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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Phoroser y an bese e mect 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 19.315980.4688120 USGS QUADRANGLE NEWTON, MASS. SCALE 1:25,000 AREA 98 FORM NO. W13 Newton, Mass. M.R.A. Newton (Waban) Town Address 1734 Beacon Street Historic Name Frederick Collins House Use: Presentdwelling Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date 1825-1831 Source Newton's Older Houses-Waban Style Greek Revival Architect Frederick A. Collins Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings garage Major Alterations (with dates)_none Condition_Excellent Movedn ne Acreage Setting fare.
Date lessthan 27,000 sq. ft. one acre suburban along major thorough- Recorded by Deborah Shea Organization Newton Historical Comm. Date5/81; rev. by H. white 3/86 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Frederick Collins residence is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a temple-front type of Greek Revival house, one of several in Newton, although Waban's single examples it therefore meets criterion o of the National Register of Historic Places. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The Frederick Collins house is sited with its gable end to the street. A two-story Ionic portico across the facade and the placement of the entrances on both of the lateral sides are a local variation of the style.
The typanum and facade are flush-boarded in an attempt to similar the ashlar masonry of the Greek temple prototype. The side entrances are set within one-story Ionic porches which are centered on the five-bay east and west elevations. Other characteristic features include the full-length first-story windows on the facade, the panelled corner pilasters and the shaped window lintels. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. and inherited a portion of his father's vast 100-acre estate which réached local acreage in 1779. The area remained largely undeveloped until the latter years of the nineteenth century. Frederick Collins and his brother Edward owned a glue factory which once stood south of the Beacon Street residence.
Collins was active in local affairs, and was a member of the City Council. During the late nineteenth century this section of Beacon Street came to be known as the "Collins neighborhood" for the row of Collins houses which stood here. The Frederick Collins residence is the only one of the Collins family houses to survive. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps: 1848, 1855.. City Directories: 1868 Newton's 0lder Houses-Waban. Isabel Strong, Waban Early Days 1681-1918, Waban, 1944. Henry K. Rowe. Iercentenary History of Newton, Newton, 1930. 8/85 IPS Fom 10900- 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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Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: Intered in thaction: National Register. Federal Agency: _ ACCEPT .. 239° 5/66 9-4-86 _REJECT_ -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 Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect J 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 J 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 Collins, Frederck, Hovse Newton, Mass, MRA Waban - 1734 Beacon SV'MR-A-2 (28) Collins House SECTION 55 BLOCK 9 LOCKE 47 SECTION 55 BLOCK 10 STREET DORSET 50 3AN TONR 51 52 ECTION 55 BLOCK 16, STREET BEACON IRVINGTON SECTION 55 BLOCK 12 15 ROAD NEHOIDEN CROFTON ROAD 12 MANI TOBA SECTTON ROAO 55 H > |E City of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet /00 Metric Series. 1979 Scale: UTM grid line interval = 100 meters (328 feet) Newton, Mass. M.R.A. 1734 Beacon Street, Waban Frederick lollins House 55-12-7