Nomination for Park Street District

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Form 10-300 (Rev.

6-72) PH0006416 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONALPARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM STATE: Massachusetts COUNTY: Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries complete applicable sections) MAY 1 974 NAME C OMMON: Park Street District (use Sor publation) AND/OR HISTORIC: SAME LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER: Tremont Street, Park Street,, Beacon Streets CITY OR TOWN: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTI Boston STATE GODE gthTy: Massachusetts 025 Suffolk CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS (Check One) District Site Building Structure Object X Public Private Both Public Acquisition: In Process Being Considered Occupied Unoccupied Preservation work in progres- 8 APR PECENEA REGISTE ITIONAL CODE 025 ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC Yes: Restricted Unrestricted No PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) X Agricultural Commercial Educational Entertainment Government Industrial Military Museum XI Park Private Residence Religious Scientific Transportation X Other (Specify) Cemetery Comments OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: Public and Private STREET AND NUMBER: 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: STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 STATE CODE Boston Massachusetts REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: (1) Inventory ofHistoric Assets of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Federal [X State - County DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Massachusetts Historical Commission (617) 727-8470 STREET AND NUMBER: 40 Beacon Street CITY OR TOWN: STATE: Boston Massachusetts 025 CODE 025 STATE COUNTY: Suffolk --ENTRY NUMBER 1974 MAY DATE FOR NPS USE ONLY DESCRIPTION 92n0226 Excellent CONDITION X Good (Check One) L Fair (Check One) Deteriorated Ruins - Unexposed (Check One) X Altered - Unaltered Moved Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Park Street District is comprised of the Granary Burying Ground and the structures surrounding it; the boundaries of the block are Park Street, Beacon Street, and Tremont Street. Two buildings, already National Historic Landmarks, are within this District: the Chester Harding House, 16 Beacon Street, 1808, and the Boston Athenaeum, 10½ Beacon Street, 1849, from the designs of Edward Cabot. The other struc- Be from tre desigos tures range in date from the early Federal period to the late nineteenth century, reflecting the transformation of the district from residential to commercial use. Although there are differences in the individual details of the structures, there are striking similarities in set back, height, scale, and the textural quality of the brick and stone facades.

The structures provide a distinctive urban setting for the Boston Common and the State House, as well as create an architectural framework for the Burying Ground. The Burying Ground and street pattern date from the colonial settle- ment when this area was known for its crude pathways and grim public buildings. In 1804 Charles Bulfinch re-laid Park Street (then Centry Street) and began his plan to transform the area into an elegant resi- dential section. One to four Park Street, "Park Row" completed in 1805, was a primary example of Bulfinch's plan and concept of archi- tectural uniformity. During the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, ten story com- merical buildings gradually replaced all but one of the former res- idential structures on Beacon Street; however, these later buildings relate to the general character of the existing earlier elements in the immediate surroundings.

MAJOR ELEMENTS - Granary Burying Ground, 83-115 Tremont Street The Granary Burying Ground is a trapezoid shaped plot of land enclosed by buildings on three sides; an ornate iron fence on a granite base extends across the open Tremont Street side. The public entrance on Tremont Street has large Egyptian Revival granite gates designed by Solomon Willard in 1840. The central path leads to the most distinctive visual feature, the obelisk over the Franklin Tomb, made from granite quarried from the Bunker Hill ledge. The obelisk, also designed by Solomon Willard in 1827, stands 27' high and bears a bronze tablet with an inscription by Benjamin Franklin. Other monuments are those to Samuel Adams, John Hancock, James Otis, Robert Treat Paine, and the Boston Massacre victims.

Towards the back of the burial ground are Paul Revere's tomb and upright stone markers of countless other early Bostonians. Linden and Oak trees planted circa 1825 throughout the grounds enhance the area. Approximately seventeen hundred graves and two hundred tombs exist within this burial ground. 8 9 (See continuation sheets #1 & 2) ABF LO NATIONAL REGISTER LO 1/10119 Form 10-3000 (July 1962YVED APR 3 1974 Park Street District NATIONAL REGISTER (Number alt entries) T. Description UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Continuation Sheet) #1 STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER MAY (2) Park Street Church, 119 Tremont Street The Park Street Church was designed by Peter Banner in 1809, 1mme- dately after the town Granary was cleared from the site.

