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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - In Area no. Mid-Camb. Form no. MC IIB23 , 1. Town Cambridge Address 67 Kirkland Street Erancis J. Child House : use residential 1097-36 N SCOTT 5 RMIANO FRANCIS D ASSESSOR#146A-37 5M-2-75-R061465 (20M-2976) it owner Frances F. Misho iption: 861 Irce deedrecords _Mansard itect_unknown rior wall fabric wood clapboard Outbuildings (describe) -- Other features smal1 Mansard with jig- san cornice, acorn drops in pro- -jecting bay above porch. Altered_ Yes- windows Date_unknown remodelled Moved - No Date__- 5. Lot size: One acre or less XX Over one acre Approximate frontage 100 feet Approximate distance of building from street 85 feet 6. Recorded by Antoinette Downing Organization Cambridge Historical Comm. Date 1967 UTM-BOSTON NORTH 19/326260/4693700 7. Original owner (lf known)_ Francis J.
Child Original use_ -pesidential 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 Recreation Religion Science/ invention Social/ humanitarian Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) Number 67 Kirkland Street is located in the Shady Hill neighborhood of Cambridge and is adjacent to Number 61, the *former home of CharlesW. Eliot, past President of Harvard . Built in 1861, the building features heaxagonal slates in the . curved lower mansard roof and a full front porch.
The porch has and the dormers above are topped by jigsaw cornice chamfered he building retains its original clapboard sidins, and is set back from the road admidst numerous trees and shrubs. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) NOV 1 4 1980 dN: 104 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET FRAncio v. Child House Property: (CAmbedge Muetiple Resounce ARea) State, County:_ MA-nuddleau Federal Agency: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service 11-14-80-2862 Working No. Fed. Reg.
Date: Date Due: Action: 4/17/82 ACCEPT resubmission RETURN_ nomination by person or local government _ REJECT_ owner objection photos _L appeal maps- 1/3/8 Substantive Review: - sample - request - appeal VNR decision Reviewer's comments: Do statementg sigmficance - way is tis structare arcuteet wraelf Recom. /Criteria Retuun Dignificant? Reviewer Aanam Discipline- asch. /rstaiar Date 4.2.82 - see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below -Nomination returned for: 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification ateger awerelle wolte Aeoudeltien 4. Owner of Property resont Ueo 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys hes lhis property been determined - no 7.
Description acelle poo0 fair deteriorater ruins hook en - unaitered altered unarposed lhe the pr reeent and eriginel (il lueewe) eiyeleel summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Check ene - orginel efete - _ moved 8. Significance matlly b date ne of Sig 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 age of nominsted property - Guedrangle neme - UMIT Reterencss 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The eveluated slgnificance of this property within the etete ls: retional oca ate Mletarte Proservetten Omice 13.
Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Pat @ucnu signed Bile Brackam - Date 4/3.8z Phone: 202 272 -3504 Comments for anyItem maybe 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 IIB23 1. Town Cambridge Address 67 Kirkland Street Name Francis J. Child House Present use residential 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5") Staple to left side of form Photo number 1097-36 - 1ADY BRYANT 005 FRANCIS ezar ASSESSOR #146A-37 5M-2-75-R061465 (20M-2976) Present owner Frances E. Misho 3. Description: Date 1861 Source... deedrecords StyleMansard Architectunknown Exterior wall fabric wood clapboard Outbuildings (describe)_--- Other features small Mansard with jig- saú cornice, acorn drops in pro- -jecting bay above parch.
Altered Yes- windows Date unknown remodelled Moved _ No Date ==- 5. Lot size: One acre or less XX Over one acre Approximate frontage 100 feet Approximate distance of building from street 85 feet 6. Recorded by Antoinette Downing Organization_Cambridge Historical Comm. Date 1967 UTM-BOSTON NORTH 19/326260/4693700 7. Original owner (lf known)_ Erancis J. Child Original use_ pesidential Subsequent uses (if any) and dates_same 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Agricultural Architectural XX The Arts 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) Number 67 Kirkland Street is located in the Shady Hill neighborhood of Cambridge and is adjacent to Number 61, the former home of Charles W. Eliot, past President of Harvard . Büilt in 1861, the building features heaxagonal slates in the curved lower mansard root and a full front porch. The porch has and the dormers above are topped by jigsaw cornice chamfered he tuilding retains its original clapboard siding, and is set back from the road admidst numerous trees and shrubs. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) NOV 1 4 1980 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston MC Mid Cambridge II.B.23 Property Name: The Francis J. Child House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. The Francis J.
