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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 buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north SEE ATTACHED MAP UTM REFERENCE 19.321000.4688330 USGS QUADRANGLE Newton, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000 - AREA FORM NO. CH-140 Newton, Mass. M.R.A. Town NEWTON (Chestnut Hill) Address 152 Suffolk Road Historic Name none Use: Present dwelling Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date 1900 SourceEngineering Dept.
Water Records Style Spanish volonial Revival Architect_unknown Exterior Wall Fabric stucco Outbufldings carriage house Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition Very Good Moved no Date Acreage_69,729 sq, ft. (1.6 acres) setting Suburban residential along winding road. Recorded by Arch. Pres. Associates Organization Newton Historical Comm. Date 5/83: rev, by H. White 3/86 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The house at 157 Suffolk Road is one of few local examples of the Mediterranean manner of the Colonial Revival style 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 communtty.
During the early years of the twentieth century, the Georgian and Medieval Revivals were joined by several other styles, including the Mediterranean manner. In Newton houses of this type occur in limited numbers, and its differences from the principal revivals are not profound. Tile-roofed Mediterranean dwellings such as the house at 157 Sullolk Road, with lts loggla and stucco walls appear to have been considered too exotic to have been built in large numbers. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Until 1850 this area of Chestnut Hill was devoted to the market gardens of the Kingsbury, Woodman , Hammond and Stone families. In 1850 the area received a number of newcomers who were members of several affluent old Boston families.
They established large estates for use as summer homes. By. the end of the nineteenth century, the Hammond Street area's proximity to the commuter railroad station at Chestnut Hill made it a sought-after place of residence for wealthy Boston commuters, such as Clement S. Houghton, who owned this house in 1907. The land on which this house was built was owned by the Lee family. During the 1820s a sea captain named John Lee bought 163 acres of the land originally settled by Thomas Hammond in 1650. Lee died in 1845, and by 1854 his heirs Thomas Lee and John Lee began plans for a community that would eventually become known as Chestnut Hill. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlases: 1907-Clement S. Soughton; 1895-land of Sarah M. Lee Directory: 1907-Clement S. Houghton, 60 state Street, Boston. Sweetser, M.F. King's Handbook of Newton, (1889).
The Newton Times, "Chestnut Hill, -" June 9, 1976, p. 9-28. 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 recelved 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 Entered in the Mational Registen feeper 52. Harbach, John, House Attest Entered in the FKeeper National Register Attest 53. Harding House--Walker Missionary Home Entered in the JKeeper Mational Register Attest 54. Haskell, Charles, House Intcred in 120 National Regtabe fikeeper Attest 55. House at 1008 Beacon St. Entered in the Iational Begisterfußeeper Attest 56.
House at 102 Staniford Street Intered In the Matoond Reetst eeper Attest 57. House at 107 Waban Hill Road Entered in the feeper National Register 58. House at 115--117 Jewett Street Attest Entared 1n the theeper National Register 59. House at 15 Davis Avenue Entered in the National Register Attest tkeeper 60.
House at 152 Suffolk Road Attest Untered in the - fiseeper Mational Begister Attest Date/Signature AelansByun 914116 AelorByan 914186 Aebrbyed 4/4186 AelouenByun 9/4/86 AelmeBye 9/4/86 Aelvuezen 914/86 AelvrerByu 9/4/86 Neloreßyen s/41r6 delruByew 9/4/86 AelvenByen 9/+/86 66001818 WASO Form - 177 ('R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET House at 152 Suffolk Road (Newton MRA) Middlesex County MASSA CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample request Working No. JUL 23 1086 Fed. Reg. Date: 2/3/87 Date Due: _ Entored in Agtion: LACCEPT- 9-4-86 Hational Begister - _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 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 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 Heusect - 152 Suffolk Rd, Chestnut Hill M-21(9) ARA LAWRENCE ROAD 10 SUFFOLK 15 14 ROAD SECTION 63 BLOCK 25 13 BROOK 8E 7A City of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet /0C letric Series. 1979 Scale: UTM gr1d líne interval = meters (328 feet) vewton. Mass. 152 Suffolk M.R.A. Road, Chestnut Hill 63-16-8D