This red- brick church with wooden steeple is in the form of a New England meeting house. The nave extends along Park Street and is marked by tall round headed windows set in embrasures which relate to the Palladian window above the main entrance. The central entry on Park Street is flanked by two bowed vestibules. The most commanding feature is the wooden Wren type steeple which rises 217' above the ground. The steeple with classic ornament is composed of three polygonal belfrys, a small polygonal lantern, and spire. Amory-Ticknor House, 9-10 Park Street, 22-22A Beacon Street The Amory-Ticknor House, built in 1804, was originally a large brick Federal style mansion of four stories on the corner of Park and Beacon Streets. The basic cube mass was broken by three stories of rectilinear shaped windows and the characteristic square fourth story windows.

A balustrade over the simple dentil cornice concealed the roof. The prominent decorative feature of the front facade (Park Street) consisted of wrought iron balconies around the first and second story windows. Two bay windows set in slightly relieved archways were on each side of the center Park Street entrance, which consisted of a semi- circular fan light with side lights flanking the door. Extending over the entry was an Adam-style porch approached by curving steps with a In 1812, a Greek Revival porch was constructed on the Beacon Street facade to indicate a recent division in ownership. To date, alterations which occurred during the late 19th century have remained. The ground floor level of both Beacon and Park Street facades was changed by the addition of projecting display windows, leaving only the Park Street porch and steps.

Queen Anne style oriels were added to the third and fourth story windows of both facades. The dentil cornice was replaced with a heavy iron cornice and only a small section of the balustrade remains under an addition of three gable dor- mers to the Park Street roof. MINOR ELEMENTS Union Club, 7 and 8 Park Street These two red brick structures, both five stories, were united in 1896 by the architect Henry B. Ball to provide the Union Club with larger facilities. To date, the structure appears as one, with similar facade treatment on both units, seven bays wide in total, with con- tinuous wrought iron balconies on the upper stories. Distinction between the two structures can still be observed at the roof line. At 7 Park Street, the fifth story windows are set in brownstone posts and capped by a brownstone balustrade.

Number 8 Park Street features a front gable (constructed over two dormer windows) on one side of the roof placed next to two dormers, which still exist from the original design. GPO 921.724 Form 10-300a (July 1969) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Continuation Sheet) #2 Park Street District STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Number all entries) MAY 7. Description (7) Claflin Building, 18-20 Beacon Street This brownstone structure, designed by William G. Preston in 1883, stands six stories high. The second story windows are set'into three prominent round headed embrasures, between which are two small copper medallion portraits of Jan Van Eyke and Albrect Durer.

The three middle stories have oriels flanking paired double hung windows, while the final story is comprised of windows set between brownstone posts. (8) Congregational House, 14 Beacon Street This eight story red-brick, sandstone trim building was erected in 1898 from the designs of Shepley, Rutan, ana cgolage. The main body of the three bay structure is organized in three round headed embrasures which end with a stone balustrade over a bracketed stone cornice. Four carved stone tablets at the second storey are bas-reliefs of scenes from colonial history which illustrate fundamental principles of religion, education, law and worship. 7|/181 19 RECEiVED APR 3 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER OL DATE 1874 GPO 921.724 U un Z -

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian: 15th Century - 16th Century X 17th Century SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Aboriginal TVFC Education Prehistoric Engineering - Historic Industry Agriculture: Invention Architecture Landscape Art Architecture Commerce Literature Communications Military Conservation Music X 18th Century: X 19th Century -:20th Century Political? Religion/Phi- losophy Science!! Sculpture Social/Human- itarian Theater Transportation X Urban Planning Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

The Park Street District is significant as reflecting a plan by Charles Bulfinch to improve the eastern outskirts of the Boston Common and southern approach to the newly constructed State House. By intro- ducing the European system and standards of town planning, he designed a residential block of nine buildings which complimented the new State House and combined two existing urban spaces: the Common and the Granary Burying Ground. Bulfinch's plan was strictly adhered to since he held the post of Chief Selectman which he used to support his archi- tectural and design recommendations. The result, an elegant avenue Tined with Federal-style houses, initiated the transformation of the entire surroundings. Residents were some of the most respected leaders of the 19th century, such as: Governor Christopher Gore; Governor Henry Joseph Gardner; Peter Chardon Brooks; George Cabot; Samuel Dexter.

The Park Street Church designed by Peter Banner in 1809 solidified the block. To date, only the Church and the Armory-Ticknor house, 9 Park Street, remain from the original development; yet the principal elements of design set by Bulfinch can still be recognized. The later buildings which replaced the Federal style forbearers have been designed to respect the two original structures located on each corner. A continuity is existant due to similarity in set back, material, height, and scale. The arrangement provides a distinguished architectural frame for the eastern section of the Common and border of the Granary Burying Ground; the church with its commanding steeple still marks the well-known Brimstone Corner from many other parts of Boston. The main feature of this district lies in its unquestionable grace and dignity appropriate for the environment around the State House.

