Major Bibliographical References Joseph K. Manning House, Medford, Massachusetts Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination of individual listing(36CFR67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of property less than one acre Quad- Boston North Scale- 1:25000 UTM References A1 9 3 2 6 38 0 Zone Easting 416 9 8 3110 Northing CL x See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: x State historic preservation office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University Other Specity repository MHO Inventory of Historic Assets #58 Zone Easting Northing See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description see assessors map See continuation sheet Boundary Justification The parcel described above is that currently associated with the property, excluding portions of the historically associated parcel that were subsequently subdivided and developed. See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By name/title Betsy Friedberg, National Register Director/MHC and Claire W.
Dempsey with American organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date February 1988 Landmarks, Inc. street & number 80 Boylston Street _telephone(617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusetts zip code 02116 NPS Form 10-000 -800 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 1 Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts Capt. Andrew Blanchard. death, in 1852, married Emily A. Alcott. In 1856 Manning paid millwright George T. Goodwin $7,000 for 8.5 acres between Ship Street and the Mystic River adjacent to Blanchard and Mill Wharves. When Goodwin and Hadley acquired the property ten years earlier the property included saw, grist, and veneering mills, and a new house (MCRD 737: 457, 494, 395).
This property was the location of the lumber business, on Riverside Avenue, specializing in providing lumber, moldings, and planing and sawing to order. Relations between Francis Foster and the Manning family were personal as well as professional, for Foster named one of his sons, J. Manning Foster. Joseph Manning, Jr. died suddenly at age torty-nine 1n 186. His will provided for distribution of his estate among his four minor sons under the trusteeship of his wife, Susan. The family continued to live together in the family home on Forest Street through the 1890s. son Joseph K. Manning became Foster's partner in the firm, which by then had established a wide reputation by its business methods and upright dealings. (Medford Mercury, 5 May 1893, p. 3).
Nineteenth-century Medford saw an increase in both buildings and population due in part to the mid-century break-up and subsequent development of several large estates. Subdivision of the former Tufts estate at Salem and Forest Streets, beginning in 1844, resulted in a residential neighborhood exhibiting an array of architectural styles by the end of the century. Many of the neighborhood's best high-style dwellings are now gone, such as the Danfel Lawrence house and the U. H. Ballou house. His success as a lumber dealer had permitted Joseph Manning, Jr. to purchase land and a house on Forest Street, just north of Medford Square and a few blocks from the lumber yard, in 1855. A granite retaining wall demarcating original Manning land holdings remains today on the south side of Forest Street, running from No. 33 to No. 47. Before Manning's son Joseph K.
built this house at 35-37 Forest, he - lived with his family in the house now known as 33 Forest Street. This second Empire style dwelling is of a far more restrained design than its later exuberant ne1ghbor, and was thought to have shared a similar design source with the Ballou House. Tax records for 1875 show Joseph K. as having paid taxes on an unfinished house and stable next to his family home, and the 1876-1877 city directory lists his new residence as the "second house from the Universalist Church," or 35-37 Forest Street. Joseph K. Manning had the professional connections OMB Approvel No. 10240018 MAY | 3: continued - N0SFo 109000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 Joseph K.
Manning House Medford, Massachusetts through which he secured the services of skilled builders and craftsmen for The size and elaboration of the house clearly indicates the owner's association with the building trades, and in particular the applied ornament advertisement for the firm. Joseph K. Manning never married, and may have shared this important house with his unmarried younger brothers, Warren White and George Frederick. George and another brother, Edward Dudley, held portions of the Riverside Avenue property at the turn of the century, by which time the business had closed. Foster died in 1893, and Joseph K. Manning died in Maine, ca. 1906. The Manning House has recently been restored and rehabilitated according to the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation; it has been converted to condominiums. OMB Approvel Ma.
1024-0018 MAY |3122 Nps Pomm 10.900m United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number- Page 1 - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 MAY | 3 1988 Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts Atlas of the City of Medford...,Boston: George W. Stadley & Co., 1898. Boston Evening Transcript, Obituary for Francis E. Foster, May 3, 1893, p. 7 Boston Evening Transcript, Obituary for Joseph Manning, Jr., Sept. 10, 1861. Brooks, Charles. History of the Town of Medford from its First Settlement in 1630-1855. Revised, enlarged and brought down to 1885 by James M. Usher. Rand, Averyy & Co., 1886. City of Medford. Town Reports. 1865-1877. Gleason, Hall. Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford 1630-1873. West Medford, 1936. Herzan, J. and B. R. Pfeiffer. An Inventory of Historical and Architectural Assets in Medford, MA.
