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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) 1H0280121 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE IN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATA SHEET FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM RECEIVED DATE ENTERED SEP 25 1975 OCT 2 1975 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS 1 NAME HISTORIC Stonehurst AND/OR COMMON Robert Treat Paine Jr.

House (use for publication) 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 3 4 577 Beaver Street CIT,OWN Waltham STATE - VICINITY OF CODE 025 _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4th COUNTY Middlesex CODE 017 Massachusetts CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY .DISTRICT XBUILDING(S) STRUCTURE _SITE _OBJECT OWNERSHIP X PUBLIC _PRIVATE BOTH PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS _BEING CONSIDERED STATUS _OCCUPIED _UNOCCUPIED XWORK IN PROGRESS ACCESSIBLE XYES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED _NO PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM COMMERCIAL X PARK X EDUCATIONAL -PRIVATE RESIDENCE _ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL -TRANSPORTATION _MILITARY _OTHER: OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME City of Waltham (Mayor Arthur J. Clark) STREET & NUMBER Waltham City Hall CITY. TOWN waltham _ VICINITY OF LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION STATE Massachusetts 02154 COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

South Middlesex Registry of Deeds STREET & NUMBER 40 Thorndike Street CITY. TOWN STATE Massachusetts 02141 Cambridge REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE Inventory of the Historic Assets of the Commonwealth DATE 1968 _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Massachusetts Historical Conmission CITY. TOWN Boston STATE Massachusetts 02108 7 DESCRIPTION CONDITION _EXCELLENT X GOOD -FAIR DETERIORATED _RUINS _UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE _UNALTERED X ALTERED CHECK ONE X ORIGINAL SITE X MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Robert Treat Paine Jr. House, "Stonehurst," is located in the center of a wooded 113-acre park in the middle of the City of Waltham, Massachusetts. Invisible from the street or from any other property,it is reached from the south by a winding, paved drive, one quarter of a mile in length, which begins just to the east of the intersection of Lyman and Beaver Streets. The only remaining structure on the property, the Paine House, sits on a spectacular site, selected in 1884 by the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The house was built in two sections. The first is a clapboard "L"-shaped mansard house built by Paine in 1886. Originally located some 1000 feet to the east of the present site, this portion of the building was later moved and positioned to face west.

The second and larger portion of the house was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson between 1884 and 1886 (the year of his death), and the land- scaping is the work of Frederick Law 01msted. house The 1886, was unaltered on the exterior when it was moved, except for the removal of a one-story porch which originally surrounded it. The eastern facade was in- corporated into the Richardson addition where its exterior wall forms a part of the staircase in the Great Hall. The only alteration in the shingle addition has been the enclosure of two lower bays of the garden facade in 1932 by Charles K. Cummings, architect son-in-law of Robert Treat Paine, JI. Although not of outstanding architectural

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significance on its own account, the earlier house is a well-preserved vernacular design of the 1860's. Iwo and one- half stories high, it has a wood shingled mansard roof, with two large brick chimneys. The symmetrical facade is clapboard, with a central entrance lighted only by glazed double doors. Three windows on the second story, with crossetted casings and two-over-two sash, are aligned with identical fenestration on the ground floor, and three dormer windows ornamented with volutes rise above the cornice. Other ornament is architectonic and heavy in scale: corner pilasters, a wide stringcourse, and dentils at the eaves. The low horizontality of the Richardson addition is juxtaposed with the more vertical mansard section of the house, and is set perpendicular to the facade of the earlier house.

The later addition further contrasts with its predecessor in its irregular massing and assymmetrical design. The drive approaches the house from the east and circles in front of the northern elevation where a wooden entrance porch is situated between the ell of the old house and a two-story tower to the east. Although not the main entrance to the house, the eastern elevation functions visually as the main facade. A yawning Syrian arch, a signature of Richardson, opens within the plane of the stone wall to a porch and the entrance to Paine's study. A palladian window on the second floor and a bank of three, small-paned rectangular windows in the gable end combine with patterned cut shingles and a southeastern tower to emphasize the importance of this elevation.

