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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 9.30 Area B Form no. 66 Reading 309 Haven Street : Name Luther Elliott House ginal Dwelling *sent Dwelling p:- Private individual Private organization Public ginal owner Luther Elliott VION: streets elation to nearest and other buildings Date 1850 Source Assessors valuation list Style Greek Revival Architect n/a Exterior wall fabric Clapboards Outbuildings_ none SOR 68 210196 06-00c7a kecoraea Dy - Artniteuluiai Preservation Associates Organization Reading Historical Commission Date NQVENHSEB, 1980 Date_ 6/82 Major alterations (with dates) 2 wings show on 1854 map. Moved Date Approx. acreage 12, 730s.f. Settingon corner lot, stone retaining wall at Elliott Street, behind large pines. Note: Photo shows west facade, not main door (Staple additional sheets here.
19/327440/4709760 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) The door surround on this 1 1/2 story, 5-bay house combines two locally found varieties of door treatment- the fluted architrave surround with corner blocks, and the more classical pilaster and entablature. The architrave surround has a central rounded molding which is repeated in the pilasters. Capitals are composed of four diminishing bands; the frieze is accented by dentils, repeated on the frieze of the facade. Corner blocks at the window lintels are ornamented with incised circles. The amount and variety of decorative details may be due to the fact that the owner worked in wood.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) Luther Elliott was an important member of the cabinet making trade which flourished in Reading in 1840's, 1850's and 1860's. In 1855 the cabinet business was at its height, with 13 establishments and nearly 200 workmen. The Civil War brought an end to the busy Southern trade, diminishing Reading's sales. Elliott worked with Henry Kingman, a prominent cabinet' manu- facturer whose shop stood on nearby Haven and Gould Streets. Elliott invented a technique for sawing wood veneers. With Kingman's assist- ance, he secured mill rights in Woburn, and did considerable business there. Elliott Street is named for the owner of this dwelling, as it was cut through his side yard.
It was Luther Elliott who taught the cabinetmaking trade to Sylvester Harnden, C. 1825. Harnden went on to build a mill yard that dominated the the block between Main and Parker Streets, over what is now Haven Street, from the mid-19th century to the 1880's. The mill yard burned in 1884. In 1889, the future Haven Street was still a private way. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1854 map, Luther Elliott 1875 map, Luther Elliott 1889 map, Luther Elliott 11580, 470,.527, 564 20M-2/80 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Reading Form No: 3-65 Property Name: 309 Hlaven St. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION This property is significant (1) for its role in Reading's cabinet- making trade; (2) for its connection with prominent cabinetmaker Luther Illiott; and (3) as an example of the modest Greek Revival house built by many Reading tradespeople. It retains integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship, and meets Criteria A., 3, and Cof the National Rerister. 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 orily received date entered Page 40/9 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 Entered in the National Register 33. Dewey Place Entered in the Nationel Register 34. Durgin House Entered in tha Natfepe? Begiater 35. Eaton-Prescott House Entered in the National Begister 36. Elliott, Luther, House Entered in the National Register Diicied in the Nationel Fegister 37. Hall, Stephen, House 38. Hartshorn, Timothy, House 39. Hartwel1 House 40. Highland School Entered in the Nattone?
Hogister tnicieu in the National Register Entered in the Natiapel Begister Date/Signatúre seeper AeloueByen 1/9/84 Attest fKeeper AlelmnaByen 1/19/04 Attest tkeeper Attest Keep SelmuaBgen 7/95 ditouaBgan 719/84 Attest fkeeper deluBzen 1119/95 Attest Teeper AubrelBizun 111965, Attest fKeeper Mebrußgua 119/5 Attest tkeeper dllvestyen 1119/8 Attest fukeeper AuloueaByun1119/41 Attest Hkeeper AlluByu1/19/64 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ry#84002598 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Elliott, Luther, House (Reading MRA) Middlesex County MASSA CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample - request Working No._JN 4, 1984 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/6/85 Date Due: 7-5-84/7-19-84 Action: ~ ACCEPT - 7-19-07 Eatered .
In che _RETURN_ Nationa? Register REJECT_ Federal Agency: - -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 (A 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 Ellict, Lutke Hee RedigMAAA G - 30 1 309 PLAT 76 EASANT STREET 12 12/ 6404 50-30 97 51.90 75 214.45 87.25 TH.14 108.05 4 3 2 JOHN 125 39,23 PARKER 7 523376 9,817 8535 170. fí: 8,880i4 5,1000 22,512 4,207 325. 1G1.25 6 37.25 5 18 ,700 5 a 12,62400 7,643 53,50 G9.75 560 5510 68.30 128 79.44 84,630 71.45 STREET 5860 72.60 G1.0 70.35 94.64 83:79 4628 4,647 118 STREET 126.80 39.32.3686 59:70 62.70 23.60g 107.35 6O.0 12ga 4,00 3'337
14 96.00 16 66.55 .8 11.37 7,145 $ 6,300 10 6,283 6,922 12,826 2a:$o15.25 64 7,673 1184539 13 9,240 12 3,000 104.87 10,540 6,697 83.30 6605 1359 67.0 340 109.33 336 117 127.85 8e75 60.0 60.0 62.45 330 108.92 312 320 32Z 32C 331 HAVEN STREET 8530 5485 265 3715 77.50 69:0 5315 28T 18 30-0 18.8: 109 4,446 94 110 113 114 70.93 3750 77.53 29 51.00 28 /37.37 38.25 19 -89 17 500 5,700 4,0390 4,867 3,245 96 5,375 3465 2,730 7L:73 40.09 116 50.10 31.7016.66 108 :112 51,720% 12,730 126.75 73.02 29a 27 20 6,100 624 67,40 3,291 4087 132.32300 84 5,31) 120.0 40t 00 60.00 ORDWAY 50.0 2ao/200 83 103,90 82 758 140.0 1200 72 C 9318 ELLIOTT 4,207 5,227 61.00 122.25 26 6,116 VILLAGE 47.15 86.0 4.3.90 47.16 137.70 25 6785,28.60 6,392 1,930 71 96.0 30 6,130 13440 5060 87 100.0 00O 000 = 000 10g,8.47 24 2918 6,655 2038 70 10459 77.10 00 8 6,000 69 47.20 23 STREET 79 78 77 76 75 4.245 82.29 31 179.
30,0 200 200 GO. 00 200u 28 11,555 12,515 AVENUE 15 200/20.0T 25 75.0 129 62.01 (800 320 |31.03$7.03 20.0 10.0x 75.0 66 laot 300 80.0 3740 125.20 22 68 4,407 57a ",350 9 50 51 52|53 30 58 62 ON m$ 10,522 153,30 7,642 nEck 108.50 2,7 00 N° 67 STREET 8913 3,982 80.0 169.13 671331 11,100 /2786 " 429 75.0 14.26 8,375 12.0 60.0 132.15 1,14-6p 14L0 136.70 135.77 156.29 34 - C 35 214.95 39 45.33 38 37a 37 17,775 15,646 4,557 9,695 10,110 #B-66 309 Haven St. 63.0 129.00 12 136.02 Map 65, Lot 116 176.27 1983 Assessors Map 134.33 1" = 1001 PLAT 55 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000290