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MAY 2 3 1989 683 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETIS. HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA FORM NO. A 73 Town Wakefield Address ] Salem Street Historic Name NA Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple 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 Use: Present dwelling Original dwel1ing DESCRIPTION Date 1855-1857 Source Map of 1857 style Italianate Architect NA Exterior Wall Fabric Abestos Shingle OutbuildingsNone Major Alterations (with dates) Porch rail replaced, new door, (c.1920) Condition Fair "Moved NA Date NA Acreage Less than one acre setting on artificial rise, faces south DIM REFERENCE 19/329820/4708080 USGS QUADRANGLE Reading, MA SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates arganization Wakefield Historical Commission Date March 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) Although the transitional GreekRevivial/Italianate form of this house is common enough in Wakefield, it contains several elements-noteably the front door surround and tall first floor windows-which are unusual and may indicate a source outside local design standards.
The building retains integrity of location, design, setting, workmanship, feeling and association and meets criterion C of the NRHP on the local level. ARCHITECIURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The form of this Greek Revival/Italianate transitional house is common to Wakefield: 2½ stories high with cross gables and a side hall plan. However, che earred architrave surround of the front door, and the long first floor windows are rare in the town, indicating that thishouse may have been built by a non-local builder, copied from a pattern book, or taken from an example in another town.
The arched gable window and paired brackets supporting the gable roof are common Italianate style elements, while the earred surrounds are Greek Revival features.: HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the conmunity. John S. Eaton, who lived here in 1857, was the ticket agent for the Boston and Maine Railroad. The opening of rail travel in 1844 slowly transformed the town from a rural agricultural community with a minor industry in boots and shoes, to that of a manufacturing center with several important factories, among them the Wakefield Rattan Co., which by 1874 was employing about 1,000 hands. In the last decades of the 19th century the town gained new identity as a commuter suburb, made possible by the frequent, swift, and relatively cheap . rail travel.
Three separate rail lines, 1844, 1850, and 1854, converged in Wakefield before they passed through the hills above Greenwood. By 1885 there were seven stations within the borders, making the town a railroad center. Salem Street was the home of several Eaton families, the most important of which was the Lilley Eaton branch, whose 1805 mansion and store at the northeast corner of Salem and Main Street served as the social center of the town. Lilley Eaton, Jr. was one of the town's foremost citizens and its first c'omprehensive historian. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Map 1857, J. S. Eaton Directory, 1869 Eaton, Wi11 E. Handbook of Wakefield, Wakefield, 1885. NPSForm10-900- (8-66) 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 51. House at 39 Converse Street Entered in the National Begister Date/Signature fKeoper AelaneBgan 1/6/89 Attest 52. House at 40 Crescent Street Entered in the National Register 53. House at 42 Hopkins Street Esterer 10 +3y Satt sü 1a1 t HReeper MelouByu 110/89 Attest 1 7/0/89 Attest 54. House at 5 Bennett Street Entered 1a tha / Keceper AulauByun 216/89 National Reglster Attest 55. House at 509 North Avenue Entered in the /Keeper AelourPgen 216/09 Matlonal Register Attest 456. House at 52 Oak street Siubutasiire, Hortar dakeoper Bet frurge 7/4/89 Attest 57. House at 54 Spring Street entered in tha National Begister fixotper Alonpya 716/89 Attest 58.
House at 556 Lowell Street Entered Ln tha Natlonal Beglatar Jooper AelmutZgan 1/2/89 Attest 59. House at 6 Adams Street Entered in the National Begister faropar AelanspEgan 1/e/89 60.
House at 7 Salem Street Intored Lo tha dational Begister fixopor AelueByun 2/6/19 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: House at 7 Salem Street 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: 6/06/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 7/07/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000683 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : REJECT 7/6/89 DATE Entered in the Matlonai Begister 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 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 OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps photographs presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date A 73 7 Salem St Heese WakefieldMMpt, Ma A 73 -KE QUANNAPOWITT STREET, 7 SALEM ST.
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9100 124 7650 7650 62,15 12.15 10585 125 STREET 9995 7475 126 36158 1193 21.5 1, 5972 1279- PLEASANT Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000300