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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION * VT - 3 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 Area C Form no. 176 Reading 54 Woburn Street Name Brande House iginal dwelling esent duelling lip: @ Private individual Private organization Public iginal owner Mahlon Brande TION: location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings nhical features Date Source 1895 Water records Style Queen Anne Architect_Unknown Exterior wall fabric Wood clapboards Outbuildings : garage Major alterations (with dates) none nom!A! Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Reading Historical REVISED Date November 30, 1980 Date6-82 Moved no Date Approx. acreage 8,675 sa. ft.
Setting on flat corner lot facing north 19/326990/4709890 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) This house is one.of Reading's more complex houses. It is mostly Queen Anne in style, but shows the influence of the newer Shingle Style, with its flowing massing and smooth skin. This house has considerable sophistication, seen in the play of the wall plane. This is pierced by three oculi in one gable; it makes room for. the tall ornamented chimney between two gables, and steps back for: a deep porch. The diamond-pane windows and rubblestone foundation recall Tudor or Medieval American imagery. The gable fields display stick-style embellishment.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) Fred Sperry, who lived here in 1911, was a merchant. He sold furniture, carpets and rugs in his Boston shop, to which he commuted on the Boston and Maine railroad. The neighborhood, while not homogeneous, was home to many well-to-do professionals and businessmen. The street served as a distinguished point of entry into the town fxom the west. The house was built by Dr. Mahlon Brande, an active investor in local real estate. See form no. C-233x. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1906 map Fred Sperry 1911 Street list Fred Sperry 20M-2/80 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity : Reading Form No: C-175 Property Name: 54 loburn St.
Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION This property is significant (1) as an example of resicences built by local real estate developers for sale to railroad commuters; (2) for its connection with Dr. Mahlon Brande, a Readins dentist and real estate entrepreneur; and (3) as a good example of whimsical Dueen Anne architecture. It retains integrity of location, cesign, settins, materiels, workmanship, and feeling, and meets Criteria A, 3, and C of the lational 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 only recelved/4isy 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 National Register Entered in the Nationa? Register 24. Brackett House Eöbral -. -1 ^i Arrire 25. Brande House Entered in u.d Netional 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 Nationel Register Entered in the National Register Entered in the National Register Talinrel T ThE 1.0a?
Register Date/Signature frkooper duluuaByen 7/12/84 Attest Ateeper dubuByar 2/0l64 Attest fkeeper AuluByun 7/19/84 Attest KKeeper AeluneBgus 7/19/84 Attest fKeeper AteloreByen 219184 Attest /Keeper AibreBgun 419184 Attest fkeeper DilvuByer 1/19/84 Attest HKeeper SeleByu 1119180 Attest LelvByern 7119184 Attest fikeeper Aeluueßyun 7119/80 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ry.#84002516 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Brande House (Reading MRA) Middlesex County MASSAC HUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: sample Reviewer's comments: Jrequest Working No. JUN Fed. Reg. Date: .
Date Due: Action: Entered in the National Register- Federal Agency: 1984 5185 5/84- 2/17/84 ACCEPT - 7-19-84 -_RETURN _REJECT_ -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) 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 ARN A beef) 92N0: 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 Brande A 54 Woburn St - 74 63 PLAT 168.27 75 -06 MT. VERNON 1385 7,600 Sq. Ft. 36 19.90 73.00 (67.55 3,510 Bq. Ft. Ba.4 sq. 37 38 66.30 ST 85.78 10,290 Sq. Ft 39 259.82 T3.0 80.0 54.30 8,510 34 Sq. Ft. SL8I 35 62.25 55 ST 54-56 10 B,6T5 Sq.Ft. 33 13,970 Sq. F. 18 STREET 72.57 120.05 TO. 6,000 5g. 09 LET 59.0 32 Ft. 31 83.90 65.0 5,585 Sq. Ft.: 49.10 31a 151.0 830 130. 9,0 70 Sq. Ft. 300 9,800 Sq. Ft. 30 3620.28 62.87 60.0 91.33 37.13 5005 LINDEN Sq. Ft. 2,566 Sg.F+. 132.00 93.63 26a 5,465 Sq. F+ 61.50 5277 84.20 .28a So.4a 23.19 58.50 SSO TO 3 54.59 1,280 Sg.F Sq. Ft. 6,580 45 - TE Sq. Ft. 27 °28b 105 (Sq.ry. 132 133.72 97 29 WAY 29 53.67 186.02 HAVEN -23% 92- 69. 78-88 25.13 18-74 26 38.33 110 #C-176 54-56 Woburn St.
Map 64, Lot 33 1983 Assessors Map = 100' 100.0 333.33 50,617 40 39 105.65 Congr 177.2 - 107.09 WOBURN 107.00 137.25 126.68 9,505 Sq. Ft. 23 ZRETI 23,657SqF+ 22 105.73 193.73 IGI.0 15,318 3q.F+. 132.95 24 100. 02. 11.015 s4.f7. 21 100.0 9 32.0 341 59. Ft. 134.08 73.80 134.59 17, B60 Sq. Ft 9,866 Sq.Ft. 20 25 150 65 134.72 11,224 sq. F+. 19 173.13 134.87 21,070 Sq. Ft. 18 84.90 Y 73.73 210 82.09 SANBORN 9837 66.85 156.52 STREET 09.60 8,235 Sa. F+ 12 T3.7S 147.90 9,590 3q. 17-22 13 143.25 7,300 3q.Ft. 14à 140.02 7,739 Sq. Ft. 14 136.43 10,914 Sq. F+.f7 146 33.94 12.12 16 I7A 78.30 3154 172 STREET # 15 9,284 Sq. Ft. 49.32 180 PLAT 54 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000290