Sept. 1974, updated by B. R. Pfeiffer June 1976. Maldeny , dfor,, e, se sand Ererett, ty rectores, 1874-1875, 1876-177, Manning, William H. The Manning Family of New England. Salem: Salem Press Co., 1902. Medford Mercury. Obituary for Francis E. Foster, May 5, 1893, p. 3 Paine, Robert Treat. Medford Past and Present. In Celebration of the 27th Anniversary of Medford, MA. Middlesex County Registry of Deeds and Probate. Seaburg, Carl and Alan. Medford on the Mystic. 1980. - (ves rom 100000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Joseph K.
Manning House Medford, Massachusetts 10 Section number Page 1024-0018 a 10200088 The land in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, together with the of the Medford NORTHWESTERLY by said Forest Street, ninety-three and twenty-nine hundredths (93.29) feet; NORTHEASTERLY by the remaining portion of said lot lettered "B" , being land now or formerly of Edward W. Hayes, one hundred forty-nine and SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of one Gill, by the second parcel herein r Ccarcn, ireyr emer ane eore con fuarcer nerein (93.46) feet; and SOUTHWESTERLY by lot lettered "A" on said plan, by a line running through the center of a passageway 14 feet wide one hundred- fifty-one and seventy-two hundredths (151.72) feet. Together with and subject to the rights to use said passageway in common with others entitled thereto.
Also, a certain parcel of land, together with the buildings thereon, situated southeasterly from said Forest Street, in said Medford, and adjoining the dadioiedAshland above-described parcel, and being shown as lot "C" on plan entitled "Ashland dated June, 1921, by E. P. Adams, C.E., filed with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds at the end of the Book 4455. Said parcel is further bounded and described as follows: NORTHEASTERLY by Lot B, as shown on said plan, twenty-two (22) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY By Lot C, said plan, twenty-five (25) feet; ( arer aeralie ber dertbed, eriy, rer: 25i et. GARDI LoOs 7EC 05/rC 2919 BE/er 1009 SBaE 509t 4321 HNTSY LE9E =s2i's 0?56 8210.+1807 -18'961 2746 hd 'N KEAET 08041 Ost6 916'01 «0,, 0L< 92 U E5<0, JOSEPH K. MANNING 5- 3 Forest street nedford.
m Detail: Assessor's Map of Medford, 1971,° showing property at 35-7 Forest Street., Scale: 1"=80' //2/0 YA SAL HOINSS Eztg Z 3,90 HURCH 9A0 75ST 15980]- ARC *5z'%, 12667 WASO Form - 177 ('R" June 1984) Manning, Joseph K., House Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Substantive Review 88000712 resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: J sample -request Reviewer's comments: pee reveue. -appeal MAY 13 1988 Working No.- Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: _ 5/9/88-6/22/88 Action: - ACCEPT LRETURN_ 6-23-88 _REJECT Federal Agency: _ V NR decision Reviewer - Discipline_ Date. uchutetuzelsiston /22/88 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 Loriginal 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 relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other the implidation of 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name - UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification delee thio aa en sa tulamission. To 1906 diel ie mantai Wes he even iu 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification op The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Of rifuificance phoned lie _ocal condenedto its datcos State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 13. Other Maps Photographs Other auetioe omaemn ti rmnaio ny te inie eth Sauage (202)243-9550 Signed latuide Andues - Date - 6/=3/38 - Phone: - Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet NP$ Form 10-900 (Rev. 8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 10240018 RECEIVED JUL 2 5 1988 1. Name of Property historic name other names/site number Joseph K. Manning House 2. Location street & number 35-37 Forest Street city, town Medford state Massachusetts code 025 3.
Classification Ownership of Property xprivate public-local public-State public-Federal Category of Property x building(s) district site structure object county Middlesex N/A not for publication N/A vicinity code 015 zip code 02155 Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing 1 1buildings sites 1 _ structures objects Number of contriburing resources previoualy listed in the National Register Name of related multiple property listing: N/A 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this *nomination Jrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
'Vepli thp propery 12 meais Ldoes not met the Nalional Ragister criteria. L soe contimegion 7/88. Signature of certifying official Talmag Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission State or Federal agency and bureau State Historic Preservation Officer In my opinion, the property does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 6. Function or Use Joseph K.
Manning House, Medford, Massachusetts Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Domestic / single dwelling Domestic / single dwelling 7. Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Second Empire Eastlake Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation walls roof other stone; brick wood slate Describe present and historic physical appearance. [x See continuation sheet (ps Fomm 100004 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 7 Page - Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts with accompanying iron cresting, and cupola on the west side with iron finial.
