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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET , BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and Indicate address of property on back of photo. 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 19.318200.4691060 USGS QUADRANGLE NEWTON, MA SCALE 1:25,000 AREA FORM NO. 5239 Newton, Mass. MRA Town NEWTON (Newtonville) Address 1-6 Walnut Terrace Historic Name Use: Present Multi-family res. Original Multi-family res. DESCRIPTION Date 1887 Source Water Dept.
Records _ Style Queen Anne/Shingle Style Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric asbestos shingles Outbuf1dings none Major Alterations (with dates) siding (20th cent.) Condition Fair Moved no Date --- Acreage 17,780 sq. ft. (less than lacre) Setting cul-de-sac, surrounded by back sides of res. & commercial bldg Recorded by Organization Date Bruce Fernald Newton Historical Comm. June 1981 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) As an unusual example of the Shingle Style applied to multi-family housing, as an example of the earliest known apartment block in Newton, and for its association with prominent Newton real estate developer William Claflin, the Claflin Apartment Block meets criteria A, B, and C of the National Register of Historic Places. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.
This building, designed in the Shingle Style, is divided into four sections by three stepped brick firewalls. Two front-gabled end sections are linked by a long, flank gable roof, punctured by four dormers with semi-circular jambs and pedimented gable roofs. Staggered butt shingles which clad the dormer facades probably indicate the original wall covering of the lower stories, now sheathed in asbestos shingles. Semi-circular and rectangular bay windows add variety to the long facade of the building, and the recessed entrances display Queen Anne style doors with sidelights and transoms - HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.
William Claflin (1818-1905), Newtonville's most prominent resident during the late 19th century, had this apartment building constructed in 1887 as a real estate investment. Governor of Massachusetts from 1869 to 1871, Claflin later was a major force behind the continued development of Newtonville. He owned numerous residential and commercial properties throüghout the village. Apartment blocks are much less common in Newton than in other inner Boston suburbs like Brookline or Cambridge, and this example is the earliest identified example of its type in the city. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES City Atlases: 1895, 1907. City Directories: 1889, 189l.
8/85 IPS Form 10-900a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number For NPS use only received 7/23/86 date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name_Newton MRA State Middlesex County, MA Nomination/Type of Review 31. Buckingham, John, House - 32. Building at 1--6 Walnut Terrace 33. Central Congregational Church 34. Chestnut Hill, The 35. Claflin, Adams, Estate 36. Clark House 37. Collins, Frederick, House 38. Curtis, Allan Crocker, House--Pillar House 39. Curtis, William, House 40.
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Mat1 Me: Attest jeeper Attest fReeper Attest Date/Signature AeloueBgen 91886 HilaaByun 81+186 Ahemelbgus 914656 dlelmneByan 214186 SerrussByus 816106 Seloueßgan 914/r delrusbyes 914186 SllmueByan 914146 Shtnebgan 9146 SelouapBzen 214186 86001779 WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Building at 1--6 Walnut Terrace (Newton MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample request Working No.. Fed. Reg.
Date: 2 3 1986 23/87 8/21/86-9/64 Date Due: ACCEPT - Action:_ 9-4-86 Entered in the _RETURN Mationel Regiater 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? yes no 7. Description Condition J 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 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 J 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 | Newton, Mass. MRA 1-6 Walnut Terrace, Newtonville 1 Inv. #5239 ak 26 STREET 28 TURNER TERRACE 5 SECTION BLOCK 21 27 OMAR TERRACE 14 WILTON ROAD 42 Daa PAGE SECTION 24 BLOCK 28 7 FOSTER ROAD 4 5 6 STREET SECTION 23 23 15 CHESLEY AVENUE AVENUE WALNUT 37 ST. COURT 12 WALNUT TERRACE 15 4 SECTION 23 BLOCK 22 2 TAT ECTION : LOCK 2 BAILEY City of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet 31 Metric Series. 1979 Scale: UTM gr1d line interval = 100 meters (328 feet) - Newton, Mass. MRA 1-6 Walnut Terrace, Newtonville 23-23-6