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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 8U boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 - Area Form no. 536 PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number - - - 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 1007 Massachusetts Avenue Historic Name Highland Hose House Use: Original_ Fire House Present_ Fire House Ownership: [ Private individual Private organization Public Town of Arlingt Original owner Town of Arlington DESCRIPTION: Date 1928 Source Building Permit Style_ Georgian Revival Architect George Ernest Robinson Exterior wall fabric Outbuildings Red Brick None Major alterations (with dates) None Recorded by. Organization Date 1/85 Betsy Friedberg Mass. Historical Commission Moved No Date N/A Approx.
acreage_less than one acre Setting_ This fire station is located in the midst ef a dense area of commercial building and multifamily housing. UTM:19/321550/4698460 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) The Highland Hose House is a brick structure built in 1928 in conscious imitation of several of Boston's 18th and early 19th century buildings. Its stepped gable ends and rounded windows are reminiscent of the 0ld State House, while its delicate cupola and gilded grass- hopper weathervane imitate Faneuil Hall. Violet-paned windows copy those of Bulfinch townhouses along Boston Common.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) This fire station was one of several built in Arlington in response to increasing suburban- ization. The building's architect, George Ernest Robinson, of Belmont, also designed Arlington's Central Fire Station (1926; Town Center Historic District). Interior woodwork by the Theodore Schwamb Company was that company's first commission after the firm converted its milling and cabinetry operation from the manufacture of pianocases to architectural woodworking. The station contains a bronze relief of Fire Chief Charles Goff, to whom the station was dedicated. The relief was done by Cyrus Dallin, nationally known sculptor and Arlington resident.
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION A well-detailed Georgian Revival building, Highland Hose House reflects a major growth period in Arlington's history, and a period of strong municipal response to that growth. It retains integrity of setting, design, location, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and fulfills Criteria A and C of the National Register of-Historic Places. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Arlington Heritage Trust, Arlington Celebrates the Growing Years: 1875-1975. Arlington, 1977. Building Permit Assessors Records 20M-2/80 - NDS Form 10-800- 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 recelved date entered Continuation sheet Item number Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group !
Name State Arlington Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 21. First Parish Church Parsonage Iered tu Metionel! 22. Hall, Edward, House Entered in the Nationel Begteter 23. Highland Hose House Enbored Lu fg- Mationel Negtefer / 24. HE11, Addison, House Hatored in the Hationel Hegister Date/Signature Thooper deemaoun des Attest Tieeper DelmuDyun 418/81 Attest fkeeper delereByen1106s Attest fkeeper AelunByew 9/27/0 25. Hornblower, Edward, House and Barn Entorod in the National Hegtetos 26. House at 45 Claremont Avenue Attest fKeeper Attest Fkeeper deluresByen 411055 AeloneBgen 4/18/65 Babioroi in the Met1onel Regietor Attest 27. House at 5--7 Winter Street Enterod in tha Mational Regteter Keepe DelresByun +11/85 28. House at 5 Willow Court Attest fiteeper Entered in the National Begtster Llilorer Bgan 4/18/65 29.
Kimball, W.W., House Eabered in the Natlonel Jegdeter 30. Locke, Lt. Benjamin, Store Enterod in the Mationel Hegtster Attest Teeper Attest teeper Attest AleluByetliss DelmeBga4118/65 WASO Form - 177 (R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Highland Hose House (Arlington MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner obiection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Lsample Lrequest Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: Action: Enterod in the Metiooet Regtster MAR/ 61985 86 83 #/20/63 LACCEPT 4-18-83 -RETURN_ _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? yes no 7. Description Condition J 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 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 iustification 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 Higulaud Fire Station - Arliugton + Mass. Ave. Auglled Hose Herss Fte Horse 1007 Mass Ave Arlingta MRA 819M STRCET ezee G9 764 B04T AI 9625 19ST 7013 andry toag DUDLEY TRR8 5359 167.0 "210 DEARe 15 790 J' ARRO BRATTLE 810 4940 010 A 4860 g ® 25,520 000 6251 14732 87120 21,565 D 128 800 MASSACHUSETTES 000 6210 16e ® 7072 150 50.0 5150 A549 3 35.0 8926 10370 ATana E TLE 15 181002 60" 1520 28 S540 584 1.. CO 0.50 T CR 3°69 1319 5786 SATE 3BR A 1000 ® -DUDLEY- B&PT.A 1536T 7590 13347 76.40 6548 16070 PT.
4 4669 4600 FIAE HOUSE -193- 14960 C8D 6320 *1003 12985 10.0 80.0 SCALE5 12064 -STREET G 6600 1500 $$3,00uash 15 269.15 WELLINGTON PARK PLAYGROUND 18833 10224 83s 360 4105 2581 76230 18006 18%c 2982 -PRENTISS 4 - i 93 Arlington MRA 1007 Massachusetts Avenue Highland Hose House 10 54 ROAD 54 055 Hickland Hose House