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FORM B - BUILDING - MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - In Area no. E. Camb, Form no. Ec IIB2 - 1. Town Cambridge Address 155 Second Street (rear) Name American Net and Iwine Co. Factory Present use industrial 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number //07 - 24 - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and CHARLES 28 "BE 110 VAC conr "IR°A. OF 2rº Srert Part) SANDERS MILL SUP DRPTARS 3 (c orerL Beam TRUCK 6 MP PARK'G EJ USGS Quadrant MHC Photo no. ASSESSORS #17-75 17-72 5M-2-75-R061465 (20M-2476) (over) Present owner William M. Ginsberg 73 Arlington Road, Brookline, MA. 3.
Description: Date 1875 Source deed records Style Mill Construction Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric_brick Outbuildings (describe)_ Other features jerkinhead roof with broad gabled dormer, punctuated by series of arches. Altered No Moved - No Date-- Date- Lot size: One acre or less _Over one acreXX ,Approximate frontage 140 feet Approximate distance of building from street 60 feet o. Recorded by Bainbridge Bunting/Harriet White OrganizationCambridge Historical Comm. Date 1964/1980 UTM-BOSTON SOUTH 19/328720/4692380 APR 1 1982 7. Original owner (if known) American Net and Iwine Company Originali use_industrial Subsequent uses (if any) and dates same 8.
Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political XX Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historieal significance (include explanation of themes checked above) In 1844, while most fish nets were handmade hemp imports from England, the American Net & Iwine Company became the first American firm to manufacture cotton twine and netting. This three story brick factory was built in 1875 expressly for the rapidly expanding firm's needs. The building features wide segmental arched windows set within segmental arched arcades and a jerkinhead gable roof pierced by broad gabled dormers.
A central projecting pedimented fewer on the southern facade rises four stories in height and has segmental arched openings set within flat arched arcades. Between 1886 and 1916, two additions were made to the west and south forming in an "L" shape. They continue the fenestration and detailing of the first building, with rough cut granite sills and a flat roof. I0. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) NOV 1 4 1980 NPS Form 10-900-a (7-81) United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet *3 Item number OMB NO.
1024-0018 EXP 12/31/84 For NPS use only received date entered Page 3 4 7 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource Area MA Nomination/Type of Review lod Keeper Attest Sufetentiva Wavter /-22. Harvard Square Historic District SU080ent1+ Keeper Attest V 23. Old Harvard Yard Historic see # */93District (Boundary increase) DOE/OWNER Subabentive Heview Keeper OBJECTION Attest /24. O1d Cambridge Historic District Substantive Heview Keeper Attest J25. Winthrop Square Historic District deative Hovkew Keeper Attest /26. Hubbard Park Historic District'S. Hevig Keeper Attest 421. Fresh Pond Historic District 1 Keeper Attest Entered in the 28. American Net and Iwine CompanyNational Begtater Keeper Factory - 29. Athenaeum Press Substantive Revier Attest Keeper Attest
Barnes, James B., House wsc_ve B- Keeper Attest Date/Signature Patuike Andums 4/2/06 pottx Sauge /186 Weliam/.Branom 4.13.82 Itavox Brncrluantrd 6530-89 Htauwud Rt. 6/10/82 Haivand WillanH Bracham 413.82 RejecT 4.13.82 delure Ayera 4/1/85 WenamH. Bracham4.13.82 Welam A Brackan 4.13.82 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Ameaican Net and Twinle Co. Factrly Property: (CAnbnudse Multiple Resouece ARea State, County:- MA- mudaleu Federal Agency:. resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Working No./1-14-80-2862 Fed. Reg. Date:- Date Due: 4-17-82 Entered 1ftta8: ACCEPT_ 4/1/82 National Register RETURN. - REJECT- photos_L maps_ - sample - request - appeal - NR decision -Nomination returned for: Recom. /Criteria.
Reviewer_ Discipline Date _ see continuation sheet technical corrections cited below substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification gen Dnership Public Aoqualettion 4. Owner of Property datu rocom Ueo 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys I te property been eenermined eligibie? - 19o - no 7. Description leteriorater ruins bock on unaitered Nered Chock one moved acortbe tie proceut and ertgined (Il inewe) pdryeieed e9900ren0 summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection B. Significance orte Ipees of se peslfte deter amont of si pllleanos fin ene summaryparagraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9.
Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Aoreage of nominsted property Buedrangle namo. UBIT Pederences Perbel boundary deecriptien and yo stillcatber 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The ovaluated aignilicance of thle property vilthin the etate le: netiona! - . atode oca etortc Preservetten Officer signeture 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to. Signed Date_ Phone: 202 272 -3504 Commentsfor any Item may be continued on an attached sheet PERFECT SLEEPER MATTRESS 1107 -24 NOV 1 4 1980 Canoricha MRA, M4 Amercan Net+ Twine Cis Factery 0G6C 155 Second St.
1107-24 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275 Name ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STATE MASSACHUSETTS Date Entered APRIL 1, 1982 Location Melrose Town Center Historic District Melrose Middlesex County American Net and Iwine Company Factory (Cambridge Multiple Resource Area) Cambridge Middlesex County Townsend House Needham Norfolk County Lewis, Joshua, House Needham Norfolk County Notified Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Honorable Paul E. Tsongas Honorable Edward J. Markey Honorable Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Honorable John Joseph Moakley Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, NPS North Atlantic Regional Office, NPS State Historic Preservation Officer Mrs. Patricia L.
Weslowski Executive Director, Massachusett's Historical Commission 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 For further information, please call the National Register at (202) 2:2-3504