Beneath the roof-line of the original house runs a network of elaborately carved paired brackets interspersed with a saw cut series approximating dentils. The preeminent architectural feature of the Manning House is the one-story hexagonal pavilion. This pavilion lends picturesque asymmetry to the house's otherwise regular plan and is the cornerstone of the building's ornamental Particularly significant are the posts and brackets, which in their angularity recall the Stick style but have a sculptural quality indicative of the Eastlake tradition in woodworking. Rows of closely-spaced, turned balusters and a saw cut frieze in a stylized floral motif contribute to the porch's robust character. Similarly crafted brackets support a hood over the secondary entrance on the west front.
classically derived treatments: triangular pediments on the dormer windows on all four elevations, simple drip moldings on windows of a projecting bay on the west front, and carved hood moldings with saw cut friezes over windows around the west corner and north (main) facade. The most elaborate treatment appears on a front parlor window on the main facade, which is flanked by incised pilasters with carved capitals and moldings. Finally, additional interest at the roof level is achieved with two blind triangular windows in the east turret, and an oculus dormer window beneath the west cupola. Doorways, by comparison, are undistinguished, relying upon their respective porch attachments for visual impact. Several original interior elements merit mention here, as they carry inside the decorative scheme set forth by the exterior design.
Two staircases between the second and third floors reflect motifs of the exterior porch pavilion: the primary stair with its sawn balustrades of a stylized floral design, stair with turned balusters. Additional surviving elements of interest include etched glass in the doors of the entry vestibule, three marble fireplaces with decorative bosses and incised pilasters, and plaster rosettes on the two parlor ceilings. Ine manning House was bullt with a stable , originally situated in the southeast corner of the lot and since replaced by a ca. 1935 concrete block Another manmade element on the property is a granite retaining wall and gateposts, running along Forest Street from No. 33 to No. 47; this fence marks property originally owned by the Manning family. OMB Approvel No.
10210018 MAY | 3 1988 continued (os Fom 100000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 2 Page _ 2 aua roprovel Mo. 1024-0018 MAY I 3 1988 Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts Archaeology While no prehistoric sites are currently recorded on the property, it is ossible that sites are present. At least two known sites are recorded ir lose proximity (within one mile) to the property. This parcel's location, o a terrace overlooking the Mystic River may have made this a favorable area for native subsistence and settlement activities. In general, nowever, the otentlal tor signiticant archaeological remains, either prehistoric or historic, seems low, as a result of the small lot size and the fact that the butlaing, which has a basement, covers most of the entire lot.
Some historic archaeological potential may exist with potential stall remains on the southeast corner of the lot. However, a garage constructed in 1935, likely destroyed these remains. 8. Statement of Significance Joseph K. Manning House, Medford, Massachusetts Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: nationally statewide -locally Applicable National Register Criteria Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) OF -G Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Architecature Period of Significance 1875 Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation N/A Signiicant Person Architect/Bujider State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.
- See continuation sheet NP8 Form 10-9004 (8-00) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page _1 Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts Capt. Andrew Blanchard. In 1850 he married Martha E. Blanchard, and after her death, in 1852, married Emily A. Alcott. In 1856 Manning paid millwright George T. Goodwin $7,000 for 8.5 acres between Ship Street and the Mystic River adjacent to Blanchard and Mill Wharves. This property was cne focalion or ahe yunser bustnes, on Rivesie Alene, pecei rine il ne providing lumber, moldings, and planing and sawing to order. between Francis Foster and as well as professional, for Foster named one of his sons, J. Manning Foster. bife, sufan.: the fatty Continied to i01 , on foret Suret airoug, tn it0, After Manning's death, his son Joseph K.
Manning became Foster's partner in the firm, which by then had established a wide reputation by its business methods and upright dealings. (Medford Mercury, 5 May 1893, p. 3). Nineteenth-century Medford saw an increase in both buildings and population due in part to the mid-century break-up and subsequent development of several large estates. Subdivision of the former Tufts estate at Salem and Forest Streets, beginning in 1844, resulted in a residential neighborhood exhibiting an array of architectural styles by the end of the century. Many of the neighborhood's best high-style dwellings are now gone, such as the Dantel His success as a lumber dealer had permitted Joseph Manning, Jr. to purchase land and a house on Forest Street, just north of Medford Square and a few blocks from the lumber yard, in 1855.
A granite retaining wall demarcating original Manning land holdings remains today on the south side of Forest Street, running from No. 33 to No. 47. Before Manning's son Joseph K. built this house at 35-37 Forest, he lived with his family in the house now known as 33 Forest Street. This second Empire style dwelling is of a far more restrained design than its later exuberant neighbor, and was thought to have shared a similar design source with the Ballou House. Tax records for 1875 show Joseph K. as having paid taxes on an unfinished house and stable next to his family home, and the 1876-1877 city directory lists his new residence as the "second house from the Universalist Church," or 35-37 Forest Street. Joseph K. Manning had the professional connections OMB Approvel No.
1024-0018 MAY | 3 continued Nog Fom 10.0000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts through which he secured the services of skilled builders and craftsmen for the construction of the new house. The size and elaboration of the house clearly indicates the owner's association with the building trades, and in particular the applied ornament advertisement for the firm. Joseph K. Manning never married, and may have shared this important house with his unmarried younger brothers, Warren White and George Frederick. George and another brother, Edward Dudley, held portions of the Riverside Avenue property at the turn of the century, by which time the business had closed. Foster died in 1893, and Joseph K. Manning died in Maine, ca. 1906.
