudley, as well as Chiet ustice paulDudley, and Governor Joseph Dudyey, who errected the famous, hundred-odd mile- stones in Norfolk County. The oldest headstone is that of Sameul Danforth's infant of 1653. The most famous, and third tomb, is the Parish or Eliot Tomb, built in 1687 in which are the remains of John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians, Biblical translator, and minister of the 1st Church in Roxbury.

Other ministers of this early congregation are also buried in the Parish Tomb. During the siege of Boston, the first defensive work constructed by the Americans was a redoubt thrown up across Washington Street (then Roxbury Street) and Eustis Street (then Dorchester-Street) and called Burying Ground Redoubt. It was subsequently enlarged and strengthened. and 18th century and most are. in relatively intact condition. The funerary art illustrates vividly the Puritan concepts of death and immortality in the slate and stone markers which show winged death's heads or angels atop oblong stones. The more restrained imagry of urns and willows on post-revolutionary markers reflects the contemporary vogue in the decorative arts and architecture for classical motifs.

Neoclassicism of the Federal and later periods was a consious attempt to recreate the forms - political and artistic - of the earliest democracy, Greece, and, later, the original republic, Rome. In 1819, the Town of Roxbury voted to build "a house for the Engine" on a corner of the burying ground "where the Hearse House" stood. In 1856 older walls were replaced by the present granite wall and iron gates, ,85g and three years later, the wooden engine house was replaced by the existing brickfire house which forms part of the burying ground's southeastern border. The original land-operated engine, Torrent 6, was replaced

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1. Drake, Francis.S., Thetoy, of Roxbury, Its Memorable Persons and Places, 19 2. City of Boston, Real Property Department-Engineering Division, Map #K 30, 1908. 3. Historical Sketch of the First Burying Place in. Roxbury, Eustis Street Burying Ground, also inscriptions and biographical notes and recora of deaths and burials, Boston, 1904. Boston 4688520 Cemetery Department. 4. Merriam, John M., "Historic BuriaT-Places' of Boston and Vicinity, "Proceedings 10.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA of The Americal Antiquarian Society,VotVH, Partpp LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 0 R DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY SF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES CORNER LATITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds 328480 381-417 NW NE 42 19. SE 54.847 71 SW APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 0.80 ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: CODE COUNTY 04 53,778 9 CODE STATE: CODE STATE: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: RECEIVED EOUNAPR S.

574 NATIONAL COUNTREGISTER CODE CODE 115 CODE FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Elizabeth Amadon, Survey Director ORGANIZATION Massachusetts Historical Commission (617) 727-8470 STREET AND NUMBER: 40 Beacon Street CITY OR TOWN: Boston STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION by Boston Landmarks Commission February, 1974 STATE Massachusetts NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION CODE 025 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria ánd procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: National Local Name Honorable Jo ontx.

Oonnn ecretary of the Commonwealth TitleChairman,Massachusetts Historical Commission I hereby certify that this property is included in the Nationa1 Register: 9Y- 00 2W01 Atruaitas Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Date 60=(74 ATTEST: Date 322|74 hali temn Keeper of The National Regfster Date 6/21/74 GPO 931-894 - Form 10-300a (July 1969) (Number all entries) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Continuation Sheet) STATE Mass. COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER 2 5 19/4 Eliot Burying Ground, Boston (Roxbury) DATE 8. SIGNIFICANCE within the decade by a hook and ladder, and even later (1889) by early steam engines. The rear of the building in its additions and alterations indicates the type fire apparatus used during the late 19th c.

Plans for its rehabilitation The location of the firehouse has historical significance integrally related to that of the Eliot Burying Ground in that it stands on the site of the old "hearse house"; it is visually and cohesively part of the same environment. 17 RECEIVED JUN 1 9 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER GP O 921.724 *x Chiet Burying Ground STATE mass. ING NUMRER 4,3.74. JH REVIEW PHOTOS 3 MAPS 2 CONTROL REVIEW Cm 4.8. 14 OK HHESTORZAN Ebiot hs ünportant is Dudleyegrane Markers imp- for how many Boston w.Ri18/y ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Accept. tusandl 4/10/4 ARCHEOLOGIST REVIEW UNIT CHIEF istrich.

