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FORM B'- BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 204 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 Area Form no. 31 - PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5" , black & white) Stanle to left side of form Phoio number SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings or geographical features. Indicate north. Town Stoneham Roll 18:18 Address 481 Main Street Historic Name /Clara Buswel1 House Use: Original residence Present CPA office Ownership: [X] Private individual Private organization Public_ Original owner_Unknown DESCRIPTION: - Date ca. 1875 Source map research Style Italianate Architect_unknown Exterior wall fabric_aluminum Outbuildings_none C. Burke Major alterations (with dates)_X porch, enclosed entrance, siding Recorder! by Carole Zellie (ed.
Candace Jenkins, MHC) Orgauization Landscape Research Date May 1979 Assessor's Map #18-290 Moved no Date N/A Approx. acreage_11,390 sq. ft. Setting_commercial on Main Street; mid-late nineteenth century residential behind Boston North Quad 1:25,000 UTM: 19 327260 4704470 (Stanle additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within conmunity) entries and porches at the L's angle. The open porches were supported on ornate carved posts and the entries contained double doors. In this example, the northerly half of the porch has been enclosed and the entry has been filled with a single smaller door.
The house is now clad in alumnum rather than clapboards, but most original trim, including bracketed cornice, remains Window treatment is varied, including single and paired openings with heavy lintels, paired arched windows in the gables, and bay windows at the first story. In general, original 2/2 sash remains." The house also retains its original granite curbin HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state historyand posts. and how the building relates to the development of the community) The Clara Buswel1 House possesses integrity of location, design and workmanship. It is significan as an excollent local example of the Italianate style, and one of the few period houses to remain on Main Street. It meets criterion C of the National Register of Historic- Places.
This house, owned by Clara Buswell in 1889, is nearly identical to its immediate neighbor at 477 (#32). It is representative of fine houses built along Main Street after the Civil War for prominent manufacturers and tradesmen, and was possibly built by.Onslow Gilmore on speculation. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1889 map of Stoneham Valuation Books 1878 Birdseye 20M-2/80 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 recelived 2/28/84 date entered Page 2of1 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Stoneham Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 11.
Buswell, Clara, House Entered in the National Register fieeper Attest Tieeper Date/Signature XelauByer $/3/04 12. Chamberlain, Samuel, House Enterad in the National Register delusByen 413/84 13. Cogan, Bernard, House Entered in the National Register 14. Cogan, James, House Entored 1 In Poa National Register Attest fKeeper Attest fKeeper Attest TKeeper AienByur 4/2/07 AelmByen apht 15. Colonial Beacon Gas Station Entered in the National Register SeluBye 4/2/64 16. Cowdrey, George, House Entered in the Mational Reglster 17. Daniels, Blake, Cottage Entered in the National Begister 18. Dean, Silas, House Entered in the National Register 19. Dow Block Entered in ta National Register 20. Durgin, E. A., House Zatorel ia tha "ational Reghrter Attest FKeeper AelouByu 1/13/84 Attest tkeeper ..
AeloneByen 4/9/64 Attest /Keeper SelmaByu 111/84 Attest Keeper DelmuByen 4/13/84 Attest fReeper SelueByu 4/13/64 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Buswell, Clara, House (Stoneham MRA) Middlesex County MASSA CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Lsample request FEB 28 1984 Working No. Fed. Reg. Dateo Date Due: J -29-84 Action: ACCEPT - Entered in the RETURN- REJECT. Mattona1 Regtpedefal Agency: - - 4-13-84 7-13-54 Jappeal LJ 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 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 Buswell, Clare Hased Sterchar Me- Nc 8 / 2 G Town ol Stoneham Assessorls Map po18 lot 290 1"=200" presentdate -#31 -248 MIDOLESEX RD. 228 TENE 237 446 -258 :24: E *242 245 252 -253 256 SUMMER 2275- 6..
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