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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.
Tremont Street FORM A - AREA SURVEY MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - Form numbers in this area TH-8 to TH- 11 Area no. B 1. Town Boston (CBD-Iheatre) Name of area (if any) West Street 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5'9) Staple to left side of form Photo number_ 3. General date or period early 20th c. 4. Is area uniform (explain): Commercial Style in style? n° ( Renaissance Revival Classical Revival) in condition? yes (well-maintained) in type of ownership? yes (private) - - in use?yes (commercial) 5. wap. Use space below to draw a general map of the area involved. Indicate any historic properties for which individual reports are completed on Forms B thru F, using corres- ponding numbers. Show street names (including route numbers, if any) and indicate north. Indinata with an "*" existing houses not inventoried on Form B.
WEST N -TH-10 TH-1 STREET 16,194 STREE TH-8 7286 TH-9 6062 Street 11,487 R.K.O. KEITH MEMORIAL THEATRE MAYFLOWER THEATRE HARLAEM PLACE 25° Washington 32.757 TDO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE USGS Quadrant MHC Photo no. (over) 6. Recorded by Pamela Fox Organization Boston Landmarks Commission Date June, 1979 NOV 7 1980 DEC 9 1980 5M-2-75-R061465 7. Historical data. Explain the historical/architectural importance of this area. 8. Bibliography and/or references such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc. 1. Boston Evening Iranscript 4/15/1916 and 5/2/1923 (on Chandler & Co 2. Architectural Reviëw, Vol. xi #12, 1904 p. 254 (on the 190* Lawrence Building) 1 orane, Vot. 4912, 6 3. Architectural Forum, Vo. 39, Aug. 1923, pl. 22-27 (on Schraffts) 4. Boston City Directories 9.
Major Bibliographical References See continuation sheets, Section 9 UTM NOT VERIFIED AO EAGE NOT VERFED 10. Geographical Data see individual Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name_ Boston South UMT References A 1,9 Zone CLL EL1 _L and area forms Quadrangle scale 1"=25,000' 3/29/940 Easting 4690650/ Northing LILL Zone Easting Northing DLL LLLLL LLLL LILLLLL FLUJ LLILLL LLILLL HLiJ LLILL LILLL Verbal boundary description and justification The southern boundary of the Theatre Area starts at a oint on Washington St., 520' south of, the intersection of Kneeland & Washington. From this point it uns due west along an arbitrary straight line to a point on Charles St. South 442' south of Stuart treet. From thence it follows Charles St.
South oneblock north to the intersection of Stuart St., List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state code county code state code county code 11. Form Prepared By y ame ostor name/title Candace Jenkins, Registration Director Fox Landmarks Commission organization Massachusetts Historical Commission street & number 294 Washington Street date telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston, state MA 02108 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national state local As the designated StateHistoric Preservation Officer forthe NationalHistoric 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservationand Recreation Service. State Historic Preservation Officer signature TatmahWeslwski 10/20/80 title For HCAS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register tniW.
(Keeper of yhe National Repister Attest: ratuch A ndlus y Chief of Registration - date date date 12-9/82 12/4/80 GP O 938 835 Property Brsten Theutre Muttipl Recouce Auea state MA, Suffock Working Number Hl, 7,80, 2781 TECHNICAL DUE 1/1/81 CONTROL Photos Maps 1/3 Sio mli done oaen penigan mgprtant koston iu aeileline HISTORIAN acept nd glowth of the theater / movre house industey. Thedretriet's and individual buildings chieved significanee between c. 1890and the 1930's- contained in this m.R.A. aue Patrick Andus ignificant proups late 1gth/eauy a0thcent- commercial brüldings, , thecentes 12/4/80 the muic industru (especially piano manufactvring) and ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN amples feverylaind of theater that develghed in Beston in this period. This is a good multiple esource nomination -they hove included all the reguired categories guformation.
ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 2.2.87 Send-back Re-submit Entered DEC 9 1980 United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service LOX, STOCK a S4 54 STORE Forlease Boston, MA Historic Resources of the Beston Theatre Area 1980 Pamela Fox, April & May, 1979 Negative at Boston Landmarks Commis- sion, Boston, MA Photo 1/2 of 15, West St. District, Lawrence Bldgs., 148-9 and 150 Trémont St. SLaurence Buildungs West Street District/148-9 and 150 Tremont st, Boston MA CHRAFFT'S. EFOR SALE 32-6780 TapeE-Co osato Boston, MA Historic Resources of the Boston Theatre Area NOV 7 1980 Pamela Fox, April & May, 1979 Negative at Boston Landmarks ( Commis- sion, Boston, MA UCU 9 1980 Photo #15 of 15, West St.
District, 16-24 West (Schraffts), 26-32 West (Fabyan B1dg.) & side of 148-9 Tremont Street West Street District, 16-24, 26-32 West St, e sede of. 148-9 Tremint st. Boston MA Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000272