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BHI 60 100J 109 FORM B - BUILDING AREA C FORM NO. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 218 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 38-48 Richardson Avenue Historic Name - NA Use: Present dwelling original dwelling DESCRIPTION pate s. 1912. Source visual analysis, dated photos style Eclectic Architect NA Exterior Wall Fabric fahricated shingles Outbuildings None Major Alterations (with dates) porch glassed 'in 1944 condition _ - Fair Moved NA Date NA Acreage:.
Under-one acre setting faces north on long corner lot UIM REFERENCE 19/329510/4707310 USGS QUADRANGLE Reading, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Wakefield Historical Commission Date March 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) An interesting combination of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Rational Revival styles, this is probably Wakefield's earliest example of a row style multifamily apartment block. It retains integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and meets criterion C. of the NRHP at the local level. ARCHITECIURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. This is probably Wakefield's earliest example of a row style, multifamily apartment block.
It is an interesting stylistic mixture with Colonial Revival porches, Tudor Revival gables with strapwork, and Rational Revival hipped roof with exposed prulins. Banks of windows on the second floor with multiple panes were made famous decades earlier by H. H. Richardson on his Shingle Style Stoughton House in Cambridge. The building is 2½ stories in height and manages by its eclectic approach to individualize the six units. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the conmunity. Richardson Avenue was laid out in plans between 1890 and 1899 when : Solon 0. Richardson broke up the family land and developed it in the town center. His property ran from Main Street to North Avenue (then called Railroad Avenue). It is probably the gift of land granted his grandfather Dr.
Nathan Richardson, by the town in the early decades of the century to entice him to come practice in the town. Dr. Nathan and his son Dr. Solon O. Richardson manufactured Sherry Wine Bitters, a business which was continued by Solon 0. Richardson the second until 1891 when it was sold. He then moved the family homestead back from Main Street, opened up Richardson Avenue and built in 1901 the Richardson Block on the former site of the homestead. This apartment row seems to have been built at approximately the same time. Richardson Avenue has the greatest concentration of apartment rows in the town center. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Eaton, Chester. Proceedings of the 250th Anniversary, Reading, 1896. Middlesex County Registry of Deeds. Plan Book 13 page 46; Plan Book 68 page 32; Plan book 75 page 46; Plan Book 65 page 40.
NPS Form 10-800 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Wakefield MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Cover 1. Beacon Street Tomb Substantive Review Entered ia the National Reglater 2. Beebe Homestead Entered Ir the Nationad Reglater 3. Boardman, E., House antorod in the yetionad Jeglater 4. Boit, Elizabeth, House Entered in the Mational Reglater 5. Building at 35--37 Richardson Avenue Faterad the Natiunad Jogiater Building at 38--48 Richardson Avenue Entered in the National Register 7. Center Depot Entered in tbe National Register 8. Church--Lafayette Streets Fi.t..re: 10 Historic District dathunel Joclstai 9. Common District 10.
Cowdry, Jonas, House Entered 1n tee National Register JKeeper /Keeper Date/Signature Bith Surge 7/48 KulnessSgeu 7/6/89 Attest /Keeper Allumza 1/6/04 Attest Lkeeper AlilmeBgan 216/81 Attest Kkeeper Zllou13gun 2/6/04 Attest Allms Szen 7/6/86 Attest LKeeper SemeByu7/6/89 Attest Lkeeper SelmBigu 216/87 Attest Allmussen7/6/89 Attest -Snreger Betkt Sauge 36/80 Attest Alelruybser 7/6/89 /Keeper Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Building at 38--48 Richardson Avenue 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: 6/06/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 7/07/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000709 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 VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 7/6/89 DATE Entered in the Mational Begtatan 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 38-48 RICHARDSON AVE Z18 Beldngs ot 38-48 Recherdsen Ave waketiele MRA, Ma = 348,001 ./36 7658 37 S5 /64407 38 550J C218 6325 VS.TT 6325 39 13.
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