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FORM A - AREA SURVEY MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston - Form numbers in this area Area no. O1d Cambridge OC I.9 1. Town Cambridge Name of area (if any) Old Cambridge National Register District 3. General date or period c. 1750-1970 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x5' Staple to left side of form Photo number 1098-24 1098-267 1099-2 1099-7^ 1099-30~ 1100-9v 1110-13A- 1110-12A 1110-154V 4. Is area uniform (explain): in style? No, all periods representer in condition? Yes, good to excellent. in type of ownership? No, public, private, - and institutional. - - - in use? No, mixed. 5. Map. Use space below to draw a general map of the area involved. Indicate any historic properties for which individual reports are completed on Forms B thru F, using corres- ponding numbers. Show street names (including route numbers, if any) and indicate north.
Indicate with an "x" existing houses not inventoried on Form B. See attached map. DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE USGS Quadrant MHC Photo no. 52 acres IM-5-73-075074 6. Recorded byAllison Crump; Harriet White Organization_Cambridge Historical Com. Date 1978; 1980 E 19324860(4643328er) UTM- Lexinyton, Boston Morth, Newtar A 19/323800/4693640 +19/3247204693340 G19/323920/4693380.B19132472014693800 4 1980 C19|32516014693650 NOVe r n19132514014693420 *7. Historical data. Explain the historical/architectural importance of this area.
The Old Cambridge National Register District includes the properties on both sides of Mason and Brattle Streets and E1mwood The District includes four structures on Garden Street formerly included in the Cambridge Common National Register District and four National Historic Landmarks: The Reginald Daly House at 23 Hawthorn Street, the Vassal1-Craigie-Longfellow House at 105 Brattle Street, E1mwood at 33 Elmwood Avenue and the Oliver Hastings House at 101 Brattle Street. The unifying feature of the District is the Watertown Path, an ancient way which predated the foundation of Newtowne in 1630 and which is said to have followed an earlier Indian trail.
Along that portion of the Watertown Path now known as Brattle Street and Elmwood Avenue, prominent Loyalists acquired extensive properties and built fine mansions in the middle years of the eighteenth century, so that the street was nicknamed "Tory Row." At the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1774, the Tories fled to Boston and their houses were used by the Continental Army for hospitals and barracks with General Washington quartered at the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House. During the Siege of Boston (1775-1776), the Continental Army camped on Cambridge Common and occupied Christ Church and the Harvard buildings which are now included in the Old Harvard Yard National Register District. From the time of the American Revolution to the present day, the old houses and many new ones along Mason and Brattle Streets as well as President Charles W.
Eliot of Harvard, John Bartlett of lsa uss 0, Lango Crtinor creone Robert Walcott, ornithologist William Brewster, historian John Fiske, and numerous Harvard professors and other distinguished New Englanders. During the SchoDl ind tadcliteencoltege he ce estab theed asong 1 son angical Brattle Streets. The early buildings of the Theological School were designed by the firm of Ware & Van Brunt, architects of Continued] 8. Bibliography and/or references such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc. * - See also Surven ofanchitectural History of Cambridge series, Report Four: old cambridge, pp. 55 ff. P.W.A. 3/15/82 3/73 ictuie urvey vol.4 P.200 2. ficture INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity : Form No: OC I.9 Old Cambridge Property Name: O1d Cambridge N.R.D.
Page Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. (Old Cambridge National Register District continued) Memorial Hall, and are highly distinguished examples of nineteenth century architecture. Although the origins of the plan of Radcliffe Yard are not known, the organizing elements of the quadrangle were Fay House (1807), the first building owned by Radcliffe altered by A. W. Longfellow in 1890-92: the Gymnasium (1898), by McKim, Mead & White; Agassiz House (1904), by A. W. Longfellow; and Schlesinger Library (1907), by Winslow & Bigelow, all buildings in the Georgian Revival style. ray House, was included in the Cambridge Common National Register District in 1973. Before the beginning of the twentieth century most of the frontage along Mason and Brattle Streets had been developed with large houses, usually set well back from the winding road.
Since that time, there has been further lot division and additional house construction in many architectural styles, but usually of high quality so that these houses fit in unob trusively into the streetscape. Among the major architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries whose work is represented here are Henry Greenough, H. H. Richardson, Henry Van Brunt, William R. Emerson, Ralph Adams Cram, Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, John Worthington Ames, Arthur Little, Charles Follen McKim, Langtora Warren, Lo1s Lilly Howe, Hugh Stubbins and J. A. Hasty. Ihe twentieth century saw the first and only apartment house in the area displace an old dwelling at 83 Brattle 8 Willard Street. Other non-residential buildings of this century have included three churches, the Mormon Church, Quaker Meeting house on Longfellow Park and the Armenian Church at Brattle and Sparks Streets.
The District is also significant for the quality of the environment that has been created along the length of Brattle and Mason Streets. Each of the houses possesses a distinctly individual character expressed by varied siting, attractive fences and walls and handsome trees. Despite a variety of styles, the visual continuity of the streetscape is maintained by the rhythm of masses and open space. This area meets criteria A, B and C. Significant Buildings 1. Radcliffe Gymnasium (1898): Yard. cenerat entrabe pagaoton ano d rusleatod lower This Colonial Revival building designed by McKim, Mead and White faces the interior quadrangle of Radcliffe A simple rectangular plan building of red brick with white The gabled central entrance pavilion has a porch with Doric columns beneath an overscale demi-lune window.
The building is crowned by a central, open octagonal cupola with a copper dome and finial. Agassiz House (1904): This building was designed by A. W. Longfellow, Jr. as a student center. This red brick Colonial Revival structure is trimmed in limestone. The monumental portico has columns with Scamozzi capitals. The full-length first and second story windows have splayed keystone lintels. The truncated hip roof terminates in a modillion cornice. Staple to Inventory form at bottom $ 1980 NOV INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity : Old Cambridge Form No: OC I.9 jiturs suney vol. 4 P.200 Property Name: O1d Cambridge N.R.D. Page 3 Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. (O1d Cambridge National Register District continued) 3.
Schlesinger Library/Radcliffe Institute: (1907): The O1d Radcliffe Library was designed by Winslow and Bigelow in the Colonial Revival style. This three-story red brick building has a rusticated lower story. sana ee facad into sevon dayd tone cent This büilding houses a research center which is concerned with the roles of women in American life. 4. 9 Phillips Place (c. 1855; remodelled in 1900): 9 Phillips Place is listed in the 1894 atlas as the Cambridge Hospital. The greatly altered I-plan structure has a hip roof with a cornice supported by brackets of unusual profile. Identical brackets trim the cornice of the one-story polygonal bay. The central entrance pavilion has a door with transom and side lights. 5. 6-12 Mason Street (c. 1860): This group of four Greek Revival red brick rowhouses are unified by a simple brick cornice linking the facades. porches are all later additions.
quality than other houses in the district. 6. 4 Mason Street (1847): This building was attached to 85 Brattle Street until 1894 when it was moved to its present location. is an extremely simple, 1 1/2-story Greek Revival cottage. gable end faces on the street and contains a single window and door with simple molding on the first story and a window in the gable. 7. 85 Brattle Street (1847): Known as the Norton House, after builder Michael Norton, this Gothic cottage of 1847 1s very similar to a plate by Henry Austin in Hill's pattern book of that year, Builder's Guide. The central projecting bay on the Brattle Street facade contains a window in the first story supporting a balcony Picture. so, Sanvey ld4window. railing of cut-out patterns. The gable of this bay has a trefoil There are bracketed wall dormers on either side of the central gable.
