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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 -- .-- Area Form no. 29-133-2 JAN 2 4 1986 PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings or geographical features. Indicate north. Town Brookline MRA Address 20 Netherlands Road Historic Name "The Dutch House" Use: OriginalExposition Building at Chicago World's Fair (1893) Present residential Ownership: [2 Private individual Private organization Public Original ownerVan Houten and 7oon Cocoa Company DESCRIPTION: Date 1893 Source The Brickbuilder (july, 1893) Style Dutch High Renaissance ArchitectM. Guillaume Wyuen Exterior wall fabric cement Outbuildings_none Recorded by Carla Benka Organization Brookline Historical Com.
Date rall, 1980 Atlas page - 29-133-2 Major alterations (with dates) 1950-replace sill; 1962-install doctor's office in basement Moved from Chicago Date 1893 Approx. acreage 15,850 sn.ft. SettingApproximate 15 foøt set-back from street, across from apartment house, one block away from the Riverway (part of 0lmsted Park system) (Staple additional sheets here) *" -DEC 12 1985 See attached sheet for geographical information. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) This house was constructed in Holland and Belgium, erected in Chicago, and moved to Brookline. It is a direct copy of the Francker town hall in Friesland, Holland which was built in 1591, and as such, #20 Netherlands Road is considered by many to be the most authentic example of. High Renaissance (Dutch) in America.
(Friesland is one of the northernmost provinces of Holland.) The building is four stories high, but two of the stories are in- cluded in the high mansard roof which has a gable at either end and is topped by a dome and bell tower. There are over 1000 square feet of leaded green glass window surface, about 12,000 lights in all. When reconstructed in Brookline, the brick exterior was covered with Portland cement which, in some 1 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) The Dutch House was designed to be the Van Houten Cocoa Company's display building at the Columbian Exposition of 1893. It was one of the few private- ly erected buildings at the Fair to win a medal.
The doors and carved panels came from Hindeloopen, a small village also in Friesland, while the front doorway is an adaptation of the orphanare door at Enkhuizen. The Bomeayin an deantationor highly ornate interion features massive ceiling beams supported by sculptured corbels as well as oak panelling from Flemish dwellings. In the dining room are blue and white delft wall tiles, many over 300 years of age, which depict Biblical stories. While attending the World's Fair, Captain Charles Brooks Appleton of Brook- line became so captivated with the structure that after the Fair, he pur- chased the building at auction and had it dismantled and transported to Brookline. Kingsbury and Richardson of Boston designed the plans for its reconstruction, while E.F. McIntire of Salem was responsible for the plans for the interior.
At the time of the reconstruction, Netherlands Road was an unnamed private way laid out by the Aspinwall Land Company to connect with one of the Park drives which had been designed by Frederick Law 01msted , Eom Sneted (the Riverway section of the Boston Parks System). had Captain Appleton, who came to Brookline in 1890 and lived on Aspinwall Avenue, was a member of many patriotic societies and was particularly in- terested in the cavalry, according to his obituary. Appleton wished house to be a haven for artists; it was long the home of Leo 0'Donnell, an artist, book designer, andprofessor at the Massachusetts School of Art. O'Donnell also had a large collection of Delft pottery which found an appro- priate setting in the Dutch House.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Brookline Chronicle - April 28, 1894; February 2, 1895; February 9, 1895, April 5, 1935; February 16, 1938; November 13, 1955 Proceedings of the Brookline Historical Society - 1978 , PD 69-71 1925, pp. 6-7 20M-2/80 -INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Brookline Form No: 29133-2 Dutch House Property Name:20 Netherlands Rd. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE areas, has been made to look like stone ornamentation. The Van Houten Cocoa eagle is perched over the door, one of the many fine decorative details to be found in the design of this house.
Although there are a number of residential structures in Brookline as well as a fire station whose styles reveal the influence of Dutch archi- tecture, no other building rivals this one in terms of authentic design or detail. 20 Netherland Road meets NR criteria A and C, having been part of the Columbian Exposition of 1893 and a superb example of the High Dutch Renaissance style, unique to the town and the metropolitan area. Boston South Quadrangle UIM Reference: 19/325940/4689030 Map #: 49 Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form 10-900-B (3-82) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark 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 date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Brookline MRA MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 81.
