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Nomination for Kingsley, Chester, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 720 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 82001954, 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 - - - - - - - 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number 1105-25 - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. ALSO SHOWN VOLUME? F S OIMERV L-1 (aahe) 2 MILTON MASSACHUSETTS - 30M-5-77 ASSESSOR # 182-57 In Area no. NW CAMB. Form no. NUC IIC12 1. Town Cambridge Address - 10 Chester Street Name_ Chester Kingsley House Present use commercial Louis Almeida, Trustee Present owner for Chester Manor Nursing Home, Swansea, Mass. 3. Description: Date (1866) Source_deed records Style_Mansard/Queen Anne Architect S.

Stiles, builden Exterior wall fabric - wood Outbuildings (describe)_ Other features asymmetrical but balanced massing, Colonial Revival sidelights, three-story cylindrical tower, ornate Queen Anne decorative effects. Altered. Yes- ell addedDate1890 remodelled Moved No Date === 5. Lot size: One acre or less XX Over one acre Approximate frontage 118 feet Approximate distance of building from street 22 feet 6. Recorded by Robert Nylander Organization Cambridge Historical COmm. Date 1972 UTH-BOSTON NORTH 19/325110/4645460 7. Original owner (if known). Chester Kingsley Original use residential Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_ commercial 8.

Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts Commerce Communication Community development XX Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) The house at 10 Chester Street is an elaborate vernacular dwelling which epitomizes the nineteenth century suburban development in North Cambridge. detail and complex forms of the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival .. styles applied to a modest Mansard structure built in 1866. The extensive alérations commissioned by Kingsley in 1890 still dominate the building, although the rear ell was enlarged in ... 1919 to accommodate a hospital, and the house continues in use as a nursing home today.

The entrance porch features paired fluted columns raised on pedestals supporting a pediment with an ornate foliate center- plece of molded plaster in the tympanum. A curyed porch section wraps around the building on the west side of the entrance, linking the projecting facade additions to the mass of the original 1866 house. The building is dominated by a massive three-story cylin- drical tower articulated with Colonial Revival details occupying the western corner of the house. A band of plaster foliate decoration integrates the tower with the main house by carrying the cornice line around the tower, emphasizing its additional height. The tower is topped by an independent conical roof, terminating in a slender finial. The original sweeping curve OI tne mansara rool ls stlll very much in evidence richly detailed with scalloped slates.

During the 1890 remodelling, an ell was addded.While of a different scale from the original structure, it does not intrude on the architectural character of the house. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, The owner of the house, Chester Kingsley, was a member of both the state Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Ine nouse was voted eligible Ior the National Register in 1978. 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 Item number For NPS use only received date entered Page 16 4,7 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource Area Nomination/Type of Review 151. Day, Anna, House Subeteativo teview Keeper Attest 152.

Kingsley, Chester, House EGTIOTV Keeper Attest '153. Watson, Abraham, House Sãg? Keeper Attest 154. Wyeth Brickyard Superintendent''s House Keeper Substantive Review Attest ^155. Greek Revival Cottage V Keeper Attest 156. Vst. James Episcopal Churchaa V Keeper Attest *157. Kidder-Sargent-McCrehan House Keeper Attest '158. Henderson Carriage Repository Keeper Sate Attest 159. Soule, Lawrence, House Subetentive Review Keeper Attest 160. Wyeth-Smith House / Keeper Attest Date/Signature Wuliam H. Aracham 4.13.82 Wieuam A.Drackam 4.13.82 Wielam H. Araczam 443.82 Wiliam H. Braikam 4.13.82 Wielam Ht. Brackam 4.13.82 Tomer fear Bragdl 6 30-83 WelamH Brarnam 4.13.82 Wilkam H. Bravkam 4.13.82 WellianA.Brackam 4.1382 WulamA.Brackam4.13.82 1105-25 NOV 1 4 1980 49 C 10 Chester St.

1105-25 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275