On the first story is a projecting entrance vestibule ,5b offset to the right. The horizontal siding is scored and laid flush to simulate masonry. The Norton house occupies a prominent site and is one of the finest examples of American Gothic architecture in Cambridge. 8. 83 Brattle Street (1908): The "Wadsworth Chambers" apartment building was built in 1908 by Newhall & Blevins. Of brick, with limestone trim, It teatures a Tudor entrance set back in the corner of the L-plan, and is framed by polygonal bays reaching the height of the full seven stories. The chimneys form projecting panels on the facade; floors are articulated by thin raised belt courses. The windows on the Brattle Street facade and in the bays are grouped in twos and threes.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom 4 1990 WOV Pictures ,c Survey Vol.4 p.5b licture wrly Vol,4 p.104 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Old Cambridge Form No: OC I.9 Property Name: O1d Cambridge _N.R.D. Page 4 Indicaté each item on inventory form which is being continued below. (O1d Cambridge National Register District continued) 9. John Chamberlin House (1821) 77 Brattle Street and 10. John Warland House (1838) , 69 Brattle Street: - This pair of early houses in Radcliffe Yard have both been converted into college offices, but recall the early suburban character of the street. The deep side yards by which they are entered are splendid transitional spaces between the seclusion of the quadrangle and Brattle Street.
An unusual feature of 77 Brattle Street is the fascia between the heavy Georgian cornice and the window heads. The entrance is flanked by robust pilasters and has a circular leaded fan light. 69 Brattle Street is a typical side hall Greek Revival house placed with its flank to the street. A full-width Doric porch spans the 3/3/3 full-length facade windows. James Greenleaf House (1859) 76 Brattle Street: Mary Longfellow Greenleaf, sister of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and her husbanc James Greenleaf, a cotton merchant and warden of Christ Church, built this mansard _residence in 1859 on the large family lot, moving the original Greenleaf house off the lot to Ash Street. brick house was stuccoed and scored to resemble stone, with porches and balconies incised with quatrefoil pattern. In 1905, Radcliffe College purchased the property and later removed the stucco and simplified the porches.
Ihis remodeling, which did not disturb the major design features, made the house with more visually compatible the brick Neo-Georgian structures of Radcliffe Yard. The Greenleaf House possesses integrity of location, setting, materials and workmanship as well as important associations with Radcliffe College, serving as the president's residence for most of this century. It meets criterion C, embodying the dis- tinctive characteristics of the mansard style. These include its mansard roof with segmentally arched dormers, deep bracketed cornice, bracketed entry porch, corner quoins and symmetrical design. It is singled out by - the Survey of Architectural History of Cambridge series, Report Four: O1d Cambridge as one of the finest mansard houses in this part of the City. 12.
79-81 Brattle Street [Radcliffe Alumnae House] (1836): two-story clapboard house on the corner of Brattle and James Streets, the current Radcliffe Alumnae House was built in The gable end with a very attractively done Icontinued] Staple to Inventory form at bottom NAV 1 A 1990 Pictue Sanrey vol.4 117 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity : Old Cambridge Form No: OC I.9 Property Name: N.R.D., O1d Cam. Page 5 Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. entrance bay faces James Street. The large rearwing andtwo- story bay facing James Street are probably later additions. An enclosed late Greek Revival entrance porch with fluted Doric columns supports a second story bay- 13.
29 Brattle Street_ (Episcoal Divinity School): The Episcopal Divinity school buildings fill a large quadrangle site at the corner of Brattle and Mason Streets. All the E.D.S. buildings facing the ¡llre quadrangle are the work of the distinguished American architecture firm of Ware & Van Brunt. They include St. John's Chapel, Reed Hall, Iawrence Hall, Burnham Hall, Wright Hall, Sherrill Hall and Washburn Hall. 14. 90 Brattle Street (Stoughton House, 1882): One of the best known of Henry Hobson Richardson's domestic buildings, the Stoughton House exemplifies early residential Shingle Style. The I-plan contains a round, turreted bay in the corner, which emphasizes the asymmetrical massing. Shingles completely cover this long, low house. is deeply recessed under an overnanging balcony; the sidelights and balcony windows share the same flattened arch design.
roh deatent Wanaows Windows with a Queen Anne 12/1 configuration are grouped in the round bay and gable end. Built in 1882, the house was commissioned by Mrs. Edwin Stoughton, whose son, the hisorian John Fiske, had the house expanded by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in 1900. 15. 24 Brattle Street (c. 1037, 1746): Much altered by its owners, the Vassall family, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this Georgian house dates substantially from 1746. Some evidence indicates that a portion of the framing may survive from a house built by Roger Bancroft in 1637. In the eighteenth century its large square form was covered in roughcast, which was removed around 1825. The steep hip roof and cornice recall its original Georgian appearance. 16.
1l Hawthorn Street (1813): Moved to this location in 1926, this simple Federal house of 1813 originally stood at the corner of Brattle and Church Streets. Its modest, five-bay facade and shallow hip roof form are highlighted by the pilastered door surround and elliptical fanlight. This was the home of Jacob H. Bates. 17. 23 Hawthorn Street (Reginald Daly House, N.H.L., C. 1885): This was buiit in the Queen Anne style with the characteristic irregular massing and asymmetrical arrangement of dormers, bays and windows. The shingling forms decorative patterns on the second story, which overhangs the clapboarded first story. The entrance porch is offset to the right, and carries a solid curvilinear screen supported by brackets. The windows have typical Queen Anne divided upper sash with double panes in the lower sash. NOV 1 4 1980 Staple to Inventory form at bottom 21.
icturl, also wven, vol.i4 80 P 22. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Community : Old Cambridge Forn No: I.9 Office of the Secretary, Boston Property Name: N.R.D., O1d Camb. Page 6 Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. 18. 49 Hawthorn Street (1900): Lois Lilley Howe designed this Federal Revival house in 1900. It has five bays with a hipped roof, and a tripartite window balustraded with applied pediment above the entr ance porch. 19. 175 Mt. Auburn Street (c. 1890s): This Queen Anne/Colonial house built during the 1890s has a steep gambrel roof which incorporates the second story. An octagonal dormer rests on the roof of the octagonal front porch. The house adjoins Longfellow Park. 20.
The Oliver Hastings House, 101 Brattle Street (1845): This elegant Greek Revival mansion of 1845 is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Vassall-Craigie-Iongfellow House, 105 Brattle Street (1750): A National Historic Iandmark, this Tory Row mansion was built in 1750 by John Vassall, and was the home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Iongfellow Park: Created in 1883 to maintain the vista from the Iongfellow House to the Charles River, landscape architect Charles Eliot's park plan is comprised of two distinct sections. The upper park is a formal lawn surrounded by houses, while the lower park has the private secluded feeling of a garden and contains a marble monument to the poet by the sculptor Daniel Chester French. 23. 6 Longfellow Park (1901): A two-story gambrel roofed Colonial Revival house designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr., in 1901.
The five-bay facade frames an elaborate central pedimented door surround, echoed on the second story by triple segmental window suggestive of a Palladian motif. A bay window and terrace open to the garden. 24. 5 Iongfellow Park (Friends Meetinghouse and Center, 1914, 1937): This Georgian Revival house of red brick was designed in 1914 by A.W. Iongfellow, Jr. The new meetinghouse is tied to the older building by a colonnade. scale of the Park. 25. 8 Willard Street (1765): This modest Georgian house of 1765 was moved from 83 Brattle Street in 1908. Additions were made in 1908, 1912, and 1916 by Lois Lilly Howe. The original five-bay facade now faces the garden; the Willard Street Court facade is entirely twentieth century fabric, including its finely detailed Georgian Revival entrance. The small-paned windows have projecting frames, and the window heads almost touch the eaves.
The house has a massive central chimney. 26. 113 Brattle Street (1887): A design by Andrews and Rantoul, this 10,80 Staple to Inventory form at bottom NOV INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Page 7 Commmity: Old Cambridge FoTT No: I.9 Property Name: N.R.D., O1d Camb. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. house combines classical symmetry with the Queen Anne interest in variety of texture and form. The two-story hip roofed form is enlivened by gabled pavilions flanking the center entrance, dormers and a two-story ell offset to the right. The clapboard first story creates a base for the shingled upper stories. 27. 115 Brattle Street (1887): Longfellow & Harlow's gambrel-roofed Colonial Revival house is carefully balanced. The elliptical portico forms the terrace for a balcony above.
