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MAY 2 3 1989 668 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON SIREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. 4 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 UTM REFERENCE 19/329610/4708610 USGS QUADRANGLEReading, MA SCALE 1:25,000 AREA FORM NO. A 8 Town Wakefield Address 196 Main Street Historic Name - - NA Use: Presentdwelling original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date 1790-1810 Source map 1857, current owner Style Greek Revival Architect NA Exterior Wall Fabricclapboard OutbuildingsNone Major Alterations (with dates) extended rear 2 stories Condition Good .Moved NA DateNA Less than one acre.
Acreage setting at corner, faces west on Main Street, overlooks lake Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Wakefield Histonical Commission Date March, 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) A well preserved example of Greek Revival design, This house is one of three in this part of Wakefield on which the original porch of fluted Doric columns survives (see 28 Cordis St.) and its other detailing is equally fine. It belonged to a member of the prominent Eaton family. n tie 10cel leven. 4030 1af1.00, Ihe bullaing retains integrity ol location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and meets criterion C of the ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.
This is one of three Greek Revival houses on the west side of Wakefield having a porch of fluted Doric columns. The use of hand carved orders is not frequent in town, and their employment here must have indicated wealthy and culturally up to date owner. Iwo and one half stories high and five bays long, it is strikingly similar to 20 Cordis Street, having the same authentic baseless columns, and a door surround composed of a fluted architrave with corner blocks and long sidelights. This house, however, also has a wide frieze under the gable roof, and an especially. high style side door surround. This is composed of Ionic columns supporting an entablature which breaks forwards to suggest a portico. The door is original, but the elaborate surround may be an addition.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Hiram Eaton, for whom this house may have been built, was a member of the large and powerful Eaton family, early settlers in town, and owners of its most important 19th century store and hotel, now demolished, which was located at the corner of Main and Salem Streets. It also served as the social center of town. Hiram, a shoe cutter, probably worked for one of the larger jobbers or shoe manufacturers, as no shoe shop is shown on his property, and his job involved only one operation, instead of the manufacture of the entire shoe. Interestingly, the first recorded shoemaker in town, who was given wood and nerbage rights on in 1677 on condition that he remain in town and make shoes, was also an Eaton. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps, 1857, H.
Eaton 1874, H. Eaton 1889, H. Eaton Directory, 1869. Similar to residence of Benjamin F. Barnard Main Street, Lakeside P. 103 250th Birthday - History NPS Form 10-800 (8-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Section number. Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name_ State Wakefield MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature 31. House at 19--21 Salem Street intered in the National Register Maopor AelreBzu 1/6/54 Attest 32. House at 190 Main Streetntured in cha National Rogiater peeperulieySgu =16/54 Attest 33. House at 193 Vernon Street fteoposshlneBzun 1/6/89 Entered in the National Register Attest 34. House at 196 Main StreetEnterad in the Natlonal Regiater fikecepenelmnaBgun 2/6/89 Attest 35.
House at 2 Nichols Street Entered in tha National Register F'keeper AelueByer 21659 Attest 36. House at 20 Hancock Road Entered 1o tha Na!1 cal Ragiater fteepor telurenBun 7/0/59 Attest 37. House at 20 Lawrence Street Entered in the EAtore Rogta Reopor SelmSzan >10/59 Attest Entered in tha 38. House at 20 Morrison Road carared de ta afkeper AeloresByu 7/6/84 Attest 39. House at 21 Chestnut Street Entered in the Fkeeper AeloreBgan 1/6/84 Natlonal Register 40.
House at 22 Parker Road Entered 1n tba Natlopal Begiatex Jikcoper SelorenBgun ,16/89 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY House at 196 Main Street NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: wakefield MRA STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 5/23/89 6/22/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 6/06/89 7/07/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000668 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N LACCEPT RETURN REJECT 7/6/89DATE Enteredin the Mational Register ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./ CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 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 context 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 presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date tol Al main Sheet.
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