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6/19176 KEEPER acoy mrmula 6/21x74 National Register Write-up 8/20/19 Tederal Register entry August 6, 1914 Send-back Re-submit Entered JUN 2 5 1974 INT: 1538-73 FORM 10-301 A (6/72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) 1. NAME COMMON AND/OR HISTORIC Eustis Street Burying Ground NUMERIC COPE Ist Burying Ground in Roxbury (Assigned by NPS) Eliot Burying Ground 2. LOCATION STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk STREET AND NUMBER Eustis Street and Washington Street TOWN Boston 3. PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Boston Redevelopment Authority 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT Boston Redevelopment Aut City Hall, Boston, MA 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. View from west (Eustis Street) looking northeasterly ay burying ground.

RECEIV APR 3 NATIO REGIS GPO, 9: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER =ORM 10-301 A (6/72 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) 1. NAME COMMON Eliot Burying Ground AND/OR HISTORIC Eustis Street Burying Ground Ist Burying Ground in Roxbury NUMERIC CODEV(Assigne 2. LOCATION STATE Massachusetts STREET AND NUMBER COUNTY Suffolk 18119 RECÊIVED APR 3 1974 TOWN Boston 3. PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Boston Redevelopment Authority DATE 1974% NATIONAT REGISTE NEGATIVE FILED AT Boston Redevelor City Hall, Bost 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. View from west (Eustis Street) looking due east at burying ground and real PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER F6072 10-301 A 1. NAME COMMON Eliot Burying Ground 2.

LOCATION STATE Massachusetts STREET AND NUMBER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC Eustis Street Burying Ground Ist Burying Ground in Rixbury NUMERIC CORFN (Assigned by COUNTY Suffolk TOWN Boston RECEIVED APR 3 1974 NATIONA REGIST 3. PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Boston Redevelopment Authority 1974 INEGATIVE FILED AT Boston Redevelopmen City Hall, Boston, 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. View of fire house looking at Eustis Street facade and the northwesterly side PROPERTY OF THE NATONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301 Rev.

7-12 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) S - - NAME cOMMON: Eliot Burying Ground AND/OR HISTORIC: a) Eustis Street Burying Ground or b) LOCATION STREET AND NUM BER: Eustis Street and Washington Streets CITY OR TOWN: Boston (Roxbury) STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 ICOUNTY: Suffolk MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: U.S.G.S. 7.5' Series, Boston South Quadrangle SCALE: ]"=24,000' DATE:19 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIC Form No. 10-301 Rev.

7-72 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) S S U NAME cOMMON: Eliot Burying Ground AND/OR HISTORIC: a)Eustis Street Burying Ground or b)Fi L00 STREET AND NUM BER: Eustis Street and Washington Streets CITY OR Boston (Roxbury) STATE: CODE COUNTY: 025 Suffolk Massachusetts MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: Boston Redevelopment Authority SCALE: ]"=100' DATE: 1965 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIC 155g 11,946 STERLING HUNNEMAN S> 580 2066 3244 AMAR 5522 5,610 20772 3590 21,022 TREADWELL 1444 OLD RCXBURY BURYING ROUND 37, 937 (ELIOT CEMETERY) 4046 34,630 2473 1190 9992 790 8737 4309 4A00 S, NFREW TE 650/150 EUSTIS 7215 1046 1042-1038 2010 166/ 118? 1168 1493 2336 965 895 922 138 9061, 956 2150 10, RECEIVETT APR 3 1974 21,079 1513 HARRISON VATIONAL XEGISTER MALL B02L 5050 2627 5336 2255 1350 COURT 1240 1259 11747 18,162 5580 17,382 WEBBER 31,556 2325 SAS 1142 TA2 1400 ELIOT BURYING GROUND 2880 4006 780 F E 9001 809 1496 1238 Boston (Roxbury), Massachusetts Scale: 1"=100' " > J 21,285 37, 467 STREET REED P A 43, 8/4 R K N G 4453 OVIETEM LSKE LIBERTAO John F. X.