Ihe portico has fluted Corinthian columns and an elaborate frieze with garlands and shells. The balcony has spiral balusters and fluted Ionic columns. A porch on the left is balanced by the porte cochere on the right. The entrance has an elliptical fanlight with tracery and wide side lights with tracery in a repeating oval pattern. 28. 121 Brattle Street (1843-44): This imposing house, built for Joseph Worcester, does not easily fit into one styliste category. The broad pilasters and gable end suggest the Greek Revival, although didwe the projecting eaves are incongruous. A pair of cross gables rest on the roof of the Doric porch. The side entrance porch on the left is counterbalanced by a second porch extending the full length of the right side. 29. 127 Brattle Street (1970): Hill, Miller, Friedlander and Hollander, Inc.
designed this modern house in 1970 on land once belonging to the Ross Estate. Basically triangular in plan, it creates an inter- play of projecting roofs and solids and voids. This house has been cited as an example of the fine quality of modern architecture which is possible under Historic District legislation. 30. 24 orae ie s ceet 10 69amp2e oztthe acad my aren Rchardrd 2e. It occupies a prominent site at the intersection of Brattle and Craigie Streets and is visible from three sides. The principal south facade is divided into three bays, the central of which is an entrance porch. The slate Mansard roof has flared eaves and contains alternating triangular and segmental dormers. This altemating pattern is repeated in the first story windows of the west facade. The second story 2/2 windows have bracketed sills and shouldered architraves.
The north facade has a recessed central pavilion and an entrance porch similar to that on the south facade. 31. 25 Craigie Street (1856-57): This house was built in 1856-57. No architect is known, but the builder was k-w. Baker of Winchester. The formal three-bay facade contains a central gabled pavilion with an oculus window in the gable. A balustraded terrace wraps around the front and sidesoof the house. The Georgian Revival entrance Staple to Inventory form at bottom NOV 1 4 1980 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Commnity : Old Cambridge Forn No: I.9 Office of the Secretary, Boston Page 8 Property Name: O1d Camb. N.R.D. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. with elaborate fanlight and sidelights is set within a classical entrance porch. Both the entrance and porch were added c. 1910. 32.
27 Craigie Street (1854): This house was designed in the Italianate style by the well-known Cambridge architect, Henry Greenough. The flush horizontal siding is scored to resemble ashlar masonry. The symmetrically organized facade bears a three story central pavilion crowned by a deeply overhanging cornice mounted on modilion blocks. The pavilion attic cornice has more delicate carved modillions. At the first story, a porch with circular tracery continues across the porch and downstairs to either side. First story pavilion windows are paired within panelled frames, while the third story , maile the aira storoso windows of the pavilion are round-headed. Greenough built the house for Professor Arnold Guyot. Professor Eben Morton Horsford, a noted chemist and Norsophile, lived in the house for a long time after Guyot.
Like its neighbor, 27 Craigie is visible from Brattle and is an important focal point at this corner. 33. 126 Brattle Street (1890): This Tudor Revival house by Cram & Went- worth is covered with dark shingles and a half-timbered gable. Gabled bays flank the central entrance with its Queen Anne console. There are banks of three and five leaded casement windows and a large small-paned wood-muntined stair window. Clustered chimney pots top the two brick chimneys. 34. 134-136 Brattle Street (1857): Ihis Italianate double house is arranged symmetrically around a projecting gabled entrance bay containing two round-headed windows. Its projecting cornice surmounts a wide entablature with corner returns. The entrance at the first story has a projecting hood supported by large brackets over the double door, and the stoops are framed by solid curcilinear railings with square, paneled newels.
The first story bay windows flanking the entrance bay have concave roofs. The side wings, two stories on the right and one story on the left, are later additions. style is not represented elsewhere in the District. 35. 143 Brattle Street (1959-60): The Holy Irinity Armenian Apostolic Church was designed in 1959-60 by John Bilzerian. The brick and limestone building is a modified Armenian-Turkish Georgian design. This is chiefly seen in the deep set arched entrance and high twelve-sided cupola. 36. 142 Brattle Street (1915): This Georgian Revival house was designed in 1915 by John Worthington Ames. The symmetrical facade is topped by a gambrel roof containing three dormers. The central entrance door with l its flanlight and sidelights sits within a square porch supported by thin Doric columns and surmounted by a balustrade. The considerable setback cfeates a park-like setting.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom NOV A 1988 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORI CAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Page 9 Commnity : Old Cambridge Form No: OC I.9 Property Name: N.R. D., Old Cam Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. 37. 146 Brattle Street (1939): William M. Duguid's Georgian Revival house of 1939 evokes the form of the seventeenth century Lee-Nichols House at 169 Brattle. Its elements include the enclosed central porch, with pilasters and pediment, 12/8 windows, central chimney, low balustraded roof and corner quoins. The house is shielded from the street by two large copper beech trees. 38. 149 Brattle Street (1761, 1869, 1886): The second floor is all that remains of Tory Richard Lechmere's 1761 mansion. The house was raised and a new first floor added in 1869.
The original top story was removed when the house was moved here from 145 Brattle Street in 1886. The main architectura, features (portico with paired columns, hip roof, and bay windows at either side) date from the nineteenth century remodelling. 39. 153 Brattle Street (1803): Built for Thomas Lee, this conservative five-bay house has a truncated hip roof with a balustraded deck. Gabled dormers flank a segmental dormer. The pedimented projecting entrance has a double door, fluted pilasters and a shouldered architrave. A wooden fence at the street has one and one-hala inch round ertical pickets. The balusters of the terrace balustrade are hefty and appear to be of a later date than the house. 40. 155 Brattle Street (1889): This two-story shingle-clad house of 1889 by Iongfellow, Älden & Harlow strongly reflects its medieval prototypes.
Its steeply pitched rood, angularity, second story overhang and small-paned casement windows all contribute to its medieval character. 41, 152 Brattle Street (1887): This Shingle Style house of 1887 by Cabot & Chandler is clapboarded on the first story and shingled on the second. Shingle wrap around the curved surfaces. A row of dogtooth shingles delineates each floor levelon the exterior. The recessed entrance porch faces Hubbard and a second porch projects into the garden. Situated with the gable end to Brattle Street the house enjoys a generous setback. 42. 154 Brattle Street (1860s): A fine example od the Mansard style, this house exemplifies the large comfortable houses built in fne 1oo0s. Ihe boxlike mass of the house is symmetrically organized. There a glassed-in entrance porch of Doric pilasters supporting a penelled entablature. Iwo bracketed bay windows flank the entrance.
The three second-story windows have segmental lintels, as do the dormers set in the flaring Mansard roof of imbricated slate. 43. pictme 159 Brattle Street (1680s, c. 1760): The Lee-Nichols House was built in the 1680s and remodelled to its present severe, three-story. form c. 1760 by Judge Joseph Lee. Its massive, six-flue central chimney, Staple to Inventory form at bottom NOV 1 4 1980 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity : Form No: I.9 Old Cambridge Property Name: N.R.D., O1d Cam. Page 10 Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. low-studded rooms and roughcast end wall give evidence of its early beginnings. The low-pitched roof is screened by a parapet of balusters alternating with panels. The projecting entrance vestibule has paired pilasters and an unusually wide, nine panel door.
The window frames project boldly from the facade with heavy cornices and molded sills. There are wooden quoins at the corners and the west elevation is plastered and painted. 44. 165 Brattle Street: (1873): Built for John Bartlett, this Mansard roofed house has some linear Stick Style detailing. The entrance porch and bay windows are later Colonial Revival additions. An accompanying carriage house is contemporary with and shares the architectural detailing of the main house. 45. Brattle Street (1883): Architect Henry Van Brunt's own house of 1883 is an early example of the Queen Anne style with picturesque massing, a variety of surface materials (shingles in various patterns, half-timbered gables), turned posts and divded upper sash windows. 46.
