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1." FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) 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 bufldings between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north SEE ATTA CHED MAP UTM REFERENCE 19.320800. 4689350 USGS QUADRANGLENewton, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000 AREA 156 FORM NO.
CH-28 Town Newton/Chestnut Hill Address 219 Commonwealth Ave Htstoric Name "The Chestnut Hill" Use: Present apartment building Original possibly intended as hotel DESCRIPTION Date 1899 Source Water Records Style Tudor Revival Architect Francis Chandler Exterior Wall Fabric fieldstone, and Outbufldingsnone stucco & Plaster Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition very good Moved no Date lessthan Acreage 10,347 sq. ft. Setting suburban, adj acent to Waban Hill Reservoir, along major thoroughfare Recorded by Arch. Pres. Assocs. Organization Newton Hist. Comm. Date 5/15/83, rev. 3/86 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) "The Chestnut Hill" meets Criterion C as one of the city's few apartment guildings erected before Norld War I. This well-designed example is the work of Francis Chandler a partner in the firm of Cabot & Chandler.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The design of this 3-story Tudor Revival style apartment block near Waban Hill is symmetrically arranged around a steeply pitched gabled center entrance. The lower story is of dressed random fieldstone with upper stories of elaborately patterned half-timbering. The boxlike form of the building is flanked by steep, half-timbered gabled end pavilions. The attic story projects at the end walls, and rests on curvilinear consoles. foliated mastic ornament embellishes the wall surfaces. Francis Chandler (1844-1925) began the practice of architecture in Boston during the 1870s along with Edward Cabot. In 1888 he joined the faculty of M.I.I. as a professor of architecture, and eventually headed that department.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. "The Chestnut Hill" was financed by Dana Estes, a major figure in the Newton Boulevard Syndicate, which was responsible for extending Commonwealth Avenue westward through the city to Auburndale. Estes owned considerable property along the path of Commonwe ?1th Ave (then called the Newton Boulevard) and was able to direct the con- struction of the road to benefit his real estate investments. A second apartment building built by Estes stands at 41 Commonwealth Ave. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlas: 1907 Dana Estes 1895 Land of Dana Estes 1874 Land of Amos Lawrence Directories: 1907 The Chestnut Hill Apts. Withey, H. Biog. Dict. of Amer. Archits., 1970, p.117.
8/85 IIS Forrm 10-900- 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.
Davis, Seth, House Entered in the National Begiater freeper Attest Intersd in the Register JKeeper Attest Jnter Mations che Register /Reeper Date/Signature AlloueBgan 91686 HilorByes 81+186 shlauesbges 944666 Entered in the lational Register Attest MReeper delmebyun 84186 Entersi Natio: the Pegiater Attest JKeeper dltrueBgan 214106 Intered in the Mational Register Interod In the Mational Rogister Interod 1n the Mat1oral Eogister Attest teeper Aloalgan 914/r Attest fKeeper dlelrabyas 214166 Attest /Keeper LalmaBogan 914116 Intere Mat10n Attest fkeeper Attest fReeper Attest Shlreeßyan 81414 Shlrupgen 2/4/86 86001782 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Chestnut Hill, The (Newton MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: I sample request Working No.
Fed. Reg. Date: 2 3 1986 Date Due: _ 8/21/56 - 118 2/3187 Action: LACCEPT -.. 9-4-86 Entered in the -RETURN National Registem - 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 J 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 J applicable criteria J justification of areas checked J 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 title date 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 Chestnut Hill, The Newton, Mass, MRA: - 219 Commonwealth Av, Chestnut Hill J-19 (24) - SECTION 63 BLOCK 5 RESERVUIn DRIVE ROAD WOODLAWN LOWER RESERVOR SECTION 63 BLOCK 7 MANET SI STREET 2 ABLOCK SECT/ ON BLOCK 61 10 10 GARRISON STREET SECTN BLOCK AVENUE 12 ROAD COMMONWEALTH City of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet 76 Metric Series. 1979 Scale: UTM gríd líne interval = 100 meters (328 feet) Newton, Mass. M.R.A. 219 jommonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill "The Chestnut Hill" 63-8-19