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AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02116 FORM NO. 30/141-13 Iown Brookline MRA Address 19 Linden Street Historic Name N/A PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) staple to left 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 iaventoried property and nearest intersection. Indicate north. Use: Present residential Original_ residential DESCRIPTION: Date 1843-1844 Source Map, Historical Sketches of Brooklin tyle Greek Reviva Architectunknown Exterior wall fabric clapboard Outbuildings barn Major alterations (with dates)__ none Recorded by Carla Benka Organization Brookline Hist. Comm. Date_October 1980 Boston South Quadrangle UTM Reference: 19/325520/452884e additional sbeets here) Map #: 43 Moved no Date_N/A Approx.
acreage_Less than one acre Setting The house is set on the east side of the lot, thus creating a large side yari a barn is set at the rear lot line, creat- ing a spacious back yard. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) Of the three Greek Revival-style houses on this street (see also #12 and #53 Linden Street), #19 remains in the finest and most pristine condition. Like #12, its pedimented gable end taces the. street, but unlike #i2, the porch ot this house is in fine condition. Other evidence of the Greek.Revival style can be seen in the porch columns and frieze, the main cornice and frieze, pilastered cornerboards, and front doorway.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) Like the other two Greek Revival-style houses on Linden Street, this house was built y a merchant: John Turner was a partner in the firm of J. N. Turner, E. C. Wilson. and george Browne, which operated a drygoods concern on rederal street 1n Boston Like Charles Scudder, who lived at #12 Linden, Turner was active in the Harvard Congregational Society and audited its booksfor a number of years. It is interesting to note that Turner and his neighbors at #12 and #53 commuted into Boston from the Village, even before the arrival of the railroad in the late 1840s.
Access to Boston was provided by the Mill Dam Road, which, when opened in the 1820s, lessened the isolation of Brookline and began to create pressure for the development of the land nearby. The land on which Linden Street was laid out had been part of the Davis farm, part of which came into the hands of the widow of Ebenezer Davis in 1822. Lucy Davis, who later married James Holden, was the last owner of this farmland; when the property was sold, it was subdivided into residential lots-in 1843: See #29 Linden Place for information on the subdivision.
(Form 31-147-9; Map #39) CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION #19 Linden Street meets- National Register Criteria A and C, being one of a small number of houses that remain from the 1843 Linden Place residential subdivision planned by ük b Because* Maps: 1830, 1844, 1855 Tax lists: 1852-1870 Atlas: 1874, 1884, 1893 Land Ownership in Brookline Historical Sketches of Brookline Boston Directory, 1852 *there is a substantial amount of modern infill in the area, the surviving components of the Linden Place development are being nominated individually.
10M - 7/82 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 9-4-83 date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Brookline MRA MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 31. 3mlfenco Harris, John, House and Farm 32. Heath, Charles, House 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. .39. 40. Heath, Ebenezer, House Holyhood Cemetery House wt (4 Perry St.) ouse a 9 linden St. Housect (12 Linden St.) House a (12 Vernon St.) Houseat (19 Linden St.) House af (53 Linden St.) - Entered Ix Sa Hational Register Entered In 6 National Register tKeeper Date/Signature AhelomBya 10/1/6. Attest tKeeper Aveauabiyun Nalei Attest 5Keeper Intered in Mationat Beaister AebmByu40185 Entered tae Nationel .
Hegister Entered 1a 1 National Iegtmbes Attest tReeper AelmBya 1d1105 Attest fheeper AeluBge 10/12185 Attest Keeper AelonaBgan c/2185 Entered in the National Reglter Attest Ehtered im National Regieter /Keeper DelarByur 10/22185 Attest Entered in the National Register GReeper AelonasDzea w/n18) Entered 1s National Noglmber Attest fReeper SleveByen 10/2185 Entered Ix te National Tegllmlen Attest 6Keeper Attest AelouaByan 10/12195 85003284 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET House (Brookline MRA) (9 Kinden) Norfolk County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: - sample -request Entered in the National Register Working No._ SEP /4 1985 Fed. Reg.
Date: 2/3/8 Date Due: 10/3/85 Action: LACCEPT 10/19/85 10-17-8 -RETURN _ REJECT - Federal Agency: -appeal 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 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 clarity applicable criteria 932 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 NOV 1980 Prestige Prints by Berkey 19 Lindru ST, Brookline MaMRA 19 lnden st le l85 (Ma) 30 C 19 unden sT. (30/141-13) Brookline (Ma) MRA a town of Brokline map Jan1981 stale '½ LITTELL 3000008 Se 000 ogL HOUS PIERCE PLAYGROUND CHOOL SOLDIERY MOMUMENT 1 18 008 MERSOM EMERSOM BOYLSTON PLAYGROUND BCZA S GARDEN H BOJLStON ST. STA TION LASR SOUARE 0000 ml PEARL WATER WORKS STR HAW THORNE ROAD PLYGRD EET OARKWAY AVENUE .0 0g0 JER BROOKLINE AVE PLAYGROUND JAMESJ LYNCH RECREATION CTR. BROOKLINE ROAO RIVERWAY INGTON AV. HUNTINGTON AVE. PARSONS FIELD