(continued) 8 SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD PREHISTORIC -1400-1499 -1500-1599 -1600-1699 -1700-1799 x 1800-1899 -1900- -_ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE X ARCHITECTURE ART _COMMERCE -COMMUNICATIONS AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -COMMUNITY PLANNING XLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE -CONSERVATION -LAW ECONOMICS LITERATURE _EDUCATION MILITARY ENGINEERING -MUSIC _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT PHILOSOPHY INDUSTRY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _INVENTION -RELIGION -SCIENCE _SCULPTURE XSOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -THEATER -TRANSPORTATION -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1866; 1884-86 BUILDER

Statement of significance

/ARCHITECT unknown; H. H. Richardson STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Robert Treat Paine Jr. House is significant as the work of the architect Henry Hobson Richardson and as the home of philanthropist Robert Treat Paine, Jr. who was also the great grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. The landscaping for the house was designed by Frederick Law O1msted, a frequent collaborator with Richardson. The Robert Treat Paine Jr. House (the later portion) was begun in 1884, which was at the height of Richardson's career. It was also at this time that the architect was working on the Allegheny County Buildings in Pittsburgh, the Henry Adams and John Hay houses in Washington, and the Ephraim Gurney House at Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts. Although built as an addition to an awkward older structure, the later Paine House ranks with Richardson's most outstanding domestic designs.

The interior of the house is considered the finest surviving domestic interior by Richardson, and its plan is said to be a direct forerunner of the open planning of modern American architecture. Robert Treat Paine,Jr. had been a classmate of Richardson and, as Chairman of the Building Committee for Trinity Church, was responsible for obtaining the full site and funding for the church. Paine was also an intimate friend of Phillips Brooks, Rector of Trinity Church, and had worked closely on the church with Brooks and Richardson. Paine's Waltham house contains not only lithographs of Trinity, copies of the writings of Brooks and his portrait dominating the Great Hall, but also the original portrait of Paine by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, who had painted the famous portrait of Richardson in monk's dress.

The house reflects the frequent travels of the three men, with Egyptian turned screenwork in the hall and the Venetian furniture by Besarel. It is in the field of philanthropy that Paine reached his highest achievement, formulating the ideals of modern philanthropy and charitable foundations which influenced their development throughout the country. Always concerned with poverty and housing, he brought cooperative banks to Massachusetts in 1880, founded the Wells Memorial for Workingmen, and was first president of the American Peace Society (1891-1910). His writings spread wide the largeness, practicality, and vision of his thinking which is part of our national economic heritage. Finally, the Robert Treat Paine Jr. House and its surrounding acreage are immensely important as one of three surviving estates in an otherwise densely (continued)

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Albert Fein, Frederick Law Olmsted and the American Environmental Tradition. New York: 1972. Margaret Henderson Floyd et al, Evaluation Study and Feasibility Report on the Robert Treat Paine House. Boston, Architectural Heritage, Inc.: 1975. Henry-Russel Hitchcock, The Architecture of H. H. Richardson and His Times. New York: 1936. (continued) 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA vim owm ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ 113 acres UTM REFERENCES AL1,9/ 13/10817,0 14,6/9$3,4,0 ZONE EASTING 3 1,6 06,0 NORTHING [46/ 9 47210J B[1,9/ |3|1,6/7,00 |4.6/9,4/71210 ZONE EASTING NORTHING 219/ |3116|01210 41695660 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The Robert Treat Paine Jr. estate is an irregularly shaped tract of land bounded to the south some 2400 feet by Beaver Street, with two house lots (one of one acre, the other of seven acres) intruding into the original area.

On the westerly side (running approxi- mately 2700 feet), the boundary follows northerly along the border of a house lot facing Beaver Street, by the land of the New Church Institute of Education, along three private parcels of land. The northern border runs along the property of the Waltham (continued) LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES CODE COUNTY CODE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE STATE 11 L FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Judy D. Dobbs, National Register Editor and Margaret H. Floyd, PhD, and Alan Maclennan, Planning Dir.

