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FORM i. - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of roperty 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 SEE ATTACHED MAP UTM REFERENCE 19.314230.46,1030 USGS QUADRANGLE Natick, Mass, SCALE 1:25,000 AREA 52 FORM NO. 4003 Newton, Mass. M.R.A. Town Newton/Auburndale Address 203 Islington Rd Historic Name none Use: Present dwelling Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date c.1870 Source King's Handbook of Newton Style Victorian Gothic Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric composition stone block Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) 20th c.
addition to rear Condition Very good Moved no Date 59. Acreage less than one acre 15,870 ft. Setting suburban residential Recorded byruce Fernald Organization Newton Hist. Comm. Da te 3/10/81 rev. by H. White 3/86 ITIONAL REGISTER CRITERI: STATEMENT (if applicable) 203 Islington Rd meets Criteria C as a rare surviving example of the Ruskinian mode of the Victorian Gothic style in Newton. Bne veotortana Criterion B is met by the property's association with Ezra Winslow, a prominent local real estate speculator during Auburndale's early suburbanization. In 1874 the property came under the ownership of Royal Pulsifer, an owner of the Boston Herald newspaper. ICHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of ther buildings within the community.
203 Islington Rd was a subsidiary building on a large estate built in 1874 on a promontory overlooking the Charles River which was called Islington Point. The estate was known as "Islington" and the mansion to which 203 Islington Road was a companion has long since been demolished. 203 Islington Rd. is an unusual example of the Ruskinian mode of the Victorian Gothic style as adapted for a smaller dwelling. The building is constructed of a buff-colored composition stone, as is "The 'astle" nearby at 53 Vista Avenue (N.R.H.P. 10/25/79). The Castle was also built by Ezra Winslow. Darker brick is used for belt courses and the windows are set within pointed arches trimmed with voussoirs of alternating colors. The ISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the uilding relates to the development of the community.
This structure is extremely well-preserved and is significant as one of the area's few surviving buildings from the era when large estates occupied Auburndale's picturesque reach of Charles River frontage. 3IBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlases: 1874, 1886, 1895, 1907 Directories. Louise Peloubet, edit. Farly Days in Auburn Dale. M.F. Sweetser, King's Handbook of Newton 8/85 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORI CAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Page 2 of 2 Community : Newton/Auburndale Newton, Mass. MRA Form No: 4003 Property Name: 203 Islington Rd Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: continued from page one facade is organiz ed around a shallow projecting entrance crowned by a jerkin-head gable.
The entrance and slender paired windows are set within pointed arch openings, each beneath an ornate panel f wooden carving in imitation of Gothic tracery. Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form10-900-8 (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 61. House at 170 Otis Street 62. House at 173--175 Ward Street Intered in the fKeoper Netional Register Attest HKeeper Date/Signature AelarByun 9418 Intered 1n the Vational legister Alrueßyan al4/re 63. House at 203 Islington Road Intered in the National RegisteF Attest fKeeper steloreByan 914/86 64.
House at 215 Brookline Street Intered in the Matianal Pegister Attest fieeper DelmenByansltt 65. House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue Attest Okeeper DeloraBye914 Intered in the Haticnal Register 66. House at 230 Melrose Street Intered in the National Register Attest DelmeeByur 91416. 67. House at 230 Winchester Street Entered in the National Register Attest fiieeper SloreByeu 9/4/86 68. House at 3 Davis Avenue Eitered in the Hetiera! Bogister Attest AelereBgu 9/1146 69. House at 307 Lexington Street Attest Entered in the Reeper National Register Aelvreßyen 914186 70.
House at 309 Waltham Street Roter Attest ~ Keepe the Reciater delorenßyen 914186 Attest 86001821 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 203 Islington Road (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: JUL 23 1986 /2/3/87 Date Due: _ 8/31/56 16/86 Enteruu 1i .Action: -ACCEPT. 9-4-86 Mational Rogiator _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 _J excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one J unaltered I 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 summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance 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 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 Heese at - 203 Islington Rd, Auburndale 79-D-1 (7) - KINGSWOOD PULSIFER's ROAD ISL INGTON CAUSEWAY SECTION BLOCK ROADR SECTION BLOCK25 257 {EB' DUFFIELD 10 Clty of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet 25 Metric Series. 1979 Scale: UTM gr1d line interval = 100 meters (328 feet) Vewton, Mass. M.R.A.
203 Islington Road, Auburndale 41-27-2A BOSTON COLLEGE CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS 02167 (617) 552-4160 DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 5Z FileNR RECEIVEDauto seewhat JUN -1 1986 prp) MAss HIST, COMM. called 6-2/ 10:10 May 30, 1986 Ms. Valerie A. Talmage Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer Massachusetts Historical Commission B0 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Dear Ms. Talmage, Mrs. Faulkner and I are pleased that our house is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. a fine old example of Victorian Gothic, once gatehouse to an estate on a lovely peninsula of the Charles, and still easily liveable and sound. We have tried to restore it and are happy to see it noted and recorded. preservation I admire the work of the Commission, in encouraging of notable dwellings. Best of luck! 203 Hligten 2d AxGusudele 02/66