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MAY 2 3 1989 101 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA B FORM NO. 177 Town Wakefield Address 26 Francis Ave. 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 dwelling DESCRIPTION Date c. 1907-22 Source Atlas 1906 & Visual Anavlsis style Rational Reviyal/Neo Colonial Architect NA Exterior wall Fabric shingle Outbuildings 2 car garage contributing (c.1907-22) Major Alterations (with dates) None Condition Good Moved NA Date NA Acreage . Less than one acre Setting at corner, on hill in rocky.
hilly area 19/330450/4705300 UTM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Wakefield Historical Commission Date March 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The property, an octagonal dwelling house unique in Wakefield, retains integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and meets Criterion O of the NRHP on the local level. ARCHITECIURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the conmunity. This imaginatively designed house set into a hill on high fieldstone foundations makes interesting use of its corner site. The shingle clad house is octagonal in shape. The entry, recessed under a column supported porch, is placed at the corner of the lot on the diagonal.
The corners of the house are further emphasized with shingled pilasters. A hip roof with flared eaves and exposed rafters is interrupted by the wide dormer with a similar roof and diamond planed sash centered over the porch. Iwo stories high at the rear but one and one half at the front, the house combines elements of the Rational Revival, Shingle Craftsman, and Bungalow styles. Its unique design suggests that it is the work of an architect or talented amature, rather than a builder contractor, as are the majority of the houses in Greenwood. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Until the end of the 19th century, Greenwood consisted of only a few streets, which served as major arteries as well as residential areas.
Main Street had been a Native American path, Oak Street, which extended but a short way east in 1819, was built to the early 17th century Nahant Street in 1847, and Green Street, which was not residential until this century, was built in 1860. Francis Avenue is mentioned in lot plans of 1891 as part of Greenwood Park, a development of 1889-95 by the Wood-Harmon Company. A few houses appear on the streets to the east of Main Street in the atlas of 1889, but an earlier development scheme ont tan stragts had failed to materialize. Real growth did not occur in the area until the introduction of street-car lines on Main Street, which connected the community to Boston in 1892. Greenwood represented the last stop within the lowest fare zone to the city, and as such, property in the area became commercially viable.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Middlesex County Registry of Deed, plan books Atlas, 1906 Wakefield Historical Society, vertical files NPS Form 10-900e (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 41. House at 23 Ávon Street National Registe - rod in era keper Tlue Bga 7/6/89 Attest 42. House at 23 Lawrence Street ntered in the Greeper dhlaeBgen 216/3? Natlonal Begister Attest 43. House at 25 Avon Street Enterna 1: dia:1 ai tºg13t= (keeper SlnBgun 116/59 Attest 44.House at 26 Francis Avenueintered in the (keoper. AlilauaBge16/69 watlonal Registez Attest 45.
House at 28 Cordis Street intered in the Natleral Regtatof Keeper LllmBgan 7/6/09 Attest Fnterd 1 46. House at 28 Wiley Street Na:lei i =Gteeper AhlnByu1/6/69 Attest 47. House at 30 Sheffield Road Entered in the Saaoed ogiai 6teper Allou Dgun/6/29 Attest 48. House at 32 Morrison Road 5.*.r! 10 49. House at 38 Salem Street Nar1 au 50.
House at 380 Albion Street Lt.erot 25t1u2mi Entered 1o the Natlonad Begistef Keeper_ AulvnBziu 316/89 Attest =Keeper AlleByun 1/6/89 Attest rieeper Alre Byun 716/59 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 26 Francis Avenue MULTIPLE Wakefield MRA NAME: 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: 89000701 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 VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 1/6/89 DATE Entered in the National Begistar 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 OTHER COMMENTS -presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date B177 126 Francis Ave wakefield MRAMa B 177 26 FRANCIS AVE SCALE: I"=80' - 60.00 159.00 90.
103A 9000 90 105 5915 58.2 11,954 102 8 6241 100 FRANCiS 100 AVE -*/17. 7335 2:118A 100 123A 9050 7500 100 .1306000 100 =: 1376000- 124A 12,710 29. 124AA 12,870 190. 140A 7000 142A 14700 155A 156Z 11000 g F 8379/56 100 1317 -*16/ 4500 m 8306 /62 115.5 6500% 642167 %) :170A 103.5 6000 = 526 |77 *)= 100 90.6 176600 :. 178 100. : 4786 y 76.7 /: 1844 32468185 - 685 15898 151.7 RTIA 272A 636 $$199 7000 s 275 276 2T7AA 140. 70200 6975 6000|6000 1395 2,6206 9069 $.279 417980 06.25 310400 /6025 4000,3550) AVE. °242A 7300% $,58° 247A 6372- 74620 249A 11901 35 243A 291A- 7696 2057 139 15,204 253AA .4220 161.3 255 12288 120: 246 189.37 169.37 14455 2538 172.07 14763256 120. 293 12224 STREET 120 294 9853 149. 295 25TA. 123.6 1.258 6215.70-500 923 126.0 + 9345257 1136 PINE IZLO WALK F259:005 1302 4 174. :26/5983216879 260 914 263 50 ,0438 17433 186.
296 23097 234 297 22330 $ 298 301.12 32184 264 570/uml 265 L14700 266 11987 128 267 126.3 12206 9/00 125.0 45.0 54.0 299 A 1300 300A 117.06 F5 16 (2/32 () F4 21,224 13,127 12443+ 125.3° 301A 6292 21° FURNESS CIR. 105. 70.23 13LZA F3 20,869 9568 303B5 24047 146459 19272 11194 365/48114) NOTES: Lot numbers with prefix letter":",: .. G 42 26079 AVE. Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000300