ORGANIZATION Massachusetts Historical Commission 9/15/75 STREET & NUMBER 294 Washington Street TELEPHONE 617-727-8470 CITY OR TOWN STATE Boston Massachusetts 02108 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL STATE_ LOCAL_ As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I hereby nominatethis property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE TITLE Eljabet Rud Amadon Executive Director, Mass. Historical Commission DATE Sept. 19,1975 FOR NPS USE ONLY T HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DATE ATTEST: DATE 10/7/75 OCT 7 1975 Form No.

10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED SEP 251975 DATE ENTERED OCT 7 155 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 & 8 PAGE 1 7 -Description The garden facade to the south terminates to the east with a flat stone tower ornamented with a carved stone sundial. To the west another low, flat tower of different size and shape masks the point of conjunction with the earlier house. A porch opening beneath a loggia which spans the full distance between the towers opens into the Great Hall and Summer Parlor. Except for those on the eastern facade, the rectangular, double-hung sash windows are uniform in height throughout the house.

Both the transoms and lower sash are glazed with a single pane, and the upper sash of each window is vertically banded to either side with a series of small panes. The first story and the full height of the three flat towers are surfaced with glacial boulders, with quarry-faced Kibbee brownstone trim in excellent condition. The effect is one of great strength and unity, for the building seems literally to grow from its site. This unity is reinforced by the weathered shingles which sheathe the second story and flare to form an off-set course above the stone. The Robert Treat Paine Jr. House has one of Richardson's finest domestic interiors. On the exterior manipulation of porches and towers to create voids and curves suggests the informal plan of the interior.

The Great Hall, with its stencilled Japanese designs, its famous great staircase, open screens of balusters, and inglenooks with benches and huge fireplace, remains intact. The carved and panelled woodwork is in good condition, although the plaster ceilings need repair. Three full baths with elaborate plumbing remain, and much of the original furniture and Paine's extensive library are in the house. plumbing sen the nouse. The owner's portrait, painted by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, still hangs in the Autumn Parlor with other family portraits. 8 - Significance EETEE populated and industrial city. It thus stands as a reminder of a significant era in Waltham's history. The house and park were given to the City of waltham in 1974 by Theodore Lyman Storer, grandson of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Although the estate has been unoccupied for more than a decade, the house has been main- tained by a caretaker and used for family dinners and for tours and lectures upon request. The City plans to continue to preserve the house and to make it available to the public for meetings and other activities. Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED SEP 2 3 1975 DATE ENTERED OCT 7 1975 CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 9 & 10 PAGE 2 9 - Bibliography James F. O'Gorman, H. H. Richardson and His Office. Boston, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library: 1975. Thomas M. Paine, "Robert Treat Paine's Country House in Waltham." Un- published paper for Albert Fein, Harvard University. Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, H. H.

Richardson and His Times. Boston: 1888. Robert Treat Paine, Writings of Robert Treat Paine. (Paine was the author of numerous works of national importance on charities, housing for the poor, cooperative banks, etc.) Complete documentation of the design still exists: Plans and elevations of H. H. Richardson's work, owned by the City of waltham. Photographs and slides of the house, Houghton Library, Harvard. Iwelve drawings of the site and terraces, 01msted Associates, Brookline, Massachusetts. 10 - Verbal Boundary Description Senior High School some 1300 feet. The easterly border runs irregularly some 2700 feet to Forest Street and thence to Beaver Street, and is bounded by developments of single family houses. Property Paine, Robet Ireat fr., House State Mass. Working Number 9.

25.75./730 TECHNICAL Photos_4 Maps 2 2 contisheeta (47-10) Miadlesey CONTROL Uik OK 9-26.73 HISTORIAN Accept E smitt 9-26-25 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN 0.9/29/25 ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER beautefie Inventory- Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Cole 10-6-75 QUKRANCH CHIEF KEEPER OCT 7 1975 Un Entered _BCT 7 1975 INT:2106-74 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 12-2-75 Send-back Re-submit United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 ROBERT TREAT PAINE HOUSE, Waltham, Ma. Eastern elevation from NE 1975 Photo credit: Herb Gallagher Robat Treal Paune Hruse usaltham, mass. by M.M. Kidiaidzicn Pheto Paul FRom NoRtEnst ah6aom ROBERT TREAT PAINE HOUSE, Waltham, Ma. Eastern elevation from NE 1975 Photo credit: Herb Gallagher MPS Wumber Oct.7-1975 Title: Paine, Ralut Treà Midalasy Co, M Loc.

