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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTQN, MA 02108 AREA FORM NO. 127/437-12 12A PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number UN1 PA+ 6 i CUkduk SKEICH 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. Town Brookline MRA Address 61 Heath Street Historic Name General Simon Elliot House 1u6- Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION: Date 91824 2 JOtpIC Source Historical Sketches of Brookline Style - Orig. Greek Reviva Architect Informatton Not available Exterior wall tabric clapboard : 2 Outbuildings attached carriage house Suwt 7kut) OLiC9 101120 Recorded by Larkin and Benka Organization Brookline Historical Com. Date - Jan.
1980 Major alterations, (with dates) 1910- 2 dormers added (3'x10'&3'x16*); 1932 extend attached ganage by 303'x5'; 4949-extend 1 dormer 10'; 1955-ex- tend dormer to roof/ Moved Date Approx. acreage ::2 2/3 acre Setting In residential neighborhood of much newer single family homes; set back on large wooded lot Newtoi Quadrangie *Mào #: 29 UTM Reterences 19/323260/4687840 (Staple additional sheets bere) ARCHITECTURAL SIGVIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the conmmity.) Essentially a one and one half story Greek Revival style cottage, this house has undergone a number of alterations while still retaining such original elements as fts Greek Revival doorway with transom and sidelights; pilastered cornerboards; returns; and siting (gable end facing the 'street). Later!
additions include Gothic Revival (Tudor) arches and steeply pitched gable dormers and Colonial Revival pediments, dentils, and modillions. A three stall carriage house/barn is attached to the main structure. Smaller than many of the other Greek Revival houses in Brookline, this house fs older with alteratior which are in and of themselves architecturally significant. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state F.SCUUC history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) This house was built in 1824 bý General Simon Elliot who had come from Scotland to America at the age of 17. He lived on Federal Street in Boston and had several shops on State Street; he also owned a snuff mills grist mil, and lail factory 1n Newton. Army. Perkins(see 450 Warren Street), one of Boston's most illustrious and wealthy merchant princes.
factory8a bo warren Elliot's rank was earned in service in the Continental In 1788 his daughter Sarah, born in 1763, married Thomas Handasy They had ten children, the eldest of whom married Samuel Cabot, a member of another large mercantile family. Simon Elliot Greene, nephew of General Elliot, inherited this house from his uncle. Greene married Eliaabeth Tilden Linzee of Boston who, ,after 26 Greene's death, married John Sullivan Warren. They lived at 61 Heath Street.
Warren was held in high esteem in Boston and Brookline "for his many acts of liberality and his general benevolence of character." He eventually left a sum of money to be expended "in beautifying the streets of Brookline with shade trees." This house meets NR criteria C, being one of the oldest Greek Revival style homes in Brookline; holding in common with them such features as pilastered cornerboards; returns, doorway with sidelights and transom; and gable-end- facing-the-street siting; and retaining such later alterations as Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival decorative details. - BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Pe mits-1910, 1932, 1949 ho=i9:i Woods, Harriet, Historical Sketches of Brookline, p.
326 Cico 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 Expires 10-31-87 For NPS uee orily received 9-4-85 date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Brookline MRA MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 21. Elliot, General Simon, House 22. Emmett Cottage 23. Fernwood 24. Fire Station #7 25. Fisher Hill Historic District 26. Francis, Dr. Tappan Eustis, House 27. Fuller, Peter, Building 28. Goddard, John, House 29. Graffam Development Historic District 30.
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Neemußyun 1/2165 AelreByera10/z/85 delmBzua id2/o5 2 / 85003262 WASO Form - 177 ('R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Elliot, General Simon, House (Brookline MRA) Norfolk County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample request Working No. - Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due:_ 0/3/8. Action: LACCEPT Entered in the -RETURN Wational Register REJECT - Federal Agency: - Wappeal L NR decision Recom./Criteria_ Reviewer . Discipline. Date . see continuation sheet 4 1985 10/19/5 10-17-85 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 Aceessible Present Use Check one -original site moved date 8. Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect 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 61 Hteath st 5/85 Brookline (MA)MRA Ellut, Gen, simen, souse GI Heuth st 5-85 Flliot, Ger. Simer, Hasse Broskline (uAMRA BIS S Aathm COVÉRE mimism 77IH RQSAH LQ8 ELIOT PLAYGROUND TOWN OF BMOOKLINE ECHER, ROÃO GeNeRAl SIMON ElLIOr LOUSe SEAV 61 Heath St; 127/437-12.12A TowN of Brookline MAP, Jan.
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