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MAY 2 3 1989 726 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA D Town Wakefield 286 Address 15 Chestnut Street Historic Name NA FORM NO. 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 Funeral Home Original Dwellina DESCRIPTION Date c.1885 Source Atlas of 1889 style. Colonial Revival Architect -NA Exterior Wall Fabric Clapboard Outbuildings Garane contributina 1889 Major Alterations (with dates) None Condition Excellent Moved NA Date NA AcIeage_ -. Under one acre Setting Faces south on landscaped lot in dense area.
UIM REFERENCE 19/329600/4707560 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) Representing the epitome of completely developed high style Colonial Revival design - one of 2 houses in Wakefield to do so, this house is extremely well-preserved. 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. There are two full-blown high style Colonial Revival houses in Wakefield and this is one of them. hb snze cozontal The style's scale and the amount of exterior decoration have reached their peak.
The house is 2% stories under a hip roof with flared eaves which appear late in the style's development. The cornice is like a pattern book illustration. It has modillion blocks, a dentilled frieze, egg and dart and acanthus moldings: all resting on broad, fluted ionic pilasters. The southern porch rests on paired columns; a balustrade above it has urns and a pediment. The second floor has a Palladian window composition; first floor windows are in rounded bays. The door has a carved surround and wide leaded sidelights. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Chestnut Street was laid out between Main Street and North Avenue in 1847.
It was one of the first streets to be laid out as a response to the increase in population brought about by the railroad: That increase continued into the 1890s and as it did, lots along the street were built up. into che 189 This house was occupied by a typical new resident in 1889, Thomas J. Skinner who was a bookkeeper in Boston. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Map of 1889 (I.J. Skinner). Directory of 1889. NPS Form 10-900- (8-86) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name - Wakefield MRA State Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 21. House at 11 Wave Avenue Entered in the National Register 22.
House at 11 Salem Street Enterad iu the Natlonal Raglater Date/Signature ficper Ailereega116/89 Attest xeoper KlirefBgan216/09 Attest 23. House at 118 Greenwood Street Entered in the National Register /Keeper LlilreBge 216/89 Attest /Keeper 24. House at 12 West Water Street Entered1o tba National Begistor SklrerBya,16/89 Attest 25. House at 13 Sheffield Roadentered in the National Register /Keeper AulourBgen 216/89 Attest 26. House at 15 Chestnut Streetyintered 10 t2e ta /Keper Aebues1Bzuz/6/89 Attest 27. House at 15 Lawrence Avenueintered in the (Keeper National Begister NelmeByu 7/6/04 Attest Enteral 10 459 28. House at 15 Wave Avenue Na:1oaal dgluter / AebuBizuz/6/89 Attest 29. House at 18 Park Street Interedin the Natlonal Register 6 Reeper Attest Zelouy Syu716/84 30.
House at 18A and 20 Aborn Street Brt.a-Bd 12 National R#, Keeper HelreaBze7/6/59 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 15 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: 89000726 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 7/6/87 DATE Entered in the National 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 other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage UTMS verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps _USGS maps _photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date _presentation D .286 15 Chestmut St.
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