wwstratinn Fastein akesation f -by_ Harb Gallaghen (1866 partion shait PHOTOTECH NINE CHURCH ST. WALTHAM MASSACHUSETTS Aldttiunal Cnpien My #tming: (617) #99-4141 DATE FILE NO. 6485-3 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPSU IRECEIVED DATE ENTE SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGI TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTO 2 3 NAME HISTORIC "Stonehurst" AND/OR COMM Robert Treat Paine Jr. House (for publication) LOCATION CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF Waltham PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Paul Birnbaum NEGATIVE FILED AT 30 Wyatt Street, Somerville, MA COUNTY Mida] DATE OF PHOT IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Eastern elevation from northeast (1866 portion shown at rear) ROBERT TREAT PAINE HOUSE, Waltham, Ma. South elevation from SW 1975 Photo credit: Herb Gallagher Robart Troat Paue Mas waltham moss by te. M: 'Riatioudsen 2 Exteror Eleuahan frem soslbuest Paul Birnbaum MPS Number Oc.7-1975 Title: Paine, Robet Taat Middlegex lo, Mass PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Seuttem alavatión far Shuwiig Olsted te ROBERT TREAT PAINE HOUSE, Waltham, Ma. South elevation from SW 1975 Photo credit: Herb Gallagher ]lluatration -by_Harb Gatlaghon PHOTOTESH NINE CHURCH ST. WALTHAM MASSACHUSETTS hattiumal Onpiea By lming: (G17) 899-414N ITE LE NO 6485-4 Form No. 10-3)1a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS U RECEIVED DATE ENTEF SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGIS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOC 2 NAME HISTORIC "Stonehurst" AND/OR COMMON Robert Treat Paine Jr. House (for publication) LOCATION CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF COUNTY Waltham Middi PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT DATE OF PHOTC Paul Birnbaum NEGATIVE FILED AT 30 wyatt Street, Somerville, MA IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Southern elevation from southwest, showing 01msted terrace. 1111 Rebat Traal Paue Housc Walttom, boss. Gy tele Ridrandson 3) Greal Hall Staucase Paul Birnbaum 123 Number_Oct.7-1975 13t10: Parre, Rutet Tratfe Midalesey Ce., MAssac Loc.

Guat Hallend staicce PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ilustratim -by_ Harb Gallagher PHOTOTECH NINE CHURCH ST. WALTHAM MASSACHUSETTS Aidttional Oopien By Hhaning: (617) H99-4141 DATE FILE NO._ 6485 - 2 Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS US RECEIVED DATE ENTEF SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGIS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOG 1 2 NAME HISTORIC "Stonehurst" AND/OR COMMON Robert Treat Paine Jr. House (for publication) LOCATION CITY. TOWN -VICINITY OF Waltham PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Paul Birnbaum NEGATIVE FILED AT 30 wyatt Street, Somerville, MA IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Great Hall and staircase. COUNTY Midal DATE OFPHOTO ROBERT TREAT PAINE HOUSE, Waltham, Ma.

Great Hall looking Northeast 1975 Photo credit: Paul Birnbaum Robect Traat Paune Mousa wallham, Moss by H.l.Ridiadson Great Hall (ladang lo lalkonst) by Paul Binboum MPS Numser Oct.7-1975 I1t26: Paure, Rabuet Treat Jl, Hosse Middlesey Co, Massachusetts Loc. Great Hell, looking to ME. ROBERT TREAT PAINE HOUSE, Waltham, Ma. Great Hall looking Northeast 1975 Photo credit: Paul Birnbaum Mlustration -by Harb Gallagher HOTOTECH NINE CHURGH ST. WALTHAM MASSACHUSETTS Adatitonal Cpien By Phoning: (617) 899-4141 DATE FILE NO.. 6485 -1 PROPERTY DE THE NATIONAL REGIS Form Nc. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS U RECEIVED DATE ENTE SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGI TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTO 2 NAME HISTORIC "Stonehurst" AND/OR COMMRobert Treat Paine Jr.

