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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AnA 11--Li--dem- Camant DartAn MA Area B Form no. 68 G-31 Draw map showing property's etinn Reading Name ginal 322 Haven Street srse t dwelling sent dwelling ip: X Private individual Private organization Public ginal owner_Mrs. Elizabeth B. Nichols? DESCRIPTION: Date c. 1876-1889 Source map of 1889 Style_Early Gothic Revival-Italianate Architect Exterior wall fabric clapboards Outbuildings SLF 0 :0:0 Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Reading Historical Date November 30 17080 Date_2/16/84 Major alterations (with dates)_one- story west extension; one-story north (rear) extension Moved no Date Approx. acreage 6,922 sq. ft.
Setting_ faces south, close to - street UTM: 19/327390 /4709820 (Staplr additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) This cottage is an example of the way in which the Early Gothic Revival style was freguently tempered with less extreme forms of ornamentation. The exceeding verticality of the steeply pitched gable roof, and the cutwork of the raking eaves, are the primary allusions to the Gothic Revival style. millwork brackets, and the front bay window are characteristic of the acketa, ana the Front The double front door, its doorway hood on elaborate - Italianate style. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) The 1889 map has this house owned by a Mrs. S.B. Nichols.
This seems to be an error, because the 1890 valuation book credits it to Elizabeth B. Nichols. Born Elizabeth Boynton Hartwell, she first married Thomas C. Day. After Day's death, she married David Henry Nichols in 1874, when he was 42 years old. It is likely that this man is the D. Henry Nichols listed in the 1901 business directory: his address is given as Parker Street opposite Village Street, and Parker Street addresses were fre- guently interchanged with Haven Street addresses. Nichols was a cord- wainer, or shoemaker. Elizabeth died in 1900, and the house was assessed that year to her heirs. Nichols remarried the widow Annie B. Rice in 1904, and the house passed to Elizabeth's daughter, Mary Eliz- abeth, who had married Bob Tottam. Thus, the 1906 map refers to "Mary E.
Tottam." A rubber worker named Michael Daily lived here in 1907, but probably he was only a tenant, since he lived elsewhere in 1909. Frank Campbell, a carpenter, owned the property in 1926. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1889 map - Mrs. S.B. Nichols (believed to be an error for Mrs. E.B. Nichols) 1890, 1900 valuation books 1906 map - Mary E. Tottam (Mary Elizabeth) 1907, 1909, 1926 street lists Reading vital records 1894/5, 1914/5 business directories 20M-2/80 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION- SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmi ty : Reading Property Name : Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued belor.
Form No: B-68 -- CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION This house is significant (1) for its role in the 19th century develop- ment of Reading's east side, as a neighborhood for working-class residents and small businesses; (2) for its connection with David Henry Nichols, a part of the important Reading shoemaking trade; and (3) as an unusual com- bination of the Early Gothic Revival and Italianate styles of architecture. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and feeling, and meets Critera A, B. 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 recelved c/t/vy date entered Page 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 AvenueEntered 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 tho National Register 60.
Nichols, Daniel, Homestead Entered in tha National Registex Date/Signature Meeper AulourBzen 719-t1 Attest fkeeper dlelouBye 7-19-8 Attest 1eep AeloreByen 119-8 Attest fis eeper deloresByen 2-19 Attest fKeeper dilmeBgun 2-0864 Attest fReeper AilouByu11944 Attest /Reeper delouDzu 21984 Attest Heeper SeloeByen 219-84 Attest tieeper DeluByu 1-19-54 Attest feeper SelreByua 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 Ry.# 64002686 House at 322 Haven Street (Reading MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Lsample request Working No. JUN 4, 1984 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/5/85, Date Due:_ 7-5-84 7-19-84 Action: LACCEPT 7-19-84 Entered in tha _RETURN.
Natlonel Regdater _ 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? ves 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 J 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 Readine @-314 MRA, Ma 322 PLAT 76 75 108.05 S.TREET 97 87.25 51.90 48 214.45 7 22, 512 4 5 166.5 9,817 192,63.
2 0:10.46 535 158.15 8,8804 6 18 ,700 + 12,6240 97,643 13.60 19 3210 4,647 STREET 66,55 G.O 101:35- 8 3,145 1.37 <25 7,673 126,39 GOO -9: 0419 4300 3232 36 59:70 120% 10 6,283 55922 117 G0.0 60.0 62.4 3000 104.87 495- 32 C 320 32 108.92 STREET HAVEN 67.75 287 303 98.35 7L.53 300 29 28 113 9 114 3,245 5 - 2,730 70.85 73.02 105,375 116 290 106.50 27 50.1e 19-112 4570/6,60 stur 12,730 83 2,746:35.43 132 103.90 ELLIÓTT 4,207 62.20 5,227 61.00 12225 48.90 6,116 129 )2/ 5030 JOHN 100 133.08 53,50 69.75 5510 60 STREET 5860 7860 13 132.35 9,2,00 96.00 :16 10,540 19.30 G697 G6os "g 340 102.33 330 232 3555 11.53 3530 18 5,700 68.0 4,500 -32G5 110.24 VILLAGE 20 6,100 36.0 367660 6340 6,705 32751 26 82 3208, 883.9113873 .3037 1.822 72 30 137.70 25 6,392 6,130 13440 24 6,655 000'2 0001 3038 .70 10159 77,10 -=:: 69 STREET 81 8079 78 77 76 75 574$ 4,245 31 lacot 8232 28 11,555 TIDSOO AVENUE 32g 75.0 29 75.0 62,01 00 131 0351.03 23 I2 :,515 125.20 300 2748 .57a 57T 66° DE 68 30.0 7,642 4.36 100 49.90 8913 22 'I,350 119 55,56 62 58 10° 10,560 62 10,522 108.,30 50.
67 N STREET 3 1965 N 3,98 169.13 33 67.19 2746 11,100 200.15 9.12 8 375 alr. 172° A.27 73.0 TEKO 12.0- #B-68 322 Haven St. 65, 45. ,30 132,15 1,14( 135.77 5,33 370 Map Lot 11 38 37 1983 Assessors Map 8,695 10,110 = 100' 35 214.95 15,646 116.27 139.00 122= 90 P PLAT Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000290