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Nomination for Houses at 28--36 Beacon Street

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 921 words across 9 pages, filed in 1989. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 89001232, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AUG 0 4 1989 1232 AREA Wafd FORM NO. 113 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 Town Address Somerville MRA 28 - 36 Beacon Street Historic Name unknown ( George Wyatt /landowner - L.E.Wyatt/builder) Use: Present apartment row apartment row Original DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1880 Source mapresearch Style Queen Anne Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric Outbuildings See Attached Assessor's Map brick none Major Alterations (with dates) Condition Rebuilding of three-tier rear porches, 1982 good.

Z E N UTM REFERENCE 19 - 326/820 - 4693/360 USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 Moved no Date n/a Acreage less than one acre Setting South side of Beacon, near Cambridge-Somerville line, commercial and residential surrounds, heavily travelled urban route. Recorded by Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner Organization Mass. Historical Comnission Date June 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) 28-36 Beacon Street is a well-preserved apartment row distinguished by its Queen Anne-style details. Its construction was a direct consequence of Somerville's rapid development as a bedroom community in the late 19th century. The building retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, and association, and fulfills Criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level.

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. This five-unit Queen Anne apartment row is one of the city's most exceptional brick residences. The building consists of five identical units. Each unit has a pyramidal tower offset to the left, a full-length polygonal bay offset to the right, and double entrance doors with upper panels of glass set within flat-roofed entrance porches with a pierced quatrefoil design on the porch frieze. Other notable features include the corbelled or brick cornice and granite belt courses. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.

Apartment buildings designed for middle-class commuters were important elements of Somerville's turn-of-the-century development, a period of intense residential development. The apartment row at 28-36 Beacon Street was located along a major city roadway. It was built on land formerly owned by brickyard owner George Wyatt, who may have been some relation to the builder of this structure, L. E. Wyatt. George Wyatt's own house stands at 33 Beacon Street BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Hopkins, G. M., Atlas of the City of Somerville, 1874, 1884. 3578, 4000 3800 |!=100' #113 28 -36 BFACON ST SOMERVILLE (MRA), MASS < LECON -ST. $8000 DRNCx. S7. HAMIONÓ ST. AANO CONCORD AVE. 3000, Lor& 17A - BEÃCON" ST. SOME 12 NPSForm10-000- (8-06) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 AUG 4 1989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Somervtlle MPS Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature Entered in the 4. Houae at 42 Vinal Avenue Setora Retecos feper AulauBeu 9/0/54 Attest 42. House at 49 Vinal Avenue Entered in the National Register frotpor titneBzan 1/2/04 43. House at 5 Prospect Hill Entered 10 Nationad Regiater feeeperAelrueBya 7/18/19 Attest 44. House at 6 Kent Court Entered in the National Register Kkeoper Aulustazun 9/18/89 Attest 45. House at 72R Dane Street Entered in the Mational Register fkeepeibmesByen 9/18/89 Attest Entered in the 46. ouse at 81 Pearl street Hation Bosto Jfitopor Aulme Bogun 9/14/69 Attest 47. Houses at 28-36 Beacon Street fReeper Aebreßsun 9/18/89 Fatered in tha National Register Attest 48. Ireland, Samuel, House gatarel 1n Jattoad? the istor fkeeper KelnByu 9/18/84 Attest 49.

Keyes, Amos, House Entarer la tba Natlonal Regiater /Reeper/ Xelovfyen 9/18/89 Attest 50.

Knight, R.A.--Eugene Lacount House the Entered National Register Keeper ( SlelveDsen 9/18/89 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Houses at 28--36 Beacon Street 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: 89001232 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 I SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/18/89 DATE Interedin 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 OEO 28-36 Beacon 1412836 Baacon St 2.

SomervillemiMa 3. Carol Zellie 4.1983 5. Someruille cut, Hale 6. losking southwest 7. #113 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _ 64500253