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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - In Area no. C'port Form no. CPT IIC7 -' 1. Town_ Cambridge Address_72-74 Hampshire_ Street Name_ Rufus Lamson House Present use residential 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number 1102-14 - WEBSTER AVE. # ASSESS OR 77-48 79.49 (over) Present owner_Owen and Rose McCann 3. Description: Date 1854 Source Style deed records Greek Revival Architect anonymous Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings (describe)_ none Other features thin and elegant brick moldings cap the main facade forming a complete entablature Altered No Date ---- Moved No Date 5. Lot size: One acre or less XX Over one acre Approximate frontage 58 feet Approximate distance of building from street 8 feet 6. Recorded byBainbridge Bunting OrganizationCambridge Historical Comm.
Date 1965 UTM-BOSTON SOUTH 191327560/4692500 :OM-5-77 796L E T AON 7. Original owner (if known) Rufus Lamson Original use residential Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_ residential 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts 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 pressed brick double house is of considerable architectural importance, since freestanding brick examples of the Greek Revival style are relatively rare in Cambridge. The thin and elegant brick molding that caps the main facade is Greek Revival In style, differing from earlier Federal designs by representing a complete entablature, not just a cornice.
Both of these houses also employ a subtle raked cornice of corbelled brick to cap the gabled walls. 72-74 Hampshire Street was the home of Rufus Lamson, a from 1854-1855. Tcl ms W ws member of the Common Council 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 < 1.1 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource Area Nomination/Type of Review 41. Boston Woven Hose andRNER Company OBJECTION Keeper Attest 42. Davenport Car Works Keeper Attest '43.7 Ellis, Asa, House Keeper Attest 44. Flentje, Ernst, House SubstentIve Eertew Keeper Attest Kennedy, The / Keeper Attest 46.
Lamson, Rufus, House Keeper Attest 47. Mason, Josiah, Jr., House Keeper Attest ,48. Newman, Andrew, House Keeper Attest 49. Odd Fellows Hall Subatantive Revtew Keeper Attest 50. President's House DOE/OWNER OBJECTION * Keeper Attest Date/Signature Retun !: Netern 4.1382 Bnhbay 14/30/03 fakumlnapr 6/3t) Retu 4.13.82 Waecian A. Brainam 4.138; Welion/t Bracham 4.13-82 Wiekan/t.Bracham 4.138i Wielian, H.Bravham 4.13.82 Net 1.13.82 Subst antive NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Lamson, Rufus. Property:_ muetyple Resouna Houae (Canbrdge State, County:_MA- Muddleses Federal Agency: WorkingNo. 11-14-80-2862 Fed. Reg.
Date: _ Date Due: 4-17-82 Action: resubmission -RETURN- nomination by person or local government - REJECT- owner objection photosL appeal maps Substantive Review: - sample -request _appeal VNR decision Reviower's comments: Race exampple of this teek Devrial porm Recom. / Criteria Reviower /auam Discipline Gsc4/tu Date 8 4.2.82 - see continuation sheet technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below -Nomination returned for: 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Cerogory Oumership Mbtic Aequteitien 4. Owner of Property Matus lecosalbte Prosant Uco 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys has thle property boon doterminad oligita? - 100 - 1o 7.
Description ondlties exceltemt good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Oheck one - unattered .altered Chock one - original site - moved dete - bcortbo the prosent and ertginel (il knowm) phyaieal eppoeranco summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance Poes of 84 Joetily boler elfle datee nont el sigaifeanoo (n eno paree summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of excepticn other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Aoreage of nominated property - Quedrangle name _ UNIT Poterences Varbel bouondery doscrlptien and ruattticatton 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significence of thie property wlthin the etate le: - national state _ local hoke Meetorke Prosorvetton Omcer etgnoture 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 102-14 Canbridge MRA, Ma 82 C Lanson, Rufus, Huuse 72-74 Hampshire St. 1102-14 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275