(See continuation sheets #3& 4) 6) 8 9 RECÊIVED APR 3 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1. Annual Report, 38th; American Congregational Association, Historical Sketch of its Organization, Thomas Todd, Boston, 1899. 2. Boston Building Department Records. 3. Boston Cemetery Department; Historical Sketch and Matters Appertaining to the Granary Burial Ground, Boston, 1903. 4. City of Boston, Real Property Department, Engineering Division, Map K25-26, Granary Burying Ground. 5. Codman, Ogden; Gravestone Inscriptions and Records of Tomb Burials in the Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Salem: Essex Institute, 1918. (see continuation sheet #5) 10.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY CORNER LATITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds R LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY _OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW 99 NE 42 SE 21 26.482 71 SW APPROXIMATE ACREAG OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: less than (LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR 'PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIEE STATE: RECÊIVED 03 44.352 CODE STATE: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: APR 3 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE FORMPREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Elizabeth Amadon, Survey Director ORGANIZATION Massachusetts Historical Commission STREET AND NUMBER: 40 Beacon Street CITY OR TOWN: Boston 2.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION by Boston Landmarks Commission DATE February, 1974 (617) 727-8470 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 and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: National State Local I hereby certify that this property is included in the Nationa 1 Register: akmorteusan Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Name autX.

Dovrreg Honocable John F.X.Davoren Secretary of the Commonwea1th TitlChairman,Massachusetts Historieal Commission Date 3/22/74 Date 5/1174 ATTEST: Date wa/hautenh Keeper 5.1-74 19/330/601 69300 UTm ReF 919-75 um - Z 4 GP0 931-894 Park Street District Form to.366aVED (July 1969) APR 3 NATIONAL REGISTER OUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONALPARK SERVICE 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM 8/ (Continuation Sheet)#3 (Number alt entries) 8. Significance STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER ATI 97 MAY MAJOR ELEMENTS Granary Burying Ground, 83-115 Tremont Street The Granary Burying Ground was established in 1660 when the King's Chapel Burial Ground became over-crowded.

First called the South Burial Ground, its subsequent name was derived from its geographic location next to the town Granary which stood on the site of the Park Street Anongit the most oullent bufted herl are: erter ranguriy triar ne rta; Robert Treat Paine, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin's parents, and the victims of the Boston Massacre. The designs carved on the major monuments, as well as those on the slate markers of the ordinary citizens, are excellent examples of early New England gravestones and provide an illustrated history of this folk art. (2) Park Street Church, 119 Tremont Street In the colonial settlement, the lot of the Park Street Church was occupied by the town Granary, a repository of grain for the poor and needy, located next to the Granary Burying Ground.

Its demolition in 1809 provided ample space for the newly founded Park Street Church Society's new meeting house. The resultant red-brick church with its graceful steeple remains a tribute to its English architect, Peter Banner, and his adaptation of a Christopher wren design. The delcately carvea capitals of the steeple are the handiwork of Solomon Willard, architect of the Bunker Hill Monument. The church has long been associated with important civic, educa- tional, and social issues. During the War of 1812, brimstone, used in making gun powaer, was stored 1n the crypt which lead to the name "Brimstone Corner" for this locality. (However, Boston legena attri- butes the origin of "Brimstone Corner" to the fervid doctrines preached within the church). In 1829, William Lloyd Garrison gave his first abolitionist address in Boston here.

Many well-known societies reflecting important social movements were founded in this church: in 1815, the Handel and Hayden Society of Boston; in 1824, the Prison Discipline Society; in 1826, the American Temperance Society; in 1889, the Animal Rescue League. (3) Amory-Ticknor House, 9-10 Park Street and 22-22A Beacon Street The Amory-Ticknor house was the first house on Park Street erected from the plans of Charles Bulfinch in 1804.Designed for Thomas Amory, Esq., a Boston Merchant, it was referred to as "Amory's Folly" because of its unusual size and pretentiodsness. Financial losses forced Thomas Amory to dispose of the dwelling soon after its completion and the house was divided into two units to defer expenses. Among the many notable occupants, George Tioknor's residency in the easterly portion is best known. Mr.

