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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 Area Form no. 72/314-12 12A PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number J Town_Brookline YRA Address 13-21 High Street (64 Walnut St. Historic Name Hotel Adelaide Use: Original_ Apartments Present apartments, store Ownership:[X Private individual Private organization Public Original owner Eben Wright SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings or geographical features. Indicate north. DESCRIPTION: Date 1875 Source American Architect and Buildi News Style Some "Victorian Gothic" influence Architect O.F. Smith Exterior wall fabric brick & sandstone Outbuildings none Major alterations (with dates)_ 1963-new store fronts #s 13 & 15 Moved Date_ Approx. acreage6814 sq.ft.
Recorded by Carla Benka, Nancy Peabody Setting At the foot of High St. Hill, ir Organization Brookline Historical Com. tersection of High and Walnut Sts., Date October, 1981 residential neighborhood Boston South Quadrangle UIM Reference: 19/325460/4688460 (Staple additional, sheets here) Map #: 34 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) Many architectural details, some executed in brick and others a highly distinctive appearance of some of the best examples of Queen Anne domestic architecture in Brookline.
Note particularly the bracketed cornice, stone banding, Gothic-like details over some of the windows, and brick a number of houses provide any evidence of in has the appearance of a single famtel sinceence; con erletto to have been part of the HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain thetole omerstplcona in 1ooal or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) Eben Wright, who built this apartment house, the Hotel Adelaide, also built the Hotel Kempsford at #72 Walnut Street. Wright lived in Nahant and rented units to a number of different people, including those who worked in Brookline and those who worked in Boston. Among teachers, and businessmen. John Koch of the American Screen Company (see form for 302 Washington Street) lived at the Hotel Kempsford, while Augustus Shurtleff, a well known Brookline physician, lived at the Adelaide.
In a letter to the American Architect and Building News of 1884, Obed F. Smith describes the room arrangement in the units: the parlor, dining-room, etc. were on one floor, and the chambers, and bedrooms on the floor above, with two floors connected by a private staircase. Smith indicates that his design may have been one of the earlier ones of this type to be conceived. 13-21 High Street/64 Walnut Street meet NR criteria C, being a very early, if not first, example of the duplex concept in apartmenthouse architecture and - criteria A, being an early example of the apartment hotel concept. which fully evolved in nearby Brookline Village, as seen in such examples as the Colonnade Hotel and 30-34 Station Street. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES American Architect and Building News- V. 16, Nov.
29, 1884, p.261 Atlas-1874, 1884 Tax list-1874-1876 20M-2/80 NPS Form 10-900-8 (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 917/83 received date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Brookline MRA MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 51. House «t (156 Mason Terr.) 52. Houses t (76--96 Harvard Ave.) 53. Hotel Adelaide 54. Hotel Kempsford 55. Jackson, Thaddeus, House 56. Kilsyth Terrace 57. Linden Park 58. Linden Square 59. Lynch--0'Gorman House 60.
Milestone (Harvard St.) Date/Signature Entered inthe KKeeper Aklusyus Natdonal Begister 14crlss Attest TKeeper Enberod Natiorel Register Entered 1m National Hegiscer Attest Keeper Attest Entered in the National Begtater OKeeper Attest Enterad in the National Iegister GKeeper Attest Entered in the National Register 6Reeper Entered in the National Begiater Attest Keeper Entered 1n the Nationel Register Attest Keeper Attest -Keeper Entarad 1s Wa-bd.ocre] Begtscet Entared in the National Register Attest f Keeper Attest dlelouaByar 14/2181 debuByan r0k2/ss deluByu 10/2/85 delorya 10/0/85 delrueyen10/2/35 delouaBye 10/2185 KelreBye10/n/8i delouyen10/02/85 dlelouaByen1011185 85003276 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Hotel Adelaide (Brookline MRA) Norfolk County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: L sample Reviewer's comments: -request SEP 4 1985 Working No..
Fed. Reg. Dates2 8/87 Date Due: 10/3/65 -/0/19/85 Action: LACCEPT 10-17-80 Satered in the -RETURN National Register - REJECT- Federal Agency: - -appeal LNR 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 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 ciarity 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 13-21 Heg4 St, Hotel Adelat Brooklene (M4)MeA !. Feh i, 77 Hotel Adelaie 13-21 High st Brookline CUA)MRA 80' B7 BBDOD G 09b00 D'UYESAKIH 1/ .3Hh/640(H2,21) Tn TONN 9 Baokune Map Jan9BI scale ½"=200 00008 CREENDUGHCIR 2/005 2300 og HOUS 9000D EMERSOM ST. EMERSOM GARDEN 41.8 BOYLSTON PLAYGROUND AVENUE Re REE RVIN PLYGRD ROAD HAWTHORNE 350000 ROAD -TLEN PARKWAY 11300 PIERCE PLAYGROUND S SOLDIERS MORUMENT T. UONN HOMER ST MARYS PINW AR PLERCE NI TATION SBAOORLIME VIUASTLETA STREET PEARL STAI AVENUE 000 0000 anton S BY1S WATER WORKS BROOKLINE AVE PLAYGROUND PARECHESINCHR. BROOKLINE PIVER RIVERWAY NTING TON AV. HUNTINGTON AVE. PARSONS FIELD D000