The Manning House has recently been restored and rehabilitated according to the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation; it has been converted to condominiums. OMa Aaprovel Na. 10240018 MAY 1 3 9. Major Bibliographical References Joseph K. Manning House, Medford, Massachusetts Previous documentation on file (NPS): -preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register | designated a National Historic Landmark Jrecorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.
Geographical Data icreage or propert) less than one acre Juad- Bostor North Scale- 1:25000 UTM References A 1,9] 3 2 6 3 8 0| Zone Easting 4,69 8 3 1 0 Northing CL J [x See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: [x State historic preservation office ]Other State agency Federal agency ] Local government ] University Other Specify repository: MHC Inventory Of Historic Assets #38 BLL Zone Easting DLI LL See continuation sheet - Norhing LLL Verbal Boundary Description see assessors map -See continuation sheet Boundary Justification exlupangeporesens od abe hist rhaa ly essy ased patedttht he popesequently subdivided and developed. -See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By namelitte Betsy Eriedberg, Nat'1. Reg. Dir./MHC & Glaire W. Dempsy w/ Amer. Landmarks, Inc.
organization Massachusetts Historical Commission _ date Fehruary 1988 street & number _80 Boylston Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston _ state MA _ zip code - 02116 (opg rom 100000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page 1 OMB Approvel No. 10240018 MAY | 31988 Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts Atlas of the City of Medford...,Boston: George W. Stadley & Co., 1898. Boston Evening Transcript, Obituary for Francis E. Foster, May 3, 1893, p. 7 Boston Evening Transcript, Obituary for Joseph Manning, Jr., Sept. 10, 1861. Rand, Averyy & Co., 1886. City of Medford. Town Reports. 1865-1877. Gleason, Hall. Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford 1630-1873. West - Medford, 1936. Herzassets in Medford, ei! Sept. 1974, torated bystort. apenderhite tura!
Assets in Medford, MA. Malden, Medford, Melrose, and Everett City Directories, 1874-1875, 1876-1877, 1883, 1885, 1890, 1893, 1895-1896, 1897, 1909. Manning, William H. The Manning Family of New England. Salem: Salem Press Co., 1902. Medford Mercury. Obituary for Francis E. Foster, May 5, 1893, p. 3 Paine, Robert Treat. Medford Past and Present. In Celebration of the 27th Anniversary of Medford, Middlesex County Registry of Deeds and Probate. Seaburg, Carl and Alan. Medford on the Mystic. 1980. (es Fom 100000 nited States Department of the Interia ational Park Servic National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 10 Section number Page Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts 1024-0014 1987 The land in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, together with the of nhe wect erd Batng 1oik, erord, Nes. lsne sepener, 190, By Eherd P. Adams, C. E.
filed with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds Book of Plans #151, Plan 37. Said parcel of land is further bounded and described as follows: NORTHWESTERLY by said Forest Street, ninety-three and twenty-nine hundredths (93.29) feet; NORTHEASTERLY by the remaining portion of said lot lettered "B" , being land now or formerly of Edward W. Hayes, one hundred forty-nine and seventy-one hundredths (149.71) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of one Gill, by the second parcel herein described and by land now or formerly of the Mystic Congregational Church, ninety-three and forty-six hundredth (93.46) feet; and SOUTHWESTERLY by lot lettered "A" on said plan, by a line running through the center of a passageway 14 feet wide one hundred- fifty-one and seventy-two hundredths (151.72) feet.
Together with and subject to the rights to use said passageway in common with others entitled thereto. Also, a certain parcel of land, together with the buildings thereon, situated above-described parcel sore, Nerrord, Mass ate lme, 192 (, %y E. S. Aa.g eurned rt an stddlese Mesouth strictRegituye,f Deeds at the endof the Book 4edwi tSaid parcel is further bounded and described as follows: NORTHEASTERLY by Lot B, as shown on said plan, twenty-two (22) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY By Lot C, sald plan, twenty-five (25) feet; SOUTHWESTERLY By said Lot C, on said plan, twenty-two (22) feet; and NORTHWESTERLY by the parcel hereinbefore described, twenty-five (25) feet. GARD :10201 29/9 1009 Sbac *Eis OSGE 509b 4321 LE9E 7 sei's 0296 82+0+1207 896, (E S5T 0801 3,9 916'01 SAL YOIN3S 5/5/ 70 15380J- 1EDT 10. 200 HatO Lsad BI5E 75 z'n LEO1/ TNOLLVSOA 02<92 U ESLOI JOSEPH K.
