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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 29 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 MFN 101500 AREA FORM NO. 378 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116 Town "Arlington, MA Address -232-234 Pleasant Street Historic Name First Parish Church Parsor age PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number .1 SKETCH MAP Show property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection. Indicate north. Use: Present residential Original DESCRIPTION: residential duplex Date ca.
1855 Source Menotomy Historic District data Style_ Greek Revival/Italinate trans- itional Architect_Unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings_ two sheds Major alterations (with dates)_none Recorded by_ Betsy Friedberg Organization Mass. Historical Conmission Date December 1984 no Moved Date N/A Approx. acreage less than one acre Setting The house is set close to Plesant Street. It is one of three adjacent houses that form an impressive interlude at that point. UTM: 19/322050/4696980 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) Built to house two families, this frame structure is composed of a main block and one-story wings that project from its north and south walls.
It possesses characteristics of both the Greek Revival and Italianate styles and represents the transition between the two. Particularly noteworthy are the double entrance's delicately dentilated cornices. and multi- paned transoms and sidelights typical of the Greek Revival style. The window surrounds; polygonal flat-roofed side bay with corner brackets and narrow fenestration and heavily bracketed cornice are all Italianate in sensibility. Iwo sheds on the edges of the property are not considered contributing structures. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the conmmity.) One of the first multifamily structures in Arlington, the house at 232-234 Pleasant Street was built in 1855 by Nathan Pratt, a wealthy citizen. Pratt gave half of the house to the First Parish Church as a parsonage.
By the end of the century, the house had. returnea to a single ownership. CRITERIA OF EVALUATION The former First Parish Church parsonage possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling. For its associations with the First Parish Church, and its fine architecture features, it fulfills criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) 1875 Beers & Co. Atlas 1884 Bird's Eye View of Arlington, Arlington Advocate 1897 Stadley & Co. Atlas 1923 Sanborn Map Co.
Atlas Arlington Directories of 1869/70, 1883,1890, 1898, 1923 BO210W WVZ2VCM02EL12 OST1E - 0 0M 218FEL WAR2YCHAPENZ 182L0MOVT COMPLP2100 COWDSUMEVEIH OF WV22YCHDEANE 10M - 7/82 NPS Form 10-900-8 2-82) 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 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Arlington Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 21. First Parish Church Parsonage Haiereü Metionet erbes 22. Hall, Edward, House Entered in the Nationel Begester 23. Highland Hose House a Mationel Hogtufer 24. Hill, Addison, House Matored 1m ithe National iteglater 25. Hornblower, Edward, House and Barn Entered in the National Regtotos 26.
House at 45 Claremont Avenue Sabierod in the Mationel Regleter 27. House at 5--7 Winter Street Intorod in tha Mationel Regteter JReeper Attest JKeeper Attest fkeeper Attest fikeeper Attest fReeper Attest Feeper Attest teeper 28. House at 5 Willow Court Attest tieeper Entered in the National Begtater 29. Kimball, w.W., House Eaberod in the Hational Regtster 30. Locke, It.
Benjamin, Store Entered in the Mationel Jogteter Attest TKeeper Attest freeper Attest Date/Signature AelonaByu 4/18/85 delmuBgun 410811 AeloreByendtlohs AeluuByen9/27/0 DelvresByun 411755 DlelonaByun 4/18/05 dletoraByun 41it/65 LlileByan 4/1/65 DelraBgunMes DelrueBgu4118/5 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET First Parish Church Parsonage (Arlington MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: -sample Reviewer's comments: LJrequest Enbersil in tha Metione! Hegister Working No. MAR 6 1985 Fed. Reg.
Date: 2/,44/86 Date Due: 4/85- 4/20/85 Action: LACCEPT - 4-18-85 -_RETURN _ REJECT- Federal Agency: -appeal LJ 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 J 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 L 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 First Pariss Chureh Parsenage 232-234 Pleesant st. Arlingten MRA 9943 73,01 1S4A0 -AJ -PLÉASANT 19420 Pics - 0g 13512 4921 41.19 10174 2160 14030 59.0-- 2675 22.02 13968 Lar) (g 1208 19960 915O 12039 10500 11500 6500 6620 GO0O SPY POND (110) (136) 5665 710 7873'12 7ITY - ROAD -1348, 2130 TSA% L, 8710 1ng0r 14685 Lg 10264 8052 6206 -7.35 C .715G s00 «OLI - 1a5os (") "STREET 2715 -1977 F) I1'. 55HA2 6350 Ht af val 2/9 DEVEREAUX 98000 -ST 5660 sorl h -GOULD. Arlington MRA First Parish Church Parsonage 232-234 Pleasant Street (122) KENSINGTON ROAD 13 et