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Nomination for Emmons, G.B., House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,089 words across 8 pages, filed in 1984. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 84002353, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

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

FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 AREA FORM NO. 4 Town Methuen Address 283 Broadway Historic Name / G. B. - Emmons House MAMR Present Owner: Henry Camacho PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number = 1-5 SKETCH MAP Show property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection. Indicate north. HIGH ST. Use: Present_ Original_ DESCRIPTION: private residence same Date_ ca. 1890 Source v/a; maps Style Shingle Style/Queen Anne Architect_unknown Exterior wall fabric_shingle Outbuildings_ none Major alterations (with dates)_ none BROADIVAY Moved Approx.

acreage Date n/a 7344gg.4 one acre or less Setting_located on busy thoroughfare adjacent to town center Recorded by Gail Hunton/Carole Zellie Organization Landscape Research, Ltd. Date May, 1978/May, 1983 Assessor's Data: Block 56, Lot 11 UTM Reference: (Staple additional sheets here) Lawrence Quad 1:25,000 19 320840 4732810 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) 283 Broadway is a good example of the style-conscious residential building seen in Methuen after 1900, and is characteristic of the type of single-family house advertised by local builders. The 2½-story shingle-clad Queen Anne house with corner turret rests on a fieldstone foundation; upper sash windows are six-paned.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) 283 Broadway possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. It represents the "standard" Shingle Style version of merchants' and businessmen's houses built by Methuen and Lawrence carpenters at the turn of the century. This one is of particular importance because of its location in the town center. G. B. Emmons, the first owner, was president of Emmons Loom Harness Company in Lawrence. It meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Methuen Pictorial Souvenir, 1903.

10M - 7/82 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Methuen Multiple Resource Area Essex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review *1. Barker, Stephen, House Entered Efe National Begieter 2. Buswell, J. E., House Enfered the Nationel Register 3. Daddy Frye's Hill Cemetery Entered in the Manigpal Rezister 4. Dolan, Terence, House Entered in the Mationel Regieter 5. Double-arch Sandstone Bridge 6. Emerson House 7. Emerson, Capt. Oliver, Homestead 8. Emmons, G. B., House 9. First Baptist Church Entered in the Mebtonel Register Matered 1n the MatLonel Regteter Entered in the National Regieter Intored La tae Mettonal Regtwber 10. Hardy, Urias, House Substantive Revtev OMB No.1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 For NPS use only recelved date entered (71(7 Page / M 5 dnr-11 Covu OK Date/Signature traoa Almetra pt Attest /Reeper AuloueDgens410/84 Attest FReeper AibmeBzen /20/84 Attest TKeeper Attest AlelouaByu1/10/x4 Keeper Anuca da Deel 4etr Attest feeper dhlruBgan /w/84 Attest fKeeper dilmeBye/20/84 Attest Feeper AelunaByenl1/40/84 Attest fReeper Attest Selmußyed 1/0/84 Keeper tnurte langd uhelea Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Emmons, G.B., House (Methuen MRA) Essex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: L sample J request Working No.- DEC - 7 1983 Fed. Reg.

Date: 2-5-86 Date Due: (5/84 - 1/21/89 Entered in the Action: ACCEPT - 1/70/87 -RETURN Mat1onal Register - REJECT- Federal Agency: _ Jappeal L NR decision Recom./Criteria Reviewer Discipline Date _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? yes no 7. Description Condition excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one J unaltered J altered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Status Accessible Present Use Check one - original site moved date 8.

Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) - 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 Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _national state local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 13.

Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed Date _ - Phone: _ Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Emmers G.B. Hersc Methuen Mr2.4 Ma '' 122 13.326 10,4UU 00 O 4 (PL564) 6,550 5 180 8.02 AC 9,686 175 179 28 184 2 102.76 BLK 136,70 4 .Ced 14,693 BLK 18,000- 7161 6178 192.5 10% PL564= 57 134.57 60 (PL579) 3 144.5, 7,240 59.5 123 172 170.65 110 154.7 29 30 1062 EVENS 129 (5915 N/A 6 2950 90.7 2 06,550 68 GAGE 66.43 17,376 1 109 10,620 ST 123.25 6,000 123.43 21 158 87.5 9,610 129 62 90 81.76 23,213 ~35000 64.5 PL351) 71.67 100 60% 41 134.2 161.7 - HIGH- 48- 03182 50. 50.41 66.3 5 4 71,00 O 97- 0.

6 10,200 7,095 8 ORg g1I 8,000 6,397 60 63.59 597)0 10 io 14,770 4,983 66.5 149.4 49.5 16 (VOL22) u*24), VENS .092 18.8 (PL 3-4-8) 48,88 19.63 8 .114.75 143.5 115.43 5"741 .75 AC N 17A TE 12,400 12,071 128.95 4817 (PL7-2 17.) 7.9.21 do 115 21 20,797 00 , 16.37 10(PL163,05 17,228 60.74. SCLD BLK (PL490)7500 50?S 166.68 13 60.15 102 0 65.04 32474. 31.85/ 122 75.45/50 108.64 - - PLEASANT TI.AA 157.68 119 0.

BLK (PL.570) 7300~7 66265.16 4300 17.7138.7 (PL451)3 18,305 55 45.76 8200 4-3-22) 12,350 22.5 143.75 20.4 40.8 57.58 -4737 93.5 87.54 1026 CHARLES 29.70 740 5302TO553AS 282 78.8 /29.52 DEE Dr (6603 125 109.8 2 193.97 (PL614) LAWR 260 (PL666) 16,600 RIVER R6IS2B(P2 90-22) R(A530 "*69946 ST(PL6-4-3) (PL 397) OSGOOD- 17Z 33 TETEE 80 6442$ 2,00 69 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000284