MANNING Forest street nedforo MA Detail: Assessor's Map of Medford, showing. property at 1910 35-7 Forest Street. ; 0° Scale: 1"=80' N /12/0 12667 PINGS YA - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: RESUBMISSION PROPERTY Manning, Joseph K., House NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE 4 COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Hampshire DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 7/25/88 REFERENCE NUMBER: 88000712 NOMINATOR: STATE DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DETAILED EVALUATION: Y __ACCEPT _KRETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: ....... REJECT 9/7/88 -__DATE 9/08/88 ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS (CONTINUED FROM PREVIÕUS SIDE) lease chuck to see that recutmitted copies are complete. Decision: Date: Signature Title: san anee Histowau see attached SLR Y/N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments .
Y/N CLASSIFICATION ..CoUnT ..resource type STATE/FEDERAL ACENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION _historic -_current DESCRIPTION .architecturol clossificotion .moteriols __descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE -riterio --eriods of sig. -sig. person .criterio considerations -_significont dates _architect/builder -areas of sig. ...cultural offl. _sig. statement BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ...ocreoge UTMS -verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps US65 maps -.photographs .Presentation BENGRS Signed Githy Surge Date 9-7-88 (202) 343-9540 altered or lad siguificant additions; horeves, in thooe ases the Peried tig teede e coetrifis chand woued encompass 886007/2 NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 8-86) OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form FEB 2 1 1989 NATIONAL REGISTER This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name Joseph K. Manning House other names/site number 2.
Location street & number city, town state Mass. 35-37 Forest Street Medford code 025 h/anot for publication h/avicinity county Middlesex code 015 zip code 02115 3. Classification Ownership of Property X private public-local public-State public-Federal Category of Property X building(s) district site structure object Name of related multiple property listing: n/a Number of Resources within Property Contributing 1 Noncontributing 1 buildings sites 1 structures objects 2 1 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register - 4.
State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this *nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National RegisterofHistoric Places andmeets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property * meets Idoes not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. Vauni A Taemage 10 \24|86 Signature of certifying official Date Executive Director, Mass. Historical Commission, State Historic Preservation Officer State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property Imeets does not meet the National Register criteria. J See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5.
National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Yentered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. Bothiy Savage 4-7-89 removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) for Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING Joseph K. Manning House, Medford, MASS Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING 7. Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) SECOND EMPIRE EASTLAKE Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation - STONE: BRICK walls - WOOD roof other SLATE Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Joseph K.
Manning House is one of only two high-style Second Empire residential dwellings in Medford. Built in 1875, the three-story house displays an elaborate scheme of Second Empire and Eastlake decorative motifs in its exterior design. The building's most striking feature is a hexagonal pavilion projecting from the northwest corner of the main facade. A residence typical of the Forest Street area development which began in the mid-nineteenth century, the Manning house exhibits an architectural character nearly extinct in the city today. The Manning House is located just outside of Medford Square, and its design includes two primary facades visible as one approaches from the Square. The original building is a large rectangle of three stories under a mansard roof with entries on both the north and west elevations.
The Forest Street elevation is constructed in two planes, the lefttwo bays posititoned forward, the third bay screened by a single story porch that extends to a hexagonal pavilion on the northwest corner. The entry is located on this porch, on the wall perpendicular to the street. The west elevation employs a central entry between a flush left bay and a projecting right bay. Two additions are located on the south or rear elevation. A two-story, wood-frame addition on a brick foundation adds two rooms across the rear or south side of the house; this addition dates to not later than 1898, first appearing on a Medford atlas in that year. Although it was added very shortly after original construction and in the same architectural vocabulary as the original, it contributes little to the house's architectural character.
A four-bay wide, one-story deep enclosed sun porch was built off the rear of this earlier addition at an unknown date, probably between 1920 and 1930. Due to the lack of a foundation beneath the structure, it was in a deteriorated state. It was removed during the building's recent rehabilitation and was replaced by a similar single-story addition. The entire house was clad with aluminum siding but beneath, its original clapboards were in restorable condition. The mansard roof crowning the house is completely intact, with patterned slate shingles, turret on the east side x See continuation sheet MP8 Form 10-800- United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page - 1 Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts with accompanying iron cresting, and cupola on the west side with iron finial.
Beneath the roof-line of the original house runs a network of elaborately carved paired brackets interspersed with a saw cut series approximating dentils. The preeminent architectural feature of the Manning House is the one-story nexagonal pavilion. This pavilion lends picturesque asymmetry to the house's otherwise regular dlan and is the cornerstone of the building's ornamenta" scheme. Particularly significant are the posts and brackets, which in their angularity recall the Stick style but have a sculptural quality indicative of the Eastlake tradition in woodworking. Rows of closely-spaced, turned balusters and a saw cut frieze in à stylized floral motif contribute to the porch's robust character. Similarly crafted brackets support a hood over the secondary entrance on the west front. Window treatments contribute to the house's eclectic nature.