175 Brattle Street (c.1764): One of the best preserved of the Tory Row mansions, the Ruggles-Fayerweather house was built around 1764, and is a typical five-bay Georgian house. Three stories tall, , capped by a shallow hip roof, and twin chimneys, and features a pedimented central doorway. 47. 177 Brattle Street (1915): Set back from the street at the end of a driveway, this small I-shaped house was built as a squash court and garage for the neighboring Fayerweather house in 1915 by Coolidge and Carlson. 48. 160 Brattle Street (1884): This Queen Anne house was designed by Peabody & Stearns, and although its form remains unaltered, the removal of most of the original detailing and the color scheme has changed its character. The house consists of two perpendicular gambrel roofed sections, one with a gambrel roofed side ell.
The entrance door is set within a broad elliptical arched entrance porch. Numerous roof and wall dormers of various sizes are asym- metrically arranged on the facade. 49. 170 Brattle Street (1052): Oliver Hastings built this late Greek Revival house in 1852. wide corner pilasters, the bold cornice and hipped roof with monitor window recall Hastings' own house at 101 Brattle Street. The main structure has siding of horizontal flush boarding, while the right wing has clapboards. Full length windows flank the center entrance with its later small Doric porch. This house sits on a prominent corner, where it was moved in 1965 from 2 Phillips Place and restored.
1980 Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity : Old Cambridge Form No: oC I.9 Property Name: N.R.D., O1d Cam Page 11 Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. 50. Elmwood Avenue (1893): Designed by Peabody and Stearns in 1893, this Queen Anne/Shingle Style house is located on the corner of Traill Street and Elmwood. The Traill Street facade has a circular bay, and an entrance porch set at an angle on the right corner. A two-tier porch with flat arches and shingled posts is offset to story overhang has patterned shingles. The roof dormer has a steeply pitched roof. 51. 20 Elmwood Avenue (1892): Designed by John Hasty, this clapboard nouse has a very steep gambrel roof.
The square entrance porch contains thin Doric columns; in the third story above it, the gambrel roofed gable contains a Colonial Revival Palladian window. ina a Coloniat 52. 30 Elmwood Avenue (c. 1767): The Daniel Watson House, formerly 5 Russell Street, was built c. 1767 and was moved to its current site in 1965. It is one of the few surviving pre-Revolutionary farmhouses in Cambridge. The gambrel-roofed, five-bay clapboard house has a central entrance. The pedimented door frame with pilas- ters was probably added later in the 1790s. The house is one room deep with two rear wings. This dwelling provides a dramatic contrast to its grand neighbor at 33 Elmwood. 53. Picture 33, Elmwood Avenue - "Elmwood" (1767): A National Historic Landmark, this 1767 Georgian mansion was built by Loyalist Thomas Oliver, and was later the home of both Elbridge Gerry and James Russell Lowell. 54.
182 Brattle Street (1895): A major feature of this Queen Anne/ Shingle Style house, designed by W.R. Emerson, is the two-tier shingled porch with elliptical arched openings. One corner of the house is canted and contains two large 1/1 windows. The second story facade contains a large tri-partite window. The same window configuration appears above the entrance. The large hip roof has projecting eaves and show rafters, and caps the blocky form of the 55. 56. 202 Brattle Street (1903): Allen W. Jackson designed this stucco house for his own use in 1903. In the Neo-Tudor style, it has a picturesque roof line, two gabled bays on each end, and an over- hanging second story. The gables and central bay contain banks of small leaded windows. .This is an early example of an attached garage. The garage is linked to the left side of the house, and contains a half-timbered gable and bay window.
This is the last house in the District on the south side of Brattle Street. Lowell Park: This remaining fragment of the Oliver-Gerry-Lowell Estate links Elmwood to Brattle Street and Fresh Fond Parkway, and increases the spaciousness of the site. Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Page 12 Community : O1d Cambridge Form No: OC I.9 Property Name: O1d Camb. N.R.D. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. 57. 195 Brattle Street (1896): A Queen Anne style house, 195 Brattle was designed by H - Langford Warren. The first story is of stucco, the second is shingled. Medieval features include recessed entrance, the leaded glass windows flanking the door, the second story overhang and the tall pilastered chimneys.
Casement windows appear throughout in groups of three and four. The asymmetrical roof line terminates in gable ends of different sizes. 58. 199 Brattle Street (1966): This house was designed in 1966 by Hugh Stubbins for his own use. This modern design is set with the gable end facing Brattle Street. A wooden tence along Brattie. Nhich matches the vertical siding of the house, and a brick wall shield the house almost entirely from view. The ridge roof, wood siding and dormer window make this house compatible with its surroundings. 59. Il es fond Parkway (1838-1839, 1916, 1927): This Georgian Revival house was altered for President Eliot of Harvard in 1916 and again in 1927. It was originally a house of the Wyeth family, built in 1838-1839. The house has very large full-storied wings to the left and right. This creates a long extended facade of eight bays.
The entrance pavilion consists of a segmental pediment with fluted Doric pilasters around a transom with bull's eye lights. The elegant Jeffersonian serpentine wall of brick surrounding the corner site marks the end of the District. 60. Winthrop Hali, Episcopal Theological School, St. John's Road (1892), Longfellow, Alden-Harlow, architects: . This puddingstone dormitory follows the medieval inspiration established by architects- Ware and Van Brunt in the original bpiscopal. Theological School bulldings Ntwe rather than the Georgian Revival _idiom subsequently_favored by Longfellow in his work at Harvard and Radcliffe. The rock-faced sandstone trim and gable dormers enhance the medieval feeling of the building.
The O1d Cambridge National Register District includes Brattle Street between Fresh Pond Parkway and Garden Street plus portions of Phillips lace, James Street, Craigle Street, Elmwood Avenue and Longfellow Park see Cambridge Community Development P.D. Quad Maps 8, 9, 12, and 13A). Boundaries were chosen to include the original route to Watertown and properties appropriate to its development. -END- NOV 1 4 1980 Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity : Form No: Cambridge OC I 9 Property Name:01d Cambridge National Register Distri t Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
Boundary Justification/Instrusions The boundaries of the Old Cambridge National Register District were drawn to encompass the route of the 17th century Watertown Path west of Harvard Square along Mason Street, Brattle Street and Elmwood Avenue. As has already been described, this route has been developed through the present day with fine residences which define its primary character. Additionally, its eastern end near Harvard Square was developed with outstanding institutional buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the Episcopal Divinity School and Radcliffe College.
Aonamian draeth el Bilutli um ape are tire Not Thus, the district includes only a handful of structures which would be Ihese are the Mormon Church on Longtellow Park, the Armenian Church at Brattle and Sparks Streets, the Chronkite Center of Radcliffe College, and the two large modern structures of the Episcopal Divinity School at Mason Street and Philips Place. All of the residential properties, regardless of date, are considered to contribute to the significance of the district. 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 OMB NO. 1024-0018 EXP 12/31/84 For NPS use only received date entered Page 3 ak -7 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource Area Nomination/Type of Review V"21.
Harvard Houses fnaze hn E7NEN OBJECTIONY withdrao Sufetentive Wavlap /''22. Harvard Square Historic District SudstentirA *ors Attest Keeper Attest V 23. Old Harvard Yard Historic Sudadeative Heries Keeper /9District (BoundaryIncrease) DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Attest J 24. Old Cambridge Historic District Substantive Review Keeper Attest / 25. Winthrop Square Historic District gentive Hevlew Keeper Attest 126. Hubbard Park Historic District aacire Heries Keeper Attest -27. Fresh Pond Historic District Herten Keeper Attest 28. American Net and Iwine Company ntered in the Factory National Reglatar , Keeper Attest 29. Athenaeum Press Substantive Revier Keeper Attest ''30.
