Nomination for Adams-Nervine Asylum

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FHR-8-300 (11-78) United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries - complete applicable sections 1. Name For HCRS use only received APR 2 & 1502 date enteredN | 1982 historic Adams-Nervine Asylum and/or common same, also Adams Arboretum condominiums 2. Location street & number 990-1020 Centre Street Boston city, town N/f vicinity of Nf not for publication nineth congressional district Massachusetts 025 state 3.

Classification Category Ownership district public X building(s) & private structure both site Public Acquisition object NHA in process being considered code Suffolk 025 county code Status X occupied unoccupied work in progress Accessible X yes: restricted -yes: unrestricted no Present Use agriculture commercial educational entertainment government industrial military _ museum park X private residence (condlo) _ religious scientific _ transportation _ other: 4. Owner of Property See Continuation Sheet No. 1 name MULTIPLE street & number city, town N/A vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Suffolk County Registry of Deeds street & number Pemberton Square city, town Boston state Massachusetts 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Assets of the title Commonwealth of Massachusetts has this property been determined elegible?

- yes X . no date December 1977 _federalX state -county - _local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston Massachusetts city, town state 7. Description Adams-Nervine Asylum, 990 - 1020 Cantre Ste, Jamaica Plain Condition Xexcellent - good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one unaltered X altered Check one original site moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

TheAdams Nervine Asylum is composed of three major structures and four ancillary buildings, dating from the late 19th century, sited on a generously landscaped estate in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. The major structures are set within broad lawns shielded from Centre Street by a row of tall evergreens. Short granite posts mark the entrances and gravel paved driveways in the 1,800 foot frontage. The service structures are generally placed behind the major buildings, on the easterly portion of the grounds which slope down to and afford views of the Arnold Arboretum (NHL6). Shrubbery is clustered between the buildings, and mature trees provide considerable shade. The oldest structure is the J. Gardiner Weld House, (#1) built c. 1875, in the French Mansard style.

It is atwo-and-a-half-story,threebay wide by three bay deep wood frame house with clapboard sheathing set on a masonry foundation. There is a distinctive five-story mansarded octagonal tower on the southwestern elevation. The northwestern entrance facade is symmetrically arranged about a central projecting bay with an elaborate columnar and segmentally pedimented portico. The segmental pediment theme 1s repeated above, 1n the cornice and at the mansard leyel. Floor levels are emphasized by decorative stringcourses and modillioned and bracketed cornices. tectonically placed to articulate openings, corners, Y Kaced to arttculate openiansa dsners, ard other shifts of piaacant contrasts- with the clapboard skin of the two major floors and the slate covering of the mansard levels.

Windows on each level differ in shape, but all have typical elongated proportions with double hung sash and boldly carved enframements. The offset five-story turret placed in the left bay on the southwestern facade repeats the basic design elements of the main block. The turret's verticality is counterbalanced by the open veranda that wraps around the southeast corner of the house. The veranda is distinguished by its elaborate wood carving of posts and fretwork railing. The northeastern elevation, a modest echo of the northwestern entry facade, is distinguished by an elaborately carved overhanging door hood. The major fire escape system for the Weld House is located here. A four-story clapboard sheathed frame addition set at the northeastern corner doubled the size of the house in 1899. Bracketed cornices and stringcourses match those of the main block.

Although of no particular stylistic derivation, the addition complements detailing of the Weld House. The carriage house (#1A) accompanying the Weld House is a fine example of patternbook architecture. Essentially a single-story rectangle with a patterned slate mansard roof, the clapboarded massing is broken by a cross gable entry projection, dormers, and a steep roofed cupola. The 1880 Queen Anne style Adams House (#2) is a commodious two-story structure. The basic T- plan is deemphasized by the various porches, verandas, large roof dormers and other spatial projections. The main floor is set on a high basement and both levels are faced with poly- chromatic rough-hewn stonework with brick voussoirs emphasizing corners and window openings. Broadsteps lead to the stone, Romanesque detailed porch that covers the recessed entry.

The second floor is sheathed with clapboard; its stick style articulation continues in the steep ridged and gabled slate covered roofs of the structure. Fish scale shingling on the gable ends plus the sunburst carvings in dormer pediments, screens, ornate brick chimneys, and bracketed cornices are familiar elements of the Queen Anne stylistic vocabulary. Despite the irregularity of massing and roof profiles, the fenestration pattern of the facade consistently provides paired windows with double hung sash of a variety of proportions. 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 Adams Arboretum Item number 4 Adams House, 1000 Centre Street Unit 1 Ramona Hilgenkamp Unit 2 Barbara Rissman Unit 3 Stephen Berger Unit 4 Ann P.

