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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 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) UTM REFERENCE 19.320300.4691220 USGS QUADRANGLENEWION, MASS. SCALE 1:25,000 AREA FORM NO. 1430 Newton, Mass. MRA Town Newton (Newton Corner) Address 41 Vernon Street Historic Name Rawson Estate Use: Present dwelling Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date ca.
1860 Source Maps, City Directories StyleItalianate Architect_unknown Exterior Wall Fabric asphalt siding Outbuildings carriage barn Major Alterations (with dates) Siding-20th century Condition Good Movedno Date Acreage 26,676 sq. feet lessthan omacre Setting_urban residential, prominent site above intersection of Park, Veron, and Tremont Streets. Recorded by K. Hatch Organization Newton Historical Comm. Date 2/77: rev, by H, White 3/86 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Rawson residence is a well-preserved example of early Italianate style design and exemplifies the large estates built in Newton Corner during the 1850s and 1860s and therefore meets Criteria C of the National Register of Historic Places. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.
The Rawson residence was designed in the Italianate style which became fashionable during the middle years of the nineteenth century. The style was favored by the owners of several large estates erected in Newton Corner during the 1850s and 1860s. Ihe house is a typical Italianate design, with an end gabled orienta- tion, and an adherence to principles of strict symmetry. The center gablec entrance pavilion is associated with conservative, academic examples from this phase of American architecture. The building's decorative detailing has been well-preserved, and includes round-headed gable windows, and full-width front veranda with ornate, bracketed wood trim. The building's most unusual feature is the rear comer tower, capped with iron cresting. Much of the interior woodwork remains in its original state.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Rawson estate was owned by a prominent Newton Corner family for nearly a century. Daniel A. Rawson, a Boston boot and shoe merchant; evidently built the house. Rawson was representative of a new type of Newton Corner resident, the Boston commuter. .Susan C. Rawson assumed owmership of the property at the time of her husband's death in 1885. The died in 1916, after which members of the Rawson family continued to until the mid-1940s. The grounds of the Rawson estate once extended to Park Street, and were probably part of property owned in 1855 by Joel M. Holden, an important local political figure who served on Newton's first Board of Aldermen. Holden's house, since demolished, was located east of the Rawson residence.
The house and its gardens were visible from Eldredge Street and for many years was known as a local show place. discussion of important sites in the village of Newton corner, noted in thovntage King's Handbook of Newton, in a "On Vernon Street, just east of the park, is the fine estate of ornamental stone posts, carved with She initial"at the entrencetodedorma driae Seade posttecarriage house on Tremont Street. Both survive, although the carriage house has been considerably altered. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlases: 1917, 1907, 1895, 1886, 1874. O.H. Bailey. View of Newton, Mass. (1878) City Directories:1945-1868. Henry Finch, Newton Corner (research). Friends of the Jackson Homestead. Newton's Older Houses: Newton Corner & Nonantum (1976), p.60. M.F. Sweetser.i King's Handbook of Newton (1889), p. 72.
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 MB No.1024-001 xp. 10-31-8 For NPS use only recelved 7/23/36 date entered Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Newton MRA Middlesex County. MA - Nomination/Type of Review 101. Rawson Estate D6E 107. Date/Signature satornis aison Kreper Allema Bogun 11146 Attest 102. Richards, James Lorin, House Entered in the feeper Rorist AeloryByun 1/4/86 Attest 103. Riley, Charles, House Entered in the National Register fKeeper Attest Latered . 3n lhe 104. Sacco--Pettee Machine Shops loral Registe Fireeper Aelausqu 1486 HelveBye2/036 Attest 105. Salisbury, Jonas, House 62 Walnut Park Entert Net:ci fReeper delausAju 914/86 egistel Attest 106. Salisbury, Jonas, House 85 Langley Rd.
Entored in the Registc SKeeper AelorenByan 1/4/16 Attest Sabetantive Xoriew Defermined Silver Lake Cordage Company DOE/OWNER OBJECTION/ ifeeper Patude Andun 9/4/86 Attest PexnX Savuge 9/4/86 108. Simpson House Entered in the National Register fKeeper Aelares Azan 911/86 109. Smith, S. Curtis, House Attest Entored in che. Tettonal Fepist tkeeper deloreByen 811166 110. Smith--Peterson House Attest feeper Attest Delreßgan eltrt 86001869 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Rawson Estate (Newton MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: J sample Drequest Working No. JUL 23 1986 Fed. Reg.
Date: Date Due: 21/86- 2/3137 Intered in tlAction: ACCEPT_ 9-4-86 Wational Registex -_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 -original site moved date 8.
Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked J 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 title date 13. Other Maps J Photographs JOther 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 Rausen Estud Nestony Massu MRA - 47-4-19 (18) 41 Vernon St., Newton Corner +º519 - 3 SÉCH BLOC -TIO 72 LOCK: 5 STREET TREMONT SECTION 72 BLOCK I1 VERNON 12 ENDALLTER. SECTION 72 BLOCK I0 STREET SECTION7 BLTOCK F City of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet 35 Metric Sertes. 1979 Scale: UTM grid line interval = 100 meters (328 feet) Newton, Mass. M.R.A. 41 vernon Street, Newton Corner Rawson Estate 72-11-6 ....