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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 Area C Form no. 238 location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings or geographical features. Indicate north. Reading 276 Summer Avenuo- Name Brackett House ginal dwelling esent dwelling Pip: [X] Private individual Private organization Public iginal owner Herbert and Eva Brackett PTION: Date 1920 Source Street List. Style Bungalow Architect_ unknown Exterior wall fabric Wide clapboards Outbuildings Garage Major alterations (with dates). none Moved no Date Approx. acreage 9,464 s.f. Recorded by Architectural Preservation Assoc. Setting Now on a corner lot, since Nichols Organization Reading Historical Commission Date AREVISED Date 6/82 Road was laid out after the house was built. Heavy evergreen plantings lend seclusion.
UTM: 19/326300/4209220 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) This bungalow, with its landscaping, comes nearest in Reading to the ideals of the Bungalow style that swept the country in the early years of the 20th century. One and one-half stories in height, it sits close to the ground, appearing behind its screen of evergreens as a cool retreat. A three-sided porch supported by large stuccoed columns summarizes its intent: one side is screened for healthy outdoor to create a pergola effect on the south, admitting sunshine into the interior. Exposed rafter ends suggest the construction: man-crafted, rather than machine-made, is their message.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) This bungalow represents the type of infill being built on the old homesteads as they were opened up for development, and as the need for housing burgeoned in the early years of the 20th century. Built on Prescott land, this house was designed for the Bracketts, as an early and self-conscious example of the latest in archi- tectural thought. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1920,1927-35 Street List: Herbert and Eva Brackett, he a merchant and she a housewife 20M-2/80 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commumity : Reading Form No: C-238 Property Name: 276 Summer Avenue Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION This property is significant (1) as an example of the way in which later building filled in the early real estate subdivisions; and (2) as an excellent example of the bungaloid style. It retains integrity of location, desiin, setting, materials, workmanship, and feeling, and meets Criteria A, B, and C of the National Register. Staple to Inventory form at bottom 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 onty recelved/4l4 date entered Page 3of9 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Reading Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 21. Beard, Benjamin, House Entered in the National Register 22. Boston and Maine Railroad Depot 23.
Bowser Gazebo Entered in tha Natlonal Register. Entered In the National Register 24. Brackett House Sotral In thia 1.-1.a? Prrire, 25. Brande House Entered til u.u National Register 26. Brooks, Francis, House Entered in the National Register 27. Carroll-Hartshorn House 28. Carter Mansion 29. Coggin, Gilman, House 30. Cook, Asa M., House Entered in the National Register Entered in the National Register Entered in the National Register Talisrel Ta 'the 109?
Register Date/Signature foeoper AuluuByur 7/12/84 Attest feeper DubuByar 2/0/64 Attest fKeeper AuluByur 1/19/84 Attest Hreeper Deluresgu 719184 Attest fReeper AhloraBgun 119/84 Attest MKeeper AebreByen 7119184 Attest fkeeper DilvuBye 7119184 Attest Hkeeper SelseByun 1119/80 Attest FKeeper Seelones Byea 7/14/04 Attest fiKeeper AeloueByun 719/84 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Re #84002515 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Brackett House (Reading MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample request Working No._ JUN 4 1984 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/5/855 Date Due: _ Eatered in Action: 7-5-+4>-19-54 LACCEPT 7-19-54 Matlona? Regedtol -_RETURN _REJECT- Federal Agency:.
Lappeal 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 Lunaltered 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 Brackott: Herse Radins MRA14 274% Summer Ave AVE. 27G 72.37 132.0 284 118.78 SUMMER 62.78 PLAT 50 PRESCOTT 80.0 124 8i.86 69 118 73.14 68 85.0 67 0. 132 11,450 9,380 200 11,218 1 66 8. lo 10,558 80.0 91.65 69.0 98.32 62.33 9,464 50 7,153 70 71.58 62.36 71 76.0 8 NICHOLS 183.59 35 9,309 -115.4 9,564 72 73 83.09 1 81.36 12 14 RD.
15 129.25 74 40.14 29,421 143.57 18,364 15 14 214.28 126.39 67 10,791 125.52 37.63 8,124 6697 125.0 69.99 15c 3,150 45.04 70,0 2,514g 15b 69.96 4,768 15g 6931 70.0 10 112.50 12 126.26 69.99 74.17 10,359[ 10,598 16 70.0 14 3050 65 8 100 82.50 64 10,890 11,055 82.50 85.0 167.50 12,600 12,670 51 168.50 50 22.77 12,655 169.0 168.50 49 36 125.0 13 13,130 124.00 37.50 11,617 112.50 3,853 37.50 17 70.0 18 75.0 10 7,685 75.0 12.615 / 168.0 7.55 10,952 33 78.22 93.59 26.67 66.80 7,535 N296310 6,673 18 119 20 75.0 35.0 70.0 22 28 FAIRVIEW 75.0 9 03 7,685 75.0 25 75.0 8 7,760 75.0 #C-238 276 Summer Ave. Map 40, Lot70 1983 Assessors Map 111 = 100° PLAT 34 42 88.10 PRATT 31 75.0 7,765 75.0 92 82.50 ST.
82.50 63 62 N 11,055 10,89C 85.0 71.15 82.5C 85.35 6,400 52 74.25 7,450 53 84.0 ECH 50 170.24 48 14,971 169.50 (59) 65.89 7,6-2 37 77.56 83.61 7,290 38 80.98 10 VIST 55O 55.17 46.43 97.47 32 7135 104.54 6,958 21 83.52 69.90 3 5,4 74 54 2 7E 35 75.0 6 5 7,800 7,840 75.0 75. Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000290