Kelly Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Eva Teichner Deforest Martin Adams Arboretum Trust Michael I. Henry Susan R. Searle Unit 10 Unit 11 Unit 12 Unit 13 Unit 14 Restoration & Development Trust Susan Collins Shriner Andrea Schulman Barnes Newberry Alan Bernholtz OMB NO.1024-0018 EXP. 12/31/84 For NPS use only received date entered Page 1 2 Cushing Street Lexington, Mass 02173 Eugene W. Friedrich, Trustee 850 Charles Allen Drive, NE Atlanta, GA Kendra W. Kaplan, Trustee c/o Schindler Habad St., Keta Daled Block 19, Apt 30-01d City Jerusalem, Israel Unit 15 Ann Karelitz Weld House, 990 Centre Street Unit 1 Jordan Backler Unit 2 Carole White c/o Carole White Assoc. 1766 Centre Street West Roxbury, Mass 02132 Kendra W. Kaplan, Tr. Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Restoration & Development Trust James Summers Fred Rubin Adams Arboretum Trust Rodney C.

Ferguson Adams Arboretum Trust Christopher Cumming Eugene W. Friedrich, Tr. Eugene W. Friedrich, Tr. Carriage House, 992 Centre Street Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Daniel Vara Adams Arboretum Trust Restoration & Development Trust Shop, 994 Centre Street Unit 1 Daniel Restoration & Development Trust Adams Arboretum Trust Eugene W. Friedrich, Tr. Kendra W. Kaplan, Tr. Kendra W. Kaplan, Tr. Eucene 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 Adams Arboretum Item number 4 OMB NO.1024-0018 EXP.

12/31/84 For NPS use only received date entered Page 2 Craft House, 996 Centre Street Unit 1 Lawrence Walters Unit 2 Karen Anderson Unit 3 Restoration & Development Trust muse, 998 Centre S Unit Davis House, 998 Centre Street Unit 1 Hugh Coffman Unit 2 Adams Arboretum Trust Unit 3 Adams Arboretum Trust Kendra W. Kaplan, Tr. Eugene W. Friedrich, Tr. Eugene W. Friedrich, Ir. Director House, 1020 Centre Street Unit 1 Michael Tye Unit 2 Richard Healey Unit 3 Jerome Rogoff Unit 4 Vincent Debaun Unit 5 Peter Horvath Nurses House, 1010 Centre Street Unit 1 Adams Arboretum Trust Unit 2 Neil Judell Unit 3 Ghassan Dahhan Unit 4 Gail C. Ross Unit 5 Miles Yoshioka Unit 6 Restoration & Development Trust Eugene W. Friedrich, Tr. Kendra W. Kaplan, Tr.

FHR-8-300 (11-78) United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet 2 Description 7 item number For HCRS use only received date entered 2 Page Elaborate single-story open frame porches counterbalance each other on the sides of the Adams Each is distinguished by a lattice filled lower apron and a chinoiserie balustrade with cut and turned posts and brackets. The northeasterly veranda echoes the shape of the pro- jecting three-story octagonal bay of the main house and extends to the ancillary Davis crafts or activity house (#3) a two-story frame hipped roof structure. The balustrade above the veranda wraps around the rear of the Adams building, which displays similar but less elaborate details than its other three elevations.

The southwesterly porch with its octagonal projection also links to the two-and-a-half-story, cross gable plan, Nurses cottage (#2A). Behind the Weld Mansion is a small greenhouse (#3A), now in disrepair. The boiler and laundry facility (#3B) is a simple three bay by four bay frame single-story plus mansard level structure, located behind the Adams House. The elevations are sheathed with clapboard. The slate roof, penetrated by dormers, is set above a simple modillion cornice. Side stairs with a simple wooden railing lead to its front entry. At the southern most end of the property is the Director's House (#4), a Colonial Revival structure, c. 1895, by an unknown architect. Set on a knoll, the house is oriented southerly and is approached by a short flight of steps. The two-story frame structure displays characteristic Colonial Revival symmetry and proportions.

