Nomination for Hickey--Osborne Block

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NPS Form 10.900 (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 AUG 2 3 1985 date entered SEP | 9 |985 historic John Upton House, E. S. Upton House, Daniel Dodge House and or common Hickey - Osborne Block (preferred) 2. Location street & number 38-60 Main Street NA not for publication city, town Peabody state Massachusetts 3. Classification Category Ownership - district public X building(s) X private structure both site Public Acquisition object NA in process . being considered NA vicinity of code 025 county Essex code , 009 Status occupied . unoccupied work in progress Accessible yes: restricted - yes: unrestricted no Present Use .

agriculture X commercial educational entertainment - government _industrial _ military _ museum park X - private residence religious scientific transportation .other: 4. Owner of Property namet. R. W00d38 State 3 Mash'strett, Street Bank and Bel60 rust street & number 225 Real Estate Dept. -Franklin Street Ma in 76 Bradlee Avenue Swampscott, MA 01907 city, town Boston, MA 02101 NA vicinity of state MA 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. South Essex Registry of Deeds street & number 32 Federal Street city, town Salem state Massachusetts 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Inventory of the Historic Assets title of the Commonwealth has this property been determined eligible?

yes -X no date 1977 Inventory # 294 federal X state county local depository for survey records Massachusetts Historical Commission city, town 80 Boylston, Street, Boston state Massachusetts 7. Description Hickey-Osborne B1ock,. Peabody, Massachusetts Condition excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one unaltered X altered Check one X original site moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Hickey-Osborne Block is located at 38-60 Main Street between Peabody Square and Wallis Street. The block is composed of three pre-Civil War single-family residences, the John Upton House (ca. 1798), the Daniel Dodge House (ca. 1835), and the Ebenezer Sprague House (ca. 1835), that were raised onto a story of brick ground-floor commercial space during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and unified by two, two-story, brick infill additions in 1923. Together, the three houses form a visually coherent commercial block. The main facade of the Hickey-Osborne Block faces Main Street (south) with the rear elevation on Mill and Wallis Streets (north). Portions of the individual buildings' end walls are visible above the two-story additions. The three component buildings are of frame construction.

- Originally sheathed with clapboard, they are now primarily covered by asphalt shingles or red brick veneer. Trim is of wood and brownstone. The earliest of three original structures in the Hickey-Osborne Block, the John Upton House (ca. 1797), is the easternmost building in the trio. The house is a narrow, five-bay frame structure with a pitched gable roof that was originally two-and-one-half stories in height. The Main Street elevation has a clapboard facade that was sheathed in asphalt shingles in the 1960s. There are five symmetrically arranged 6/6 sash windows at the second- and third-story levels, and a projecting storefront (added ca. 1897) at the ground level. A small, two-story, flat-roofed ell of unknown date projects from the building's east end. The commercial.space was added ca.

1897 when the John Upton House was elevated onto ground-floor commercial space and became known as the Osborne Block. The Osborne Block is thus.a three-and-one-half- The original storefront was remodeled in the 1960s with new aluminum and brick piers. Two glass storefronts with separate doorways are symmetrically arranged around the building's central recessed entrance. The display windows do not have transoms, but are crowned by a wood frieze and cornice and a narrow sloped asphalt roof. The building's east and west end walls reveal the sloped roof of an integral rear lean-to. On each of these elevation, two 6/6 sash windows on the third story and a small window close to the eaves are visible from Main Street.

On the rear elevation of the building, the third-story windows and roof of the original John Upton House 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 Hickey - Osborne Block Continuation sheet Peabody, Mass Item number For NPS use only received date entered 7 Page are visible above a large two-story addition that spans the length of the main block. The flat-roofed addition is three bays deep and 42222 is punctuated by seven 2/2 sash windows across its rear facade. A narrow frame staircase leads to the roof. A large central dormer is flanked by two smaller dormer windows; a fourth dormer is situated close to the western edge of the roof. Two small narrow chimneys The central structure in the Hickey-Osborne complex, the Daniel Dodge House, was built as a residence ca. 1835.

