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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 Area IV 21 Form no. 146 Reading 66 Prospect Street Name Durgin House ginal Dwelling esent Dwelling ip: Private individual Private organization Public yginal owner william F. Durgin FION: Date 1872 Source Genealogical History Italianate Style Architect Exterior wall fabric Fabricated siding Outbuildings None Major alterations (with dates) None D Recorded by Organization Date Moved Date Approx. acreage_ 17,522 sq. fte Setting_ At corner of King St. facing east, on slight rise.
Architectural Preservation Associates Reading Historical Commission No RfbeS5D 1980 Date 6/82 uTM: 19/325810/4709720 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) This is one of Reading's finest surviving Italianate houses. It was built on a slight rise to take advantage of the views down the hill. It displays a cross-gable form, with two side porches and two bay windows, one on each gable end. Large, paired brackets sit beneath the main eaves, while single brackets "support" the roofs of the bay windows. The porches rest upon chamfered posts on pedestals, and feature incised scrolls and a bracketed and denticulate cornice.
Above the eastern bay window, at second-floor level, is an especially nice window arrangement: two tall, narrow, round-headed win- dows are framed by pilasters supporting a pediment open at the bottom and containing an applied decoration inside. Single round-headed windows light the attic. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) W. F. Durgin was educated at Atkinson and Middleboro Academies, taught school, and was employed as agent by a manufacturing company on Martha's Vineyard. He was editor of the "Advertiser," came to Reading in 1867, and built this house in 1873. He formed part of a wave of businessmen who settled in Reading, but worked in Boston, commuting on the railroad. After Durgin's death in1887, the house was sold to William B.
Livermore, whose wife was daughter of Horace Cummings. In 1910 the owners were assessed for an "auto house." BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1875 map W. F. Durgin (William) 1889 map W. B.. Livermore (William) Eaton, Memorial Volume Reaing Chronte, s157. (39t0) 1910 Valuation list 20M-2/80 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Community : Reading Form No: C-146 Property Name: 66 Prospect St. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. CRITERTA FOR EVALUATION This property is significant (1) for its role as the home of a rail- road commuter; (2) for its having an "auto house" in 1910; and (3) as an intact example of high-style Italianate architecture in Reading. It retains interrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship, and meets Criteria A, B, and C of the National Register.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom 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 recelved 490y date entered Page : 4/019 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name Reading Multiple Resource Area State Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 31. Damon, Joseph, House Entered in the National Register 32. Damon, Washington, House 33. Dewey Place 34. Durgin House 35. Eaton-Prescott House 36. Elliott, Luther, House 37. Hall, Stephen, House Entered in the National Register Entered in the National Hegister Entered in the Nathepel Begiatar Entered in the National Register Entered in the National Register Dilvcieu in the National Register 38. Hartshorn, Timothy, House Entered in tho Matiose?
Hogister 39. Hartwell House 40. Highland School unicrea in the National Register Entered in the Natiapel Begistor íeeper Attest fKeeper Attest tkeeper Attest JReeper Attest fkeeper Attest Keeper Attest Keepe Attest tkeeper Attest fukeeper Attest teeper Attest Date/Signature Aeloußyen 1/19/84 dlelunaByen 1/19184 AelmuaBgea 7/91 dilouaBzen 7/9/84 delueeByen 1119/3 AulrerBgun 1/9/0 XulreByun 1119/5 AlvusBye 1119/6 AeloresByun 1119/64 AliluuBye1/19/84 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ry. #84002574 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Durgin House (Reading MRA) Middlesex County MASSAC HUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: L sample request Working No. JUN 1984 Fed. Reg.
Date: ex 5/84 Date Due:_ 7-5-84 17-19/84 Action: -ACCEPT 7-19-54 Entered in the -_ RETURN Nationa. Begister _REJECT. Federal Agency: _ J appeal L 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 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 Vvr 66 Prospect ox READING, MASSACHUSETTS 172.0 2 20,520 5 164.24 2.50 :05.46 3 12,543 178.0 183.73 g 105.30 8 11,550 105.0 70.0 9a 84 KING 78,70 9 20 132 Sqft v0 173 Ni 4 STREET 86.0 8,900 104.0 6 8,950 104.0 $7.89 86. 11,900 12,650 70.0 77.50 174.70 15 a 10,173 172.88 140.0 41.25 59. 650 210.15 32.38 o140 10 3a3 24,396 127 55.0 13,200 86.73 103.30 140.0 13-13 166.70 16 17,522 125.0 16 a 1,077 125.25 139.30 15 8,460 139.90 14 8 ,15C 140.30 13 1,15C 86.50 12 4,950 86.55 59 57.25 89.90 63 8 120.55 62 9,000 120.75 133.60 18 82.0 39 17,955 136.17 40 39a 10,446- 82.68 303.60 22,675 302.90 Ha 30 4,200" 27.3/ 55.0 7 STREET 99.30 95.0 38 12,075 100.25 85.50 101.0 41 36 15,550 30. 21,325 01.
38.0 5 <7 42 84.20 84.20 43 75.0 44 001 109.0 62.92 350 m 14,601 9,524 35 151.38 #C-146 66 Prospect St. 217.0 Map 49 Lot16 15,775 1983 Assessors Map 301.22 1"= 100' 226.22 114.90 440 14,622 118.50 440 34 ST. 151.80 T5. 17 18 22,725 11,34 59 = 151.70 200.0 21 22,765 195.90 75.0 STREET is.o 22 22,295 .l0 115 117.70 191.85 57.12 26 28,695 38,47 64.910 86.34 16, 243.70 26a 15,1359 25 35,825 112.0 27 9,653 116.78 27a ,515 120.70 28 226.0 29b 17,028 109.60 109.3 00 29 21,720 23.50 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000290