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FORM B - BUILDING MAY 2 3 1989 140 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYISTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Town Address Historic Name AREA FORM NO. D 324 Wakefield 2 Nichols Street 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 Dwelling Original Dwelling DESCRIPTION Date c.1890-1900 Source -Visual Analysis Style Shingle Style Architect Berndt Heurlin Exterior Wall Fabric Shingles Outbuildings Attached garage - non contributing c. 1960s Major Alterations (with dates) None Condition Good Moved =NA Date NA Acreage _ Under one acre Setting Faces west on raised corner lot.
DIM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE 19/328780/4707820 Reading, Mass. SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by Architectural Preservation Associates organization Wakefield Historical Commission Date _March 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENI (if applicable) An eclectic combination of the Shingle, Queen Anne and Tudor Revival Styles, this house was designed by a local builder and has an identical twin on Cedar Place in Wakefield. The house 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 conmunity.
This is one of two identical houses in Wakefield designed by a local builder, Berndt Heurlin, in an eclectic style which includes elements of the Shingle Style, Queen Anne and Tudor Revival. It is 1k stories in height, has a steep hip roof and achieves a Queen Anne complexity of volume with transverse gables on the west and south. The south gable is a rounded bay whose singles form a smooth surface. Tudor Revival in style are the westrelevation dormers. The house sits on high fieldstone foundations, typical of houses of this period in Wakefield. 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 situated on land which was once part of the farm of James Eustis who came to South Reading in 1827. He operated a dry goods business in his home at 1 Elm Street then turned to farming.
He was a founder of the South Reading Agricultural Library in 1860 and of the Horticultural Society in 1861. In addition he was a Selectman, insurance agent and auctioneer. After his death in the 1860s his family main- tained the farm until the 1880s when they laid out Eustis Avenue, and it would seem that the slow development of the Eustis farm might have been due to competition from Wakefield Park. In any event, development took place mostly after 1900. This house was built by Berndt Heurlin, who was listed in 1904 directory as a clerk and bookkeeper. He may also have been responsible for the house's identical twin at Cedar Place. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 35 page 40; Plan Book 178 page 25. Wakefield Historical Society, Vertical Files, West Side. WWDirectory, 1904.
NPS Form 10-000- (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 31. House at 19--21 Salem Street Entered in tha Natlonal Register Date/Signature Aopor felreBzu 716/84 32. House at 190 Main Streetntured 1n cha Nattonad Raglster 33. House at 193 Vernon Street Entered in the National Register Attest feeeperilueyZgu =16/84 Attest freopor bmeBzun 1/6/89 34. House at 196 Main StreetEnterad in the National Regiater JakeoperleluueBgen 2/6/69 Attest 35. House at 2 Nichols Street Entered in tha National Register Fxeeper AelureBzen 71689 36. House at 20 Hancock Road Enteredio tbe Na:1:cal Rogtater pheopo telurupun 7/0/69 Attest 37.
House at 20 Lawrence Street Entered in the - entuone egta tRepor Aelam ozu 216/59 Attest Entered 1o the 38. House at 20 Morrison Road Entered te eta afkeper AelorerByu 7/6/84 Attest 39. House at 21 Chestnut Street Enteredin the National Reglater F'keeper AelorenBgan 116/84 40.
House at 22 Parker Road Entered in the Natlopal Begister fieoper AelorenBzu 2/6/89 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY House at 2 Nichols Street NAME: 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: 89000740 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 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 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 photographs presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date D324 12 Nichols St.
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90 125 78 76A 05.20 E 7041 794 6882 79 77B 77 6037 5900 88 59.5+ 7291 2116 88B 10.80 6724 89 1525 1512 134|6 1364 14309 TTG 6600 127,5 19040 11139 81.25 :16 230 86 9339 E 92A 277.9 25989 20:2 941 nodi 61.23 94A 14558 0 9 185.33 1.43 Acres 85 35.12 84A 84.52 34.45 STREET, 11a32 9880 87 9917 ST. 98. 92 8.4 69.68 93 22.03 35463 School 17 5 82 C 3,00 Note: Lots with prefix letter "k"have numbers the same os shown on Kelsey Plon (BK.249PI3) " 'w - Bartlett Hill Plan (BK.216P1.47) Numbers not used " Walton Pian (BK 262 PI.26) 10-11- 12 - 13 -15-16-17-16-19 -20-22-23 -24 -25-26-27-28-23 31-32-33-34 - 35-37 -38-39-41- 42-48-49-50-51- 52-96 - K 56 -K 64 REVISED 1987 Scale: 1 inch equals 80 feet A.W.Carleton Ciril Eng'r Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000300