Barnes, James B., House Keeper Attest Date/Signature Patuik Andues 1/12/06 pottt Saunge 912186 Welliam/.Bracnom 4.13.82 tarvax tomcrlu Din e 6530.59 6/10/82 antaid WillianttBracham 41382 Reject 413.82 delure Ayere 11/52 WeewamH. Bracham 4.13.82 WelamA Brackam 4.13.82 1098-24 UUU. Canbridge MIt, ia old cambridee H:D= NOV OLD CAMB. 9050 85 Brattle 1098-24 1098-26 Cam b-1046 all cantridge HD. NOV 1 4 1980 5 C OLD CAMB. 94 Brattle 1098-26 1099-2 Canbritge MNA, Mo Old Carbrilge tt.D. NOV 1 1980 074C OLD CAmBO. 105 Brattle 1099-2 1099-7 Can iridge MRA, Mr Old Garbridoe With NOV 1 4 1980 074C 121 Brattle 1099-7 1100-9 Canbridge MRA, Ma Old Camorige HD. OLD CAMBi C 33 Elmwood 1100 -9 1099-30 vambrilge MRA, MA NOV 14 1980 OLD CAMB: C 159 Brattle 1099-30 1110-1ZA 043 C NOV 1 4 1980 Cambridge MRA Ma Old cambridge H.D. WinthropHall 110-I2A 1110-13A 0 g Camb-idage MRA, Ma Old carbridge H.D. OLD CAMB.
Episcopal Theological School NOV 1 4 1980 1110-13A ..". 10-15A cainbrilge MLA, Ma Old Canbrilge l.p. OLD CAMB. 43C Episcopal Theological School NOV 1 4 1980 1110-15A Dbn 164 170 180 co l AVENUE 33 798 :0 202 209 8D000 NATiANAL. 302200 1g:00. CHARLES 80000 1i0eL DgSiS AUBURM STREET OLo CAMBRIDGE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT OC I.9 COOLIGDO NC= NOT CONTRIBUTING CAMBRIPGE 557 160 170 198 0 15TKF 12 Kl DODO böba - MATiONAL 18,00 adòn CHARLES RIVER DOC Daça,aL DNH HAT STREET OLD CAMBRIDCE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT 228 30 10° NC = NOT CONTRIBUTING CHC Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275 January 22, 1981 Ms. Patricia I.
Weslowski Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission State House Preservation Officer 294 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts 02108 SUBJECTE 17 Fresh Pond Parkway Cambridge Dear Director Weslowski: In compliance with your letter of 14 December 1981 and federal regulations 36 CFR Part 60; I, Catherine N. Gillikin, as sole owner of 17 Fresh Pond Parkwaw Cambridge, Mass. object and resist the listingof my property (17 Fresh Pond Parkway) and all other properties under consideration, to wit: 21d Cambridpe National. Repister District, into the U.S. Governments National Register of Historic Places. Yours Truely, Catherni 7, Sillin Catherine N. Gillikin Catherine N. Gillikin 17 Fresh Pond Parkway Cambridge Mass. 02138 Massachusettsyss Subsccbed ind sworn beforemethis Middlesex 254 dayof Ionussy 982. mtke Pesenead by Msennki 1/25/62 MAR 3 1982 iAy Cossm mmerr -PWic Lry 0.
12 Eapiros Aori Sa 1 (]- PEABODY & ARNOLD COUNSELLORS AT LAW J. STANLEY LOWDEN JoHN G. BROOKS ROBERT D. POWER PETER B. SEAMANS JAMES A. P. HOMANS SAMUEL S. ROBINSON MICHAEL J. GLAZERMAN PAUL R. DEVIN MITCHELL S. M. KROCK THOMAS H. BRANTLEY KIMBALL E. C. HULL BENJAMIN W. MOULTON ALLEN N. DAVID JONATHAN BANGS HARVEY WEINER JOSEPH D. S. HINKLEY PETER G. HERMES ALEXANDER H. PRATT, JR. EDWARD E. WATTS II DEBORAH S. GRIFFIN ROBERT W. MONAGHAN HOWARD M. STICKIOR LINDA D. CHASE LINDA A. TOMASELLI DENNIS P. CRIMMINS LINDA M. BUCCI ELLEN S. ZACK RECEVED ONE BEACON STREET -BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108 TELEPHONE 523-2100 AREA CODE 617 FEB - 9 1982 MASS. HIST. COMM. OF COUNSEL PHILIP H. CAHALIN February 3, 1.982 Ms. Patricia L.
Weslowski Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Conmission 294 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108 Re: Old Cambridge National Register District 7 IongfellowPark (219-38, 35) Dear Ms. Weslowski: In response to your letter to "Willard B. Luther" dated December 14, 1981, Mrs. Willard B. Luther (Josephine Luther), his widow and present owner of the property at 7 Iongfellow Park, Cambridge, has requested that we transmit to you her notarized objection to the listing of her property as part of the Old Cambridge National Register District. Enc. JGB/cps Very truly yours, sonfcly 41 Borks cc. Mrs. Willard B.
Luther By Hand MAR 3 1982 OLD CAMBRIDGE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT 7 Iongfellow Park (219-38, 35) OWNER'S AFFIDAVIT AND ORJECTION The undersigned, JOSEPHINE LUTHER, hereby certifies that she is the sole owner of the private property numbered 7 Iongfellow Park, Cambridge, and that she objects to the listing of said property on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Old Cambridge National Register District. fosephine Suther Josephine Luther Dated January 15, 1982 Boston, Mass., February 9, 1982 Subscribed and sworn to, before me, CPutiinie i Sulleaaa Ny comission expires 1/21/88. MAK 3 1982 E Canbridge. Joseph P. Saulewski FUNERAL HOME (J KIRKLAND 7-3493 AIR CONDITIONED CHAPEL JOSEPH P. SZULEWSKI, JR. FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER 93 OTIS STREET E. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 02141 Feb. 3, 1982 Patricia Weslowski Exec. Director Mass. Historical Comm. Boston, Mass. Dear Ms.
Weslowski; We wish to advise you that we do not want our properties located at 95-97 Otis Street and 126-128 Otis Street, Camb. Massachusetts listed in the National Register of Historical Sincerely yours; E.Cam AfuslEgeleue ,SZULEWSKI. NOTARY PUBLIQ MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 3-25-88 MAR 31982 RECEIVED SEP 14 1982 SS. Ms. Valerie Talmage Acting Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Comm. 294 Washington St Boston, Mass. 02108 September 11, 1982 Dear Ms. Valerie, I am the sole owner of the property, which is private, located at 85 Brattle St. and 4 Mason St. in Cambridge, Mass. I wish to object to the inclusion of this property in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cambridge Multiple Resource Area. I understand I will not be listed. Thank you for notifying me of the special meeting on 0ctober 19. Sincerely yours, Hildrelh D Burnelt (Mrs.
Dunn Burnett) 85 Brattle St. Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex Personally appeared bef re er eth Dunn Burnett who achnorledged ihn rorezotThe hanB.lìn leed, My commission expires Sept151982 RICHARD B. CURRIER NOTARY PUBLIC,IState of Massachusetts My Commission Expires Sept. 27, 1985 nd Camy objcct AADAANA SSU 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 September 17, 1982 Mrs. Dunn Burnett 85 Brattle Street Cambridge, Mass 02138 Dear Mrs.
Burnett: The Massachusetts Historical Commission has received your notarized objection to the listing of 85 Brattle Street in the National Register of Historic Please be aware that this property 15 being nominated as part of the O1d Cambridge National Register District; according to the National Register regulations, 36CFR60, a mayority of property owners within the district must object to prevent its listing. Sincerely, Candace Jentins Candace Jenkir Registration Director CJ/1k ad lambricye Nes MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY ocretal MEMORANDUM SEP 1 7 1982 1O: Property Owners VT MASS. HIST.
COMM: FROM: Vaierie Taimage, Acting Executive Director RE: National Register of Historic Places, Cambridge Multiple Resource Area DATE: September 3, 1982 You have been notified several times, most recently in December, 1981, that your property 1s being considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cambridge Multiple Resource Area. Many of the properties included in that nomination were listed in the National Register on April 13, 1982. A final decision on the district in which you own property has been delayed due to the objections of farvard University. Harvard, a property owner in your district, has objected to listing of all their properties.
