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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black anc 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 buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north (SEE ATTA CHED MAP) 19.319250.4689460 UTM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE NEWTON, MASS. SCALE 1:25.000 AREA 148 FORM NO. NC-120 Newton, Mass. M.R.A. Town Newton ( Newton Centre) Address 983 lentre Street Historic Name Jos.
Gunderson house Use: Present_dwelling Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date c.1850 Source Water Records Style Greek Revival, Regency Architect Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard, flush- board Outbuildingsgarage Major Alterations (with dates) 1-story rear ell Condition excellent Moved Date less than Acreage omeacre 25,000 sg.It. Setting ample set back, suburban residential along main thoroughfare Recorded by Archit. Pres. Assoc. Organization Newton Hist. Jomm. Date 5/1/83, rev. 3/86 by H. White NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) 983 Centre St meets Criterion C as a rare example of the broad-pilastered, Regency inspired variation of the Greek Revival style. Few examples were ever built outside of Boston (although some exist near Portland, Maine). ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.
983 Centre St is a design of great academic clarity. Recessed panels alternate with projecting sections of wall that read as very wide pilasters lacking capitals. The original cube-like mass of the house was modified by the addition of an entrance porch. This idiom of the Greek Revival style was inspired by earlier Regency architecture in England, and was primarily an urban form. The use of lavish cast iron balconies is in keeping with the Regency mode. A second example of this type in Newton is 488 lentre St (c.1846) in the Farlow & Kenrick Parks N.R.H.D.-listed 7/8/82. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Jentre St was part of the early road leading from Watertown to Dedham, ff on their way to the Brighton markets. the 1630s. During the 19th c.
droves of cattle were herded down Centre Ihe land on which the house stands was part of the Rev. Jonathan Homer farm. Jos. Gunderson built this house, one of the first suburban dwellings in Newton Centre, at the time when the railroad connection from Brookline to the south side of Newton was completed. Gunderson, of Boston married Susan 'apen in 1341. City ingineering Dept records suggest that this house was built in 1850. Gunderson was listed as a cashier in city directories, and was active in the Bantist Church. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlases 1907-Abbie Y.Burr, 1395-F.i. Harbach, 1086-J.G.Gunderson, 1874-Gunderson. irectories: 1060-J.G 695-renter: Cundatnors, "R & urs H. Slate, Boston Putnam, J.H., shoe mfr. Smith, S.F. History of Newton, Boston, 1880, p.502. Newton Vital Records to 1850, Boston, 1905.
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 7/23/86 date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Newton MRA Middlesex County, MA Nomination/Type of Review 51. Gunderson, Jos ., House 52. Harbach, John, House Entered in the National Register feeper Attest Entered In the FReeper Mational Register Attest 53. Harding House--Walker Missionary Home Entered in the fieeper National Register Attest 54. Haskell, Charles, House Intered In 1b5 National Rogiase fiseeper Attest 55. House at 1008 Beacon St. Entered in the Jationa nodisterfKeeper Attest 56. House at 102 Staniford Street Intored in the det1onal Reglstofteeper Attest 57.
House at 107 Waban Hill Road Entered 1n the Keeper National Register 58. House at 115--117 Jewett Street Entared 1n the National Register Attest tkeeper 59. House at 15 Davis Avenue Entered in the National Register Attest fKeeper 60. House at 152 Suffolk Road Attest Untered in the- Jieeper National Register Attest Date/Signature AelanByu 914186 AelurByan 914/86 delmlgu 411186 Aeloenßyun 9/4/86 DelmeByen 9/4/86 Aeleßzen 914/86 AelvrerByu 914186 DeloreBya 2141r6 DelrByen 5/4/86 AelreuBgun 1/4/56 86001808 WASO Form - 177 ('"R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Gunderson, Jos., House (Newton MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample Jrequest JUL 23 1986 Working No. Fed. Reg.
Date: Date Due: _ 8/216/3/376/16 Entered in heAction: -ACcEPT 9-486 Jational Register -RETURN _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 Jexcellent 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 l 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 MNN HHH HHF HHH HHH Gurderson, Jes., Huse Massy | - ARA 983 Centre st, Newton Centre - K-6 (21) PLACE SECTION 13, BLOCK 24 STREET STREET CENTRE ROAD STREET SECTION BLOCK 29 WARD SECTION BLOCK 10 ALDEN STREET - LORING - Newton, Mass. M.R.A. 983 lentre street, , Newton Centre Josenh Gunderson House 13-24-27 Clty of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet 74 Metric Serles. 1979 Scale: UTM gr1d line interval - 100 meters (328 feet)