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FORM B - BUILDING DAE HAGHENORO 'SSREREO STON® MA 02100 AREA FORM NO. 337 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116 Town_Arlington, MA Address 69 Oakland Avenue Historic Name_Taylor-Dallin House 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. See attached map Use: Present_Residential Original Residential DESCRIPTION: Date ca. 1898 Source Arlington maps & directories Style_Colonial Revival/Shingle Style Architect Unknown Exterior wall fabric Shingle OutbuildingsNone Major alterations (with dates) None Recorded by Betsy Friedberg Organization_ Mass.
Historical Commission Date 8/84 Moved No Date N/A Approx. acreage_less than one acre Setting The house rests on a corner lot at Cliff Street and Cakland Avenue. 19(320720/4698480 (Staple additional sheets here) MAK ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) Situated on a rocky, tree-shaded corner lot in Arlington Heights is the home of the American sculptor. Cyrus E. Dallin (1861-1944).. This commodious structure is covered with dark brown wooden shingles. Its blend of Shingle- and Colonial Revival-style characteristics represents a variation on an often-repeated formula for turn-of-the- century New England suburban houses.
Particularly noteworthy is the staircase leading to the verandah and the elegant curved bay that projects from the house's northeast corner: Dallin's studio, a separate building behind the main house, is no longer extant. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) For forty-four years, Cyrus E.Dalfin. an internationally acclamed sculptor, lived in the largeresidence at the corner of @kland Avenue and Cliff Street in Arlington Heights. Born in Springville, Utah, in1861, he began modeling portrait heads from. sun-dcied clay at the age of seventeen. An exhibition of his works at a local fair impressed a visiting Boston mine owner. Consequently, C. H. Blanchard arranged for Dallin to study under the prominent Boston sculptor: Truman Bartlett. He had a second apprenticeship with Sidney H.
Morse of Quincy, Massachusetts. In 1882, he opened a studio on Tremont Street in Boston and won a prestigious design competition: his "Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere" was chosen from among the designs of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French, and Thomas Ball. Due to controversies surrounding the competition, the Revere statue was not installed behind the Old North Church (NAL 1966) until fifty-six years later. Study in Paris and a brief return to Utah were followed by Dallin's purchase of 69 Oakland Avenue from Jack Taylor in 1899. From Dallin's studio came "a procession of great works...
Tons of clay and piles of scaffolding cameand went." By the time of his family's settle- ment in Arlington Heights, hehad already produced works from his most famous sculptural -series: his depictions of the North American Plains Indian include "The Signal of Peace" (exhibited at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1893), "The Medicine Man, "and The Boston Museum of Fine Art's famous "Appeal to the Great Spirit." Since 1914 his "Young Hunter at the Spring" has graced the grounds adjoining Arlington's Robbins Library (NR 1974; Town Center Historic District). Following the designs of the noted Boston architect R. Clipston Sturgis, he modeled the animal figures that decorate the base of the flagpole near Arlington' Town Hall (NR 1974; Town Center Historic District).
Dallin's other important works include statues of Isaac Newton (Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.), Anne Hutchinson (State BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) continued House Grounds, Boston), and General Hancock (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania). A faculty member CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION The Taylor/Dallin House retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workman- ship, feeling, and association. It meets Criterion B of the National Register of Historic Places. for its association with one of Arlington's most prominent turn-of-the-century citizens. BIBLIOGRAPHY Cyrus E. Dallin: Let Justice Be Done by Re11 G. Francis 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 10M - 7/82 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Taylor-Dallin House (Arlington MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: L sample Jrequest -appeal MAR 6 1985 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date Date Due: 4785 - 4/20/85 Action: ACCEPT LRETURN 4-18-85 _REJECT Federal Agency: -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 wnership ublic Acquisitiol 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 /i3. Other Maps Map paee te define boundariis unelea - peall conered over. Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Signed.
XByu - Date 4/18/85 Phone: - Comments for any item maybe continued on an attached sheet NPS Form 10-900-a (7-81) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number 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 41. Russell Common Entered in the Hationel Roester 42. Shattuçk, Ralph W., House Tkeper Attest fukeeper Date/Signature SelmBgur 4/00185 Eaterad Nationel tha Begister delamBzun 2/703 Attest 43. Sterling-Cutter, Ella Mahalla, House Eatored in Matione! FiKeeper AlenBgan4/18/85 Attest 44. Swadkins, Thomas, House Babered inthe Mationel Register fieeper SherByan 11ith5 Attest 45.
Swan, Henry, House Entered in tos Nationel Jeglster fteeper AelnuByen 927185 Attest 46. Symmes, JI., Stephen, House Batered 1n tie Mat1one! Noglistes freeper AuraByen 1/rs Attest 47. TayIor-Dallin House Entered in the National Register Treeper AeloraByan9/27/85 Attest 48. Wayside Inn Entored 1n MetdonelRegister fkeeper AelorAyun 9/27/85 Attest 49. Whittemore House Imparoâ in fKeeper delareByen4/18/85 Attest 50. Winn Farm fukeeper Bacaorad Ln Matione!
AebveaBya 4/18/85 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Taylor--Dallin HOuse (Arlington MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Lsample Reviewer's comments: request Entered Nationel -appeal REI-# 85002689 Working No. 3/4/95 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/4286 Date Due: 9/28/85 Action: LACCEPT_ 722-8 -RETURN _REJECT_ Federal Agency: _ 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. Ciassification Category Ownership ublic 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 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: _ Commentsfor any item may be continued on an attached sheet Taylor- Dallin Itouse trlingten MRA, MA MAR 6 1085 (103) 3 FLORENCE AVENTU. (oI) (165) ASHLAND 96 ASHCAND- 10007 7070 (°) 603 (20) B030 (ic%) OAKLANO (16.3) 10-A 704 1167.
STREET (,230 N 15 14 1sEro STREET I6GIR CLIFF (+) 10329 LINDEN PY-I-5002 Arlington MRA Taylor-Dallin House 69 Oakland Avenue Scab: 1'=120' Arlirptmi Ton Asessins Mup 1960 AWENUE (n-) BLOCK PLAN NO.166 Adlinpen Assessors Mopa