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3 -FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORIÇAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AUG 0 4 1988 1224 AREA FORM NO. 103 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 See attached assessor's map ZE N UTM REFERENCE 19 326/730 4695/060 USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 Town Somerville Address 37 Albion Street Historic Name F.G. Williams House Use: Present Original DESCRIPTION residential residential Date ca.
1860 Source map research/ stylistic analysis Style Italianate Architect unknown Exterior Wal1 Fabricclapooard Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition excellent Moved no Date n/a Acreage Setting less than one acre North side of residential street, on a sizeable corner lot, with a Centre Street address as well Late-19th century surrounds, urban. Recorded by Gretchen G. Schuler Organization Mass. Historical Commissi Date Septémber 1988 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) Frank G. Williams House retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association with Somervillé's mid century development. dwelling is one of the best preserved examples of a center gable Italianate and is architecturally significant as an excellent Somerville representative of the period and style. The Frank G.
Williams House fulfills Criterion Cof the Nation Register of Historic Places on the local level. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The F.G. Williams House is one of the best preserved examples of a center gable Italianate remaining in Somerville. lot giving the house high visibility, it exhibits a traditional three- bay center entrance plan with a substantial rear ell. The dwelling displays fine Italianate detail including the center gable with trefoil window in the peak, round headed windows in the gable-end peaks, high profile bracketed window lintels, and a raking cornice with elaborately carved brackets. The center entrance with half side lights and transom is accentuated by the projecting open porch with squared columns and pilasters and a bracketed cornice.
The near by Gaut House at 137 Highland Avenue retains identical fenestration and bracketing detail. In all likelihood the two houses HISTORT&ALSaÑiFCANd Explain'the rölé bwners"played' f "bcal or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Located on Albion Street, once known as Forest Place, the FrankG. Williams House was one of the first houses built in the "polly Swamp" area. By 1880 there were at least five dwellings in this subdivision laid out by the mid 19th century land owners, the Stearnes. Subsequent development of the immediate area occurred at the end of the 19th century when William Stearnes subdivided remaining lands of the family farm. Much of the housing stock included modest mansard cottages and two-family vernacular housing.
Frank Williams, the mid 19th century owner dwelling worked in Boston and dealt in kitchen and resident of this furnishings. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Hopkins, G.M. Atlas of the City of Somerville, 1874. Directories of the City of Somerville, 1870s. 8/85 8223 80.10 LOT 3 54574 30.01 18540 114 110.10 5675E- PT LOTI2 9.71 67.20 PT. LOT 12 45800 " 0.S 18132 MONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSEITS 82.25 1131.05 1 75.79 3612 REG. LOT 130900 32.00 WOODBINE 30.75 ST. 10.00 LOT F 41547 109.80 LOT E 39560 109.90 LOT 109.30 37.20 LOT A 32290 3/310 06.26 10.0 190 32600 PT. LOT28 (32190 PT.LOT28 K PT. LOTS 8 28 450 61.50 138. LOT A LOT B 5460 LOT C LOT D 3600 100 600 ST. 9749 CENTRE 175 TLOT2E 28400 8 *257 PT. LOTS 27828 4430 LPT. LOTS 44000 75 PT LOT 27 _2512 40.08 124.01 LOT 26 58(30 485.93 LOT 25 58990 84.76 72.
160 37.5 RD. 15.5 37/ 09 #|03 BOSTON AND FG.WLLIAMS 10/SE 37 Albiun Stao Smerkle MRA, MA 1"=100' 6M.15 s6.00 $Z 54 HO 35.2 PTLOT P 8 46840 42 92.33 LOT 3 381 63.02 36.02 LOT 1 10,1090 30.6 Tioi "'. LOT 3 050 LOT 36020 90.00 LOT 2 LOT 3000 50750 ==g 375 2 212 IPT LOT 24 28650 37.5 37.5 T. LOT 24| PT. LOT2 -27344 57.5 35.5 37.5 30540 PT.LOT 2653-/P 37.5 2 9254 PT.'LOT 22 64870 5558 0400 78. PT. L0T20 LOTS 19820 3756 L37A 1R.E LOT IE 55246 82.0 P3320 (12)118e PT LOT 22 25940 554 118.6 - LOT /13 -LOT 12:7 LOT. !!= NPS Form 10-000e (8-66) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 AUG 4 1989 Section number - Page .
Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Somerville MPS Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 71. Tufts,Peter and oliveltered Housen the National Reg1ster 72. Warren,H., House Entered in tha Naticnal Register Date/Signature fkeeper_ AilauDyan 2/0/69 Attest freopor AeloueBayun 4/10/84 Attest Aeopo louByun 9/8/09 73. West Somerville Branch Library Entered in tha Natlonai Regtater 74. Williams, Charles, House rintered in the #Ational Bentataz fokeceper elmuBqu /16/04 **^75. W1l1iams, Charles, Jr., House Substantive Review Sorum Bent Savage 918-89 Entered in tha 76. Williams, F.G., House Natlonal Registar eeperHelmeBgun 2/18/84 Attest 77. Worthen, Daniel, House Entered in the National Regiater : JReoper. AelouByan 9/10/69 Attest 78. Wright House Entered Ir MS National Regtstez fréeper AelonenAyu 2/18/09 Attest S179.
Wyatt, George, House Substaative Revl, Aisepor Betfy Sauge 9-18-89- Attest 80.
Somerville Theatre Net 0 Rest atered in KantlmeBgur/20/90 atioAttebtgister UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Williams, F.G., House NAME: MULTIPLE Somerville MPS NAME : STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 8/04/89 8/31/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 8/15/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 9/18/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001226 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 ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/15/59 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 presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 37 Albion 1.
37 Albion Street 2. Somesuille. MA 3 c Zellie 4. 1984 5. Someruille c Hall 6. lookng northeaes 7. #103 williams F.G., Hase Scervill Mnt Ma Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64500253