All windows have classically derived treatments: triangular pediments on the dormer windows on all four elevations, simple drip moldings on windows of a projecting bay on the west front, and carved hood moldings with saw cut friezes over windows around the west corner and north (main) facade. The most elaborate treatment appears on a front parlor window on the main facade, which is flanked by incised pilasters with carved capitals and moldings. Finally, additional interest at the roof level is achieved with two blind triangular windows in the east turret, and an oculus dormer window beneath the west cupola. Doorways, by comparison, are undistinguished, relying upon their respective porch attachments for visual impact. Several original interior elements merit mention here, as they carry inside the decorative scheme set forth by the exterior design.
Two staircases between the second and third floors reflect motifs of the exterior porch pavilion: the primary stair with its sawn balustrades of a stylized floral design, and the rear stair with turned balusters. Additional surviving elements of interest include etched glass in the doors of the entry vestibule, three marble fireplaces with decorative bosses and incised pilasters, and plaster rosettes on the two parlor ceilings. The Manning House was built with a stable, originally situated in the southeast corner of the lot and since replaced by a ca. 1935 concrete block garage. Another manmade element on the property is a granite retaining wall and gateposts, running along Forest Street from No. 33 to No. 47; this fence marks property originally owned by the Manning family. OMB Aaprovel No.
1024-0018 MAY |3 300 continued MP8 Form 10-800~ (8-080 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _ 7 Page 2 OMS Approvel No. 10240018 MAY I 3 1933 Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts Archaeology While no prehistoric sites are currently recorded on the property, it is possible that sites are present. At least two known sites are recorded in close proximity (within one mfle) to the property. This parcel's location, on a terrace overlooking the Mystic River may have made this a favorable area for native subsistence and settlement activities. In general, however, the potential for significant archaeological remains, either prehistoric or historic, seems low, as a result of the small lot size and the fact that the building, which has a basement, covers most of the entire lot.
Some historic archaeological potential may exist with potential stall remains on the southeast corner of the lot. However, a garage constructed in 1935, likely destroyed these remains. Joseph K. Manning House, Medford, Mass 8. Statement of Significance Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: nationally statewide [X locally Applicable National Register Criteria D Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) E ]F -G Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Architecture Period of Significance 1875 Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation N/A Significant Person N/A Architect/Builder N/A State significance of property, andjustify criteria,criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The Joseph K.
Manning House recalls an era of architectural and commercial development nearly forgotten in Medford today. Constructed ca. 1875 for a wealthy lumber dealer, the house, in its grand architectural style, robust detailing, and conspicuous location as an anchor in the Forest Street development north of Medford Square, bespeaks its original owner's local commercial successes and social prominence. The fine craftsmanship seen in the house's exterior and interior design is indicative of Manning's professional connections in Medford's lumber industry and his ready access to the services of wood craftsmen. The Joseph K. Manning House possesses integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, and setting; and thus meets Criterion C on the National Register of Historic Places and is significant at the local level.
Medford, Massachusetts is a suburb of Boston located on the North side of the Mystic River. Notable for its beginnings as the estate farm of Governor Cradock, the area did not see large numbers of settlers until late in the seventeenth century. Proximity to the river and Atlantic Ocean led to the development of shipbuilding and rum distilling trades, and established a diverse and prosperous commercial economy. Joseph Manning, born in Charlestown in 1765, made his living as a Boston merchant but made his home in His only son Joseph was born there in 1812, and like his father worked in Boston. Between 1833 and 1846, he operated a wholesale grocery with varlous partners at 15 Central Wharf. He married Susan Bassett k1ng, daughter of Capt. John B. and Susan (Morey) King in 1839. Together they had five sons, four surviving infancy, between 1840 and 1848.
The Manning family fortune grew with Medford's lumber industry during the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1849 Joseph Manning, Jr. joined in a lumber partnership with Francis Elliot Foster under the name of F. E. Foster & Co. Foster was born in Roxbury and came to Medford as a young man to work as foreman on the Wellington Farm. He later was employed by 1umber merchant X See continuation sheet Joseph K. Manning House, Medford, Mass. 9. Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of property Quad: Boston North UTM References A 1,9 326389 Zone Easting than one acre Scale: 1:25,000 14,69,83 Northing See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: x State historic preservation office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University Other Specify repository: MHC Inventory Of Historic Assets #38 B D Zone Easting Northing LL See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description See Assessor's Map See continuation sheet Boundary Justification The parcel described above is that currently associated with the property, excluding portions of the historicallly associated parcel that was subsequently subdivided and developed. See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By name/title Betsy Friedberg, NR Director, Mass Historical Commission w/ CLair Dempsy, Am.
