Nomination for Noyes, J.A., House

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. 01d Camb. IIB25 - = 1. Town Cambridge Address 1 Highland Street Name_ _J.A.Noyes House Present use_residential 2. Photo (3x3' or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number |099-20 - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. RD. LSCMOOL BUCKINGHAM SCH SHEMLOCK N P. HIGHL AND SPARKS Asse SOR # 231- 3 Present owner Marvin & Margaret Manheim 3. Description: Date 1894 Sourcedeed reconds Style Colonial Revival Architect_Longfellow, Alden and Harlow Exterior wall fabricwood Outbuildings (describe)_garden gazebo Other features picturesque leading of unusually short sidelights, and squeeze fanlight window. Same design echoed in center 2nd story window. Altered _ No Date -- Moved No Date_=- 5.

Lot size: One acre or less XX Over one acre Approximate frontage 178 feet Approximate distance of building from street 28 Feet 6. Recorded by Bainbridge Bunting OrganizationCambridge Historical Comm. Date_ 1964 UTM-LEXINGTON +932460/4693900 30M-5-77 7. Original owner (if known) uA Noyes Original use residential 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 Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) 10N 086L Unusual in its complete documentation and perfect state of preservation is the J.A. Noyes House at 1 Highland Street, designed in 1894 by the firm of Longfellow, Alden and Harlow.

Although the axial entrance and five-bay Ienestration follow Georgian precedentt to some extent, the Colonial Revival Style is expressed by the overhang and heavy scale of the second floor. In the garden stands an open octagonal gazebo with an octagonal roof with spring eaves surmounted by a pineapple _finial, a Colonial symbol of hospitality.. It was designed by the landscape architect. ( Charles Eliot and renewed in 1925 by his nelphew, Charles Eliot II. 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/2117 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource Area MA Nomination/Type of Review 111.7 Mason, W. A., House Substentive Hevlow Keeper Attest 112. Building at 259 Mount Auburn Subetant1to SevlewKeeper Street Date/Signature Bra he Bng 6705 somer he Ay l 63083 113. Howells, William Dean, House Attest Euastentira BewoKeeper wwianH.Brachain 4.13.82 Attest 114. Mount Auburn Cemetery Reception House Substantive Review Keeper Taver he Dry 6- 3-87 - 115. Mount Auburn Hospital -Main Building DOE/OWNER Attest Determined E11g1 OBJECTION Keeper tandilnyl 630-03 Attest 116.

Higginson, Colonel Thomas Wentworth, House Erasi E=vte Keeper titianHtbralhm 41382 Attest Frate 117. Noyes, J. A., House Keeper WieliamH.Bracham 4.1382 Attest 118. Coolidge, Josiah, House Keeper Arer Ma Daud 63087 Attest "119. Orne, Sarah, House Substantive Review Keeper Attest +120 Hooper-Eliot House Vi0nV Keeper Attest tug (630-15 hm Brap 63083 Subetantive Heview NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Noyes, J.A., House (CAmbridge Property: Auelteple Resouree ARea) State, County: MA-puddleux 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.. 11-14-80-2862 Fod. Reg. Date:- Date Due: 4-17-82 Action: ACCEPT- 4/13/82 - RETURN- - REJECT- photos L maps.

- sample -request _appeal VNR decision Good suwrring Ixanpalehy ronenent fern Recom. /Criteria - Reviowerravzasu Discipline asch /Fis Date - 4.7.82 - see continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Cetegery rmershig Pubtic Aoqutattien 4. Owner of Property Matus hecocalbte rocom Ueo 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys fes thie property boon dotermined oligtbte? - 190 - 7. Description entttien _ excellent gooc fair _ detertorated ruins Chock one _ unsttered - aitered cartao tha procent and ertatnal (il knnorm) phryataed i summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Chock one - - original site moved date - oarana 8.

Significance ono an0o Chack and poettty bater helldor Aretittoo 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 Aoroage of nominated property Quedrangie name UMT Roforences Varbal boundory doscrtption and hotfication 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The eveluated eignificance of thie property wlthin the atate is: national _otot -local Data Mtatoric Precervatton Officer eigneture 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to _ Signed .

- Date _ Phone: 202 272 -3504 Comments for any Item may be continued on an attached sheet 1099-20 08671A0 Canbrides MRA, Ma 4 C Noyes, J.A., House 1 Highland St. 1099-20 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275