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AFK.18 Area FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 8U Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 --- - Form no. 309 PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5"', black & white)- Staple to left side of form Photo number : 1 - SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings or geographical features. Indicate north. Town Arlington - Address Grove Street Town Yard Historic Name Arlington Gaslight Companx Use: Original_Gas Works Present_Arlington Dept. of Public Works Ownership:[ Private individual Private organization Public_Town of Arlington Original owner Arlington Gas Light Company DESCRIPTION: Date 1914 Source Mill Brook Valley Style Romanesque Architect N/A Exterior wall fabric Brick - Outbuildings_Two: office and meter building (both mid 20th century). Major alterations (with dates) None Recorded by Betsy Friedberg Organization Mass.
Historical Commission' Date 1/1985 Moved No Date N/A Approx. acreage 4½ acres Setting. Town Yard is located near Massachusetts Avenue, in an area of parks and playgrounds that is bisected by the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad. UTM: 321530/4698610 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) Grove Street Town Yard is a complex of several brick and concrete structures, the largest of which is the former power station to the rear of the property. The power station is built in the Romanesque style, with corbelled brick adorning its cornices and smokestack. It is one of Arlington's few industrial buildings, and is a well-pre- served example.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) Grove Street Town Yard formerly served as the headquarters for the Arlington Gas Light Company. It was built on the site of the Welch and Griffith saw factory (ca.1830), the first saw manufactory in the United States, after a 1913 fire. The gas light. company used this complex of buildings to manufacture gas for light and fuel--it.was Arlington's first such company and fulfilled an urgent need for the expanding community. The property at one time also held a large gas storage tank, built in 1923. On top of the tank was painted the legend "ARLINGTON, " in yellow letters 20 feet high and 12 feet wide, and bisectedby an arrow pointing north.
This was New England's first marker for aerial naviga- In 1975, the tower, no longer in use, was torn down. Today the Arlington Gas Light Company is the headquarters for the Arlington Department of Public Works. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION Grove Street Town Yard, formerly a housefold fuel manufactory, is a complex of industrial buildings that retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. It fulfills Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Arlington Historical Commission, Mill Brook Valley: A Historical and Architectural Survey. Arlington, 1976. 20M-2/80 OPS Fom 10900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.
10-31-84 Item number Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Page dnr-11 Name State Arlington Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS, Nomination/Type of Review ARLINGTO.V 1. Fowa Center Historic District (BouNDaRu Incesni®) Keeper MALA derept Covr. Muemtoy1/181 Date/Signatúre PranlenDgl 8/2/ Attest ?. Pierce Farm Historic District Entered in the Nat1ona1 Rorlstafkeeper Attest 3. Kensington Park Historic District Entered in the Oreeper Nat1onal Registertest 4. Orvis Road Historic District Entered in the Hatzonal Bestet fuxeper Attest 5. Allyn House Tatecol Ix datl oes? 5e 25.87 05 fitéeper Attest 5. Arlington Coal & Lumber Entered in tha Nationel Noglleber freeper Attest :. Arlington Gaslight Company Emderad in taa Nettonel Negtster theeper Attest foieeper AelnaBzu9/2s Abloseckyu 9/37/8: HumuBgun 9/27/8s Aelorußzun 9/27/65 AulareaByun 4/18/05 SelmesByur 4/1543 8.
Arlington Pumping Station Jadeared in tie Metional Megister delmBgu 4/8/81 Attest 9. Arlington Reservoir suuaLanee KOWAR 10. Baptist Society Meeting House uieeper. faneefii hesl 9/2/85 Attest fteeper deeebgan 4/0/05 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Arlington Gaslight Company (Arlington MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample request Working No. MAR 6 1985 Fed. Reg. Date: 04/8 k Date Due: Action: Entered in the Hetionel Restotem LACCEPT _RETURN _REJECT.
Federal Agency: 4-705 4-18-83 Jappeal 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? 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 -original 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 J 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 REINGTONGAS LCHT OMPAN Arlingten Gaslight cempar Arlagter MRA, MA Ardress: Gove St. Tun ya 9 6 3M Arlingten Gaslight Compery Arlingten MRA, MA Address: Grovest, Tewn Yerd 963M PRENTISS 450 3600 1 5040 PLM 13 ne + str 12 150 1100 AVENUE 160 33 13 KETX 13/77 GROVE 102Is 38501 243.0 36 10314 58g toa ROAD 75.07 10285t a gore, 5g 37 MASSAC USETTSI 057 19030 850 CD 66618+ 43560 (5) WELLINGTON PARK PLAYGROUND A ete 129098 County Comm Line af/al7 EITO Shreet Line aV Streel Line 7 2 county , Comi Zine of7wa @ COTT 3859 192417* vnt! vaset 9C-P. 91 7615 90-R 91 7995 -STREET 99.79 10,000 Manatatming Mus SCALE E Arlington MRA Grove Street Grove Street Yard 14 Grove