Originally a large two-and-one-half story, five-bay structure with a pitched gable roof, the house was elevated onto a brick ground fioor commercial space and remodeled in 1923. It currently has the appearance of a three-and-one-half-story building. The Main Street elevation has a brick facade with four 2/2 sash windows trimmed with brownstone lintels and sills on both the second- and third-story levels. windows are symmetrically arranged around a narrow, two-story, metal-clad bay window and a central, pedimented dormer, both added during the 1923 renovations. entrance. The 1923 commercial space is composed of a recessed central wood entrance flanked by two storefronts, each with glass display windows, supported by brick piers and separate central doorways.

As part of the 1923 renovations, two small two-story brick additions were built joining the John Upton House, the Dodge House, and the E. S. Upton House. The western infill addition features a glass storefront topped by a wood frieze and cornice and surmounted by four narrow 2/2 sash windows that were recently installed. A small rectangular parapet at the second level contains a cement plaque reading "Hickey Building." The eastern addition is virtually identical to its western counterpart except that the second-floor windows have single-pane sash and the Hickey Building plaque is absent. A wood entablature above the commercial space of both additions is carried across the storefronts of the Dodge and E. S. Upton Houses.

Each of the wide east and west end gables of the Dodge House are Two small windows dominated by two tal1 narrow end walthe rear elevation of the Dodge are located up close to the eaves. House is largely obscured by a three-story, flat-roofed addition. Four bays deep and three bays wide, this frame and brick addition is centered across three bays of the original Dodge House and Continued OMB NO - 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 1 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Hickey - Osborne Block Continuation sheet Peabody, Mass Item number 7 For NPS use only received dale entered Page integrated with the two-story Hickey Building additions on the east and west sides of the main block.

To the west of the Dodge House, the Ebenezer Sprague Upton House is the third building in the Hickey-Osborne Block complex. The E. S. Upton House, built ca. 1835, was originally a narrow, two-and-one- half-story, five-bay frame structure. It is L-shaped in plan, with a pitched gable roof. The Main Street elevation has a brick-veneer facade with five small evenly spaced windows at the second- and third-story levels, and a central pedimented dormer in the roof. Juring the 1923 remodeling, a Slightly projecting storefront on the ground floor was added, raisina the building to its present three-and-one-half stories. Two glass storefronts, with brick piers and separate doorways, flank the building's central wood entrance. Narrow transom windows and a simple wood frieze and cornice are currently obscured by a large metal sign that spans the length of the storefront.

As part of the 1923 remodeling, brick veneer was applied over the clapboards on the second and third floor levels to achieve a uniform appearance with the adjacent Dodge House. Windows with 2/2 sash were also installed on the Main Street facades of both buildings. The second- and third-story levels of the east and west end walls of the E. S. Upton House are visible from Main Street. Theclapboard endwalls, now covered with asphalt shingles (ca. 1960), are punctuated by two third-story windows and a single window close to the eaves under the overhanging wood cornice. The rear elevation of the E. S. Upton House consists of the upper portions of the north walls of the main block and the eastern L-shaped extension, as well as three small one-and-one-half story flat-roofed additions. OMB NO. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 2 8.

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Significance Hickey-Osborne Block, Peabody, Massachusetts Period prehistoric 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 X. _ 1700-1799 X- 1800-1899 X 1900-1923 Areas of Significance-Check and justify below archeology-prehistoric community planning archeology-historic conservation agriculture economics architecture education art X engineering commerce exploration/settlement communications industry invention landscape architecture law literature military music philosophy politics/government Specific dates ca. 1797, ca:1835, ca. 1897, ca. 1923 Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Builder/Architect unknown The Hickey-Osborne Block retains integrity of design, location, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and represents a distinctive architectural response to the adaptation of residential buildings for commercial purposes in downtown Peabody. The John Upton House, built for Upton on Main Street ca. 1797, and the adjacent houses built by Daniel Dodge and Ebenezer Sprague Upton, both ca. 1835, were originally constructed as individual residences: - This trio of houses represents downtown Peabody'smost distinguished extant pre-Civil War residential architecture. Al though these houses are significant as individual residences, are also significant for their later alterations and uses.