Landmar organizationMassachusetts Historical Commission date February 1988 street & number 80 Boylston St. telephone 617-727-8470 city or town _ Boston state MA zip code 02116 MPB Form 10-4004 United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _8 Page _ Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts Capt. Andrew Blanchard. In 1850 he married Martha E. Blanchard, and after her death, in 1852, married Emily A. Alcott. In 1856 Manning paid millwright George T. Goodwin $7,000 for 8.5 acres between Ship Street and the Mystic River adjacent to Blanchard and Mill Wharves. When Goodwin and Hadley acquired the property ten years earlier the property included saw, grist, and veneering mills, and a new house (MCRD 737: 457, 494, 395).
This property was the location of the lumber business, on Riverside Avenue, specializing in providing lumber, moldings, and planing and sawing to order. Relations between Francis Foster and the Manning family were personal as well as professional, for Foster named one of his sons, J. Manning Foster. Joseph Manning, Jr. died suddenly at age forty-nine in 1861. His will provided for distribution of his estate among his four minor sons under the trusteeship of his wife, Susan. The family continued to live together in the family home on Forest Street through the 1890s. After Manning's death, his son Josepn K. Manning became Foster's partner in the firm, which by then had established a wide reputation by its business methods and upright dealings. (Medford Mercury, 5 May 1893, p. 3).
Nineteenth-century Medford saw an increase in both buildings and population due in part to the nid-century break-up and subsequent development of several large estates. Subdivision of the former Tufts estate at. Salem and Forest Streets, beginning in 1844, resulted in a residential neighborhood exhibiting an array of architectural styles by the end of the century. Many of the neighborhood's best high-style dwellings are now gone, such as the Dantel Lawrence house and the U. H. Ballou house. His success as a lumber dealer had permitted Joseph Manning, Jr. to purchase land and a house on Forest Street, just north of Medford Square and a few blocks from the lumber yard, in 1855. A granite retaining wall demarcating original Manning land holdings remains today on the south side of Forest Street, running from No. 33 to No. 47. Before Manning's son Joseph K.
built this house at 35-37 Forest, he lived with his family in the house now known as 33 Forest Street. This second Empire style dwelling is of a far more restrained design than its later exuberant neighbor, and was thought to have shared a similar design source with the Ballou House. Tax records for 1875 show Joseph K. as having paid taxes on an unfinished house and stable next to his family home, and the 1876-1877 city directory lists his new residence as the "second house from the Universalist Church," or 35-37 Forest Street. Joseph K. Manning had the professional connections OMB Approvel Ne. 1024-0018 MAX 13 continued NAS Form 10-800 (8-469 United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page - Joseph K.
Manning House Medford, Massachusetts through which he secured the services of skilled builders and craftsmen for the construction of the new house. The size and elaboration of the house clearly indicates the owner's association with the building trades, and in particular the applied ornament advertisement for the firm. Joseph K. Manning never married, and may have shared this important house with his unmarried younger brothers, Warren White and George Frederick. George and another brother, Edward Dudley, held portions of the Riverside Avenue property at the turn of the century, by which time the business had closed. Foster died in 1893, and Joseph K. Manning died in Maine, ca. 1906. The Manning House has recently been restored and rehabilitated according to the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation; it has been converted to condominiums. OMB Approvel Mo.
1024-0018 i.i 13 Mº8 Form 10-0004 (8-80) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. 9 Page _ 1 OMle Agprovel No. 1024-0018 MAY 1 3.50- Joseph K. Manning House Medford, Massachusetts Atlas of the City of Medford...,Boston: George W. Stadley & Co., 1898. Boston Evening Transcript, Obituary for Francis E. Foster, May 3, 1893, p. 7 Boston Evening Transcript, Obituary for Joseph Manning, Jr., Sept. 10, 1861. Brooks, Charles. History of the Town of Medford from its First Settlement in 1630-1855. Revised, enlarged and brought down to T885 by James M. Usner. Boston: Rand, Averyy & Co., 1886. City of Medford. Town Reports. 1865-1877. Gleason, Hall. Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford 1630-1873. West Medford, 1930. Herzan, J. and B. R. Pfeiffer.
An Inventory of Historical and Architectural Assets in Medford, MA. Sept. T974, updated by B. R. Pfeiffer June 1976. Malden, Medford, Melrose, and Everett City Directories, 1874-1875, 1876-1877, 7883, 1885, 7890, 1893, 1895-1896, 1897, 1909. Manning, William H. The Manning Family of New England. Salem: Salem Press 1902. Medford Mercury. Obituary for Francis E. Foster, May 5, 1893, p. 3 Paine, Robert Treat. Medford Past and Present. In Celebration of the 27th Anniversary of Medford, MA. Middlesex County Registry of Deeds and Probate. Seaburg, Carl and Alan. Medford on the Mystic. 1980. MPS Form 104004 8-30) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 10 Section number Page 1 301 - Joseph K.