Full height swell front bays flank the central entry portico with slender dorlc columns and a gracetull balustrade. A Palladian window on the second story and a pedimented roof dormer further accentuate the central axis, which is then counterbalanced by the deck on top of the roof with its paired chimneys and delicate balustrade. Later additions have modified the neo-classical symmetry of the other elevations. The 1891 Men's Residence was designed by Harris M. Stevenson, a Boston architect who began practice in 1870 after training with Nathaniel Bradlee. This structure later was destroyed by fire.

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Significance also see Continuation Sheet No. 3 Period prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 X 1800-1899 1900- Areas of Significance-Check and justify below -archeology-prehistoric -community planning _ archeology-historic conservation _ agriculture X economics _ architecture education art engineering commerce exploration/settlement communications . industry invention X landscape architecture religion - law - science literature sculpture _ military X social/ _ music humanitarian - philosophy - theater - politics/government - transportation .other (specify) Specific dates 1875, 1880, 1895 Builder

Statement of significance

/Architect J. Pickering Putnam Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) The Adams Nervine Asylum possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and association, and it is significant for its architecture, landscaping, and social history. It is Boston's single remaining rural estate which consists of outstanding later Victorian wood frame structures in their original setting. The social significance of the property lies chiefly in its development as a medical treatment center that embodied humanitarian and progressive ideals and methods. The property thus meets criteria A & C of the National Register. The property was located on highlands at the edge of the Bussey Farmstead, known as Woodland The farm, now the Arnold Arboretum, was given to Harvard University in 1872 for the establishment of a tree garden. (National Historic Landmark).

The horticultural improvement did not begin to take its present shape until 1882, when a long-term agreement, projected by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his Boston Park System Plan, occurred stipulating that harvard develop and maintain the Arboretum and that the City of Boston hold title to the land. The Asylum was incorporated in 1877 and opened in 1880. The purchase of the Jamaica Plain estate of u. Gardiner Weld, a commercial merchant who died c. 1876 prior to inhabiting his new mansion,was made possible by Seth Adams, who made his fortune at his sugar refinery in South The Adams brothers (Seth and Isaac) previously had manufactured printing presses and machinery. _ Seth Adams at his death bequeathed $600,000 for establishment of a curative in- stitution for the benefit of indigent, debilitated, nervous people, inhabitants of the State who are not insane.

The Trustees purchased the Weld estate and neighboring Lewis and Glover property for conversion to the Asylum in 1879, and initiated the architectural competition to design the necessary additional buildings. The planning of the Asylum was to incorporate the theories of Thomas Kirkbride, a contemporary Philadelphia psychiatrist, who developed the "moral treatment" system for patients with nervous disorders. Kirkbride advocated small (not more than 250 patients) hospitals to be regarded as hostels for patients temporarily removed from their communities; the hospitals were to reflect aspects of normal community living, i.e., home-style atmosphere, non- isolation, dignity of patients. Such theories are early representations of current halfway house and patients' rights philosophies.

The Asylum also reflected another aspect of 19th centry medical theory, that is, the "villa style" or "village plan" institution that first emerged at the Kankakee (I11.) State Hospital and locally appeared in Brookline at the Channing Sanitorium. The Kankakee plan incorporated smal1 residences with a central, restaurant-style dining room, shops and vocational buildings and a green, sidewalks and driveways in imitation of a small village. Both the Kirkbride and Kankakee progressive theories stressed the importance of patient individuality and freedom of movement and requiredthe physical plant to permit the same. The mostimportant aspects of both theories are to be found at the Asylum and in the Adams House itself. eAdam wouse bullt1n 1080, served the female patients; it was not until 1895 that a House for Men was completed.

never numbered more than 25% of the total patient population of about 40. This structure burned subsequently.

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

Major Bibliographical References Also see Continuation Sheet #4 American Architect & Building News, Vol. 187, 1879. J. Pickering Putnam design illustrated, short note in "Notes on Illustrations" Campbel1 & Seiler, unpublished and untitled paper, Harvard Graduate School of Design-- Arch. 1-3b, Prof. E. Sekler, December 19, 1972. TERIFIED) 10. Geographical Data ACREAGE ERIFIED Acreage of nominated property 8.64 Quadrangle name Newton & Boston South Quadrangle scale 1:25,000 UMT References ^LIal L3|21 4|81310 Zone Easting L416 815 41510 Northing LLULL EL Zone TLILIL Easting -L LLILu Northing LILLLLL FLy L L HLibbdual Verbal boundary description and justification Please refer to the attached map. List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state code county code state code county códe 11.

