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AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA FORM NO. 113 02108 Town Stoneham Address 136 Elm Street Historic Name The Almshouse Original Owner: Town of Stoneham Present Owner: Town of Stoneham Roll 2:12 PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5" ,black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number 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. Waketield 1 Tom line Use: Present Nursing Home/Senior Citizens Center Original_Almshouse DESCRIPTION: Date 1852 Source local history Style Greek Revival Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings_cast stone harn with cupola in rear (ca. 1900) Major alterations (With dates)_n/a satricks, kmetery, Moved _nO Approx. acreage Date _n/a approx.
4 acres over one acre Setting_rural, residential area on Wakefield town line Recorded by_Candace Jenkins with Carole Zellie Organization Landscape Research Date_April, 1979 Assessor's Map # untaxed property; no number assigned. (Staple additional sheets here) UTM: Boston North Quad 19/328410/4706260 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) The Stoneham Almshouse is one of the few intact 19th century poorhouses surviving in the metropolitan Boston area. Built in 1852 as a poorhouse, the Stoneham Almshouse is a clapboarded wood frame structure rising two and a half stories from a granite foun- dation to a gable roof with deep projecting eaves. Two 19th-century two-story side ells an n l t te re pen te five-bay-wide, two-bay-deep main block.
20th-century two-story enclosed porch has been added to the west side ell; within the last 20 years, a one-story shed roofed addition was made on the east elevation. The simple rectangular plan of the building, with end chimneys and a center hall, is conservative for 1852 and reflects a utilitarian approach to the building's function. The simplicity and conservatism of the design is also evident in the overall lack of detailing on the Almshouse. The facade, containing 6/6 sash, features a central entry with a Greek Revival surround of transom and full length sidelights; the shallow gabled door hood over the entrance is a later addition. Also standing on the property is a two-story gable roofed barn constructed of rusticated cast stone blocks, dating from ca. 1920.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) The Stoneham Almshouse replaced an earlier almshouse. The property was owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Cutter in 1826 and transferred to Cornelius Doyle in 1851. The current structure was built in 1852 on 17 acres of land. Intended to house the "older unfortunates," but not children, the almshouse was enlarged in 1890. The large tract of Land was interrupted by 2oth century subdivisions, but the entrance road lined with trees evokes its earlier appearance. The building is currently used as a nursing home. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Stevens, History of Stoneham, Pp. 67,169. Maps: 1874 Stoneham Hopkins Map.
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 Thematic Group Name State Stoneham Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Substantive Review 1. Lang, William Bailey, House DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Substantire Review 2. Martin-Maxwell Estate DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Substantive Review 3. Sweetser, Warren, House DOE/OWNER OBJECTION 4. Almshouse Entered in the National Register 5. Beard, Padilla, House Entered in the National Register 6. Boston and Main Railroad Depot Entered in the Natiopal Begister 7. Bottume, John, House Entered in the National Begister 8. Brown, C. H., Cottage Entered in the Natlonal Reglster 9. Bryant, William, Octagon House Entered in the Nattonel Registor 10.
Buck, Charles, House in tha 32:10p9l Beglater OMB N Exp. 10 For NPS use only recelved 2/28/84 date entered Page /of7 dnr-11 Date/Signature Determined Keeper Melruçe 4/1/74 Attest Deterutned #lig1ble Keeper hai braçel 4/13/8: Attest Letornt Keeper Ligibze Dar-pd 4/13/87 Attest fReeper Ailisiazee slaley Attest fKeepar Aetrußyan 413/8 Attest freeper SeluuByen 4/3/s Attest fieeper Abutbjus 1l2r; Attest fTseeper Aulmedyen 4/13/8, Attest fseeper sulvuByer 41/8 Attest fReeper Delmsßyc4/2/89 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Almshouse (Stoneham MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample Jrequest Working No.
FEB 28 1984 Date Due: J7 -84 Entored in thé Action: _ACCEPT - RETURN National Register REJECT_ Federal Agency: - 4-13-84 4-13-5x -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. Ciassification 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 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 I moved date 8.
Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect 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 Alushuse Stuchan M MRA 93.1 C Almshuse Stenher pRfMa ZOWN oE STONAOM ASCESSOLÚ MAP /"=2.00 VE 66 65 : 10,000 /3 5 Line TOWn 24 68.505 .l: 65,560 (card) (9120 derd) 1:4007od 68 : 62 10 Lor2 ZL 12 LoT 4 12,3016612 Loréa gareaf i05iox : RD. DIANNE 76 LoT 3 1 2005aL, 59l 19.516 s6r 77 LOT 9 75 4273 2860xds 93 LoT 6 Lor 5 LOT 491/940747 4341 s./ 88 74 BROADWAY TowN OF STONEHAM 4.3 ACRES FOR PARK DURPOSLS 78 130.00 :93 938 PRESENT DArE INUENTUNY 1/3 PD FAIRLANE 120 : 15.551% 130 LOT S 1 7/9 .1 12.262* 118 10.103+/g 128 *127 LOT 12 11,786 .l. 129 V/121 LOT/A 19 113 LOT! 119 LOT 2715+1.
- *27 LoT 5 10.348./ 117 116 LOT 629 CARLIDA 132 LoT5 133 LoT- 134 LOT 7 9,935./ 135 1A 10, cafat ST1354 /112 GREEN 9024af.t **95 110 11,504) 109 LoT38 ! 807412,7479«/c; 102 108 AVE 138 137 39,316 al 136 1590:? 15818 8, 1002 4900 9,358 ./ 28 :10615:1 133 AVE CRE 90 GRACEWOOD 82 81 VERNON 1t.89 .85 152 - LOT TONECROFT132 TOWN OF STONEHAM TowN OF STONEHAM 2.5/ ACRES FOR DARK PURPOSES g0 1.5 ACRES 49,005 s./ 501./0 79 St. Patricks Cemetery 17.5 ACRES= : Cemetery TES MACARTHUR *200000- 199... TOWN OF STONEHAM 45,280 g f. : PLAYGROUND 191 LOT 11 ADWAY Lar 53 LoT 52 P099.7 500s/ 2800 454 *50 - 49 192 189 187 *10 186 185 181 2 tetas LOT2 172 LoT 22 RD 67° L07 19 RD Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000295