Manning House Medford, Massachusetts The land in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, together with the buildings thereon situated on the southeasterly side of Forest Street, and being shown as part of lot lettered "B" on a plan entitled "Plan of Property P. Anameford vied with idetesed, Mass.. dated September, 1904, by Edward South District Registry of Deeds Book of Plans #151, Plan 37. Said parcel of land is further bounded and described as follows: NORTHWESTERLY by said Forest Street, ninety-three and twenty-nine hundredths NORTHEASTERLY (93.29) feet; by the remaining portion of said lot lettered "B", being land now or formerly of Edward k.
Hayes, one hundred forty-nine and seventy-one hundredths (149.71) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of one Gill, by the second parcel herein described and by land now or formerly of the Mystic Congregational Church, ninety-three and forty-six hundredth (93.46) feet; and SOUTHWESTERLY by lot lettered "A" on said plan, by a line running through the center of a passageway 14 feet wide one hundred- fifty-one and seventy-two hundredths (151.72) feet. Together with and subject to therights to use said passageway in common with others entitled thereto. Also, a certain parcel of land, together with the buildings thereon, situated southeasterly from said Forest Street, in said hedford, and adjoiningashtand above-described parcel ; and being shown as lot "C" on plan entitied Street, Medford, Mass. dated June, 1921, by E. P.
Adams, C.E., filed with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds at the end of the Book 4455. Said parcel is further bounded and described as follows: NORTHEASTERLY by Lot B, as shown on said plan, twenty-two (22) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY By Lot C, said plan, twenty-five (25) feet; SOUTHWESTERLY By said Lot C, on said plan, twenty-two (22) feet; and NORTHWESTERLY by the parcel hereinbefore described, twenty-five (25) feet. 29/9 -c/2c 1009 |S22's 0?56 -18'961 725+ GARDA pooi SDeC < 4321 eLts vcS) *LLE OSGE M-9 91601 080'÷I PRECiNCT 13,900 CHURCH B02LT 75ST -OBVM 60V6 in TVS 10 "0 -153803-- E2id DOINSS O0HS5 VOCATIONAL 02L 92 LEOH ESLDI 200 U 815Y2 24231 tsZ'nI 1 D. 3:120 35 - 2 mota- Detail: Assessor's Map of Medfora, 1971,° -showing property at 35-7 Forest Street.!
/, Scale: 1"=80- 12667 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: RESUBMISSION PROPERTY Manning, Joseph K., House NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: 2/21/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 88000712 NOMINATOR: STATE DETAILED EVALUATION: Y VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 4/7/89 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: 4/07/89 asowaedenetrades te eming indectly Pritial rexura commente have been addressed.
RECOM./CRITERIA accepxc REVIEWER S airer B1BCTPENE n eou al History 4/7/89 DOCUMENTATION see attached comments YN see attached SLR YN CLASSIFICATION _count resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic current DESCRIPTION architectural classification materials descriptive text 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 relating significance to the resource relationship of integrity to significance _justification of exception other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage _verbal boundary description _UTMS _boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _sketch maps _USGS maps photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date _presentation #t#+t.
+i+t+t+1 MANNING HOUSE, 35-37 FOREST ST. MEDFORD, MA AMERICAN LANDMARKS, INC. 1987 NEGATIVE: AMERICAN LANDMARKS, ING. 72 BROAD ST. BOSTON, MAOZHIO VIEW E Photo ## /of 2 33.01 83 01 NNNN243 MANNING HOUSE, 35-37 FOREST ST. MEDFORD, MA AMERICAN LAND MARKS, INC. 1987 NEGATIVE: AMERICAN LANDMARKS, INC. 72 BROAD ST BOSTON, MA O2IIO PORCH DETAIL, VIEW NE Photo #2 of 2 8301 NN2N244 MAY | 3 1988 *COMMISSIOTT May 4, 1988 Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the nomination forms for the following properties: Leominster, F. A. Whitney Carriage Company Complex Historic District; off 124 Water Street; HPCA #10369MA Medford, Joseph K.
Manning House; 35-37 Forest Street Palmer, Union Station; Depot Street Peabody, Moore-Hill House; 82 Franklin Street Worcester, Holy Name of Jesus Complex; Illinois Street; HPCA #10814MA (schoo1) HPCA #11040MA (convent) They have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. No comments have been received to date. Sincerely, piluy Fredkerg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission BF/es Enclosure MAY | 3 1988 Massachusetts Historical Commission, Valerie A. Talmage, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J.
Connolly, Secretary JNE HANNOAEETDD February 14, 1989 FEB 2 1 1989 NATIONAL REGISTER Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: inwood Historic District, Northbridge - HPCA # 11131 MA -enox Rail Road Station, Lenox Joseph K. Manning House, Medford Fort Hill Historic District, Northampton Al1 have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination form.
Sincerely, Fredieg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosures BF/rc Massachusetts Historical Commission, Valerie A. Talmage, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary
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