In 1923, the Dodge House and the Upton House were raised one story onto ground-floor commercial space and linked with the John Upton House elevated onto a ground-floor storefront ca. 1897). This commercial-residential complex, known as the Hickey-Osborne Block, is a visually coherent illustration of the evolution of downtown Peabody from a late eighteenth-century community of scattered small shops and residences to a major commercial center during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The growth of the downtown reflects the transformation of Peabody's economy from one based in agriculture on to an economy that by the late nineteenth century wasdominated by large-scale manufacturing. The Hickey Osborne Block meets Criteria A and C for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, and is significant on the local level.

In 1797, about the time when John Upton erected his frame dwelling, the main street of South Danvers (now Peabody) was known as "the road from Andover to Salem." Laid out in 1647, the section of the road from the present Peabody Square to the Salem town line was orimarily residential. South Danvers' commercial district was centered around Peabody Square along a short stretch of the road. A quarter mile west of the Square, where Upton built his house, a number of residences and a few small manufacturing shops stood along Main Street . The John Upton House is the earliest extant structure on Main Street between Peabody Square and Washington Street. The, house was built ca. 1797 on land granted to John Upton, Jr. in 1796 by his father, a cordwainer, who lived in Danvers. a trader, constructed a simple, three-story house for his residence.

Despite later ground-floor commercial alterations and Continued religion science sculpture social/ humanitarian theater transportation X. other (specify) community development 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (See Attached sheet) 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 1.2 acres Quadrangle name - Salem UT M References A1,9 34,18,1,0 Zone Easting CLL ELI Quadrangle scale 1:25,000 4709700 Northing LILiL Easting LILLL Northing LILILLL LILILIL LILL LILILLL LILILIL HLULLILILLILILLL Verbal boundary description and justification Property at 38-60 Main Street, Peabody bounded as follows: North by Wallis Street; East by property of Frederic M. Warner; South by Main Street; West by property of State Street Bank and Trust. See attached Assessors Maps. List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state NA code county code state code county code 11. Form Prepared By Julie P.

Johnson Community Development Department, Peabody name/title Mary Kate Sampson with Peabody Historical Commission organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date May, 1984 street & number 80 Boylston Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston Massachusetts state 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 Oflicer signature Valeue A Talmage title shpo $ Executive District date Auguot 13,1955 For NPS use only 1 hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Zelres frataoa a n aion roaiea yyer Entered in tha National Regisbes date 9-19-85 Attest: date Chief of Registration U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1983 0 - 419-311 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Hickey - Osborne Block Continuation sheet 8 Peabody, Mass Item number For NPS use only received dale antered Page the application of asphalt shingles, the John Upton House retains the proportions and fenestration pattern indicative of the Federalperiod. Members of the Upton family lived in the John Upton House through the 18305.

Al though the house was sold by the family in 1841, the Upton family remained in the immediate area. John Upton, Jr.'s son, Ebenezer Sprague Upton, built a three-story frame house about 1835, just two doors west of the John Upton House on land originally belonging to the South Meetinghouse. Ebenezer Sprague Upton, born 1n 1790, was a tounder of the Universalist Society, an abolitionist, and a leader of the temperance crusade. Joton's house was built in a transitional style, incorporating elements of the Federal and Greek Revival styles. Like the earlier Upton House, it has undergone substantial alterations, but the essential elements of the early nineteenth century house are intact. The house remained in residential use by the Upton family until E. S. Upton's death in 1873. Between the houses built by E. S. Upton and John Upton stands the Daniel Dodge House.

Dodge, a trader, built his house ca. 1835, replacing a frame dwelling that had stood on the site as late Dodge purchased his portion of the property, which was originally owned by the South Meetinghouse, with E. S. Upton and Lewis Allen in 1832. Like its neighbors, the Dodge House has beensubstantially altered since it was first built, but it retains many of the original exterior elements that reflect the transition from Federal to Greek Revival architecture. With its masonry construction, brownstone trim, and double end wall chimneys, it is linked stylistically with other Federal period buildings on Main Street (Dennison Wallis House; 1810 and the Bushby Store; 1830). The Greek Revival characteristics of the house include wide end wall gables and return eaves.

After Dodge's death in 1841, the house was occupied by his daughter, Emma Dodge Moses, and her husband, George Moses through the 1860s. Main Street remained primarily residential throughout the mid- nineteenth century. By 1868, when South Danvers was renamed Peabody, the town's population had increased dramatically in conjunction with the growth of manufacturing. The evolution of the Teather business into a large-scale industry transformed Peabody into a major manufacturing center between the late 1800s and the The expansion of Peabody's commercial center associated with this development took place primarily along Main Street.

