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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.
FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 phorent on bace retc and white) Staple to left side of form. Sketch Map: Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north (SEE ATTACHED MAP) UTM REFERENCE 19.319830.4090740 USGS QUADRANGLE NEWTON, MASS. SCALE 1:25,000 AREA FORM NO. 1683 Newton, Mass. MRA Town Newton (Newton Corner) Address 621 Centre Street Historic Name Brackett House Use: Present dwelling Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1850 Source stylistic analysis Style Greek Revival Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings carriage house Major Alterations (with dates) 20th c. remodelling. 1900-north wing added.
Condition Very good Moved no Date lessthan Acreage 30,310 sq. It. Setting urban residential along major thoroughfare Recorded by K. Hatch Organization Newton Hist. Comm. Date 3/12/77: rev. by H. White 3/86 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Brackett House is one of several fine examples of the temple front type of Greek Revival in Newton Corner and therefore meets Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The Brackett House is an elaborate Greek Revival style residence with a temple front. The temple front was used less often in Newton Corner than a local variation of the style which places both the pediment and entrance at the building's side and a row of four monumental columns across the front.
The Brackett House is a 25- story residence sited with its gable end and monumental Ionic portico facing the street. A north wing was attached to the main block of the house ca. 1900. Its current detailing represents a mixture of the Greek Revival and Colonial Revival styles. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. This large lot at the corner of Bellevue and Centre Streets is said to have a history dating back to the early settlement of Newton corner. It may have originally been part of the nearby 43 acre farm of Deacon Samuel Hyde. Hyde was one of Newton's first few original white settlers. He arrived in this country from Iondon in 1639. With his brother, who owned adjoining land, in 1667 he laid out a road through his acreage which later became known as Centre Street.
The street remains one of Newton's major north-south thoroughfares. During the second half of the nineteenth century the house was resided in by Gilman Brackett, a provisioner who also owned several lots of land on adjacent Bellevue Street. Shortly before the first World War the house came into the possession of the Burton family. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlases-1917, 1907, 1895, 1886, 1874. City Directories- 1905, 1868. O.H. Bailey. View of Newton, Mass. (1878) 8/85 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 received date antered 7/23/86 Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Newton MRA Middlesex County, MA Nomination/Type of Review 21.
West Newton Hill Historic District Subatent1ve Rov1 oalKeeper Attest 22. Adams, Amos, House Cubzieai1ra Zov 23. Adams, Seth, House Entered in tne National Register 24. Auburndale Congregational Entercd Church Mation the Hegister 25. Bartlett--Hawkes Farm uilereu in tho National Eogiatox 26. Bayley House Entered in the National Register 27. Bemis Mill Eatored in the Mettonzi. Register 28. Bigelow, Henry, House en Keeper Attest fKeeper Attest freéper Attest fkeeper Attest ofKieeper Attest fKeeper Attest fKeeper 29. Blodgett, William, House Entered in the National Register 30. Brackett House Entarod In the National Register Attest fKeeper Attest fukeeper Attest Date/Signature latick Ander 94,86 Dettz.
Nauzge 914/81 vaMich Anduus 9486 BettSauage 1/4/84 Aelomßan 45 SelaruBzun 9/1186 SilereBgan 84184 AelareByan914184 AelareBya 814186 SeluserAgen 914186 deloreßye 914180 Debreaßyua 214188 86001777 WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Brackett House (Newton MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample -request Working No.. JUL 23 1986 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/3/87 Date Due: t 8/31/86 - 9/6/86 Entered in Agtion: -ACCEPT 9-4-86 Mational Register - RETURN - _ REJECT- Federal Agency: _ Jappeal -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 justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception Jother 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 Brackett ltuse Mewton, Mass; MRA - 621 Centre St, Newton Corner MR-A-6 (25) - 53 SECTION BLOCK 21 A 906 PELLEVUE BUSWELL STREET STREET PO0 HYDE CENTRE AVENUE AVENUE SECTION 72 BLOCK 24 SECTION 72 BLOCK 23 GARDEN ROAD 60 AVENUE Clty of Newton Assessor' s Maps. Sheet 47 Metric Series.
1979 Scale: UTM gr1d l1ne interval = 100 meters (328 feet) Newton, Mass. M.R.A 621 lentre Street, 'Newton corner 12-21-58