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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSERTS HISPORIGAL 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, 38ION MA 02108 -7° AREA Hrn IUww FORM NO. 324 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116 Town Arlington. MA Address 390 Massachusetts Avenue Historic Name William Proctor House PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to leit side of form Photo number 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 Date ca.1870 Source Visual Analysis. Arlington Maps and directories Style_ Second Empire Architect_Unknown Exterior wall fabric clapboards Outbuildings none Major alterations (with dates)_ none Recorded by Betsy Friedberg Organization_Mass.
Historical Commission Date December 1984 Moved no Date N/A Approx. acreage_less than one acre Setting_The house anchors the northeaster corner of Avon Place and- Massachusetts Avenue. UTM: +9/322080/4697640 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) This highly visible Arlington landmark is situated on a lot at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Avon Place. It is unmistakably Second Empire with its symmetrical rectangular form, patterned shingle roof with elaborate dormers, and decorative brackets beneath the eaves. Examples of the Second Empire style are rare in Arlington. Particularly noteworthy is its front porch, which possesses a Stick Style sensibility. Its saw-cut posts support a transom with cross boards.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) This residence was owned for many" years by William Proctor. A teller at the Faneuil Hall Bank, which was located at 3 South Market in Boston, Proctor was one of a growing number of commuters who worked in Boston and settled in Arlington during this period._ son, also named William, was a distinguished Boston architect, and a partner at the firm of Gay and Proctor, which designed many Arlington buildings, inçluding the Russell Terrace, the Shingle Style apartment building on Park Terrace, (#572) and Locke School on Park Avenue (#569). CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION. The William Proctor House possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.
For its association wíth Arlington architect William Proctor, and its distinctive and well-preserved architectural form, it meets criteria B 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 1898 Stadley & Co. Atlas 1923 Sanborn Map Co. Atlas Arlington Directories of 1869/70, 1883, 1890, 1898, 1923 - 2HL1 ZYCHDAE12 RROAE CON022101 IH OI Viy. CYCHNCEL! 10M - 7/82 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 Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Arlington Multiple Resource Area Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 31. Locke Schoo1 32. Milestone 33. Prentiss-Payson House 34. Prentiss, William, House 35. Proctor, William, House 36. Rawson, Warren, Building Fatonad Hatlozel 37. Rawson, Warren, House 38. Robindreau, Alfred E., House 39. Robinson House Date/Signature Catered in the neticnel iegister froper sulnByenspates Attest Entored in tae Wational Fegister faxeper AelorByu9/9785 Attest Esterad in tiba Mational Megtstes ftieeper.
Aelamßgen 4/1460 Attest Entered in the Nationel Fegister fateeper delonaByen 927/65 Attest Entered in the Hkeeper Mational Bogistor DelnuBzin 4/15 Attest feitper SelnBye 9/27/65 lgister Attest Tiseeper Entered in tae Nationel Bogdstes delunßgen1ho/5 Attest Entered in the JKeeper AilunaBgun 44/65 Nationel Nogérter Attest /ieeper SleluraByen418/05 Entered Nationel Ne ster Attest feeper 40.
Robinson-Lewis-G.F., Fessenden House LlelonaBozen410/05 Entered in the National Register Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Proctor, William, House (Arlington MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or locai government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: L sample LJrequest Eatered In Matione] -appeal MAR 6 1985 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: 2 Date Due: Action: 486 8S LACCEPT- -RETURN REJECT_ Federal Agency: . -4/20/85 4-18-81 -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 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 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 Rel4 Re 23 Procter, Walliam, House 390 Massachusetts Ave Arlngter MRA, MA hEE TERRACE LOMBARD 40353 (32i COURT (9) Trny 5125 TTTE 3292 C. U -702 7, 0 377 SPY POND PLAYGROUND 381720 PONO IERRACE (2) SCALE M I FEET () AVE NUE (2". -300 -7.%0 1013* LANE SPY POND Arlington MRA William Proctor House 390 Massachusetts Avenue