Child House is architecturally significant for its interesting combination of the Mansard style with the applied gothic decoration one might find in an A. J. Downing cottage. According to Report Iwo: Mid Cambridge [1860-63] of the Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge, "Mansard roofs appeared frequently on smaller houses of the period, especially on one-story cottages. Pro- viding a full second story, the mansard increased the space and comfort of these modest dwellings" (p: 71). The Child House is composed of two mansard roofed blocks, each one symmetrically arranged but both combined to form an asymmetrical massing. This arrangement is somewhat unusual for the early 1860's which tended to favor more formal organiza- tions. Cottage architecture at this time was heavily influenced by the books of A. J.
Downing such as Cottage Residences (1842) and The Archi- tecture of Country Houses (1850). Downing's theories on cottage design Incorporated the picturesque aesthetic charactérized by elements of irregularity, roughness, and variety. Also important were the integra- tion of the house with its naturat setting and the use of ornament to ¡animate the cottage facade. Elements of this design influence may be seen at 67 Kirkland Street. The jigsaw-cut cornice boards are a common cottage decorative feature. The veranda is an important means of linking the house to its surroundings and the/ tall chimney stacks and slender porch posts enliven the facade and add to its variety. The Francis J. Child House meets criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places.
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 -3 Continuation sheet Item number For NPS use only received date entered Page // 111 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource Area MA Nomination/Type of Review -101. Harvard Graduate Center DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Keeper Attest 102. Child; Francis J., House *hetenten -Fowton V Keeper Attest 103. XH111, Aaron, House Subelantlve Hevtew Keeper Attest 104. Cook, William, House Substantive Beview V Keeper Attest Suõs five feview 105. Building at 10 Follen Street Keeper 106. XHa11 Tavern Attest SUBEii1ro Reviuy Keeper Attest 107. Xcloverden (Mann House) wative Eevly Keeper Attest - 108. The Fairfax DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Keeper Attest 109.
Larches, The Substantive Review / Keeper Attest "110. THolmes, Joseph, House Keeper Attest Date/Signature Ret 6/10/52 Haward Boaue luBrge 6:30-3 Boaken ha ny 1 6.30 wiam H. Sracham 4.1382 Wulian ABracham 4.13.82 temec ho Hapl, 6 70.33 Bina,hs lraj el 630-63 6/10/62 Hauadl Wiekam H. Bracham 4./382 sonue hilrg 1 6:30B) ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ited States Depart ent ol the lntarie Substantive Review tional Park Service EYALUATION / RETURN SHEET Child, Francis J., House (Cambridge MRA) Middlesex County. MA Working No. /1.14.50-2862 Fed. Reg. Date:. 2-7-87 Date Due: 537/4/83 Action: _ ACCEPT 6/30/83 - RETURN. REJECT. Foderal Agency: _ NR decision resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: _sample - request i_ appeal Reviower's comments: Ston ti be sipnificn T a0 a- Etmple & a mansand voofed Recom. /Criteria SoCEoT/e Reviewer.
Ma ban nors wite Prunay age inysen.Discipiine A.H. 0 Cortrct could havr ben bitt- 6.30-83 -800 continuation sheet -Nomination returned for:: -technical corrections cited below -substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Ued Plle d sopatales 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Représentation in Existing Surveys Ios hie property bean toarmmed olige 7. Description noote seror ane ef fl lue w plyetes summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary, salection Moved 8. Significance Porter poa of jetlly ef Signiffeanoo (in summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context SEE COMMENT relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10.
Geographical Data loreage ef nomineted property. Quedrangie neme UMT Reterencse Verbel beundery deecriptien end fstificatio 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evalumted significance of this property within the atete is: netionat Btate Historie Preeervation Officar signuture 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 1097-36 NOV 1 4 1980 907 C Chila, Fracis Ji, House Canbridge MRA Ma Es Kirkland St. 1097-36 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275