Iwitchell, Ginery, House 82. Walnut Hills Cemetery 83. White, Benjamin, House 84. White Place Historic District 85. Dutch House (The) 86.
Spooner, William, House Date/Signature ntared in tae fkeeper theeper AelumBiqun 10/12135 1etdoaal 10gLster Attest tKeeper AeluySya 101-0185 Enteredin the Maedozal Begister Attest tKeeper Entered ia tie Mational Register AelonAzan 10/22181 Attest Heeper Entered 1n the National Jegtsten AelanByan 14-2185 Sevlew Attest fa)Keeper Attest fattich Andus 124/86 Bitt Sauage 1-24-86 Subatantice RevIer Keeper 1, S Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest Keeper Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET ref.#86000093 Duteh House (The) (Brookline MRA) Norfolk County MASSACHUSETTS Substantive Review resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Working No. DEC | 2 1985 Fed. Reg.
Date: 2-3-87 Date Due: - 1/9/86 - 1/26/85 Action: LACCEPT - 1-24-86 -RETURN _REJECT- Federal Agency: Substantive Review: sample Jrequest appeal X NR decision Ravenreoemegt oe the ggnificent examale of acedemic Cdloticism manizested Outcl Renaissence Rurvol Accept A,C moved ta Brookline by Capt. aren fallowring ita Reviewer acistectural History xpositior 1-24-86 see continuation sheet in Chicago in 1893, the residence pisugicent for ito casocietion Nomination returned for: - _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below with appleton and the yposition. 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition Status Accessible Present Use 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 J excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one unaltered altered Check one originalsite moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) 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:_ GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet eiFf Dutch Hovse 20 Netuerlands Road Brookline (Ma) MRA Dutch Heuse 20 Netherlands Rd Brookline (Ma) MRA STREF brookline Dutch Hase Tov NN TELY M BEALON ooboo LITTELL Po04000g .00 000 D0B000 AD LAW LONGWOOD PLAYGROUND LAWRENCE SC FRANCIS ISON jauD KEN PARSONS FIELD SQUAR CHATHAM LONGWOOD EECH EST CHAPEL 8 R (0. 00000402 TREE 002 M KENT ST. IPLAYGRD EET KENT BROOKLIME AVE. PLAYGROUND RECRESTONCTR BROOKLINE RIVERWAY YTINGTON AV. HUNTINGTON AVE. LL ST.
-GRIM MOL D ANDS FR ANCIS LINE LLH 15 HANGE1E apd Guara Sta, 19 s Spectstorium E! Station Loma Brasd Bie GOVC Army Hospital ANNEX TRANSPOLTATION NORTIECANAL BRdO MACHINERT 1Ex 810 od Batk 20 21 22 23 T 24 25 26 INDEX TO STATE SITES AND BUILDINCS. Arkansas. B-15 Idaho.. California D-15 A-17 New Jersey...B-17 A Illinois.. E-16 New York.....C-17 Colorado.. D-14 Indiana. D-15 North Dakota.B-15 Connecticut B-18 Iowa... .A-18 Ohio... ..D-15 Delaware. B-17 Kansas.. A-15 Pennsylvania. B-16 - Florida... B-15 B-16 Rhode Island.B-17 Louislana .B-15 Maine... South Dakota.C-15 ..B-18 Ter's,Joint(Ariz. B Maryland. .B-17 N.Mex.,Okla)B-16 MassachusettsB-17 Texas.. A-15 Michigan......D-15 Utah... Minnesota. ..B-15 A-16 Vermont. .B-18 Missouri.......B-16 Virginia.......A-17 C Montana.. -A-16 Washington..C-15 Nebraska... ,B-15 New Hamp. .B-18] West Virginia.B-16 Wisconsin...