At the request of the Keeper of the National Register, the MHC has agreed to reconsider the significance of all Harvard owned properties, and the listricts in which they are located, at â special meeting on October 19, 1982. Attached is a formal letter notifying you of that meeting. We regret any inconvenience this delay has caused you. VT/sac enclosure Doar Weiss Talmage- Olave hotfied you and also washinghn that I dit NoT wisl to be hosiiated to the katenal Regesten., 5-7Bron St isalveady in a Cambnid, Hrslnic Distict and Eo hus, mind that in safficien Protaclion Sft 1 3,82 Dirigft ff. Andeu old Cambricye objct CJ BORDOR SSOU 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 October 27, 1982 Dwight H.
Andrews 5-7 Brown Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Dear Mr. Andrews: We have received your letter stating that you do not wish the structure located at 5 - 7 Brown Street, Cambridge, MA, to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Please be advised that according to the Federal regulations governing the National Register program (36CRF30) objections must be notarized to be valid. I refer you to page 2 of our original notification letter (copy enclosed) for further clarification. If you object to the listing of your property, you must submit a notarized statement within 30 days of the date of this letter. This statement should include the address of the property and affirm that you are the owner. If we do not hear from you within this time, the property will be considered for listing without further notice.
We hope that you will consider withdrawing your objection, as we feel that your property is a significant asset to the community. If you would like to discuss the ramifications of National Register designation, we would be happy to meet with you. Sincerely, Candace fenkins Candace Jel Registration Director Massachusetts Historical Commission CJ/sac enclosure 7 Brown Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Candace Jeukins Regestiation Duerlo Manecharetts Histonical Commissim 5,1982 RECEIVED NOV - 3 1982 MASS. HIST. COMMA 294 Washugten St Boston heass 02108 Doar t geakies: Dam the riner of 7 Broen St, Cambridge (Iustice you call it 5-7 Broun St- then is ho 15) aud I wish to recond the fact that I do wat word hy house ou the kotional Regista. The puofety is already in the Beatthe Kestoic District and S belien Unat is suffsient feroliclion. Sueie, your Duight 1t Andeews GOMM.
OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNTY OF MIODLESEX, SS. EARED BEFORE ME THIS DAT Dwigkt #. Andrems AND ACK S'NLEDGED THIS INSTRUMENT TO BE TRUE' TO TRE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF. hoente 5,198 3 felen di Nrallon NOTARY PUBLIC RECEIVED SEP 21 1982 CERTIFICATION MASS. HIST. COMM. We are the owners of the private property located at 144 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and object to its being listed with the National Register of Historic Places. i Maurice Lazayl hamyS. legeren Nancy Comm. of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. Then came the above-named Maurice Lazarus and Nancy S. Lazarus who are personally known to me and swore that the foregoing statements are true and that their signing of the foregoing statements is their free act and will.
September 17, 1982 Tirespactatein Mildred Rothstein dcamy 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 September 28, 1982 Maurice and Nancy Lazarus 144 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Lazarus: The Massachusetts Historical Conmission has received your notarized biection to the listing of 144 Brattle Street, Canbridge, MA, 1n the National Register of Historic Places.
Please be aware that this property 15 being nominated as part of the O1d Cambridge National Register District; iccording to the National Register regulations, 36CFRO0, a majority oI owners within the district must object to prevent its listing Sincerely, Candace fenkins andace Jonkin egistration Directo Massachusetts Historical Commission CJ/sac CT 128 BRATTLE STREET CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS 02138 September 20, 1982 Massachusetts Historical CommisBRon. CEIVED 294 Washington Street SEP 24 1982 Boston, Massachusetts 02108 MASS. HIST. COMM. Re: 128 Brattle Street (220-55) Old Cambridge National Register District Dear Sirs, This has reference to your letter of September 3, 1982 concerning the captioned private property and its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
Please be advised that we are, as Tenants in Common, 100%-owners of the above, and that we do not concur with, but do object to, its being listed under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1980 and Federal regulations 36CFR Part 60. Sincerely, Tranclelies Francis P. Lehár s.S. Soptia Csohiór Sophie P. Lehár STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS) COUNTY Triddlesex, SUBSCRIBED BEFORE VL CHIS 2OTE DAI OF apterles Rihard 4 Goell NOTARY PUBLIC RICHARD H. LOVELL, NOTARY PUBLIC COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS My Commission Expires Dec. 29, 1983 ,1982 edCamb bra 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 September 28, 1982 Francis and Sophie Lehar 128 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Dear Mr. and Mrs.
Lehar: The Massachusetts Historical Commission has received your notarized objection to the listing of 12o Brattle street, Cambriage, MA, in the National Register of Historic Places. Please be aware that this property is being nominated as part of the Old Cambridge National Register District; according to the National Register regulations, 36CFR60, a majority of property owners within the district must object to prevent its listing. Sincerely, Candace fenkins Candace fenkins Registration Director Massachusetts Historical Commission CJ/sac ... consent 219-32 VT- 9/26/82 Valerie Talmage Acting Executive Director Acting State Historic Preservation Officer Massachusetts Historical Conmission Commonwealth of Massachusetts 294 washington Street Boston, Ma. 02108 RECEIVED SEP 2 8 1982 MASS. HIST. COMM.
Dear Director: I am responding to your recent letter soliciting opinions concerning Harvard University's objection to the listing of their properties in the National Register of Historic Places. As a former member of the Cambridge City Council, I know first hand the hard work and dedication typically demonstrated by the Cambridge Historical Commission in their selection and nomination of certain areas for con- sideration of the National Register. Unfortunately, I know, too, the difficulty in obtaining cooperation from Harvard University in any effort to serve the City of Cambridge. Therefore, I am not surprised that Harvard University has put yet another stumbling block in the path of the local Historical Commission and caused delay in the final action that would preserve our local heritage. I strongly object to Harvard's efforts to delay action on this issue.
Surely, if they do not want to preserve their own heritage (buildings designated by the Cambridge Historical Commission) they need to be made aware (once again) of the importance of the totality of our city. Cambridge does not exist merely for the real estate exploitation of Harvard University and I sincerely hope and trust that your hearing will overrule Harvard's objection and get on with what so many of us have awaited. mary Been frene Mary Ellen Preusser 2 Willard Street Court Cambridge, Ma. 02138 MONANA SS1I MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION RaCanbridge jes COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY Secretary of State September 30, 1982 Ms. Mary Ellen Preusser Two Williard Street Court Cambridge, MA 02138 Dear Ms.
Preusser: Thank you for your recent letter supporting the inclusion of Harvard owned properties in the Cambridge Multiple Resource nomination to the National Re- gister of Historic Places. Your recognition of the hard work this represents on the part of Cambridge Historical Cormission is much appreciated. The members of the Massachusetts Historical Conmission will reconsider the significance of Harvard owned properties and the districts in which they are located on November 10 at 1 p.m. at the Charlestown Navy Yard(officers Club, Hull Room). You are welcome to attend; in any case, they will be made aware of your support. Sincerely, Candace Jenhuis Candace Jenkins Registration Director Massachusetts Historical Conmission CJ/pg september 30,1982 acting Executive Director old Cambriafe 170-33 mass. Historical Commission 294 woashington Street RECEIVED Boston, MA 02108 OCT -:1982 Dear Ms.
Talmaqe, MASS. HIST. COMM. . Thank you fo your september 3, 1982 letter concerning our property's possible nomination to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cambridge Multiple Resource Qrea - we appreciate your keepinq us informed aud up todate! Myy husband and I wish to state simply that we fully believe in lld support the Mass. Historical Commission's plans! Cambridgeie an historical, vital and diverse city - it is importent to preserve and mauntaun this unuguehess for future generations to enjoy and lear from. The past is the foundation on which the future is buclt- this country must preserve suck areas as this and hopefully, tus tume, your plane uill be successfully lsted in the Natonal Resister. We look ferward to hearing from you soon again concerning the status of our property and area! Thanking you for yout assistance, Suncerely, Dr. and Mrs. Hoyd M.
