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Nomination for House at 113--115 Center Street

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,144 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 84002381, 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. 99 Town Methuen Address 113/115 Center Street Historic Name Aonse ot 113.- 1'5 conte Present Owner: Norman Samel PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number 4-8 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. Use: Present private residence (double hou: Original same DESCRIPTION: Date_ ca. 1880 Source v/a; maps Style_ Italianate Architect_Unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings_ none N Major alterations (with dates) none CENTER ST. Moved no Approx. acreage Date n/a ,252 Sg.tt.

ne acre'or les Setting dense residential; Arlington Mills area Recorded by Gail Hunton/Carole Zellie Organization Landscape Research, Ltd. Date May, 1978/May, 1983 Assessor's Data: Block 4, Lot 16 UTM References: (Staple additional sheets here) Lawrence Quad 1:25,000 19 321470/4731830 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) 113-115 Center Street is a hip-roofed 2-story double house with a shallow cross gable in the front facade. The building has a central entry and double projecting tripartite bays. It is well detailed, with a variety of stock trim such as "picket" friezes at the bracketed porch and bays, and a pedimented central window at the second story.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) This two-family house is one of the best preserved examples of early "Arlington District" housing. It is representative of the two-family, side-by-side house seen in approximately six locations throughout the District. The primary impetus for development of the area was the expansion ofthe Arlingtonmills, immediately to the west along Stevens Pond of the Spicket River. The mills employed thousands of Lawrence and Methuen workers, and owned little operative housing. 113-115 Center Street is significant as a surviving example of the two-family house type built in the Arlington District after the Civil War. It possesses integrity of location, setting, design and workmanship and meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places.

BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) 1884 Essex County Atlas Map of Methuen. 10M - 7/82 X NPS Form10-900-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 Thematic Group Name State Methuen Multiple Resource Area ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review House at 10 Park Street Entered in the National Regieter 12. House at 113-115 Center Streetcarea m MattLonel Regtecor 13. House at 13 Annis ,Street Watered In the Weblonal Register 14. House at 136 Hampstead Street un-ue National Register 15. House at 15-19 Park Street Intere National Register 16.

House at 23 East Street #itered Ia tae WationalReginter 17. House at 262-264 Pelham Street Entered in the Natlonel Begiater 18. House at 306 Broadway Entered in the Mohtoonl Rezinter 19. House at 4 Birch Avenue Entered in the Nationn1 Regieter 4) 20.

House at 491 Prospect Street mbatuniive Review Attest eeper Attest freeper Attest fokeeper Attest Tkeeper Attest Attest /Keeper Attest /Reeper Attest fReeper Attest Keeper Attest Date/Signature Helugen 41a/84 Aebulyen1x/84 XibmeßBgan ,/20/84 Aelumßgen 6k0/84 OenByan 1/00/85 delnBgun 1/20/84 AeluuBzun 1/20/84 deluerBzus 1p0/84 AeluresByua 1/20/24 Smesha Baugd 1 2087 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 113-115 Center Street (Methuen MRA) Essex County MASSAC HUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: -sample Reviewer's comments: -request Working No. DEC - 7 1983 Fed. Reg.

Date: 2-5-85 Date Due: _ 175/84-1/21/84 Entered 1 En Action: LACCEPT 1/20/84 Mattonsd Regieter - RETURN _ REJECT- Federal Agency: - -appeal LNR 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 I 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) 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 Houcat 113-115 CciHcr St Methren MRt, Ma 724 2,55AC 280+ KET- 29 7225 94 20 76.73 206.9 (PL381 AVE. 393-4% IOLA 25-72 3,500 160. 7 WA 3.01.55.01) 20% 22 155- 13014 21 13,375 125.6* STA 125 13 16,238 09 BLK 113 52 150 12 70 8 80 5000 50 PLID 550 89 5186 5.00 18N 432 13 A014 100% BL K 112 89.1 IA 0975 38.9 (BY TY) (PL17) 13,800 T8. 1F033 2199.1 HORNE 7 P100 6 186 87985 4 9485 180 3 4145 5005 3945 50.05 BE 3870 50.05 155.G- BROWN- 8 880 9 W640O .96.9 SozfiB 40 AO 63-85 S0.776918 58.3 4AN 5 42 8 150 56.33 BEK 1°- '5 TPL 990 TUY 104 BLK 10 10 12 5,2320 4950 52.7/ 60 740 MERRILL 72. 87. 100 2 7163 +122. 59 115 5968 105.35 24.15 5746k 50 ER.

50 (PL58) 30 3 46,000 CORLISS 150 SCAOQL 12 8.7.500 ~ 13120 6,0 621 65 17 180 2 9000 55 18 200 ERRILL 3000 5000 *5614} 5000 811 15 5 103.3 416 85 00 74.9 3000g BLK 13 00 2 5000 SCN ON -7 33 8 3g 120k 2 55 1567 03970 06.7 65 690-8 9 ON 80 55- 30120 (PL17) ,520 12 120y 50 50 60% 50 109 013 E8000 14 225002 939 67953 676 50 53 4 8.200 40 296 V41 66. 3,744 22 5874 39 5. 60 5876 3, 353 108 50 N 6 *S) 3g Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000284