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Nomination for Jackson, Thaddeus, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,066 words across 9 pages, filed in 1985. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 85003295, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON, STREET; BOSTON, MA 02116 1F97399- 48 - / Town Brookline MRA Address 15 Alberta Road Historic Name Thaddeus Jackson House 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 inventoried property and nearest intersection. Indicate north. .- Use: Present Residential . Original_ Residential DESCRIPTION: Date_ 1820 Nina Fletcher Little, Some Source Old Brookline Houses Style_Georgian Vernacular (w/ saltbox influence) ArchitectUnknown Exterior wall fabric Clapboard Outbuildings None Major alterations (with dates) 20-x-19-ft. garage addition, 1941 Moved No Date_ N/A Approx.

acreage_ Less than one acre Recorded by Flora Greenan, Carla Benka Setting The Thaddeus Jackson House Organization Brookline Hist. Comm. is set some thirty feet back. Date August 1979 from Alberta Road and is fronted by a stockade fence. (Staple additional sheets here) Newton Quadrangle UTM References: 19/322420/4685770 Map #: 1 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the conmmity.) The Thaddeus Jackson House originally probably consisted of two rooms separated by an entry with the kitchen in the leanto on the southerly end. Renovations have resulted in the complex remodeling of the rear portion (1941) of the house. The saltbox configuration, windows tucked under the eaves of the roof, 8/8 and 6/6 windows as well as the simple, center doorway all suggest an earlier construction date.

This somewhat retardataire style of the Thaddeus Jackson House emphasizes the rural, isolated character of* HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) The Thaddeus JacksonHouse was built in 1820 and as such, is one of a handful of houses built in Brookline before 1825 that are still standing. Bullt on land once belonging to Willlam lyng, this house replaced an earlier one that, according to legend, bore the marks of Indian tomahawks in its front door. This older house belonged to Abraham Jackson, a surveyor . of highways, a farmer, and a blacksmith. His blacksmith shop, which stood near his house, was undoubtedly busy since it was located on the way to Erosamond Drew's sawmill and "attracted much teaming from Newton and travel to and from Dedham," according to Harriet Woods.

Abraham Jackson left his property to his son, Thaddeus, who built this house for his son, Thaddeus, Jr. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION The Thaddeus Jackson House meets National Register criteria A and C and is a fine example of a vernacular Georgian country homestead. It is one of the few residences built in Brookline before 1825 that remains standing. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Harriet Woods, Historical Sketches of Brookline Nina Fletcher Little, Some Old Brookline Houses Mary Lee, History of the Chestnut Hill Chapel, published by the History Committee of the First Church in Chestnut Hill, 1937, p. 54. *Brookline during the first quarter of the nineteenth century.

- 10M - 7/82 Thaddun Jackson- photo c 188s NPS Form10-900-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 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received 9/7/85 date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Nam e State Brookline MRA MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 51. House «ut (156 Mason Terr.) 52. Houses et (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.

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Fed. Reg. Date:2,382 Date Due: _ 10/3/85 10/19/8. Entered In tAgtion: -ACCEPT- 10-17-83 National Register -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? 7. Description yes no 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 982 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 15 Alberate Ro 5la5 Jauksen, Thaddeus, üruse Braskline Miut, MA 15 Albeita Road 5-85 Jackson, -haddecs, itaese Breokan MRK, MA WALNUT WALLI a VOY ROXBUR GOLF (TOWN COUF OF BROO P15 AIbeRTA ROAD 113/399-48 Thaddeus JacksoN HousE TOWNoF BROOklIne MAP- JAU. 1181 "½" = 200' PARKWAY STRI TH SS JE N W FAIRGREEN BELLINGHAM ORT EZZA ROAD BaBa e RO E STAFF SERGEANT (FRANCIS X RY. S8.OROOKLINE CIRCLE COMMUNITYCTÀ TEMPLE JDDINGSTONE RD. Co OIVGATE anax STREE RDAD BRANCH LIBRARY DALE WALNUT HILLS CEMETERY