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AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 FORM NO. 142 Town Methuen Address 4 Birch Avenue Historic Name_Hoase ot 4 Birch Avene Present Owner Richard 0. Hoehn PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number 6-35 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. N Use: Present private residence Original same DESCRIPTION: Date ca. 1910 Source v/a ; maps Style Bungalow Architect_unknown Exterior wall fabric shingle Outbuildings_small stone and shingle barn in rear Major alterations (with dates) none SWAN ST. BIRCH AVE. Moved Approx.
acreage Setting residential Date n/ 22,6025g.1 one acre or less Recorded by Gail Hunton/Carole Zellie Organization_Landscape Research. Itd. Date May, 1978/May, 1983 Assessor's Data: Block 101, Lot 71 (Staple additional sheets here) UTM Reference: Lawrence Quad 1:25,000 19 324020/4732600 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) 4 Birch Avenue is a good example of the rustic, style-conscious residential building seen in Methuen at the turn of the centur . The modest gable roofed 2-story structure has a fieldstone-trimmed porch with overscaled turned balusters and conical-roofed corner section. Although this is not a true "Bungalow," the design is evocative of the work of then-contemporary California builders.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) 4 Birch Street possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship, and it meets criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places. It is significant as a well conserved buiding from Methuen's last major period of residential development. Such comfortable dwellings were usually crafted by local carpenters and purchased by Methuen's middle class. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) 1912 Map of Methuen (Lawrence Atlas). 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 OMB No.1024-0018 Exp.
10-31-84 For NPS use only received 12/1/83 date entered Page 2 {5 Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Methuen Multiple Resource Area ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 11. House at 10 Park Street Enteredin the National Register 12. House at 113-115 Center Street:orea _ Metfonel Regtebor 13. House at 13 Annis Street Iatored In the Me9lopal Regiater 14. House at 136 Hampstead Street bil-ve National Register 15. House at 15-19 Park Street Entere National Register 16. House at 23 East Street Matered tu tae Wational Reginter 17. House at 262-264 Pelham Street Entered in the Nertiona1 Begieter 18. House at 306 Broadway Batered 1n the 3atlonal Regintor 19. House at 4 Birch Avenue Entered in the National Regiater 420.
House at 491 Prospect Street mhaBundfve Review Keepe Attest /Keeper Attest feeper Attest fkeeper Attest /Keeper Attest Keept Attest /Keeper Attest fReeper Attest fkeeper Attest Keeper Attest Date/Signature Miluuagua 114/84 Heburlyan 1x/84 Aebnelya ,/20/80 dlmßgen 6k0/s4 demBya 1/20/85 delaeBgun:/20/84 DelumBzar 1/20/84 AelunaByud i/20/84 AelorerByu 1/20/34 fomesha Baugd 12087 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET House at 4 Birch Avenue (Methuen MRA) Essex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: -sample Reviewer's comments: Jrequest Working No._ DEC - 7 1983 Fed. Reg. Date:.
2-3-8 ate Due:1/v-/84 - 1/21/8 Action: _ Entered In the LACCEPT _ Matlonal Begieter -RETURN REJECT_ Federal Agency: - -appeal -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 - unaltered 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) I 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 beredna erto thell 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 Hase at 4 Birch St. Methuen. Rit, Ma 6-35 60 40 505 164.68 1310 15,4520 2229 48T 48Z 40A 211,774. 16.586 100 03 478m 200 LANE O0 03 95.38 111.49 40E 8.072 27.7 / 4-2 (PL -288) 104.03 48Y 93.48 03 19,403 40D: 10142 212. L * 48X* 167.8 8.087 03 97.26 22,661 340c 8625 2115 100 6> 11,500. 115 67A 11,500 115 1I5 69 12,765 68 33,420 8,184 03 225:86 97.52 30 47 23,500. / 100 9 40B / l's 70 ,700 / 8 1,500 225 46 17,830 PLACELt 9> 115 109.22 7.275 83 9> 51.8 150 69A 20,160 81.4 150 69B 20,160 265 150 73A 15,000 6> 111. 197 210 22,602 45 8 ,20) CREUTER 9. 8 100 9> BIRCH 73 22,905 er ~ 73B 16,000 C C 436. 74D 1,66 AC 43A 50 14 26 029.94 5850 73 0960 100.53 98.67 120.12 72 11,768 120 ^ 90 70 PL8-1-23) - 224 125.38 144 ST. 30 un 60 40 137A 2,150 80 37 B 500 136 21,000 56 181. 121.14 136A 1- 31,380 121.62 0 ,12- ROW.
90 132 13 ,576 /31A1 13l SON 11.864 90 00 90 132A 130 , 5.400 90 5,400 90 00 135 3.436 8 145796 137 30 450 3.69 MAP 10-14 405.33 205.33 BLK 101 ~ 8 8s 274 75 10,580 120. 74C 95 9,68s 9874B 32 9,486 219 58.14 87.92 89.8 II6A 118 687 GO 5,376 85,503 89.4 90.92 119 ln 8.484 0/15 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000284