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Nomination for Sullivan, Edward, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 913 words across 7 pages, filed in 1989. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 89000636, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

FORM B - BUILDING MAY 2 2 1989 636 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Town AREA FORM NO. 186 (Winchester, Mass. M.R.A.) WINCHESTER Address 9 Kendall Street Historic Name Edward Sullivan House Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5*, black and white) Indicate address of - property on back of photo. - Staple to left side of form. 200' 4. %. BRIDGE W73 - on 3ThCC TP REE - Use: Present dwelling Origina1 DESCRIPTION dwelling Date circa 1875 Source maDs Style. vernacular Italianate Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates)none Condition Very Good Moved no Date Acreage :13 acre Setting. Residential side street east of town center . 04-02/9 MOUNT 20471 . VERNON S0ata STREET ptan. MYRTLE STREET minAbe!an!rnn UTM REFERENCE 19,324680. 47 02050 USES QUADRANGLE LEXINGTON, MASS. SCALE.

1:25,000 Recorded by Susan Keats, Marcia Wood Organization Winchester Historical Comm Date 12/78; rev. by H. White 10/31 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Edward Sullivan House is notable as a well-preserved worker's cottage dating from the third quarter of the nineteenth century, a period of local industrial and commercial growth. The Sullivan House exemplifies the modest houses built on small lots occupied by Winchester's growing working class population. Therefore the Sullivan House meets Criteria A and 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 Edward Sullivan House is a small worker's cottage built circa 1875.

Although numerous worker's cottages of the period survive, none are as well- preserved and unaltered as this example. The simple, one-and-one-half story cottage is three bays wide and one bay deep. It has a gable roof with the ridge parallel to the street, and with short gable returns. The center entrance is topped by a divided light transom; windows have a two-over-two sash configuration. A one-story shed-roofed ell stands to the rear. The Sullivan House is entirely devoid of ornamentation: this absence of detail is typical of modest workers' housing. This type of house is found in other Boston area communities, such as Cambridge, and in nineteenth century industrial villages. throughout New England. It is typical of the small, plain, inexpensive yet soundly built cottages of the second half of the nineteenth century.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Sullivan House stands on Kendall Street, which was first depicted on the Walling Map of Winchester of 1854. As the network of residential streets outlying the town center grew, numerous residents erected modest The (1876, #154). The Sullivan House is one of five dwellings owned by Edward Sullivan, a local stone mason. The house was inherited by his three children by 1893. The Sullivan family resided at 19 Kendall Street for a time. 1. Edward & Hannah Sullivan 1898-1920 2. Johanna T. O'Sullivan 1921-1923 3. Frederick F. Croto 1924-1961 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps Winchester Town Directories Telephone conversation w/Frances Maher, whose father lived on the opposite side of Kendall Street--12/8/78 - Susan Keats.

8/85 NPS Form 10-900-a 8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page OMB Approvai No. 1024-0018 MAY 221989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Winchester MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 41. Remick, Joseph, House Enteredin the Hational Register 42. Richardson, Zachariah, Hoyfitered in tne Mational Register 43. Russel1, Charles, House Entered in the Natlonal Begister 44. Russell, Arthur H., House Entared in the Ieeper SulruByen 415/17 National Begister 45. Sharon House Entered in the National Register Date/Signature Araoper AuemeSgan 115764 Attest Ikeeper AulorByu 715/04 Attest Ikeoper dulmeeBgen215/84 Attest Attest /Keeper/ Allusßgun 1/5/04 46. Simonds, William, House 47.

Skillings Estate House Attest Entered 1n the National Register Hseoper AbluBga 7/5/04 Attest Entered in the National Register freeper AilmBgu 1/5/84 Attest 48. St.Mary's Catholic ChurchEntered 1n tbe National Register Keeper 0 Sulrrsszen. 7/5/89 Attest 49. Stanton, Jacob, House Intered 1n the Natlonal Begister Areaper XlbrSyu 1/5/59 Attest 50. Sullivan, Edward, House fubetastlre Rerion fakeeper.

BathSounge 7-5-89 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Sullivan, Edward, House NAME: MULTIPLE Winchester MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: 5/22/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 6/22/89 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000636 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF PENDING LIST: 6/06/85 ATE OF 45TH DAY: 7/06/89 N PDIL: Y SLR DRAFT: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N NACCEPT _RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: REJECT 1/5/89 DATE REVOE/CTTERJA Gecept A4C REVIEWER DATE csytual Aistory DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N CLASSIFICATION _count _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic DESCRIPTION current 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 context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage UTMS verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps USGS maps _photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone presentation Signed Date Sullivan, House 9 Kendall St.

1/88 Wenchester, Ma. M MHC Inrit+186 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000303