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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTQN, MA 02108 AREA FORM NO. 19/89-16 Town Brookline MRA Address 41 Mason Terrace Historic Name_Lynch-0'Gorman 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 1889 Source permit Style Queen Anne Architect Arthur Vinal Exterior wall fabric shingle & clapboard Outbuildings none Major alterations (with dates) no alteration permits on file Recorded by Larkin_and Benka Organization_ Brookline Historical Commission Date March, 1982; update, May, 1985 Moved from 1560 Beacon St. Date1903 Approx. acreage 7739 sq.ft.
Setting In mixed residential neighborhood, abutted by apartment house Newton Quadrangle UTM Reference: 19/324350/4689590 Map #: 47 (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGVIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the commmity.) This house is one of the older and more architecturally exceptional structures on Corey Hill. Asymmetrical massing, conical roofs, and turrets as well as staggered butt shingles, clapboards, andr oversized acanthus leaves on bays and the southeast gable contribute to a lively and varied visual and textural exterior, so typical of the Queen Anne style. In- tricately carved stone and wood porch posts support a single story entry porch while a large oriel window on the west facade counterbalances the two story rounded bay on the east.
Other houses on this part of the street, while similar in size, date from the 1890s and are examples of the Free Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style. Arthur Vinal; the architect, studied architecture with Peabody and Stearns; he was known for his residential designs, * HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the commmity.) Number 41 Mason Terrace originally stood on Beacon Street on the site of the apartment building at 1560 Beacon Street. It was built in 1889 by Charles D. Sias, an executive with Chase and Sanborn, tea and coffee dealers with offices at 87 Broad Street in Boston. following year Sias built a stable behind the house, again employing the services of Vinal.
By 1900 the house was owned by Frederick McQuestern of the George McQuestern lumber company n tunser cospan which had a mill, docks, and yards in East Boston. In 1903, McQuestern decided to build a larger house for himself on Beacon Street and purchased a lot on Mason Terrace from Henry Whitney, president of thé West End Street Railway, to which to move this house. His new house at 1560 Beacon Street was designed by Winslow and Wetherell; it was demolished to make room for the present apartment building in 1967. 41 Mason Terrace, once moved, was used for rental property for a number of years. By 1913 'it was owned by Henry Lynch and his wife.
This house is listed with HABS (#959-MA) 41 Mason Terrace meets NR criteria C, being a fine and unique (for the neighborhood) example oF the Oueen Anne style, featuring multiple roofs, steep gables, turrets, contrasting textures and elaborate ornamentation. and mtteriariy andselah Dotchester andtloxbury. In Brookline he designed 54 and 66 Poweli Street (in 1895), both if which are in the Queen Anne style with two story towers, like 41 Mason Terrace. He also designed the attached townhouses at 1077-81 Beacon Street (1894). - The design of the pumphouse at the open reservoir on Fisher Hill has been attributed to him; he was also the architect of the Chestnut Hill Pumping Station, a large stone structure by the reservoir on Beacon Street.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) : Permit-1889 Brookline Directory-1891-1910 Boston Directory-1904 4I MASON TeR. DETAIL 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 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only 9/4/85 recelved 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 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--O'Gorman House 60.
Milestone (Harvard St.) Entored in the NatLonel Begister Date/Signature Feeper Almßyunn 14als Attest TKeeper delonaByan 102191 Eatered Nationel Register Intered Natiomal Register Attest /Keeper Attest Entered in the National Begiater K eeper Attest Entered in the National Register GReeper Attest Entered in the National Register 6Reeper Entered in the National Ilegiater Attest Keeper Entered in the Nationel Regtater Attest 6Keeper Attest Keeper Errtarad 15 Nawlodel Regsicex Attest fKeeper Entered in the National Register Attest delouByen r0/21s8 deloueBye 10/12/85 deloreAya 10/02/81 detrulasen 10/2131 AeloraBger 10/22/85 KkeloresByer10/0185 delouBye 10/17/85 delouaBye10111185 85003299 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Lynch--O'Gorman House (Brookline MRA) Norfolk County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample J request Eatered 1n National -appeal SEP Working No.
Fed. Reg. Date:2/3/82 Date Due: 10/3/8s Action: «ACCEPT COI RETURN _REJECT- Federal Agency:. 4 1985 10/19 18) 10-17-81 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 J 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 41 Wason Tsa. Brookline (Ma) MIRA Lynuh- d'Gorman Herse MAR. 1979 Prints werkey rookline Li Mason Jerrace Lyman - O' Gorman House: Brookliue (Ma) MRA nv 150 3 41 Mascn Terrace Ly not-0'Gorman stecte Broukine MRA, Ma NUFACTUREO PROCESSED BY Kodak JULY 83 R ALTH ROAD NTHR ING TON TOWN BROOKLINE BOURNE PLAY ON STREET 41 MASON TERRACE (19/89-16) Brokline (ua) MRA Lynch- Htove TOWN OK BROOKUNE MAT scale "2"= 200fT Lo NG CITY VIEW RD Paadona WOOD! ROAL KBB0DN JENNESS RD. YORK 13 BRAINERD CO0I 3 NCHESTEF SaDORE 600% 00- 900000 00000000000 CANCHESTER KE COOL RLAYG PARK /COREY HILL SpATH 1204 RIGGS GRIGGS D