During the latter half of the nineteenth century this commercial growth Continued OMB NO - 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 1 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Hickey - Osborne Block Continuation sheet Peabody, Mass Item number OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS use only received date entered 8 Page 2 included a few newly constructed buildings and the opening of a number of ground-floor stores in residential buildings. After changing hands several several times in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Upton House was purchased in the 1880s by one S. Al though Osborne's occupation was listed as clerk in contemporary atlases, he had the capital to undertake a major alteration of the house.

Osborne raised the frame dwelling by one story and installed commercial space on the first floor; in 1897 the building became known as the Osborne Block. The elevation of the house onto ground-floor commercial space reflected the changing character of Main Street. Since 1897, the Osborne Block has had both commercial tenants at ground level and residential tenants In 1908 the commercial tenants included: Bainbridge B. Merrill, shoe repair; A.F. Watkins, ice cream; N.V. Walsh, milliner; and Lawrence Brothers Drugstore, who remained a tenant until the 1960s. The space is currently shared by Gomes Travel and Centre Paint and Wallpaper Company. The changing uses of properties along Main Street was also reflected in the uses of the E. S. Upton House and the Dodge House. The E. S. UpeobuHfdiegrs finst cosectal tehantobinson-s Variety Sto1918, the building' moved into the ground floor.

The Dodge House was residential through the turn of the century, but had mixed commercial- residential use by at least 1908. By that date, the building was owned and occupied by John J. Hickey, a physician; commercial tenants included S. I. Goldberg, a tailor. By the early 1920s, Hickey had also purchased the neighboring E. S. Upton House. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, several 1arge commercial blocks were erected and extensive building renovations were undertaken with the aim of giving a commercial 'city" 1ook to the mixed-use buildings on Main Street. A series of editorials and articles appeared in the Peabody Enterprise in 1923 describing this early downtown revitalization campaign. The following account describes the dramatic renovation of the Daniel Dodge and the E. S. Upton Houses. the Hickey building in particular is nearing completion.

"Hork is beingupashed on the Main Sereet Proper ties buildings, they will add much to the appearance of Main will be a real city."1 Street....We 1"Peabody Enterprise" , August 10, 1923. 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 Hickey-Osborne Block Continuation sheet Peabody. Mass Item number 8 Hickey's alterations to the E. S. Upton and Dodge Houses centered on the raising of each building a single story onto ground-floor commercial space, as had been done to the John Upton House twenty-six years earlier. In addition, the frame E. S. Upton House, as the newspaper account above indicates, was faced in brick veneer- The Dodge House was embellished with a two-story central bay window.

Finally, a two-story brick addition joined the two buidings to create the Hickey Building. A two-story addition, (otings to reate identical to the one linking the Dodge and E. S. Upton Houses, joined the Dodge House with its neighbor to the east, the Osborne Block, so that the three structures were joined as one residential-commercial complex. Since 1925, commercial tenants in the Upton portion of the Hickey Building have included United Shoe Stores Company and Hermann's Department Store in the 1920s, and a jewelry store, candy shop, coffee company, and grocery store in the 1930s and 1940s. Patrick J. Woods Insurance and Real Estate Company have been located in the building since the 1950s. John Hickey occupied offices in the Dodge House portion of the Hickey Building until the 1940s.

Other tenants include: the Salem Gas and Light Company from the 1920s through the 1940s, the Peabody Chamber of Commerce in the 1920s, and a hat shop, drygoods store, florist, and lawyer's offices in the 1950s and 1960s. Gloria Food Stores, the Peabody Times, and Disabled American Veterans' Auxiliary Chapter #100 are the current occupants. OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received date entered Page NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Hickey - Osborne Block Continuation sheet Peabody, Mass Item number ExpiNes 100--1-18 Expires For NPS use only received date entered 9 Page 1 MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES Bastille-Neiley, "Downtown Peabody Historical Survey of Structures," City of Peabody, 1980, pp. 226-239. Henry N.