D-15 SVIllIOD Taroa NAVAL ting Ship erratory Rand, MeNally & Co.'s New Indexed Miniature Guide May E orth Pier OF THE NORTI INLET World's Columbian- Exposition Chicago, 1893. G ten & Zoon Chair Co. SCALE OF FEET. 1,150 feet - 1 inch. T S , 3 300,00 8 N tion Booth UFACTURES ion Booth EXPLANATION. RAILROADS..... ELEVATED R. R.. CABLE CARS..... ELECTRIC CARS - Band. MeNally & Co.'s New Indexed Miniature Guide Map of the World's Columbian Exposition K Copyright, 1893, by Band. McNally & Co. SIDEWAL RBOB MOVARLE 250 x2,500 1 INLET t la Babida Sosior 500% SORICULPUR ido Ezhibip ind Mille Tards of Buildings ind Ground. 59. The east (Lake Michigan) front of Manufactures, with the Viking Ship in the foreground, and the very Dutch little pavilion of Van Houten & Zoon cocoa snuggled near the northeast corner of the giant building. building in the world (Figs. 52-61).
It was 1,687 by 787 feet in area and cost $1,837,601. Its semicircular, glazed, sea-green main roof was 245½ feet high. The corner pavilions (triumphal arches with single openings) rose 97 feet; the four center-of-facade pavilions (triple-opening arches), 132 feet. Of the standard 20-odd-foot bays, there were 22 on the north and south facades, 58 on the east and west! The Corinthian regularity of the facades was partially enlivened by numerous female figures. Originally, Manufactures was to have consisted of two parallel "tunnels" connected by intersecting ones at either end, and spanned in the center by a depressed dome. Two six-acre courts were to have been left open within the area. De Young, the above-mentioned California member of the National Commission, urged that these courts be roofed over and that one vast central hall be spanned by steel trusses.
The celebrated Galerie des Machines at the 1889 Paris fair was the model for this; in an explicit spirit of rivalry, Post's building beat Dutert and Contamin's by a few feet with its 368-foot clear-span hinged-arch roof structure, but the metal detailing on the French edifice was decidedly more elegant and graceful. Inside, Manufactures had a gallery 50 feet wide, and 86 smaller galleries for viewing that projected 12 feet. Ex- rensive mural decoration included work by such eminent painters as Gari Melchers, Walter McEwen, J. Alden Weir, Robert Reid, E. E. Simmons, Kenyon Cox, J. Car- roll Beckwith, Walter Shirlaw, C. S. Reinhart and Edwin H. Blashfield, most of whom would in a few years be decorating the Library of Congress, an important perma- nent showcase for White City ideals.
On the main floor of Manufactures were many national pavilions (with individual firms represented within) dis- playing such stylish manufactured products as ceramics, metalwork, textiles, furniture, glassware and jewelry. Germany's exhibit had a wrought-iron gateway made by Armbruester Brothers of Frankfurt am Main. These gates were purchased after the fair for $20,000 by the owner of the mansion at 1000 Lake Shore Drive (built by Beman in the 1880s). In 1897 this became the honeymoon home of Harold and Edith Rockefeller McCormick, whose stormy marriage and intimate patronage of the arts and sciences were to supply newspaper copy for decades. The main thoroughfare inside Manufactures, 50 feet wide, was called Columbia Avenue. At its center was the 120-foot-high clock tower of the American Self-Winding Clock Company.
At the north end of the Avenue was the giant teiescope that Yerkes had ordered for the Universi- ty of Chicago observatory that was to bear his name. The galleries of Manufactures were reserved for the Liberal Arts displays (physical development, medical ap- paratus, education, literature, public works, research in- struments, government, commerce, institutions of knowledge, social associations, religious associations, music and theater). Many universities and publishing houses had important exhibits here; photography was not neglected. Musical instruments, alone of all Liberal Arts items, were shown on the main floor of Manufac- tures.
The anthropology and ethnology division of the Liberal Arts Department had its own building elsewhere, as did the Manufactures division devoted to shoes and leather (similarly, the forestry division and the main dairy division were not in the Agricultural Building). The Court of Honor and Its Buildings 51