Davoren Secretary of the Commonvealth The Commonwvealch of Massachusetts Ofice of the Secretary (6) Massachusetts Histonical Commission 40 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108- 727-8470 March 25,1974 RECEIVED APR 3 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER ETTETT SpecieL NoticE National Register National Park Service 18th and C Streets Washington D.C. 20240 Attention: Charles Herrington, Chief of Register CERTIFIED MAIL Dear Charles: Enclosed are five National Register submissions for the following properties: 1. Boston, Suffolk County, Eliot Burying Ground, 2. 3. 4. 5. Clapp Houses , "1 Youth's Companion Building, Park Street District, Suffolk County Courthouse.

These have been declared eligible for submission by the Massachusette Historical Commission, the State Review Board, and havé been signed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, John F.X.Davoren, Chairman of the Massachusetts Historical Commission and designated the State Liason Officer. Please note that the properties covered by these submissions are to be included in our 1975 apportionment warrant. Therefore, we would appreciate your process- ing these forms promptly. Please let us know if any other information is needed. Sincerely, - Elizabeth Amadon State Survey Director Massachusetts Historical Commission ERA/ma MAY 241974 H34-PR 5.2274 Sor K.fale Honorable John F. X. Davoren Secretary of the Conmonwealth Chairman, Massachusetts Iistorical Conmission 40 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Dear Mr.

Davoren: We are returning the nowdnation for the Ellot Burying Ground in Roxbury as the nominated area does not appear to have sufficient historieal cohesiveness to constitute an integrated whole, although both compenents, the cemetery and the firehouse appear eligible. You may wish to nominate each component individually, thus recog- nizing their individual impertance. We look forward to reviewing the nominations. Sincerely yours, Acting Charles A. Herrington (Sgd.) Wil11am J. Murtagh Keeper of the National Register Enclosures FNP:K Cole:egj 5/13/74 bcc: Regional Director, North Atlantic Region Director's Reading File DI PR, Mrs. Mott w/c inc. BASIC FILE RETAINED IN PR ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE Date Entered MASSACHUSEVYI JUN 2 5 1974 Name Eltot Buzying Ground Location Boston (Roxbury) Bulfollt County Also Notified Hon. Edward M. Kennedy Hon.

#dwardWo Brookse Hone John J- Moekley Regtonal Director, forth Atlantie Region PR MMott/cm 6/25/74 Btate Blstorie Preservation Offieez Hon, John P. X. Davoren Secretary of the Commonveal.th Chadzunn, Messschusetts Hlatorieal Coundission 40 Bescon Street Joston, Maseachusette 02108 SECTION 1-AFPLICANT/RECIPIENT DATA SECTION IL-CEHTIFICATIOM SECTICA 11I-FEDLRAL AGETICY ACTION OMB Approval No. 29-R0218 3. NUMBER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 1. TYPE PREAPPLICATION CF ACTION APPLICATION (Mork ap- NOTIFICATION OF INTENT (Opt.) proprata 00x1 REPORT OF FEDERAL ACTION 2. APPLI- CANT'S APPLI- CATION rave Blani b. DATE eurmonth 07 4. LEGAL APPLICANT/RECIPIENT a. Applicant Name : Massachusetts Historical Commission b. Organization Unit c. Street/P.O. Box : 294 Washington Street City : Boston -. County : Suffolk f. State : Massachusetts 8. ZIP Code: 02108 h.

Contact Person (Name Elizabeth Reed Amadon, S.H.P.O. & telephone No.) :(617) 727-8470 7. TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT Eliot Burying Ground: Eustis Street Fire Station Development Project, Boston (Roxbury), Suffolk co. 3. STATE APPLICA- TION IDENTI- FIER a. NUMBER 74070490 b. DATE ASSIGNED Year month day 1974 08 13 5. FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO. 046-002-284 6. PRO. 8. NUMBER 15 GRAM b. TITLE (From Federal Catalog) Historic Preservation 8. TYPE OF APPLICANT/RECIPIENT A-State H-Cemmunity Action Agency B-Interstate I- Higher Educational Institution C-Substate J- Indian Tribe District K-Other (Specifu): D-County E-City "Restore the station house to its appearance in 1869. This phase will entail site preparation and clear- ance and restoration and painting of the eave brackets." F-School District G-Special Purpose District Enter appropriate letter 9.

