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FORM B - BUILDING TTC Area B Form no. 65 CAMMTCCTON G-29 Reading 256-274 Haven Street: Name Roubuses at ginal dwellings sent dwellings p:x Private individual Private organization Public_ ginal owner Edwin Manning DESCRIPTION: Date 1886 Source Wadlin, Concerning the Past Style Italianate Architect Exterior wall fabric clapboards Outbuildings_ lero Recorded - by .1. .C1 Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Reading Historical Commission Date November'30, Y 198 Deto 2/16/84 Major alterations (with dates). various doorway alterations Moved no Date Approx. acreage 12,826 sa. ft.
Setting the row faces south, close to street (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within conmunity) Row housing was not at all common in Reading, possibly because people came to the town specifically seeking the freestanding, suburban-type house. These row houses, although built in 1886, suggest the earlier Italianate style, with their strong vertical lines and two-story, gable-roofed bays. Flat caps over the windows are another Italianate aps over the wanaove feature. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) These row houses were built by Edwin Manning in 1886, on part of what had been Sylvester Harnden's large millyard.
The Harnden Furniture Company was begun in 1828, and by the 1860's, it was producing more than 2,500 refrigerators a year. The millyard, located on the east side of Main Street, was bisected by a small lane, over which a bridge-like structure was erected, to link specialized production units. In 1889, this lane was still in existence; it was sometimes called Howard Place. Later, it became the eastern part of Haven Street. Edwin Manning also had a cabinetmaking business in 19th-century Reading. In 1878, he moved it from the depot area to the old Harnden millyard, which he apparently had purchased. He started making improvements immediately, and a description of the business appeared in the September 7, 1878, Chronicle. However, in May of 1879, the Chronicle refers to a mortgagee' .s auction concerning the property, and a notice of insolvency followed within the month.
Chronicle reported that Manning had started a steam jobbing mill. The 1882 business directory locates him on Main Street, and lists him as a furniture maker. 1ocatos hia on wath Sercer Only a few weeks thereafter, though, the Manning's occupation apparently changed in 1884, when the entire millyard was leveled by fire. The business directories of 1889 and 1890 list him as a builder. This reference may be at least partially due to Manning's construction of these row houses on part of his former millyard. Man- ning must have continued in this occupation: in 1898, he moved his house from the corner of Main and Haven Streets down to Salem Street (form no. B-34 on the Historical and Architectural Inventory, Reading, Massachusetts) , and built a business block in its stead. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1889 map - Mrs. E.H. Manning (Mrs. Edwin H. Manning, or Mrs.
Frances Manning) Eaton, Memorial Volume Eaton, History of Reading, Massachusetts Wadlin, Concerning the Past 1906 map - L.G. Howard (Luther G.) 1890, 1900 valuation books 1889, 1890 business directories 20M-2/80 Chronicle, Sept. 7, 1878; May 3, 1879; June 7, 1879 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION -SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Community : Reading Property Name : Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Form No: B-65 -- CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION This property is significant (I) as one of Reading's few examples of row housing; (2) for its connection with prominent local furniture maker and builder Edwin Manning; and (3) as a largely intact example of vernacular Italianate architecture.
It retains integrity of location, design, set- ting, materials, workmanship, and feeling, and meets Criteria 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 received date entered Page 8-19 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Reading Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 71. Parker, Joseph, House Entered in the National Register 72. Parker, William, House Entered in the National Register Date/Signature ftooper OueaBya7-264 Attest f*seeper AelmuBgun 7-9-64 73. Pierce House Entered in the National Register 74. Pierce Organ Pipe Factory Entered In the National Register 75.
Pratt House Entered in the National Register 76. Pratt, Stillman, House Entered in the Nationel Register Attest freeper AhlnusByunt-19t Attest fReeper AelreByun4-155 Attest fokeeper AlilrBzun 7-1584 Attest frkeeper aduloreBgun 119-84 Attest 77. Reading Municipal Building Entered In the National Registery -Keeper Aulorsßye719+4 Entered In the 78. Reading Municipal Light and Watlonal Register fukeeper Power Station Entered in the Nationel Register 79. Roberts House 80. Rowhouses at 256-274 Haven Street Entered Natione?