Form Prepared By name/title Candace Jenkins, Registration Director by Judith McDonough Boston Landmarks Commission organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date March 1981 street & number 294 Washington Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusetts 02108 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national state local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

State Historic Preservation Officer signature sten hWeslonki title Executive Director Mass, Historical Conmission date 1/21/82 For HCRS use only I hereby certiry that this property is included in the terod Register Aational fur koover of the Mallonal hegised Regiater- Attest: Chief of Registration date 6/1162 date GPO 938 835 FHR-8-300(11-78) United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form For HCRS use only received date entered Continuation sheet 3 Significance Item number Page 2 The weld House #1)s an exuberant representation of the French Mansard style, while the Adams House (#2) portrays the Queen Anne Revival style, and the last of the major structures, the Director's House (#4) illustrates the final 19th centry architectural fashion, the Colonial Revival.

The dependent structures (#lA, 3, 3A, 3B) are placed in standard spatial and functional relationships to their central buildings. These structures chronologically reflect the transi- tions in architectural fashion, and each appear at the onset or peak of its particular style's prominence. The Weld Mansion, (#1) c. 1875, reflects the picturesque country house ideals popularized in the 1840's by Andrew Jackson Downing. Downing professed that buildings and their grounds are eront seteres harerous ter e instane the e extensions of each other and that estates should promote hospitality, moral virtue, and domes- ticity. While asymmetrical plans and irregular rooflines were hallmarks of the picturesque architecture,numerous stylistic interpretations were employed and usually were derivations of earlier European modes.

In this instance, the French Mansard, or French Second Empire style, was at its height of popularity and a logical choice for a gentlemen's estate in Jamaica Plain. Weld's architect acknowledged themagnificent views of the surrounding countryside by providing a high turret for the mansion. The unknown architect delivered a facile version of the French Mansard style villa: a rectangular primary block with openings arranged symmetrically about an emphasized central bay, often as here in semi-pavilion form; a mansard roof with dormers; the offset turret; and extensive architectonic ornament. Interior revisions were made in 1879 when the house became the administrative offices, and its rear was expanded substantially in 1899.

The accompanying carriage house (#1A) is a fine example of an estate service building; its cross gable plan with a mansard roof of a complex profile and steep cupola reflects its probable builder's guide book origin. More information is known about the design of the Adams House (#2). The winner of the design competition sponsored by the Trustees was J. Pickering Putnam (1847-c. 1905) a Boston architect, who had an active residential practice in Back Bay having designed both Hadden Hall and Hotel Charlesgate. The other entrants were William G. Preston and the firm of Cabot and Chandler. Despite Seth Adams' stipulation that the structure "be plain, substantial and simple and great attention shall be paid to convenience, comfort, good-sized rooms and good air," two of the three des1gns, 1ncluding that of the winner, were hardly plain.

Putnam, a Harvard graduate, crained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and Berlin's Royal Academy of Architecture, ettectively disguised the monumental scale of the structure, built in 1880 and used for the women's residence, with customary Queen Anne style elements of porches, dormers, ornamental screens, asymmetrical fenestration pattern, constantly changing surface materials and irregular massing and roof proflles. Its restlessness contrasts with the formality of the Weld Mansion, but both represent important phases of the picturesque. The Director's House (#4), by an unknown designer, displays the neo-classical symmetry and proportions of the Colonial Revival style, and contrasts with the picturesque forms of the Weld Mansion and Adams House.

Although later additions have modified the design of all but the main (southern) facade, the building, set on a knoll, adds to the grouping of varied late 19th centuryarchitectural styles, complete with its original country environment. FHR-8-300(11-78) United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form For HCRS use only received date entered Continuation sheet 4 Item number 9. Bibliography Page 4 Cunliffe, Ausukel, Hansel & Rotenstein, unpublished and untitled paper, Harvard University Carpenter Center for Visual Studies--VES 163, Prof. E. Sekler, undated. Drake, S. Old Landmarks & Historic Personages of Boston. Herndon, Richard. Boston of Today, Boston 1892. King's Handbook, 1883. Putnam, J.P. Architecture under Nationalism, Boston, The Nationalist Educational Association, 1890.