House (for publication) LOCATION CITY, TOWN waltham -VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Paul Birnbaum NEGATIVE FILED AT 30 wyatt Street, Somerville, MA IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Great Hall, looking to northeast. COUNTY Mid DATE OF PHOT Form No. 10-301 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED SEP 2 51975 DATE ENTERED OCT 7 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP 1975 1 2 NAME HISTORIC "Stonehurst" AND/OR COMMON Robert Treat Paine Jr. House LOCATION CITY. TOWN Waltham -VICINITY OF COUNTY Middlesex STATE MA 3 MAP REFERENCE SOURCE City of waltham Base Map SCALE 1:1600 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES DATE 1973 INT: 2986-75 Form No. 10-301 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED SEP 2 S 1975 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP OCT 7 1975 1 2 NAME HISTORIC AND/OR COMMON LOCATION CITY. TOWN "Stonehurst" Robert Treat Paine Jr. House (for publication) Waltham VICINITY OF COUNTY Middlesex STATE MA 3 MAP REFERENCE SOURCE USGS, Lexington Quadrangle SCALE 1:24000 DATE 1971 4 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES INT: 3464- 75 Paul Guzzi Secretary of the Commonrwealch The Commonwvealch of Massackusetts Office of the Secretary Massachuselts Histonical Commission *0x-**xxxxx/sxxx//wokisousx0840s 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 727-8470 19 September 1975 Please uppedite Mr. Charles Herrington, Chief Registration National Register of Historic Places US Department of the Interior 18th and C Streets, Nw washington, DC 20240 Dear Charles: Enclosed is the National Register nomination form for the Robert Treat Paine Jr. House in Waltham, Massachusetts. We request that you make this property a priority since the City of waltham is planning to use Community Development money in the re- habilitation of the building and we would like to make sure the work is done appropriately. The Robert Treat Paine Jr.

House has been voted eligible for submission by the Massachusetts Historical Commission (State Review Board). Sincerely, Bieta Elizabeth Reed Amadon Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission State Historic Preservation Officer ERA/jd enclosure ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE MASSACHUSEI BCT 7 1975 Date Entered Name Paine, Robezt Treat Jz., House Location Waltham Middlesex County Also Notified Hon. Edward M. Kennedy Tion. Bdward( B. Bcooke Bon. Robert #.Drinan Regional Director, North Atlantic Region PR MMott/je 10/14/75 State Historic Preservation Officer Mae. 81izabeth R. Anadon Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Comission 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 INT: 2950-75 NR Data Sheet DATE: 3 22|77 Reviewer TTEAISi GeAJO NR DOE Oct. 7,.

1975 (107-75) NAMEAS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: Paine, Robert Ireat Jr., House OTHER NAMES: Stonehurst Séc LOCATION: STREET & NUMBER 577 Beaver Stzeet. CITY. TOWN Waltham STATE Massachusetts - CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF 4th COUNTY Middlesexode 017 - OWNER OF PROPERTY: (circle) PRIVATE STATE LOCAL GOVY MUNICIPAL COUNTY OTHER ADMINISTRATOR (underline) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) N.ATLANTIC ' MID ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST MIDWEST SOUTHWEST ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEATURES: INTERIOR Substantially intact-1 - unknown - 4 - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - _EXCELLENT L6000 -FAIR EXTERIOR ENVIRONS Substantially intact-2 Vsubstantially intact-3 _ unknown.-5 -.

unknown -6 - not applicable - 8 _ Not applicable-9 -Interioz, exterior, environs not intact-o DETERIORATED _UNALTERED -RUINS LALTERED _UNEXPOSED -Reconstructed _ORIGINAL SITE LMOVED _Unkncwn _Unexcavated -Excavated ACCESS - Yes-restricted historic distriet? Yes-unrestricted No access Unknown YES WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? IF YES, NAME: YES WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? IF YES, NAME: YES NO ADAPTIVE USE: YES NO Saved ? YES V FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) then- prrvate reridence now- auseum SIGNIFICANCE: 4 -ARCHEULUGY-PREHISTORIC -ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC -AGRIÇULTURE ZARCHITECTURE ART -COMMERCE -COMMUNICATIONS Claims "first" YES -CONSERVATION _ECONOMICS -EDUCATION -ENGINEERING _EXPLORATION.