Beglstet Attest Attest fäeeper Attest teeper Attest Allvreßyen 719-84 hmusBzen14954 AelauaByen 1-19-84 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Ref# E4002.817 Rowhouses at 256-274 Haven Street (Reading MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample Jrequest JUN 4 1984 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: e 15/80 Date Due: _ 2 -5-fX Action: -ACCEPT Entered in the National Register - RETURN. REJECT_ Federal Agency: - 2-12-84 7-19-84 - appeal LNR 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 L 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 LYYYNT Ruwhuses at 256- G -29 A 256-2 PLEASANT PLAT 76 10738 STREET 31-76 3 124 g,356 ge ci2e 97 1.90 75 91 24.45 87.26 106.05 2329 97.768 125 139.85 122 PARKER 7 22,512 161.25 18 009 2276.37.25.
4 9,817 141.14 31,199 44,201 ,700 5 G 126245 6 -07,643 STREET 19 44 92.03 94.643N9 G10 24722579 83-79 1293 01-607 119b +628 4,647 119 9 118 STREET 126,80 32.32,2636 T01.35 GOO 59:70 62.70 1200 6. 70g'spi 66.55 94,70 12,826 .7145 .5,00 10 5 6.283 105.50 a300p01 7,673 12 6,922 3,000 184 1180 6.33 117 127.85 GO.O 108.22 314 63.45 32 32C 5305891 60.0 102 118.30 253 HAVEN STREET 104 63.80 21 281 9,638 79,4.5 105 106 69.0 30-0 17.55 69,00 109 HO 345. 29 51.00 28 37.37 117.5760.10 4,461 4,446 91.94 114 4,867 50.0 100.19 3,13,3 2,730 70.83 5,375 2-.C 50.10 103 116 6.4 7,880 107 3 108 36.50 12 ,730 126.75 72.02 4087 29a 106.50 46.0 27 1=-800 $2,5994 3,291 o eow! 52.26 800 102 132.34 35G 84 40t 162,68 7.58 laool 5.3120.0 3700 6a0o 60.00 ORDWAY 83 82 33682 208 ELLIOTT 4,207 62.20 5,227 6100 12225.
26 $8,90 6,116 319 100,,966 9136 TT.03 99 59.06 OT 2181 084-0 084 87 0'00 166.0 2,000 0.- T06.0 00- 20b18:58a 30 6,130 5918 2,039 70 104,59 11.10 6,000 55.36 81 = 97 80 79 787 95 77 76 94 93 92 75 74 $ 69 4,245 8-29 31 100.06 96 6000 60.00 22 28 11,555 AVENUE CHAPIN 25 21 202110.0 62.00 32a ,37.07 1.6 75.0 75.0 800 [200 100 2 45 132.00 200 2,640 132.00 570 660 68 10.ol 809 30.0 9 4, C244 13022914 246 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 ln* 5,323 5455/59 57 7,642 NM43 132.01 2,834M.32 2,6Hass.
2,663 4,685 2.74826 2.788.06 58 62 20- 10,560 10,522 40.30 $3.30 108,50 2,7 00 73.20 67 STREET 32 3982 80.0 T69.1s 42 5,763 132.00 A.2º 14.26 8,375 ..09 11 23.242002 75.0 2000 130.25 1200 12.0 12.60 60.0 LINIO 136.70 132.15 133.77 156.29 505 73.52 1,146 40 8.33 41 9,480 5,255 39 370 37 36 4,557 38 9,695 g 42.15 10,110 12,455 130.43 STiE 22.60 930 129.00 GREEN STREET 153.38 #B-65 256-274 Haven St. Map 65, Lot 118 1983 Assessors Map 1" = 100' 15 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000290