Ticknor, the author of "History of Spanish Literature" and a founder of the Boston Public Library, remained there from 1830 to 1871. GP O 921-724 Park Street District Form 10-300a (July 1969) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Continuation Sheet) #4 STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE MAY (Number all entries) 8. Significance MINOR ELEMENTS (6) Union Club, l and 8 Park Street The exact date and architect of these two red brick buildings remain unknown. The estate at 8 Park Street was best known in the 19th century as the residence of the Honorable Abbott Lawrence, whose family remained there from 1836 to 1863, when the property was leased to the Union Club. The original property and subsequent estate at 7 Park Street was owned by financier John Gore since 1803.

prominent owners, 7 Park Street was purchased by the Union Club and and stree In 1896, after a succession of joined with 8 Park Street. The Union Club was established in 1863 by former members of the Somerset Club who were politically adhorent of the criticism of President Lincoln and his abolition policy. (7) Claflin Building, 18-20 Beacon Street The structure was designed by William Preston in 1883 for Governor William Claflin, Governor of Massachusetts between 1869 and 1872. During his lifetime (1818-1905) he was identified with many philanthropic movements and educational institutions including Boston University and Wellesley College. (8) Congregational House, 14 Beacon Street The CongregationalHouse was designed by Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge in 1898 to meet the expanding spatial requirements of the American Congregational Association.

The Association was founded in 1853 to gather within one building all the Congregational societies located in Boston and also to establish a library to protect the original Puritan literature. 181 119 RECÊiVED APR 3 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER E GP O 921.724 Park Street District 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) #5 9. Bibliographical cont'd. STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER MAY 1 DATE 1974 6. Drake, Samuel Adams; Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston, 7. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1971. Kirker, Harold; The Architecture of Charles Bulfinch, Harvard University 8. Press, 1969. Kirker, Harold and Kirker James; Bulfinch's Boston, 1787-1817; New York: 9. Oxford University Press, 1964.

Lawrence, Robert M.; Old Park Street and Its Vicinity; Boston, 1922. 10. Newton Graphic, Obiturary of Governor Will Claflin, Newton, 1905. Photographic Collections: Bostonian Society; Boston Athenaeum. 12. Thorndike, F. Lothrop; Past Members of The Union Club and A Brief Sketch of the History of the Club, Boston, 1893. 13. Whitehill, Walter M., The Neighborhood of the Tavern Club, 1930-1971, Bostonian Society Picture Book, 1971. 14. Williams, Alex; A Social History of Greater Boston Clubs, Barre, Massachusetts, 1970. 6. Existing Surveys cont'd. (2) Title: Historic American Building Survey, Mass, -175; Mass.-631/ Date: 1934, 1935; n.d. Federal Survey Depository: Department of Prints, Library of Congress Address: Washington, D. C. 20540 Code: 011 71 18/ 19 RECENED 10 APR 3 1974 NATIONAL ETTEITLYVE REGISTER GPO 921.724 PROPERT Park Street Distrct 4,3.

74.520 WORKING NUMBER TECH REVIEW PHOTOS 4 MAPS 2 STATE Mass. Suffolk CONTROL REVIEW 2. 4 HISTORIAN Accept u.R we 1/5/74 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Would like to see some photes of distict along Parte. st & Schooleist. Accept. Huland 4/8/4 ARCHEOLOGIST REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER Cale 4/28/744 Herke 4-30 Lim 5/1/74 National Register Write-up finL 0,024 rederal Register entry June 4,1974 Send-back Re-submit_ Entered MAY 1 174 INT:1538-73 -Freedom Trai OLD GRANAI TRAIL Form No.

10-301a (7/72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER NAME ÇOMMON: Park Street District AND/OR HISTORIC: same LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: Park, Beacon, and Tremont Street CITY OR TOWN: Boston STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: Boston Redevelopment Authority DATE OF PHOTO: 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: COUNTY: Suffolk RECEIVED APR 3 1974 NATIONA REGISTE Boston Redevelopment Authority, City Hall, Boston, MA IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. View of Granary Burying Ground gates on Tremont Street. DATE 1974 CODE 025 #! of y photos * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/ 1446 III - 1 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER # 2 #: Form No.

