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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - in relation to nearest cross suvua 1096-10A other buildings.Indicate north. _TROWBRIDGE PL TROWBR E 60 ~ HARVAHD 366 .... 30 R AssESSOR# 135-612 30M-5-77 +1 In Area no. MID CAMB. Form no. MC II B 30 - 1. Town Cambridge ISS 369 Harvard Street William F. Bradbury House ent use residential ient owner Lloya M. Wilcox, Jr. cription: : 1877 jource deed records ie Mansard chitect unknown Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings (describe)-- Other features_a steep, straight-edged Mansard with gabled dormers; a center Mansard pavilion is focal point. Altered No Date Moved No Date -- 5. Lot size: One acre or less XX Over one acre 40 Approximate frontage 40' 15° Approximate distance of building from street 15' 6. Recorded by E. MacDougall Organization Cambridge Historical C0mm.
Date 1966 UTM- BOSTON SOUTH :19/326080/4692980 7. Original owner (if known)_ Original use_ residential William F. Bradbury 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 XX Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political XX Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) This imposing brick Mansard house is set characteristically on a terrace above the street. The steep, straight-edged Mansard with its gabled dormers caps a block-like mass. A center pavilion with an elaborate entrance porch is the focal point of the design. The flat-roofed porch contains clustered columns.
A one-story polygonal bay on the facade is off- set to the right, and a full-height polygonal bay is centered on the side elevation. William F. Bradbur was the Hopkins Master, and later Head Master of the Cambridge Latin School. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the interior National Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Willan F. Bradbury House Property: (CAmbaidge multiple Resenue Area) State, County: MA- Muddlesed Federal Agency: Working No. Fed. Reg. Date:- Date Due:. Action: 11-14-80-2862 resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal 4/17/82 - ACCEPT - LRETURN.
7/13/82 - REJECT_ photos L maps Substantive Review: - sample -request- appeal NR decision Reviewer's comments: Please provide a stronger statement of asctedusae oo crsude ee erpontig ent h" inporzing, ksign Recom. / Criteria Aeturn - Associations with losadbun - need to Reviewerauuam eorpanded- It i hard to deternem Discipline arch./tu y thus property can ve cono, dered Date- 4.6.82 unde, B - howülong did he oceupy houxe, ete. cte, see, continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: - technical corrections cited below X substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification opory Oenership Public Aceuisition 4. Owner of Property Status Accessible Present Use 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys hes thia property been determined ros - no 7.
Description Conditien _ exceiiemt good _ deteriorated _ruins _unexposec Chock one _ unaitered -shered Check one original site maved darte Deeeribe the present and eriginai (" knewn) physical epposrance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection &. Significance Poriod specttic dates canceCheck and fustif, Bulider/Architee Btatoment af Significance (in ene paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context reiationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acresge of nominated property Quedranple name. UMT References Verbal bouniery descrietien and Jeatification 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaiusted significance of this property within the state ie: _national _starte local tnte Historic Preeervation Ofhcer signature dete 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed Bravkam - Date $/8.82 m Andrus Phone: 202 272-3504 Commentsfor any item may be continued on an attached sheet FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - - - - - - - In Area no. MID CAMB. Form no. MC II B 30 , 1. Town Cambridge Address 369 Harvard Street Name William F. Bradbury House Present use residential 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number 1096 - 10A - 4. Map. Draw sketch of building location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings. Indicate north. TROWBRIDGE 60 52 HARVARD 40 F17.
15 4 Present owner Lloyd M. Wilcox, Jr. 3. Description: Date 1877 Source deed records Style Mansard Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings (describe). Other features a steep, straight-edged Mansard with gabled dormers; a center Mansard pavilion is focal point. Altered "No Moved No Date Date 5. Lot size: One acre or less XX Over one acre Approximate frontage 40' Approximate distance of building from street 15' 6. Recorded by E. MacDougall Organization Cambridge Historical Comm. Date 1966 UTM- BOSTON SOUTH :19/326080/4692980 AssessoR#135-4L 30M-5-77 7. Original owner (if known)_ William F. Bradbury 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 XX Conservation Education Exploration/ settlement Industry Military Political xx Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) This imposing brick Mansard house is set characteristically on a terrace above the street. The steep, straight-edged Mansard with its gabled dormers caps a block-like mass. A center pavilion with an elaborate entrance porch is the focal point of the design. The flat-roofed porch contains clustered columns. A one-story polygonal bay on the facade is off- set to the right, and a full-height polygonal bay is centered on the side elevation. William F. Bradbury was the Hopkins Master, and later Head Master of the Cambridge Latin School. 10.
Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) IAON 1980 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity : Mid Cambridge Form No: MC II.B.30 William F. Bradbury House Property Name: (1877) , 369 Harvard Strpet Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. The William F. Bradbury House is important as a rare example in Cambridge of a pretentious single family residence in the paneled brick style then being used extensively in the Back Bay. The Bradbury House shows an emphasis on the use of flat, incised decorative detail, rather than on the plastic modelling of earlier Second Empire houses. The patterned brickwork and incised decoration of the stone window lintels foreshadow the decorative motifs of the Queen Anne style.
The last three decades of the nineteenth century were a time of great expansion in Cambridge. The population and the number of buildings vastly increased. Many tracts of land in Mid Cambridge were still un- developed, providing room for substantial new houses. Many of the area's fine residences were built after 1873, among them the Bradbury House, whose original owner was William F. Bradbury, at one time the Head Master of the Cambridge Latin School. The Bradbury is of further importance as one of only ten surviving single family residences on Harvard Street, which was once lined with substantial homes set on elevated sites above the street. The William F. Bradbury House is significant under Criterion A for its importance in the development of Harvard Street and Dana Hill, and under Criterion C as -an important example of its type and style.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom 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 Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Page 9 h17 Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource, Area MA Nomination/Type of Review 81. Buildings at 15-17 Lee St. SNVICT Keeper Substantire Beview - 82. Bllot, CharleidE/OWNER ÖBJECTION Subatantira Ksrion 83. Sanders, Chade WECTON Attest Keeper Attest Keeper *84.1Jones, Will1am R., House SubsfankIve EevIew /Keeper Attest Attest Subscant owss aljatont 88ENER OBJECTION/Keper witheraw 293002022 FIY10 -86. Dexter, D.CBETZONER OJECTIQN Keeper Attest Lrason ,87. Keen, Alden I., House OBJECTION Keeper Attest -88./ Bradbury, William F., House / Keeper. Attest "89.
Hyatt-Du5E HOUANER OBYEEPIER Roviow Keeper Attest ,N 90. James, William, House DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Keeper Attest Date/Signature Wieliam/t.Bracham 4.13.82 Ret 6/10/82 Harvard Weliam H. Bracham 4.13.82 sdeta rid eegible tome n mn l 6-308) Vatuick Anduus 9/12186- /4/8 22 6/14/52 Hanond {t 6/10/82 Hawerd Ldye 6-3083 Rerori Hawend. 6/10/82 Hawend NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States D e el she leterle Netionai Park S Substantive Review Bradbury, William F., House (Cambridge MRA) Middlesex County - MA EVALUATION / RETURN SHEE - resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Working No. 1/.14.80 -2862 Fed. Reg. Date: _ 2-7-87 Date Due: 714/83 Action: ACCEPT_6/30/83 - RETURN REJECT. Federal Agency:. - sample -request - appeal NR decision Reviewer's comments: SIGNIFILANCE PROVIDED!
WITHDREN SUGLESTIOR DF ELIGIBILIM UNDER CRITERION B. Rocom. /Criteria Reviewer Discipline Date dt</pcu) A-L. 6-30.83 continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Proco I Uee 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description. 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys fes eie property treon eesamatned olrgtasa? - 190 - ne 7. Description ndolen escolte etorter rudne fele hoch o unaltere _attered Check en - - moved sare the procent and ertginal (il tmewml pfoyeieel sppoerens summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8.
Significance Porlod Arees ot Significance-Cheok and justity belew Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one peregraph) Builder Architeet 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 Acreage of nominated property - Quadrangie neme. UMT References Verbal boundary descriptien and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: netiona! state State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 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 1096-10A NOV 1 4 1980 Bradbury, Willan P., Heuse Cambridge MRA, Ma 369 Harvard St. 1096-10A Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275