-INDUSTRY _INVENTION NO 15K LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - RELIGION _LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE _LTERATURE _MILITARY 24 LSOCIALHUMANITARIAN -MUSIC _PHILOSOPHY -POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -TRANSPORTATION _OTHER (SPECIFY) - -entertainment _health - recreation -settlement _socio/cultural _urban & commun planning "oldest'2 YES NO "only" YES NO ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: SECOND EMPIRE, SHINELE STYLE AND RICHARSONIAN ELEMENTS. architect/Mbrilden HENRY HOBSON RICHaRDS®engineer: eHas. K. CUMMINES (930s additions) landscape/garden designer: FREDERck Law artist/artisan: interior decorator: OLMSTERD builder/contractor: ETHNIC GROUP: NAMES: (label role appropriate date) personal Robt, Treat baino, resiceuts prominecit philantaropist events institutional DATES: 1884 and DATE OF CONSTRUCIION (specifle date or 2/4 of century : (886, DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: (932|4 X HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S): SOURCE.

(OF NOMINATION) PRIVATE STATE LOCAL GOV"T MUNICIPAL COUNTY OTHER FEDERAL 'AGENCY: ACREAGE: (to nearest tenth of an acre) 113 Fieldotone, COMMENTS: (hnciude rchttecural inforestion hero) PRAME, CLARBOARDING, SHINGUNG;PYELS STONE, 2'L/ STORIES ,MANSARD AND EAPLED ROOF SEUTONS, INTERIOR CHIMNEYS, MODIRED REGTANELE ASTRRN BANED SHSD NTANKLTOREH, ROUND-ARCH- ED CORNER ENtRaNCE PORTaL ARMICTED BAL NUO 2-SICRY FIELD STONE SEMICIRCILAR SIDE AND CORNER, FOWERG BAYS, 1PROMINENT EALLGEND PALLADIAN WINDOW, BEOIR ZMD-STORI PECLABED PORCH, RENE FLAED HP ELAZED SATS; LavISH INTERIOR WOODWORK; - SIGNIFICANCE (maximun two sentences) ORIGINAL MANSARD BUNLDING ( ) MOVEDIAND ^ EXPANDED, WITH SHINGLE AODITION, C. 1886. SECOND EMPIRE, SHINGLE SIVE AND RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE ELEMENTS.

EXAMPLE OF THE LATER WORK OF H-#: RICHARDSON AND LANDSCARE ARCHHTECT FREDERiCK LAW OLMSTEAD; BULF FOM PROHUNENT PMLANTHROPIST ROBERT TREAT PAINE, JR. MUSeNmO Resource Name) Paine, Roberttreat, ur., House Middlesex (County) STATUS: 1. MISSING 2. REMOVEDI . DEMOLISHED 3. NHL - X 4.TR - 5. MRA EXPLANATION: 1. Missing Status: Entire Folder ( ); Nomination ( ); Map(s) ( ); Photos () Available on: Microfiche (); Optical Disk () 2. (Cause for removal) 3. (NHL Name, if different than NRHP Name) 4. 7500029L (Reference Number(s]) MA (State) 6. OVER-. SIZED 7. NPS- UNDOCUMENTED 03 / 31 12016 (Date form completed) WACC (Completed by) 8. DOE - 9. RESTRICTED OWNER OBJECTION (Date Removed) 06 / 30 (Date Designated) 11989 (If multi-state/county TR, state/county where filed and location) 5 6. 7.

(TR or MRA Name) (If multi-state/county MRA, state/county where filed and location) (Location of oversize file) (Current source of partial documentation) COMMENTS (Target Date) (Where found, or source of replacement) (Date Found/Replaced) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE National Register of Historic Places Locator Card WASO 21 JAN.