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AUG 0 4 1989 FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 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 UTM REFERENCE 19 - 327/170 - 4695/520 USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 1241 AREA Winter Hill FORM NO. 122 Town Address Historic Name Somerville MRA 192-200 Central Street Downer rowhouses Use: Present multifamily residence Original 5-unit apartment row DESCRIPTION Date ca.
1880 Source map research StyleSecond Empire Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric brick/granite Outbuildings :none Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition 900d Moved - no Date Acreage less than one acre n/a SettingThe apartment row located on a residential street, abuts a church on broadway, a maior Somerville thoroughfare. Recorded by Betsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner organization Mass. Historical Conmission Date May 1985 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) 192-200 Central Street, à well-preserved Second Empire style apartment row, retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and fulfills Criterion 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.
192-200 Central Street is a five-unit Second Empire-style brick row. The steep, straight-edged roof line indicates that it was built during the final years of that style's popularity. The overall proportions of the building are tall and narrow. Notable features include the full height, polygonal bays, recessed entrances, and boldly projecting cornices. The building also retains a scallop-shingled slate roof and projecting dormers with bracketed supported broken pediments. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Like its neighbor, 55 Adams Street (see map) 192-200 Central Street was built ca. 1880 by local real estate broker and Winter Hill resident Cutler Downer.
Brick rowhouses began to be built for middle class residents in prestigious neighborhoods such as Winter Hill in the late-19th century. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of the City of Somerville, 1884 7 LOT 0 ULTO :TS 6,7,889 11,20 3600 g ©+80- STMP - 192-200 Cenral someivills Mass. 1"=100 Broadway 404 130.00 ST. LOT B 32060 g LOL 16,058 100.36 CENTRAL 8 25533- MLTQ 2000 260 Hm LOT 6 1ITO- 93.36 10.35 18500 ® 18400 83.57 LOT 1 3541 0 18279 -193.5 ® 33.23 ® 13809 T 10T 46.16 134.19 7 0971 102.21 LOT Oa PT. LOT II 8457 0 809) LO 4180 LOT E 51921 -11989 BI SC LOT C 00 59.60 -LOT B 4500 0 1.29 LOT 4722 0 3 # 122 392 3200g 112.87 32.30 PT. LOTS 788 36000 5385 PT. LOT 8 36000 LOT -3600 LOT 2 5311 G 135 LOT BROWNING RD. 56 55.0 40 tor! 25 FORSTER ST.
B1000 *11Z45 T=62290 27 4342 I7 52720 7.90 n.92 30.90 = HLOT 13 32370- 1LOT 12 ®323 3=:: 19.76 960 1998 36.19 4301 : 5570D 40 3225 2249%. **050 4150 g -00.80 LOT A BROW' 90,90 .20 3 42 NPS Form10-900# (8-86) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Somerville MPS Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature 21. Crowell, C.C., House Entored in the National Hegiater Tecper AelueeDun 9/8/29 Attest 22. Downer Rowhouses (Adams Street) red 1c tha National Register Keopor 9/0/09 Attest 23. Downer Rowhouses (Central Street) Akeeper C XelnByu 9/19/89 Su'24. First Unitarian Church ur 25. First Universalist Church Babe-pu 26. Foster, Alexander, House 27.
Gaut, Samuel, House 28. Grandview, The 29. Highland, The Entered inthe Natlonal Register substantivo Revtor frkeeper Bitkg Sauage 9/18/89 Attest Sa xeeper BihhSavese 9/18/89 Attest EnteredIa tha iataona edatoneeper Ailuepgun 9/5/69 Attest Fntored1a the Mational Register fikeeportubmeBgun 2/11/44 Attest Enteredtn tha Natlonal Begiater treoper AulomByur 9/18/69 Attest fKeeper AilouByu 9/8/69 Entered 1n the National Regiater 30.
Hollander Blocks Intered in the National Registez Attest p~Keeper C Xuleyen 1/15/84 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Downer Rowhouses (Central 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: 89001241 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: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/15/89 DATE Entered in the National Register ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR X/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 OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps photographs presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 192-200 central 192-200 Central 5t, 2.
Somenulle. MA 3. Carol Zelke 4. 1983 5. Someruille Cit, Hall 6. lookung nort 7#122 Dewner rewherisess (certral SX) Screvle MRA, Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: - 64500253