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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION III-22 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 . - -- Area C Form no. 114 Reading ess 242 Summer Avenue bric Name -- Imze at Original dwelling Present_ dwelling rship:*Private individual Private organization Public Original owner George Ives RIPTION: cross streets and other buildings or geographical features. Indicate north. / Date Source Style Architect 1912 town water records Shinglé Exterior wall fabric wood shingles Outbuildings. -- Major alterations (with dates)_2-story southeast porch extension Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization_ Reading Historical Commission " Date November 30; 1980 DEta 2/14/84 Moved no Date Approx. acreage 9,055 sq. ft.
Setting_ on a corner lot in a resi- dential neighborhood, facing west, toward an important street UTM: 19/32622014709400 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) This is an interesting house with twin cross gables that dominate the composition of the front facade. The plane of the wall advances and recedes, to create bays and shaded porches. On the sides are a Palladian window to the south, and an open, screened porch to the north, with rounded roof and arched windows. Windows are horizontally grouped, per- haps influenced by the Prairie-style houses of Frank Lloyd Wright. The first-floor windows are leaded.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) Summer Avenue, along with its side streets, was one of the prime areas for well-to-do building in 19th-century Reading. Many of the homeowners worked in Boston, and commuted every day by train. Their wives and fam- ilies remained in Reading, enjoying the benefits of suburban life. Mr. and Mrs. George Ives lived in this house. He was a restaurant manager of Smith House in Cambridge, and of his father-in-law's Georgian Restaurant chain in Boston. His wife, like most of her middle-class peers, stayed home and managed the house. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1889 - Ben.
Boyce (Benjamin), land only : Reading water records 20M-2/80 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commnity: Reading Property Name : Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Form No: C-114 -- CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION This house is significant (1) for its role in the development of Reading's west side as a well-to-do residential area for commuters and local business- men, and (2) as a good example of tne Shingle style of domestic architec- ture. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, work- retatne integesty de ocatioi manship, and feeling, and meets Criteria A 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 only received date entered Page 6Mf9 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Reading Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 51. House at 206 West Street Entered in the NatIonal Register 52. House at 242 Summer Avenueantered in the National Register 53. House at 322 Haven Street Intered in the National Register 54. House at 483 Summer AvenueEntered in the. National Register 55. House at 1177 Main Street Entered in the National Register 56. Lewis House Ertered 1n the National Register 57. Manning, Charles, House Entered in the National Register 58.
Manning, Jacob, House Entered in the National Register 59. Masonic Block Entered in the National Register 60.
Nichols, Daniel, Homestead Entered in tha National Regieter Date/Signature Meeper AulourBzen 719-t Attest fikeeper delmueßyen 719-5 Attest Keepe Deloreßyen 119-8 Attest fis eeper deloreByen 219° Attest f'Keeper dulmeßzen 7-1964 Attest feeper dulruByu 11944 Attest /Reeper AilouDzu 219-84 Attest Hkeeper AeloueByur 719-64 Attest fieeper DelreByur 7-19-11 Attest Keeper SelruAyus 7-19-54 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET House at 242 Sum mer Avenue (Reading MRA) Middlesex County MASSA CHUSETTS Ry # 84002681 resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample -request JUN 4.1984 Working No. Fed. Reg.
Date: 2/5/85 Date Due: 84 - 7/19/84 Action: ACCEPT - 219-84 Entered In iha _RETURN_ National Regitster _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 Loriginal 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 98) eugo 21 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 000 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 Readins MRA C-114 242 Summer Ave. - 5.81 37 .50 3.48 35 5 3.70 34 55 3.0 833 15.68 32 18 7.75 T 93 50 60 76.0 PLAT 39 242 110.20 50 00 SUMMER 236 80.15 22 23 9,055~ 110.0 112.50 21 20 76. - 24 8,360 110.0 12,230 16,200 80.0 93.55 173.55 20 25 8,360 110.0 76 12,500 155.35 26 8,360 76 110.0 19 11,115 137.15 BOYCE 76.0 27 8,360 110.0 sewer E93C_ 28 76. 8,360 110.0 9,732 |8 118.95 76 17 8,348 100:75 STREET 12 100.87 67.25 30 29 101.25 107 16 70 Io. 10,530 89.20 WOBURN 23,550 15,900v n11,300 189 217 174.14 100.85 359.85 67.80 15 88.60 .14 25,530 to Dash LineJ 46 N 8G 70 PLAT 49 AVENUE 98.81 10 216 64.0 10a 27 53 20,175 139.92 203.92 10,458 64.0 37,360 238.45 229.50 12 32,080 250.00 1680 4a 13 1.104 Acres 3a 2a 263.75 279.26 1683 27,796 276.32 #C-114 242 Summer Ave.
Map 50, Lot 23 P1983 Assessors Map 1" = 100' 0° 210 131.34 9 10,790 132.05 8 10,790 132.84 7 13,640 134.0 8,725 7a 134.45 143.40 6 9, 760 147.50 10,040 5 151.84 135.0 8,425 : 4 135.0 8,370 3 135.0 8,100 135.0 2 13,550 136.10 PLAT 6l STREET oi 60 62.0 46 62.75 TEMPLE Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000290