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Nomination for Tilton, D. Horace, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,100 words across 8 pages, filed in 1989. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 89000715, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAI 2 3 1989 115 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSION STREET 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. 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 AREA FORM NO. D 228 TOWn Wakefield Address 379 Albion Street Historic Name D.Horace Tilton House or Daniel Hav House Use: Present - Dwelling Original Dwelling DESCRIPTION Datec. 1726-1735 Source HistoricalSociety Vertical File: style Federal Architect NA Exterior wall FabricClanboard Outbuildings Tool Shed noncontributing (circa 1920) Major Alterations (with dates) Forch on west added.

(circa 1900) Condition Good Moved NA Acreage Date NA Under one acre Setting Faces south on high lot set back from road. DIM REFERENCE 19/328580/4706390 USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000° ,Recorded by Architectural Preservation ASSOC. Organizationwakefield Historical Date Commission March 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) This small Federal house is a well preserved examole of the type as built in wakefield during the last quarter of the 18th century. It 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 community. This is a 1½ story Federal house with a relatively steep gable roof and a central chimney.

and itsestaand himor wintomr badedinetheersoketacade mai ae They are similar surrounds to those on the Eustis house at 1 Elm Street . from the 1830s. The door surround is composed of tall, thin, fluted pilasters supporting an entablature with a simple projecting cornice. The eaves have a boxed cornice which was characteristic of the Federal and Greek Revival house construction in Wakefield as are the corner boards and watertable. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the conmunity. This is one of several houses on the western 'end of Albion Street which was part of Stoneham until annexed by Wakefield in the 1880s. Albion Street was laid out in the center of town around 1830 and was extended to Stoneham by 1857. Portions of it certainly existed before 1830, however. D.

Horace Tilton was a farmer/shoemaker as were many Wakefield residents who supplemented their incomes with shoemaking done in small shops on their property. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Merrill, Morrison. Wakefield's Old Houses, ms., 1951. Maps of 1857 (D. Tilton in Stoneham),: 1874 (T.G. Tilton in Stoneham), 1889, 1906 (D. Horace Tilton). Directory of 1869. NPS Form 10-000- (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 71. Massachusetts State Anterya in the HatLonal Begister 72. Richardson, Dr. S.o., House antered in the National Begister 73. Simpson, Dr. Thomas House Enteryd 1n the Natiunsl Begister 74.

South Reading Academy Entered 1n the Natlonal Register 75. St. Joseph's Schoo1 Entered in the Hational Register 76. Stimpson, William, House Entered 1n the National Beeister 77. Sweetser, Daniel, House Entered in the National Regiater 78. Sweetser, Michael, House Enteredin the National Register 79. Temple Israel Cemetery Entered in the National Begister 80. Tilton, D.

Horace, House/ Entered1otb9 National Registar Date/Signature fkeeper Aelmunyu 7/6/09 Attest forKeepe AelueDgan 716/69 Attest Keeper Lelusljan 116/89 Attest Ekeeper AuleByen 7/6/89 Attest Keeper ( /6/65 Attest V Keper AulruByu 1/6/89 Attest 1 Reoper Lelmueßyen 7/6169 - Keper delmerAgan 210/69 Attest Keeper/ SlelonetDye 7/6/84 Attest KKeeper Ahilmuyge 7/6/89 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Tilton, D.

Horace, House 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: 89000715 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 7/6/89 DATE Entered in the Hational 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 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 D 228 379 Albion St Tilten, D.

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