10-301a (7/72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER NAME COMMON: Park Street District AND/ OR HISTORIC: SaMe LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: APR 3 1974 Park, Beacon, and Tremont Streets CITY OR TOWN: Boston NATIONAL REGISTER STATE: Massachusetts CODE COUNTY: 025 Suffolk PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: Boston Redevelopment Authority DATE OF PHOTO: 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: Boston Redevelopment Authority, City Hall, Boston, MA IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. View of Granary Burying Ground looking southeasterly towards Hancock Monoment and Tremont Street. #2 of 4 photos CODE 025 * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER COCDSPEED'S BOOK SHOP GOODSPEED'S H A STATIC TOP Form No. 10-301a (7/72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE 1974 NAME COMMON: Park Street District AND/OR HISTORIC: Same LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: Park, Beacon, and Tremont Streets CITY OR TOWN: Boston STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: Boston Redevelopment Authority DATE OF PHOTO: 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: RECÊIVED APR 3 1974 10 COUNTY: Suffotk' NATIONAL Boston Redevelopment Authority. City Hall, Boston, MA CODE 025 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

View of Beacon Street, Park Street Corner, from looking northeasterly. #3 of 4 photos * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/ 1446 - I PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER DARI Form No. 10-301a (7/72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER NAME COMMON: AND/OR HISTORIC: ParkStreet District LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: Park, Beacon, and Tremont Streets CITY OR TOWN: RECEiVED APR 3 1974 Boston STATE: Massachusetts CODE COUNTY: 025 Suffolk NATTONAL REGISTE PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: Boston Redevelopment Authority DATE OF PHOTO: 1974 NEGATIVE FILED ATBoston Redevelopment Authority, City Hall, Boston, MA IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

View of Park Street and Park Street Church looking northeasterly. CODE 025 #4 of y photos * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II - 1 E # 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) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk ENTRY FOR NPS USE ONLY IBER MAY DATE - NAME COMMON: Park Street District same AND/OR HISTORIC: :80 STREET AND NUM BER: Park Street, Beacon Street, Tremont Street CITY OR TOWN: Boston STATE: Massachusetts CODE 025 COUNTY: Suffolk MAP REF NCE SOURCE: U. S. G. S. 7.5' Series, Boston South Quadrangle SCALE: 1" = 24,000' DATE: 1970 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

CODE 025 18L19 RECENVEU APR 3 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER TET * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-1 12, 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) STATE Massachusetts COUNTY Suffolk FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER MAY 1 DATE 1974 NA COMMON: Park Street District same AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCATTON STREET AND NUM BER: Park, Beacon, and Tremont Streets CITY OR TOWN: Boston STATE: Massachusetts MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: Boston Redevelopment Authority SCALE: 1" = 100' DATE: 1965 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. CODE 025 COUNTY: Suffolk 516117 CODE 025 IATION REGIS * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-l 1RK 1144 193815 25 23 BEACON 4 144 14 8 BOSTON SCHOOL COMMIT TEE SA FREEMAN PL STREET 10 12 BOSTON ATHENAEUM LIBRARY 6 REMONT PLACE SOMER 3 7 PARK ST. PL @CATHOLIC INFORMATION o CENTER STREET STREET A PARK STa. GRANARY BURIAL GROUND 1(CEM) 2 PARK STREET CHURCH 121120 HAMILTON 101 RECEIVED APp GIST KINGS CHAPEL BURIAL GROUND (CEM) 2a COURT OL0 BOSTON CITY HALL KINOS CHAPEL (TARIAN) STREET 768 66 74 72 THOOL 58 66 60 58 MONUMENT 56 STREET 524c TREMONT 180 8682 TREMONT TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH PLACE STREET BOSWORTH 19 o5 CHAPMAN 25 20 65 BROMFIELD 59 ST. 13 2s 20 PROVINCE 10 PARK STREET DISTRICT Boston, Massachusetts Scale: 1"=100' 1. - Granary Burying Ground 2. - Park Street Church 3. - Amory-Ticknor House 4.

- Chester Harding House 5.- Boston Athenaeum 6.- Union Club 7.- Claflin Building 8.- Congregational House 3 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER MASSACHUSEITS STATE Date Entered MAY 1 1974 Name Anes I111/Crescent H111 Distriet Park Street Diatriet Blake, James, Eouse Location Springfield Hampden County Boston Sulfolk County Boston (Dorchester) Suffolk County Also Notified Bon. Edward W. Brooka Ion. Joha J. Hoakley Hen. Hdvard 2. Boland Hon. Edward M. Kennady Regional Director, North Atlantie Region PR HMott/row 5/3/74 State Illatorlo Pregarvatton O2licer Hon. Joha P.X. Davoren Secretary of the Connonveslch Chairoan, Masaachugetta Bistorical Connission 40 Eaacoa St. Boaton, Massachusetts 02108