Comey, "General Grenville Mellen Dodge" in Historical Collections of Danvers Historical Society, Vol. 2, Danvers Historical Society, Danvers, 1914, p. 69. Essex County Atlases: 1872, 1884. Henry McIntire, "Map of Town of Danvers," 1852. Naumkeag Salem Directories: 1898, 1908. Peabody City Hall: Assessor's Records, Building Inspector's Records. Peabody Enterprise: August 24, 1923; December 14, 1923. Peabody Preston--Obisuary," july 1873. "Main Street in 1812-1815;" S. Upton--Obituary, South Essex County Registry of Deeds, Salem, MA: Probate Records. John A. Wells, The Peabody Story, Essex Institute, Salem: 1973, pp. 265;310-312;67-68. John Adams Vinton, Upton Memorial, E. Upton and Son, Bath, Maine, 1974.

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Dodge House 52 Main Parcel Street 68 John Upton House 60-66 Main Street Parcel 69 Map 85 Peabody, MA Peabody Assessors Map 85 Scale: 1" =80' SCALE I INCH- 8O FEET WEBSTER STREET 157.00 7370 10130 429 153000 15-110 5000 100101 142 +- 20HA2A 108.29 161428 26+112 86-1115 HAL 16 North 62at WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REF#85002416 Hickey--Osborne Block Essex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample request AUG 2 3 1985 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: 2- 1-80 Date Due: 2/19/83 - 10/7/8 Action: ACCEPT 9-/9-8 Entered in tha National Register - RETURN - REJECT - Federal Agency: _ appeal LJNR 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 - 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 Jjustification 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 WOODS & CO. REAL ESTATE GLORIA FOOD STORES FOOD GLORLA TORES E.S. Upton House, Daniel Dodge House, (LtoR) John Upton House (Hickey-Osborne Block) 38-60 Main Street Peabody, MA. Julie P. Johnson, April 1984 Community Development Department, Peabody Photo #l of 2 Main Street, looking east touraine paints touraine paints GOMES TRAVEL John Upton House, Daniel Dodge House, (rto l) E.S. Upton House (Hickey -Osborne Blod) 38-60 Main Street Peabody, MA. Julie P. Johnson, April 1984 Community Development Department, Peabody Photo #2 of 2 Main Street looking west DANVERS IBSS EIIE PEAROY PAND RICHARD D.

HIGGINS CHAIRMAN ROBERT QUINN RUTH HILL Mary Leary RUTH O'KEEFE FRANCES RIGOL Rosa Drysdale Peabody Historical Commission CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, CITY HALL PEABODY. MASS. 01960 PEABODY THE LEATHER CITY May 25, 1984 RECEIVED JUM 1 1 1984 MASS. HIST. COMM. GEORGE PEABODY Massachusetts Historical Commission Office of The Secretary of State 294 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108 Dear Massachusetts Historical Commission: The members of the Peabody Historical Commission have reviewed and approved the attached applications for nomination of the Sutton Block and the John Upton House, Daniel Dodge House,and E. S. Upton House to the National Register of Historic places. After careful study and consideration of these historic commercial properties by the Peabody Historical Commission, the application was prepared by the City of Peabody's Community Development Depart- ment.

The Commission feels strongly that the Sutton Block and the Upton and Dodge Houses deserve the recognition and protection afforded by placement on the National Register of Historic Places. We 1ook forward to a review by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Sincerely, hatsbiannd - Higgins A.Higgemz Chairman PEABODY HISTORICAL COMMISSION "'LEATHER CITY'" OF THE WORLD JOSEPH BOYCE, FIRST TANNER 1642 GsL am CRAGIY SLE LHINATD The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State Michael Joseph Connolly, Secretary Massachusetts Historical Commission Valerie A. Talmage Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer August 13, 1985 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of the Interior 18th and C Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Ms.

Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: NorthAttleborough, North Attleborough Downtown Historic District, North and South Washington Streets between Fisher Street and just south of Bruce Street, 52 Properties. Peabody, Hickey - Osborne Block, 38-60 Main Street, three properties. All have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination forms. MayKate Sampom Jer Sarah Zimmermun Sarah Zimmerman Director, Preservation Planning Massachusetts Historical Commission SZ/dr 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 AUG 2 3 1985