Aielle 2la Berkeley street cambridge, MAO2138 Tel. 876.2648 LELAND A. LITTLEFIELD, M. D. 205 BRATTLE ST. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 02138 KIRKLAND 7-6110 RECEIVED SEP 30 1982 MASS. HIST. GOMM. Thassaelmatts Xistorical Coremsam 294 Waskungtn Steel Dastrr, Teve ony retined Bepi iutin y ue Man titthhed and D are toth quatt rihet iogath munt, iomiatis Iuluda kithhon MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Oldcamb, yes COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Office of the Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-727-8470 MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY Secretary of State October 1, 1982 Dr. Leland Littlefield 205 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Dear Dr. Littlefield: Thank you for your recent letter of support for the nomination of 205 Brattle Street as part of the Old Cambridge National Register District.
Your position will be made known to the mem- bers of the Massachusetts Historical Conmission when they recon- sider this nomination on November 12, 1982. Sincerely, Candace Jenhens Candace Jenki Registration Director Massachusetts Historical Commission CJ/pg - - old Cambricy yes 110-36 AMBULATORY CARE CENTER - LEVEL 6 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02114 617-227-1970 PROBERT N. GANZ, M.D. JOHN C. ROBINSON, M.D. WRENCE D. COHAN, M hermmed October 6, 1982 OCT -/ 1982 Re: MASS. HIST. COMM 5 Phillips Place Cambridge, MA 02138 Property of Robert and Claire Ganz Ms. Valerie Talmage Acting Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 294 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108 Dear Ms. Talmage: Mrs. Ganz and I enthusiastically support the nomination of our property to the National Register. The house is an original prime example of the Federal style of 1830-40.
It was in this house that Charles W. Eliot and Grace Mellon Hopkinson were mar- ried about 1873 and also in this house that the concept of Radcliffe College originated. The adjacent well kept-up garden preserves the rustic artistic values of the early nineteenth century. Sincerely, Trui. Robert Norton Ganz, M.D. RNG/mag yes WILLIAM S. APPLETON. RE CEIVED Old cambridye 219-10 11 HAWTHORN STREET CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS 02138 OCT 14 1982 PHONE (617) 868-9149 MASS. HIST. COMM. Oct ", 1982 Massaclmaetts Hislotical Commision 294 Washigton St. Boston, Mass 02/08 Re: 0l2 Cambrikge Matrional Regists hotsit Towohomt man please note that tt propesty 9-13 Häothorn St. (219-10) Camblidge Mass 02138 snolonges ornel te John DeGozzalli audHens winstor, The prisent oonets are WllaS. apfletm, MD and Ms. Linde Neyddn utes corsepalen ti tioo cursent ooners at I1 Harottals S8. Thank jou.
Willins aptt, of Historic Plnces. old Cambridger NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH object FOUNDED AND INCORPORATED IN 1955 175 MT. AUBURN STREET CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138 Telephone - TRowbridge 6-7630 (Area Code 617) not legged October 15, 1982 Ms. Valerie Talmage Acting Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 294 Washington St. Boston, Mass. 02108 RECEIVED OCT 29 1982 MASS. HIST. COMM. Re: 175 Mount Auburn Street (219-17) Dear Ms. Talmage: As sole owner of the above referenced property located in the Cambridge Multiple Resource Area, we wish to object to its listing Our objections, notarized below, are in accordance with the National Historic Preservations Act Amendments of 1980 and Federal regulations 36CFR Part 60. Sincerely yours, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH, INC. Notarized this Prth. Mhavood s. boun Manoog S.
noog S. umectors Chairman, Eiian /apscian Erivan Hagopian, Treasure day of October, 1982, Rolert It. Chorpe Notary Public My commission expires 1217/87 Oll Cambridy ( Cambridge Commor RADCLIFFE COLLEGE Ten Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (617) 495-8601 Office of the President November 10, 1982 RECEIVED Ms. Valerie Talmage Acting Executive Director Acting State Historic Preservation Officer Massachusetts Historical Commission 294 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108 NOV 1 6 1982 MASS. HIST. COMM. Dear Ms. Talmage: I am writing to confirm our recent telephone conversation at which time I advised you that (as noted in previous correspondence) the Radcliffe College Board of Trustees had objected to having its property listed in accord with the National Register of Historic Places. Since the regulations Matina S. Horner.
oparvate prapenty this teyinr th bethe sagte dsy the President, Thank you for your attention to this matter. sincerely, oupsmonel Louis R. Morrell Financial Vice President This is to certify that the Radcliffe College Board of Trustees is the governing board responsible for all property owned by Radcliffe College. It is further certified that the Board objects to the listing of any or all of its property in the National Register of Historic Places. Matina Aorer Matina S. Horner President State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex On this 10th day of November, 1982 personally appeared the above named Matina S. Horner and made oath that the above statement by her subscribed are true. Before me, us Rmonell Louis R. Morrell, Notary Public My commission expires Sept. 7, 1984.
ROPES & GRAY 225 FRANKLIN STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS O21IO (617) 423-6100 CABLE ADDRESS "ROPGRALOR" TELEX NUMBER 940519 TELECOPY (617) 423-7841 IN WASHINGTON: I00I TWENTY-SECOND STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C.20037 April 4, 1983RECEIVED *391000 APR - 6 1983 MASS. HIST. COMM. Federal Express Ms. Carol D. Shull Acting Keeper National Register of Historic Places National Park Service U.S. Department of Interior Pension Building Washington, D.C. 20240 Re: Petition for Substantive Review regarding Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) District Nominations to the National Register by the Massachusetts Historical Commission Dear Ms. Shull: On behalf of President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard"), I enclose a Petition to Prevent Listing And/Or Determination öf Register Eligibility in order to obtain substantive review pursuant to 36 C.E.R. 60.6(t).
of the Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) District Nominations to the National Register by the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC)- Harvard has previously filed a Notarized Statement of Objections which included objections to those two nominations as well as to other nominations involving Harvard properties which had been returned I to the MHC by the National Register for reconsideration last fall. However, reconsideration of all but four of those nominations was deferred pending completion of a study, as more explained in the Petititon. fully Those four nominations include the Garfield Street and Maple Avenue as well as Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) proposed districts, all of which were renominated by the MHC last fall. Harvard ROPES & GRAY Ms. Carol D.
Shull -2- April 4, 1983 at this time wishes to confirm its objections to the Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) District Nominations. To be sure to avoid confusion on this matter, I enclose another Notarized Statement of Objections limited to those two nominations. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours, gen7. Fandelh Jess I. Fardella JTE/jaf CC : Valerie Talmage, Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission PETITION IO PREVENT LISTING AND/OR DETERMINATION OF REGISTER ELIGIBILITY INTRODUCTION This Petition to Prevent Listing and/or Determination of Register Eligibility is submitted by President and Fellows of Harvard College ("Harvard") in accordance with 36 C.F.R.
60.6(t)(1982) to obtain substantive review of the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places ("National Register") of two districts in which Harvard-owned property is located. Those district nominations (the Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) Districts) were voted upon favorably by the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) on November 10, 1982, and are shortly to be forwarded to the National Register. They were part of a larger group of nominations involving Harvard-owned properties included in the Cambridge Multiple Resource Nomination of 1980, and returned by the National Register to the MHC in the summer of 1982 for reconsideration.
In connection with that reconsideration and presumably in response to the National Register's substantive comments on the nominations, the Cambridge Historical Commission (CHC) on October 6, 1982 submitted supplementary materials in the form-of a multiple resource nomination continuation sheet and continuation sheets for most of the inventory forms used for the individual nominations. On November 10, 1982, the MHC voted unanimously to accept á proposal by Harvard whereby reconsideration of all but four of the nominations involving its properties would be deferred pending a cooperative study of the Harvard environs in Cambridge by Harvard, the MHC and CHC. As part of that proposal, Harvard withdrew its objections to nomination of the Garfield Street and Maple Avenue Districts, which were also voted upon favorably on November 10, 1982 by the MHC.
