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FORM EG - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON. MA 02116 XaX 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 19.314570.4690710 USGS QUADRANGLE Newton, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000 AREA 58 Town Address Newton, Mass. M.R.A. Newton/Auburndale 230 Melrose Street Historic Name none FORM NO. 4145 Use: Present dwelling Original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date Source c.1858 stylistic analysis Mansard Style Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clanboard Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) verandah-late 19thc.;. window-20th Condition excellent Moved no Date Acreage less than ene acre 6000 sq. ft.
Setting suburban residential Recorded by Bruce Fernald Organization Newton Hist. Comm. Date 6/7/80 Rev. by H. White 3/86 IATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The house at 230 Melrose Street is one of the city's finest examples of a well-detailed middle class residence built for middle class Boston commuters during the second half of the nineteenth century. It therefore meets Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places. IRCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of ither buildings within the community. The stecp straight-edged profile of the roof is broken only by the mansard roof of the towered entrance pavilion. The full-width front verandah has stick decoration, a feature not generally seen on mansard houses until the early 1870s.
Although the small, mansard cottage is a type well represented throughout Newton, few examples ieature such originality and inventiveness in decorative vocabulary. 230 Melrose St is one of Auburndale's most ornate small dwellings. ISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the uilding relates to the development of the community. The house at 230 Melrose Street exemplifies the small, well-detailed suburban houses built ior the middle-class commuters to Boston during the second half of the nineteenth century. Confident of the market for suburban houselots with easy access to the railroad, William Jackson (who had been active in real estate development in Newton Corner) entered into his most ambitious venture. IBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Atlases: 1874-1907 Directories: 1877, 1895.
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 61. House at 170 Otis Street 62. House at 173--175 Ward Street Intered in the feeper National Registor Attest TKeeper Date/Signature DelriBgen 9/118 Intered 1n tle National Register AilouByan al4lra 63. House at 203 Islington Road Intered in the wational Register 64. House at 215 Brookline Street Entered in the Matienal Pegister Attest fKeeper Attest fieeper seloreByan 914/86 AelmeByansltra 65. House at 2212 Commonwealth Avenue Attest Entered in the Oeeper Iaticnal Register TeloraBye4on 66.
House at 230 Melrose Street Entered In the National Register Attest O'Keeper DelrenByen 914/8 67. House at 230 Winchester Street Entered in the National Register Attest teeper SloreByeu 9/4/86 68. House at 3 Davis Avenue Eücrel in tbe latioral Bogister Attest Ailuryu 911186 69. House at 307 Lexington Street Entered in the National Register Attest 6Keeper Selrenßyen 314156 70. House at 309 Waltham Street Roterod in the- Reoister Attest MKeeper AlelorenByan 914186 Attest 860019611 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 230 Melrose Street (Newton MRA), Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: -sample Jrequest Working No. Fed. Reg.
Date: 23 1986 Date Due: - Action: 8/21/86 2/3187 - 9/6(86 .ACCEPT _ 9-4-86 Entered in the - RETURN Jetioaal Register 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 M original site moved date 8.
Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria J justification of areas checked J relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance J 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 title date 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 Huseat 230 Melrose St, Auburndale - 80-D-30 (17) REGINA REGINA TERRACE ROAD 26 SECTION BLOCKL HÈGGINS 29 STREET PASSAGEMAY 20 MELROSE 12 13 14 SECTION 41 BLOCK 17 25 poo ELBERTA LDRAIN a NEWTON ISEWER - DRAIN I SOMACIL! TER ESMC, /COMMONWEAL TH 10100 21 - AVENUE CACDD Clty of Newton Assessor's Maps. Sheet 38 Metric Series. 1979 Scale: UTM gríd líne interval = 100 meters (328 Newton, Mass. M.R.A. 230 Melrose Street 41-17-24 Auburndale