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APR 4 1986 EORM B - BUILDING MASSACEUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET; BOSTON, MA 02116 Entered: AREA FORM NO. MID CAM.! II B 30A USGS Map #24 Cambridge, Mass. Iowa Cambridge MRA Address 19 Ware Street Historic Name_The Stanstead PHOTO: (3x3" or 3x5", ,black & white) staple to left side of form Photo number 88-30A SKETCH MAP Show property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate ald buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection. Indicate aorth. Use: Present. Original residential residential DESCRIPTION: Date 1887 Source building permit Style Romanesoue Revival ArchitectJ.R. & W.P. Richards Exterior wall fabric brick Outbuildings NA Major alterations (with dates) none SEE ATTACHED MAP Hoved no Date NA Approx. acreage_.2867 acres Recorded by. I. Alduino Organization Cambridge Historical_Com.
Date 1985 Setting In character, Ware Street is largely residential with apartment buildings such as The Stanstead. pre- dominating. A notable neighbor in- cludes the New England Talephone at 10 Ware Street (1932), a brick Neo- UT 19/325910/4693230 Georgian structure built to resemble ar USGS Quad: Boston South (Staple additional sbeets bere) apartment house. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the conmmity.) The Stanstead meets Criterion C as an early example of the apartment house type. Built for John H. Hubbard, a Harvard Square apothecary, this three story apartment building has a center entrance flanked by projecting three story bays. The side elevations also have projecting bays.
The principal Romanesque details are the Richarâsonian arched doorway, the patterned horozontal brick courses and parapet with recessed panels, and the irregular fenestration. The windows are trimmed in freestone. aiain"the role hneds piasdgn fodeer statulti-family history and how the building relates to the development of the conmmity.) Continued . The Stanstead is an early example of a single entrance apartment house modeled after wood frame triple deckers which were just becoming popular in Cambridge. Some contemporary multi-family dwellings such as 23-29 Ware Street (1886-87), also built for John E. Hubbard, were modeled after earlier rowhouse types, had several entrances, and were divided vertically instead of horizontally into flats. Other multi- unit dwellings were disguised as single family residences: 382-392 Harvard Street (1889, J.R. & W.P. Richards).
The Stanstead presents itself openly as an apartment house and is significant under Criterion A, for its importance in understanding the emergence of multi-unit dwellings as an acceptable living alternative in Cambridge. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) SEZ ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY 10M - 7/82 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Conmmity: Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge MRA Form No: II B 30A Property Name: The Stanstead Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Architectural Significance con't. dwellings in Cambridge, including the elaborate single entrance apartment house, The Jarvis (1890), with a similiar Richardsonian arch. The Stanstead meets criteria C as an early apartment building.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATIUN SNDDA MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Cambridae Mass. Cambridge MRA Property Name: 19 Ware St. Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. MC II B 30A Bibliography/References Cambridge Historical Conmission. Survey of Architectural History in Cambridae: Wolme I Ens Cambridge 19, ut o print. Volume II, Mid Cambridge (196/), camoriage, m Vol ume III, Cambridgeport (1971), Cambridge, MA Volume IV, Old Cambridge (1973), Cambridge, MA Volume V, Northwest Cambridge (1977), Cambridge, MA Cambridge Historical Society, Proceedings (1906-Present), Cambridge, MA. D.A.R., Winthrop Chapter, An Historical Guide to Cambridge (1907), Cambridge, MA. Gil1man, A. (ed.), Cambridge of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Six (1896), Cambridge, MA.
Paige, L.R., History of Cambridge (1877), Boston, MA.; Supplement (1930), Boston, MA. Rand, C., Cambridge, U.S.A. (1964), New York, NY. Rettiq, R.B., Guide to Cambridge Architecture (1969), Cambridge, MA. Stillman, N.J. (ed.), Poetic Localities of Cambridge (1876), Cambridge, MA. Woods, R.A., and Kennedy, A.J. (Warner, ed.), Zone of Emergence (1962), Cambridge, MA. Zaitzevsky, C., with the advice of the Review Committee members, The Harvard University Study of Historic and Architectural Properties in the Environs of Cambridge, (April 1983-December 1984), Cambridge, MA. Staple to Inventory form at bottom STREET HARVARD 136 1o 0) 900 MU ATSII (18"½dá0 10 QUINCY 4m00) 0212 PRESCOTT 7r00.125 WARE 115525) ((920) (711) 1ATU STREET -50205 No.30 10878 p004 VIBUAL CARPENTEOCANTE* CANTER STREET tisor 76502 /1 15615 Na3l STREET BROADWAY Cambridge, Mass.
Cambridge MRA THE STANSTEAD Base: Citor0f City of Cambridge plane January 1983 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 MB No. 1024-00 xp. 10-31-8 For NPS use only received date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematie Group Name State Cambridge Multiple Resource Area MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 181. Memorial Drive Apartments Hist. Dist. Intored in thie jational keglatet 182. Montrose, The Inber 1m National Register Date/ Signature Okeeper Alonekyen strtee Aeloua Jyen 519186 183. Peabody Court Apartments Entored in tile Mational Register 184. Shady Hill Historic District Suastantive Rertew 185. Stanstead, The Entered in the National Reglater 186. Stickney-Shepard House Entered in the National Register 187. Warren, H.
Langford, House Entered 1n tiha National Register Attest fieeper Attest fReeper Atelubyer stalr Attest fon)iseeper Attest fteper Patick Andurs 5119/86 Betad Sarae 5-14-86 NelousByun 514686 Attest fieeper Aelmeßgen 511446 Attest fieeper Delore Byun stalve 188. Withey, S. B., House Eaterad National Regiater Attest fieeper MelmaByen519186 189. Wood, J. A., House Entored 1n tle National Regiater Attest fReeper Attest Delouaßbyens19186 190.
BiblogicaleLaboratory Substantive dovier : Keeper DOE/OWNER OBJECTION Determired 811gibfo ttest sutemntebut h: (24/87 86001313 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Stanstead, The (Cambridge MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: sample Reviewer's comments: Jrequest Working No._ APR 4 1986 Fed. Reg. Date:22/3/87 Date Due: 1486 Action: ~ACcEPT -5/19/56 5-19-86 Iatiexod __RETURN National Register -REJECT_ Federal Agency: Lappeal - 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 I 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 J original site moved date 8. Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception J 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 The Stanstead Canbride MRA Ma 19 Ware Street 88-30A Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000275