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- FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. C'port. Form no. CPT IICIO MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - 1. Town Cambriage Address_40-48 Pearl Street Name Urban Rowhouses Present use residential 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number /094 - HA - '- 2 NºZ 4:4 :19z CRANIKLI: PARK 3 ic /81 (1910| 1$29 AUBU 10700, Present owner see back 3. Description: Date 1875 Source deed records Style Mansard Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric_brick, wood Outbuildings (describe) -. Other features unusual form of housing for Cambridge, blending wood and brir topped by slate Mansard roof. Altered No Date Moved No 5. Lot size: Date = One acre or less XX _ Over one acre Approximate frontage 100 feet Approximate distance of building from street 6 feet 6. Recorded byBainbridge Bunting Organization_Cambridge Historical Comm.
Date 1965 UTM-BOSTON SOUTH 19/326740/4692100 NOV 1 4 1980 ASSESSOR # 93-51 43-60 5M-2-75-R061465 93-49 93-48 93-47 (20M-2476) 7. Original owner (if known) Edward Hixon Original useresidential Subsequent uses (if any) and dates same 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural The Arts XX 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) These five urban rowhouses coupled with the adjacent brick rowhouses at 30-38 Pearl Street illustrate two contrasting responses made in the 1870's to Cambridge's growing housing needs and the simultaneous increase in land prices. Together they form a solid wall of housing unusual in Cambridge.
These densely packed units feature polygonal bays carried to the roofline which rhythmically advance and recede from the facade. Their wooden surfaces are scored to simulate masonry with paneled trim adorning the bays and raised entrance porches. Deep bracketed cornices visually support the patterned slate mansard roofs which are pierced by consoled dorm ers. The relatively few alterations evident make these houses unusually elegant examples of Cambridge rowhouses. Current Owners: 40 Pearl - Sarah Smith 42 Pearl - Agnes Russell 44 Pearl - Charles and Helen Foster 46 Pearl - Peter Stynes 48 Pearl - Frances and John Paterson 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 6 4:1 Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource Area MA Nomination/Type of Review "51. Read, Cheney, House Keeper Attest '52. Reardon, Edmund, House TE SerIew Keeper Attest , 53. River Street Firehouse TR SayIei Keeper Attest ~54. Sands, Ivory, House SubafantI Iva HeTNm Keeper Attest 155. Senior House DOE/OWNER OBJECTIONVKeeper Attest 56. South Row *ayZanv Keeper Attest +57. Urban Rowhouse (40-48 Pearl St.) Keeper Attest 58. Urban Rowhouse (30-38 Pear1 St.) Keeper Attest 59.
Urban Rowhouse (26-32 Rivsubstantive Revtew Keeper Attest 60. Valentine Soap Workers :Cottages (5-7 Cottage St.) Keeper Attest Date/Signature Weliam /t.Braiham 4.13-82 Weiam/t.Braikam 4.13.8: WiliamH. Bracham 4.1.82 WicianHAracham 4.1382 Retuca 41352 Leject 413.82 Weeliam H. Brachom 4.138 WieliamHBracham 4.13.82 tow-1og 16:30-3 Bruu, 1a Kon 69004 Substantive Review NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the Interior National Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET uRban kowhouses( lambrudse Property:- muctiple Revouac ARea3-yo-y RenlWorking No. 1/-14-80-2862 State, County: M1A- Nuddleuy Fod. Reg.
Date:- Federal Agency: Date Due: $/11/83 Action: ACCEPT 4/13/F2 resubmission - RETURN- nomination by person or local government - REJECT owner objection photosL maps - appeal Substantive Review: - - sample - request_appeal NR decision Reviewer's comments: Raie sounonre ex amples Recom. /Criteria $ C RoviowerBraunam Discipline4. 2.82 crch lta Date _ see continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Colagary Dumorship pubtic Aoqutattion 4. Owner of Property Matus Aecosalble rosont Ueo 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys has thie property boon determined oligible? - 190 - no 7.
Description nditter exceltemt good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Chock one __ unattered altered Chack one - original site - moved date acords the prosond and artoinel (1l knowm) ptrysiadi appoeranco summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance and paottly belen ne dales raph 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 lorsage of nominated property - Quadrangle namo UMT Roterencer arbel boundary doscription and fetihcatien 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Thre eveluated eignificance of thie propperty wtthin the otate ie _ nationa!
- local Buute Hletoric Preservetten Officer elgneture 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 1094-1lA 086LT110 Casbridçe MRA, Ma g Urban Rowhouses 40-48 Pearl St. 1094-11A Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275