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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 roperty on back of photo. taple 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 19.319550.4690690 USGS QUADRANGLE NEWION, MASS. SCALE 1:25,000 AREA 9 FORM NO. N-9A Newton, Mass. M.R.A. Town Newton (Newton Corner) Address 56 Fairmont Avenue Historic Name S.
Curtis Smith House Use: Present Original dwelling dwelling DESCRIPTION Date c.1883 Source stylistic analysis Style Queen Anne Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard, shingle Outbuildings carriage house Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition Excellent Moved no Date Acreage14,300 - sq. lessthan oneacre Setting_suburban residential Recorded by Arch. Pres. Assoc. Organization Historic Newton Inc. Date 5/83, rev. by H.White 3/86 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The S. Curtis Smith House is an outstanding and well-preserved example of the middle phase of the Queen Anne 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 community. The S.
Curtis Smith represents the fullest expression of the Queen Anne style suburban house. The Smith House is characterized by its overall asymmetry and the complexity and variety of itsform and decorative detail.The lower story is clapboarded and the upper stories are clad with cut wood shingles laid in a staggered butt pattern. The house features a number of windows with a border of small panes surrounding a large pane; this was a popular stock item during the Queen Anne period. other notable features of the smith house are the ogival corner turret, the soaring panelled chimney and the gabled entrance porch with its spindle frieze. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.
The Smith House was erected on land that was formerly part of the Brackett estate, which occupied land on both sides of present-day Fairmont Avenue. During Newton Corner's intensive period of late nineteenth century suburbanization the Brackett estate was subdivided and sold off as houselots, as were most of the neighboring large estates. Ihe s. Curtis smith House was occupied by a teacher at Boston's English High School. Smith was typical of the Boston commuters who chose Newton as a place of residence. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlas 1907 Sam. C. Smith 1895 Sarah S. Smith Directory 1895 S. Curtis Smith, teacher, English High School, Boston. 8/85 NPS Form 10-900-8 (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 (Tr' D6E Name State Newton MRA Middlesex County, MA Nomination/Type of Review 101. Rawson Estate 102. Richards, James Lorin, House 103. Riley, Charles, House 104. Sacco--Pettee Machine Shops 105. Salisbury, Jonas, House 62 Walnut Park 11 bné Jassomai Rostotos Keeper Attest Entered in the feeper Attest Entered in the Mationa? Register fkeeper Attest Latered In tie RatJoret mesietdKeeper Attest Entered NetAcn: fKeeper egister Date/Signature AelunByun 914/86 AelorByun 1/4/86 Selnunbou 91186 XeleveByu12/2316 deluusbjun 914/86 106. Salisbury, Jonas, House 85 Langley Rd. 107. Silver Lake Cordage Company DOE/OWNER 108.
Simpson House Attest Entored in the Repist Ateeper Aelorenzu 1/4/86 Attest SabetantIve Koriew OBJECTIONomliseeper Defernined 511 g.b Patedo Andemn 9/4/66 Attest Bexno Savuge 9/4/86 Entered in the fkeeper National Register DelareAzan 914/86 109. Smith, S. Curtis, House Attest Intorod In Che. lettonal Fegist {Keeper DeloreBgun 9/1/86 110. Smith--Peterson House Fabor Attest fKeeper SeloueByan 914166 Attest 86001881 WASO Form - 177 ("'R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Smith, S. Curtis, House (Newton MRA) Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample J request Working No._ Fed. Reg.
Date: JUL, 2 3 1986 2/3/87 8/21/86 9/6/86 Amtered in Date Due: WACCEPT_ 9-86 Action: -- Che Bogiston -_RETURN _REJECT_ Federal Agency: _ Lappeal - 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 J 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 L original site I 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 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 Smith, S. Curtis, Herse Newton, Massa MRA _ 56 Fairmont Ave, Newton Corner - MR-A-6 (16) 20 17 11 SÉCTION 13 BLOCK 10 12 STREET 13 CLAREMONT LOMBARD 15 13 SECTION BLOCK ROAD -200 SELOCK 13 BLOCK T00N Clty of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet 46 Metric Series. 1979 Scale: UTM grid líne interval = 100 meters (328 feet) BEOCK,iT TA FAIRMONT AVENUE 12 10 19 10 AVENUE ECTIO LOC STREET 13 CONVERSE' AVENUE 17 Newton, Mass. M.R.A. 56 Fairmont Avenue, Newton Corner 13-12-18