TYPE OF ASSISTANCE A-Basie Grant D-Insurance B-Supplemental Grant E-Other Enter appro- C-Loan priate letter(s) 10. AREA OF PROJECT IMPACT (Names of cities, counties, States, tic.) 11. ESTIMATED BER OF NUM- 12. TYPE OF APPLICATION PERSONS A-New C-Revision E-Augmentation BENEFITING Commonwealth of Massachusetts B-Renawal D-Continuation 5,689,170 Enter appropriate letter 13. PROPOSED FUNDING 14. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF: 15. TYPE OF CHANGE (For 12c or 12e) 8. FEDERAL $ 5,000 .00 &. APPLICANT + A-Increase Dollars F-Other (Specifv): b. PROJECT B-Decrease Dcilars b. APPLICART 5,000.00 9 C-Increase Duration 9 D-Decrease Duration E-Cancellation c. STATE .00 16. PROJECT START 17. PROJECT DATEYear month day d. LOCAL .00 19 see #34 PUBATION Enter appro Montha oriats letter(& 8. OTHER .00 Year SUBMITTED monti day 19. EXISTING FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER f.

TOTAL 15 10,000.00 19 77 07 15 25-75-00172-00 20. FEDERAL AGENCY TO RECEIVE REQUEST (Name, City, State, ZIP code) 21. REMARKS ADDED National Park Service, Washington D.C. 20240 Yes ES No 22. a. To the best of my kncwiedge and belief, b. If rocuired by OMD Circular f-95 this application wss submitted, pursuant te in- No re- Rerponse dáta in this preapplicstion/application are structions therein, to appropriaia clearinghouses and all responses are attachoe: 890486 attached THE true and correct, the document has been APPLICANT duly suthorized by the goverming body of CERTIFIES theapplicent and the applicant will comply (1) office of state Planning THAT P with theattached assurances if the assist- (2) anca is approved. (3) 8.TYPEDNAME ANDTITLE b. SIENATURE c. DATE SIGNED CERTIFYING REPRE. Elizabeth Reed Amadon, Exec. foau h. Wesbwsk Year month SENTATIVE Dir. and S.H.P.O.

24. AGENCY NAME Gcting SHDO 1977 07 15 25. APPLICA- Year month day TION Department of the Interior RECEIVED 19 77 07 22 26. ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT 27. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 28. FEDERAL APPLICATION IDENTIFICATION National Park Service Grants Administration Div 23. ADDRESS 30. FEDERAL GRANT IDENTIFICATINN 25-8165 18th and C Streets NN, Washington, 31. ACTION TAKEN 32. D.C. 20240 FUNDING Year month day 34. Yesr month day * a. AWARDED a. FEDERAL 5,000 .00 33. ACTION DATED 19 77 11 03 STARTING DATE 1976 06 b. REJECTED b. APPLICANT 5,000 .00 35. CONTACT ADDITIONAL INFORMA- 36. Year month day TION (ond and telephone number) ENDING c. RETURNED FCR c. STATE .00 DATE AMENDMENT 1980 09 d. L0CAL .00 Stephen D. Newman 37. REMARKS ADDED 30 d. DEFERRED e. OTHER .00 202 523-5472 8. WITHDRAWN f. TOTAL $ 38.

in taking above edlac, 10,000 .0O M Yes [NO any commonts recsived from clearinghouse sidare.a hi ap atcy r espisse is due undor provisions of Parle, ioe Gir. ar Aces; D. FEDERAL AGENCY A-95 OFFICIAL (Name and telephone no.) FEDERAL AGENCY it has been or is being made. A-95 ACTION same as #35 424-101-. -Un1-utl STANDARG FORM 424 PAGE 1 (10-75) Rodaral Manneement Circular 74-1 SECT SECTION JV-REMARKS: (Please re/erence the proper item number from Sections I, II or III, if applicable) ItenItem 7 SourSeurce nof.-tfoniefederak natch a 1 Katue cofiadonated real property (City of Boston to tta the Boston Fire Museum Trust) TANDARD FORM 424 PAGE 2(10-75)

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