Published The Nationalist, "a monthly magazine devoted to the nationalization of Industry and the goal of Brotherhood of Humanity". The International or Metric System of Weights & Measures, Boston, 1874. Windsor, J., Ed. Ihe Memorial History of Boston. Boston, 1881. Wyman, Donald. Ihe Arnold Arboretum Garden Book. New York and Toronto, 1954. Zaitzevsky, C., Final Report-Architectural and Historic Surveys of Park Square, Jamaica Plain, Forest Hills Cemetery, Olmsted Park System and Pierce Square, Dorchester Lower Mills, unpublished report for the Boston Landmarks Commission, 1970. CENTRE 12iz. Ria. M.Butler et as 65 5TG D-A 3 2 V 3 B A SY L U M PAT NER 2 .A 757.228 AKING 4 EWER RASS Adams-Nervine Asylum 990-1020 Centre Street Boston (Jamaica Plain) Massachusetts Scale: 1" = 100' JTM Reterence .

19/324830/4685450 (from Sanborn Insurance Map, 1975) SdN: 104 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Property: Adams- Nervire Asylum State, County: MA tsli Federal Agency: United States Department of the interios National Park Service resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Working No. 281 82-128- Fed. Reg. DatefEB 1983 Date Due: 52 182- 6/12/82 Action: ACCEPT_ 6/1/82 Entered In the - RETURN_ Watlonal Register-REJECT- photosS maps. Substantive Review: - _ sample - request appeal - NR decision Reviewer's comments: Recom./Criteria- Reviewer_ Discipline. Date - see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below ,substantive reasons discussed below - -Nomination returned for: 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification averafulg veeont Ueo 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Ree the property been dosemmined al -. 7. Description exceliar good tade beel leteniorate uine na (00 tueren) pooye summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance Porled Areas of Signil peelfie tetee -e 80 summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Partel beemdery 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evelusted eignificance of thle property wllhin the state le: _ national - sote . loca teHletone Preserve m Olicer - 13.

Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed Date Phone: 202 272 - 3 Comments for any ltem may be continued on an attached sheet Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identification: J. Gardner Weld House (#1), west elevation, from Centre Street DATE: APRIL 1981 IOFIO Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identification:*J. Gardner Weld House, 1899 addition, left.

DATE: APRIL 1981 2 OF 10 Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identificatioi: Carriage House (#IA) west facade (left) and south elevation DATE: APPIL 1981 3 OF 10 Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identification: Adams House (#2), north facade. Date: April 1981 40FIO Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negativecatied: Boamon House Hks Crenission elevation. Date: April 1981 5 OF 10 Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identification: Nurses Cottage (#2A), west elevation, from Centre Street.

Date: April 1981 60FIO Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identification: Davis Crafts or Activity House (#3) west facade. Date: April 1981 T0FIO Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identification: Boiler and Laundry Facility (#3B), south facade (left), and east ele- vation. Date: April 1981 8 OF 10 Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identification: Director's House (#4), south facade.

Date: April 1981 9 0F 10 Adams-Nervine Asylum Boston (Jamaica Plain) Suffolk county, Massachusetts Date: April 198 Photo Credit: Ellen Lipsey Negative Filed: Boston Landmarks Commission Identification: Adams-Nervine Asylum complex, looking north: left, Nurses Cottage and Adams House, center Davis Crafts Center, right (rear) Weld House I0 OFIO MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY Secretary of State April 22, 1982 Ms. Carol Shull, Acting Keeper National Register of Historic Places RECEIVED APR 2 8 1982 National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20243 NATIONAL REGISTER Dear Ms.

Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Boston - Adams Nervine Asylum (state) Boyalston - Keyes - Dakin House (local) Grafton - Willard House and Clock Museum (state) Hatfield - The Old Mill Site Historical District (local) Holden - Rogers House (local) Needham - Tolman - Gay House (local) Newton - Slade - Hovey House (local) ewner obiects Sturbridge - Oliver Wight House (state) Upton - KnowIton Hat Factory (local) Weston - Isaac Hobbs House (local) All have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination forms.

Sincerely, Candace fenkins Candace Jenkins Registrati Director Massachusetts Historical Commission CJ/amf Advisory Council On Historic Preservation 1522 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 * Crerra MAR 2 1983 Mr. John Vosburgh National Register of Historic Places National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, DC 20240 Dear Mr. Vosburgh: Thank you once again for sending the enclosed photograph(s) for use in Report to the President and the Congress, 1982. Regrettably, due to space limitations in the report, we were not able to include them, but I wanted to say a special thank you for your help and cooperation. We have enclosed a copy of the report for your files. Thanks again for your assistance. Let me know when we can reciprocate, please. Sincerely, Marcia AInienti Marcia Axtmann Smith Program Coordinator Enclosures