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MAY 2 3 1989 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSION STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 723 Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. AREA D Town Wakefield Address 32 Morrison Road Historic Name NA Dwelling Dwelling FORM NO. 256 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 Original DESCRIPTION Date c.1906-08 Source visual analysis, man of 1906 Style Colonial Revival Architect. NA Exterior Wall Fabric Shingles, fieldstone Outbuildings garage contributing ç. 1908 Major Alterations (with dates) None Condition Good Moved NA Date NA Acreage - Under one acre Setting Faces west on tree shaded : lot.
UIM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE 19/328350/4707230 SCALE Reading, Mass. 1:25,000 Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Wakefield Historical Date March 1985 Commission NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) Located in the Wakefield Park development (begun in 1880), this house typifies the local tendency to combine the Colonial Revival style with elements from other architectural styles - in this case Tudor Revival and Craftsman. Wel1-preserved, the house retains integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and meets Criteria A and C of the NRHP the local level. ARCHITECIURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.
In Wakefield the Colonial Revival style is often seen in combination with other styles especially in this residential neighborhood. the Colonial Revival is combined with Tudor Revival and a suggestion of the Craftsman styles. The house is 2½ stories in height, has a gambrel roof with an intersecting gambrel gable in which is a Palladian window composition. Tudor Revival is the corner tower from which projects a porch with fieldstone aprons, a building technique brought to popularity by the Craftsman style. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. This house is located in Wakefield Park, a turn of the century development carved largely out of the property of Dr. Charles Jordan and J. S. Merrill.
Jordan was a physician who lived on Avon Street until the 1870s when he bought a large portion of land on the west side, built his own home and then gradually sold off the land for suburban development, in this case to J.s. Merrill. Morrison Road was one of the earlier streets planned by Merrill along with Summit and Park Avenue as far east as Dell Avenue. By 1892 Merrill and Charles S. Hanks had joined to develop about 100 acres all west of Chestnut Street and south of Prospect Street into an upper class suburban neighborhood to house the affluent commuters who were attracted Wakefield's healthy atmosphere. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 76 page 43; Book 43 page 39. Wakefield Historical Society, Vertical Files, "Wakefield Park". Maps of 1889 (land of Dr.Charles Jordan), 1906 (lot of F.A. Swain).
NPS Form 10-800-e (8-06) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark 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 metoton koeper Alulore Bgan 7/6/89 42. House at 23 Lawrence Street.ntered in the 43. House at 25 Avon Street Entenid 1: baica 11t2 Attest Keoper dhlwuByun 116/89 Natlonal Begister Attest (Heupor DlebnuByu +16/59 Attest 44. House at 26 Francis Avenueintered in the LKeeper AllouBgu16/69 datlonal Registaz Attest 45. House at 28 Cordis Street intered 1n the Natlonal Reglatof Keeper_ LlluBgen 7/6/89 Attest 46. House at 28 Waley Street ia te r i = Gteeper AnBgen 1/6/69 Attest 47.
House at 30 Sheffield Road Entered in the Nat1onal RegistorKeepere AlilouByu1/6/89 Attest Entered 1o the 48. House at 32 Morrison Road) Natlonad BegistefKeeper AilourBgiu 2/6/89 Attest 10 49. House at 38 Salem Street vari Ji Kreeper luByeu 1/6/89 Attest 50.
House at 380 Albion Street utar!3" astiuzu ¡Keeper Aibre Byu 1/6/59 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY House at 32 Morrison Road 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: 89000723 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 REJECT 7/6/85 DATE Entered in the National Registez 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 photographspresentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date -D:25% 132 momison Road.
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