Nomination for Warren, Dr. Samuel, House

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NPSForm10.900 (3-82) OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries - complete applicable sections 1. Name For NPS use only received DEC 6 1984 date entered JAN historic Dr. Samuel Warren,House and or common 2. Location Zenith Products Company street & number 432 Cherry Street N/A _ not for publication Newton city, town N/A . vicinity of Massachusetts 025 Middlesex state code county code 017 3.

Classification Category district X building(s) structure site object Ownership - public X private both Public Acquisition N/A in process being considered Status - occupied _ unoccupied work in progress Accessible X yes: restricted yes: unrestricted .no Present Use _ agriculture X commercial educational entertainment government industrial military museum park private residence religious scientific transportation other: 4. Owner of Property name Edward B. Thomas and Louise C. Proctor street & number 432 Cherry Street city, town Newton N/A vicinity of 5. Location of Legal Description state Massachusetts courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Middlesex County Registry of Deeds street & number 208 Cambridge Street city, town Cambridge state Massachusetts 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Historic Assets of title the Commonwealth #3121 has this property been determined eligible?yes Xno date 1978 federal X state county - local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Commission city, town Boston state Massachusetts 3 1985 7. Description Dr. Samuel Warren House, Newton, MA Condition X excellent - good fair _ deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one - unaltered altered Check one original site moved date 1868 Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Dr. Samuel Warren House, a Georgian-style residence built ca. 1716, originally stood on Washington Street in the center of West Newton. It was moved to its present location on Cherry Street, adjacent to the town center and business district of West Newton, in Flanked by closely trimmed hedges, the building now sits close to the street on a slightly sloping lot at the corner of Washington and Cherry Streets. There is a grass and stone driveway along the building's north side, and a small lawn and parking area on the east side. The present location is at the fringe of a residential area, and the building now houses an antiques business. Built in three stages spanning a seventy-five-year period in the 18th century, the Warren House is now unusually long, extending nine bays along its main facade.

The three bays at the right (a door and two windows) are the earliest portion of the building. Iwo bays at the center form the middle addition, while the four bays at left (at one time, five bays) are the final, and most extensive, addition. The building was somewhat modified in 1868, when it was converted to a multifamily residence, and again ca. 1960, when its 18th century appearance was restored and its interior was slightly altered for business pur poses. Decorative detailing is Georgian in character. The building presents a gambr el roof construction on its front elevation, but drops to a deep shed roof in the rear. The Warren House rises 2 1/2 stories from a fieldstone foundation. The exterior is sheathed with narrow clapboards, and quoins define the building's corners.

An off-center pedimented doorway-- a 20th century replacement--is flanked by Doric pilasters and a wooden architrave scored to imitate ashlar blocks. A modillion cornice tops the nine-bay facade. The gambrel roof is broken by a single, low chimney sitting just behind the ridge in the center of the building's earliest section. The western elevation, flanking Cherry Street, exhibits an 18th century character. The earliest section, at the far right of the present building, has an entry and two bays. An 1818 drawing of the building shows a doorway with flat entablature; the modillioned pediment over the doorway, though appropriate for a mid-Georgian building, is a modern reproduction added in the ca. 1960 restoration. structure almost doubled its size, creating a five-bay center entrance facade with slightly asymmetrical fenestration. The third section, ca.

1785, added five more bays, but a first-floor door and second-floor window have since been closed off Windows witl 12/12 reproduction sash are not original, but the 18th century pegged frames with cap moldings remain. The north elevation at one time included an entryway, added when the building first became a multifamily house in 1868. The door was removed in the mid-20th century conversion of the building from dwelling to office space. Today the north facade has three bays asymmetrically placed, topped by a single 6/9 window beneath the gambrel peak. Windows in the two bays closest to the front of the building are 6/9 sash topped by a hood. The first and second-story windows of the third, rear bay are 6/9 sash with simple cap molding.

continued NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered JAN 3 1985 Continuation sheet Dr. Samuel Warren House Item number 7 Page 1 The two-bay south elevation is similar, but more simple. A single bay aligned with the gambrel peak features plainly framed 12/12 sash windows on the first two stories and 6/9 sash in the attic. Smaller 6/9 windows make up the rear bay. The rear elevation no longer presents its original appearance. It contains eight irregularly spaced bays and a mix of modern and early sash. Some of the sashes may be original. One of the two entrances on the rear elevation retains a Georgian entrance surround. The interior of the Warren House retains many of its original features.

There are only three large rooms on the first floor, reflecting the three stages of the building's construction. wood panelling and beams are intact, as is one of the three original fireplaces and mantels (another fireplace, in the oldest portion of the house, is framed by a reproduction mid-18th century mantel). Second-floor rooms have been somewhat altered for office use, although some original panelling remains. In 1960, new owners converted the house from a multi-family tenement in very poor condition to office space, and at the same time restored the Warren House's 18th century appearance. Today, the same owners use the building as an antiques business.

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Significance Dr. Samuel Warren House, Newton, MA Period prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 X- 1700-1799 1800-1899 1900 Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below archeology-prehistoric community planning archeology-historic conservation agriculture economics X architecture education art engineering commerce exploration/settlement communications industry invention landscape architecture law literature military music philosophy politics government religion science sculpture social/ humanitarian theater transportation X other (specify) CommunityDevelopment Specific dates ca. 1716, ca. 1750, 1785 Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Builder Architect William Williams BEETL The Dr. Samuel Warren House possesses integrity of design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. It is significant for its part in West Newton's community development, for its Georgian architecture, and for its three-part construction over a seventy-five-year period during the 18th century. It is the oldest of three colonial-period buildings surviving in West Newton and is associated with several individuals closely involved in the town's early development. Additionally, it is one of approximately a dozen extant colonial-period buildings in Newton. It has served several purposes since it was built in 1716-- single family dwelling, multifamily dwelling, commercial space and, possibly, tavern. Its original owner/builder, William Williams, a local housewright, also built the Dr.

