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Nomination for Frost, Robert, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 517 words across 6 pages, filed in 1982. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 82001941, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

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

FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - In Area no. Form no. Old Camb. IIB22 i 1. Town Cambridge Addres29- 35 Brewster Street Name Robert Frost House Present use residential 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number 1099-32 - - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. HIGHL AND BREWSTER ASSESSOR 223-64 Present owner James H. E Susan L. Flanders 3. Description: Date 1884 Source deed records Style Queen Anne/Shingle Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric wood Outbuildings (describe) -- Other features rather traditional stylt with a small amount of Stick articu- lation. Detailed barge board and zig-zag turned posts. Altered Date_-- Moved No Date_- 5.

Lot size: One acre or less XX Over one acre 28 feet Approximate froptage Approximate distance of building from street 15 feet 6. Recorded by Bainbridge Bunting Organization Cambridge Historical Comm. Date 1964 UTM-LEXINGTON 19/324410/4693800 30M-5-77 7. Original owner (if known)_ John Brewster Original use residential Subsequent uses (if any) and dates same 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts XX Commerce Communication Community development Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) This Queen Anne/Shingle style rowhouse was the home of the poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) for the last two decades of his life.

Frost won four Pulitizer Prizes for his poetry, which was marked by the use of everyday language and home images drawn from his rural New England surroundings. Frost was among the most honored poets during his lifetime; he was awarded more than forty honorary degrees and was a consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress. In 1962 Frost was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. AON 1980 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) 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 Item number 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 Date/Signature Dotermined EHgI51e 121.

1Worcester, Frederick, House Keeper DOE/OWNER OBJECTION -Auclla Anazl 6709 Attest 122./Porcellian Club Suras 2VevIam / Keeper Attest 123. Lowell School Keeper Attest -124.X Frost, Elizabeth, Tenanthouse Substantive Review Keeper Attest 125. Wyeth, Augustus, House DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Scagstan Keeper Attest 126. Brattle Hall v Keeper Attest 127. Frost, Robert, House Keeper Attest 128. Stedman, Samuel, House DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Keeper anesle Brl6301 WillamH Bracham 4.13.82 Bma ta lafal brz. RUt 6/10/82 Harvend WunaiH.Bracham 4-13-82 Weian tBrarkam 4.13.82 Nut 6/,0/8= Attest 129. Mount Auburn Hospital - Determined Eligible DOE/OWRER BBYLCTION - Substantive RevIew Keeper Attest Hawak Aomer vhia Prg / 6-308) 130. Dodge, Edward, House Keeper Attest Welliam H.Brackam 4.13.82 1099-32 NOV 1 4 1980 3 3 35 BrewsterSt.

Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275