With respect to the nominations of the O1d Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) Districts, Harvard maintained its objections and filed a notarized statement thereof with the MHC. In this Petition, Harvard contends that the Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) district nominations, even as supplemented by the CHC, still do not satisfy the National Register Criteria ("Criteria") and interpretations thereof, and should therefore be denied - listing and declared ineligible for listing by the National Register, in their present form. The insufficiencies and defects of those nominations have been confirmed in Harvard's view by the National Register's draft publication of guidelines entitled "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation" ("Guidelines").
-2- In this Petition, Harvard will primarily address the substantive aspects of the Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) District nominations with reference to the Criteria, and more specifically with reference to the Guidelines and to the supplementary materials submitted by the CHC. Of course, in so doing, Harvard does not intend to waive any of its legal rights, or any of its arguments previously advanced concerning the National Register process, and it continues to reserve same.
-3- Old Cambridge Harvard has previously acknowledged the worth of the celebrated residential buildings lining Brattle Street, but has taken issue with the inclusion of other properties which lie at the geographical periphery of the district and are unrelated in character, appearance, historic significance and use to the houses of "Tory Row," thus jeopardizing the justifiable district that could be drawn in the Brattle Street area. Such unrelated and peripheral properties are primarily those lying south and east of Mason Street. This area, in which several Radcliffe College buildings as well as one of Harvard is located, includes an auditorium, a library, a gymnasium, several buildings containing institutional offices, classrooms, a child care center and faculty and student residences. It lies at the outskirts of the commercial areas of Harvard Square.
The supplementary materials of the CHC in fact acknowledge that the "primary character" of the proposed district is defined by the "fine residences" lining Brattle Street. The predominantly institutional buildings at the southern and eastern peripheries and the Brattle Street residences are said to be linked only because the "Watertown Path," an early 17th century way "said to have followed an earlier Indian trail", runs throughout both areas. However, no claim is made that the institutional buildings bear any relation, historic or -4- otherwise, to the old way or trail, and are hence related to the residential properties. The inclusion of this unrelated, peripheral area violates fundamental principles of the district concept, as expressed in the Guidelines. The proposed district as drawn cannot be said to be identifiable and distinct from its surroundings (Guidelines, p.
25), to reflect coherent internal relationships, (Guidelines, pp. 25-26), to have a temporal focus (Guidelines, P. 27), or to have only a minimum of noncontributing or intrusive features (Guidelines, pp. 40-41), given the inclusion of this unrelated area. Moreover, this area contains properties of recent construction (i. e., Cronkhite Graduate Center [1959], Longfellow Hall [1929], and Byerly Hall (1931]). These buildings are not claimed nor could they be shown to be "integral" 'to the proposed district and therefore cannot be included therein. 36 C.F.R. 60.4; Guidelines, p. 45.
Indeed, some of these buildings, as well as others in the proposed district of recent construction and/or of religious use, have been acknowledged by the CHC in the supplementary materials to be "non-contributing." Harvard proposes that the boundaries of this nomination be revised to exclude the peripheral areas of institutional use in the southern and eastern portions of the proposed district. -5- Cambridge Common (Amended) The proposed amendment to this previously listed district involves both deletion of properties (some of which are proposed for inclusion in the proposed Old Cambridge District and some of which were duplicatively included in the Harvard Yard National Register District) as well as addition of properties.
As to deletion, there appears to be no authority under the regulations for deletion of properties which are to be or are already included in other districts and which therefore purportedly meet the Criteria. See 36 C.E.R. 1202.16(a)(2)(1980) and 36 C.E.R. 60.14(a)(2)(1982) (requiring demonstration that deleted properties are not eligible under the Criteria). The more serious problem is posed by the proposed enlargement of the boundaries, which must be shown to possess "previously unrecognized significance" and must be "documented in detail" with a new nomination form covering the entire proposed district, as altered. See 36 C.E.R. 1202.16(a)(1)(2)(1980) and 36 C.E.R. 60.14(a) (2)(1982). - There is no demonstration of "previously unrecognized significance." Indeed, Austin Hall is one of the added buildings, and it was included individually on the National Register in 1970.
Nor is there any indication that new information concerning the added houses on Farwell Place or the properties on Church Street has arisen since the original listing of the Cambridge Common District. -6- Moreover, neither Farwell Place nor Church Street is adjacent to or overlooks the Cambridge Common, the source of the supposed theme of the district. Harvard has pointed out previously the undistinguished character of most of the buildings on Farwell Place, and the problems of integrity posed by remodeling and alteration of some of them.
The double houses at 14-16 and 18-29 are unremarkable and are in fact acknowledged to be "plain" and "among the simplest Greek Revival structures in Cambridge, " a style which abounds and is much better represented elsewhere in Cambridge, especially given that "It]he design lof the Farwell houses] lacks pilaster capitals." The rest of Farwell Place exhibits no internal consistency, much less a coherent relation to the rest of the proposed amended district (see Guidelines, pp. 25-27 and 40-41); 10-12 Farwel1 Place is labelled "Bracketed Italianate," while 22- 24 Farwell Place is originally of 1874 but was given Neo- Georgian entrance and fenestration about 1925. No comment is made about the impact of these alterations on the proposed amended district or on the building, as required by the Guidelines (pp. 26, 37, 38 and 40).
The relocated properties (11 and 15 Farwell Place) preserved by Harvard have not been claimed or shown to be integral parts of the proposed district, as required by 36 C.F.R. 60.4 and the Guidelines, p. 45. -7- Even less justifiable is the proposed expansion of the district to include the properties on Church Street. The supplementary materials of the CHC acknowledge that "the one story modern structures at 23-25 and 27-29 Church Street" are "intrusions," clearly establishing that such properties of recent construction cannot be "integral" to the proposed amended district as required in order to be included within it. 36 C.F.R. 60.4 and Guidelines, p. 45. Nor is there any reason for including the remaining area on Church Street encompassed by the proposed extension.
This area includes a parking lot, a fire house, and a church, none of which have any discernible relation to the rest of the proposed district. In short, the case for the proposed extension of this district has not been made. Nor could it, inasmuch as the addition of the properties on Farwell Place and Church Street makes untenable any claim that the proposed district is a distinct, coherent entity. -8- CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the National Register should rule that the Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) District nominations should not be listed and are ineligible for listing on the National Register. Respectfully submitted by President and Fellows of Harvard College By: ten7. Fadell Jess I. Fardella Ropes & Gray 225 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (617) 423-6100 Dated: April 4, 1983 -9- HARVARD UNIVERSITY ROBERT H.
SCOTT VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION MASSACHUSETTS HALL CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138 617-495-4374 NOTARIZED STATEMENT OF OBJECTIONS TO NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS I, Robert H. Scott, now depose and say as follows: 1. I am Vice President for Administration of Harvard University, and am authorized to make this Statement on behalf of Harvard University in accordance with 36 C.F.R. 60.6(g), per- taining to the registering of objections to nominations of privately-owned properties for listing in the National Register. the properties listed in "A" 2. I certify that Harvard University is the "preportees") . attached hereto (the " I am informed and believe that the properties are those prop- erties which are involved or included in the National Register nominations by the Massachusetts Historical Commission of the proposed Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common (Amended) districts. 3.
Harvard University wishes to register its objections to the Old Cambridge and Cambridge Common distri ct nominations. Signed and sworn before me, this ist aprie _ 1983 Robert H. Scott Vice President for Administration Harvard University day of Mavie Cabral Notary Public My Commission Expires: 1/31/86 "A" PROPOSED DISTRICTS: Old Cambridge National Register District 7-9 Appian Way (170-35) 20 Elmwood Ave. (240-2) 33 Elmwood Ave. (246-9) Cambridge Common National Register District (Amended) 35 Church St. (169-10) 10 Farwel1 PI. (169-15) 11-13 Farwell Pl. (169-22, 22 A) 12 Farwel1 P1. (169-16) 14-16 Farwell Pl. (169-17) 15 Farwell P1. (169-92) -2- Canbide - ba sip p prebitat. NoT BE. Architen sipnifint. undr B._- Home. NoT for A Ti.- NOT An PROIS DESCRIBED C/NC. NOT QDOD- POOR PHOTDE COVERACE * NEED REPORT. NEW PHOTO; NOT LABELED.
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