Samuel Wheat House nearby on waltham Street, which has an identical roofline. The building thus meets criteria A, B, and C of the National Register for Historic Places at a local level. The town of West Newton in the 18th century consisted of a few buildings clustered around a town center and several outlying farms. The community was located along one of the ma jor roads to Boston, Old Natick Road (now Washington Street). William Williams built the oldest portion of the nominated property on Washington Street at the village center in about 1716. Williams, a yeoman and well-known housewright in the village, purchased the Washington Street lot from his father, Isaac, one of the first settlers of West Newton. There he built a three-bay, side-entry home. He sold the building in 1732.

Although many of West Newton's early homes were passed down from father to son, Williams' house changed family ownership numerous times, belonging to eight different families during the 18th century. In 1750, Dr. John Allen, a local physician, doubled the size of the building by adding two bays to the left of the doorway, therefore creating a center-entrance, five-bay facade. The Warren House is associated with John Pigeon, one of the town's Revolutionary War patriots. Pigeon, a merchant, had been active in Boston's developing revolutionary movement prior to his arrival in West Newton in 1769. He quickly rose to a position of prominence in West Newton's local government, serving as chairman of the committee to instruct the town's representative to the Massachusetts General Court, and he was appointed a delegate to the First Massachusetts Provincial Congress at Concord in 1774.

The house again changed hands in 1777 and was expanded still further in approximately 1785. A five-bay addition, with four windows and a door (now closed), contained one substantial room and made the house the largest and most elaborate residence in West Newton. The house at this time was known as the "Mansion House," and it may have served as a tavern at the close of the 18th century, with its enormous addition used as the taproom. Its occupants over the next seventy years were for the most part local merchants. The house takes its present name from Samuel Warren, a prominent West Newton physician and deacon of the West Newton Congregational Church. Warren owned the building between 1836 and 1868. This period represented the longest single ownership in the building's history. continued 9.

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Major Bibliographical References See Continuation Sheet 10. Geographical Data 14,199 sq. ft. Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name -/ NEWTON Newton UT M References AL49 L$3995d Zone Easting CL1 E 146 10 680 Northing GLUJLLILLILILILLLI Verbal boundary description and justification SEE MAP TO SCALE Qyadrangle scale 1:25,000 Zone DLy F Easting LILLL Northing ahlu HLyllly LiLLu List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state N/A code county code state code county code 11. Form Prepared By name/title Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner, (MHC), with Elsie M. Husher, Member, Newton Historical Commission organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date September, 1984 street & number 294 Washington Street telephone (617) 727-8470 Boston city or town state Massachusetts 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national state x local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89- 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. State Historic Preservation Officer signature Valeue A.

Talmage State Historic Preservation Officer title Massachusetts Historical Commission date Novemter 16,1984 For NPS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register lvres Tyen Entered in theze fhoper of ine National Rogister National Hegtstun date 1-3-55 Attest: date Chief of Registration C: GPO 894-785 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 Dr. Samuel Warren House Item number 8 OMB No.1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered AI 3 1985 Page 1 In the mid-19th century, West Newton's population increased dramatically and the town's character changed. Trains running a newly-opened route between Boston and Worcester stopped in the center of West Newton, close to the warren House.

By the 1860s, townspeople were commuting to Boston on a regular basis and the town was no longer the largely rural community that it had been in the 18th century. In 1868, builders Milo and Oscar Lucas moved the Warren House around the corner to Cherry Street to make room for a grammar school. Oscar Lucas, the new owner, converted the mansion to a three-family residence. Multi-family residences were common in West Newton by the late 1880s, and the Warren House remained in steady use as an apartment house until 1960. Today, the structure and frame of the Warren House remain intact, but the overall appearance of the building is once again that of a Georgian single-family residence. Typical Georgian features present on the Warren House include quoins, narrow clapboards, pegged frame windows, and a gambrel roof. These features reflect the third stage of the Warren House's construction.

Its present owner restored these details, and added a reproduction Georgian-period doorway to the main facade. He retained all surviving period moldings, beams, and panelling. For the past twenty-five years, the building has served as home for several local businesses. Edward Thomas bought the house in 1960 and converted the interior into office space for his business, Zenith Products Company. Today the Warren House houses an antiques business. NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 FOrNPSM recer date Continuation sheet Di, Samuel Varren Hauso Item number Page Jackson, Francis, History of Newton, 1845. Newton City Atlas, 1874. Newton City Directory, 1868, 1875. Newton Historical Commission, Newton's 19th Century Architecture: West Newton, 1978.

Files at Jackson Homestead: "432 Cherry St., West Newton." Maps of Newton: 1700/1800, 1831, 1848, 1855. South Middlesex Courthouse, Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, MA. WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Warren, Dr. Samuel, House Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: -sample Reviewer's comments: request DEC 6 1984 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: 2/4/86 Date Due: _ 13/85 - 120/85- Action: ACCEPT - 1-3-8s Entered in tha -RETURN_ National Register - REJECT- Federal Agency: _ Lappeal 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 J 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 J relationship of integrity to significance - justification of exception -other laJO 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 title 13.Other date Maps L Photographs -Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed - Date - - Phone: Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet DR SAmUEL WARREN HOUSG 432 CHERRY STREET WEST NEWTON MA 02/65 Vièw: front e side west & nooth © Steve Rosenthal 59 Maple Street Auburndale, MA 02166 617 244 2986 All rights reserved Not for reproduction without written permission 12-2 - 82 #3 ENOTADAS 8575 ASSESSORS" BLOCK ENGINEERING DEPT. - POATEM.

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