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MAY 2 3 1989 689 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSION STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA A FORM NO. 95 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 Town Wakefield Address 8 Park Street Historic Name NA Use: Present dwelling original dwelling DESCRIPTION Date 1852-1856 Source map 1857 Style Italianate Architect _ NA Exterior Wall Fabric_clapboard outbuildings barn _contributir c. 1856 Major Alterations (with dates) storm porch at front door; 2 windows east; stained glass stair window C.
1000-1910 Conditior Good Moved Acreage NA Date NA Less than one acre Setting Set close to street, faces north, behind well-developed wood ballustrade fence. Barn to rear and east. UTM REFERENCE 19/329800 USGS QUADRANGLE Reading,MA SCALE 1:25,000 14707680 Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Wakefield Historical Commission Date March 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) This well preserved Italianate vernacular house features some unusual detailing for this area of Wakefield. At one time it was owned by Harland Perkins, a local architect responsible for the destinctive trio of craftsman style houses on Prospect Street. The building retains integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and meets criterion - C of the NRHP on the local level.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the comnunity. This 2½ story cross gabled frame house is an excellent example of the ornate, suburbar. vernacular Italianate style. Set gable end to the street with a side-hall plan, a two story ell at the rear and a piazza to the west expand the house. The entry in marked by a flat arched protico which is seen on several more developed Italianate examples in Wakefield. Long first floor windows with entabulature surrounds, elaborate piazza pillars with bracketed heads, and a baluster fence are features seen infrequently on the east side of the lake. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. This was the home of Dr. Josiah Poland.
Park Street was accepted by the Town in 1852, and the house was probably built for the Doctor between that date and 1857, when a map shows him owning the property. Dr. Poland apparently did not practice long in town. By 1874 it was the home of James H. Carter, who was instrumental in erecting the Rockery on the Wakefield Common. The house was famous for its large hemlock on its grounds. Around the turn of the century it was purchased by Harland H. Perkins, the architect who designed the interesting trio of Craftsman houses on Prospect Street for Elizabeth Boit, part owner of the Harvard Knitting Mills. He may have renovated the interior of this house. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES maps 1857, Dr. Poland 1874 J. N. Carter 1889 J. N.
Carter Wakefield Historical Society, "Greenwood in the Nineties", in Greenwood Scrapbook, unpublished NPS Form 10-000 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page. OMB Approval No. 10240018 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Wakefield MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 61. House at 8 Park Street Entered in the National Register 62. House at 88 Prospect Street Entared in the Matlonai deglstor 63. House at 9 White Avenue intered 1n the Matlonal Register 64. House at 90 Prospect Street Entered1athe Nattonal Begiatar Date/Signature freoper telne@gan 1/6/89 Attest HReeper AilmuDgu 7/6/89 Attest I Keeper Aulrgau Attest VKeeperAeloueOgen 1/0/59 Attest 65. House at 95 Chestnut Street intered in the National Register VReeper DiloBigu 7/6/39 66.
Item Building Entered 1o the Nationad Regiatez 67. Jordan, Dr. Charles, House intered in the National Register 68. Kendall, Deacon Thomas, House Entered 1a tha National Registez 69. Lakeside Cemetery Chapel E5-HTH2 1. +: Natiouai 1e Lat,7 Attest LReeper SlelouBgun 216/89 Attest Vreeper. AuluuBgen 216/59 Attest HReoper AelruBzui >16/89 Attest /Keeper_ Ahliusgen7/6/89 70.
Lynnwood untered in the National Begister Attest tkeeper Klmudfyen 216/89 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 8 Park Street MULTIPLE Wakefield MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: 5/23/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 6/22/89 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF PENDING LIST: 6/06/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 7/07/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000689 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 7/6/89 DATE Entered in tba NatLonal Hogistar 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 UTMS verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps USGS maps _photographs presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date A95 8 Park St.
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