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MAY 2 3 1989 725 FORM B-BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA D Town Wakefield FORM NO. 270 Address 95 Chestnut Street 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 Original Dwelling Dwelling DESCRIPTION Date - 1849 Source Proceedings of 250th Anniversary StyleCreek Revival Architect NA Exterior Wall Fabric Clanborads, Shingles Outbuildings Garage noncontributing c. 1930s Major Alterations (with dates) Addition on north-east. C. 1900 Good Condition Moved NA Date NA Acreage- Under. one acre SettingSet on narrow lot with fir trees.
DIM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE 19/328810/4707380 Reading, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000 - Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates Organization Wakefield Historical Commission Date March 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) - A small and well preserved vernacular example of the Greek Revival Style, this house was built by inventor Joshua Whittemore, who patented an "elastic crutch" in 1862 which was marketed and sold worldwide. The house retains integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and meets Criterien C of the NRHP on the local level. ARCHITECIURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. This appears to be a Greek Revival house with a Stick Style porch added to it.
The 1½ story house has its gable end to the street and is set on granite foundations, the most common in Wakefield until the last decades of the 19th century. The eaves make returns and the corner boards are wide. The porch is pedimented and ornamented with a sawtooth pattern. There is a fully pedimented dormer and 6/6 sash. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Joshua Whittemore, an important figure in Wakefield history, built this house in 1849. Whittemore seems to have been an adventurous and inventive man whose life accomplishments were many and varied. He began as a sailor out of Boston harbor then became a carpenter when he was 20 in 1834.
He worked on the State House dome when it was covered with copper, worked in Boston on several important buildings, and in 1848 set himself up in business as a metal roofer. The following year he came to South Reading and built this house. He is said to have laid out Chestnut Street from Cedar to Prospect Street. The loss of a leg in an accident in 1850 turned him to crutch making which he did in a building at the back of this house where he also produced fireworks for Wakefield celebrations. His crutch invention was made in 1862, "The Whittemore Patent Elastic Crutch". It was known as the best crutch in the world and was produced until 1885. : Whittemore was an Abolitionist and believed in equal rights for men and women. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Eaton Chester and Warren Eaton. Proceedings of the 250th Anniversary, Reading 1896.
Maps of 1857 (can't tell), 1874 (J.Whittemore), 1889 (J. Whittemore Crutch Factory in back of house), 1906 (Charles Whittemore). NPS Form 10-900e (8-86) United States Department of theInterior 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 61. House at 8 Park Street Entered in the National Registez Date/Signature Fkooper tiluAgan 1/6/89 62. House at 88 Prospect Street Enteret in the Matloaai deglatel 63. House at 9 White Avenue intered in the Natlonal Begister Attest HReoper AeloueDgu Attest IKeeper AulruEgau 7/6/89 Attest 64. House at 90 Prospect Street Entered 1o tbe Natlonal Begista ( Keeper- AeloeRgan 1/0/89 Attest 65. House at 95 Chestnut Street VReeper.
AulouBigen 7/6/89 intered in the dational Begister 66. Item Building Entared 10 the Nationai Reglater 67. Jordan, Dr. Charles, House antered in the dational Register Attest CKecper AleluDgun 216/89 Attest Kaeper. AulouBigen 216/89 Attest 68. Kendall, Deacon Thomas, House /Reeper_ AelruBzui 116/89 Entered 1a tha National Registaz Attest 69. Lakeside Cemetery Chape1 1. t: Naticuni 3ee Hxeoper Aloueßgen7/6/89 Attest 70.
Lynnwood antered in the National Begister pkeeper Kulmutye16189 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 95 Chestnut Street 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: 89000725 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 LACCEPT RETURN REJECT 7/6/89 DATE Entered in the Natianal Begister 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 DESCRIPTION current 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 45Chestnut St.
Wakefield, Mass wakefield-MRA poot : 1986 PROSPECT ST 1013. 16659 -3 35.16 yus 79 39 S106 12404 euo6 255 :1.4 -OI 32B 22225 120 2 3600 4479 0N"1 MICB . 27.73 1021* I= 1200 130 110.90 VELMA 201.66 8400 1171 CMIA STA 20 115 8400 11F 7200 203.87 ROAD 75.36 32DA 41/33 120 74 MORNINGS.. 38 452637 7396 117.62 22142 'E" gI01 354 28 8900 267.8: 34A 1077791 368 85 5650 333.69 35A 29,047 3330 80.75 263.25 22,023 1101 45894 CHESTNUT 360 8:88 D 270 95 CHESTNUT STREET N SCALE: 1"= 80 8169 10520 137 115.93 139 10063 87.32 I1243 14I 6804 95 143 144- 138 100. 140 7500 100 142 7218 00. 145 107.45 110.25 6945 8292 120 TZIA 37 B5: 58.99 36C 5495 100 85 :53F 140.23 12462 43 0T8 14856 115.75 36A 12694 -WHITTEMORE 102.5 116.75 72.17 55. 44 39A 129.5 9218 1257, 96.75 97 699 7315 153G 10517 93.05 73.22 166.27 153H 10875 162.78 153C 1048s 152.95 100. 6000 59.85 60. 153B 6857 100.
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4897 : 3979 16L. 166 .652 20.5 11925 157A 90.17 12600t K7 12675 60 10621 110, 62 6698 1089 6675 64 7245 108. 64A 702C 108 66 8 712C 107 75 66A 6200 107.5 70 75 68 9692 127.5 6925 10a: 61 9320 1102 6/42 110 2 65 3 110 100 S H525 077 7CA 10 *STREET 665 178 6015 178E 7660 1a6225 I7aC 173 24000 4916 64.9 17805673 116 178A4524 93.95 133 116.41 +91805770 :8IA 12:46 43 70KS 8 1BzC 117.44 18IB 7618 11650 11963 124.36 =185 6405 12454 186 184 7.20 11667 183 8465 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000300