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AUG 0 4 1989 ORM B - BUILDING ASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION O BOYLSTON STREET OSTON, MA 02116 - Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of torm. iketch Map: Draw map showing property's location n relation to nearest cross streets and/or eographical features. Indicate all buildings etween inventoried property and nearest ntersection(s). ndicate north See Attached Assessor's Map Z E N ITM REFERENCE 19 - 324/820 - 4697/150 ISGS QUADRANGLE Boston North iCALE 1:25,000 Town Address Historic Name 1<10 AREA FORM NO. TRfta 129 Somerville MRA 21 College Hill Road Thomas Cook House Use: Present Original DESCRIPTION Date Source Style residential residential ca.
1850 map research Greek Revival Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric- clapboard Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition excellent Moved Acreage from North Date early-20thcentury Street less than one acre Setting The Cook House is a mid-19th century residence surrounded by an early-20th century subdivision Suburban/urban residential setti of well maintained neighborhood Treed lot - Recorded by Betsy-Friedberg, Preservation Planner Organization Mass. Historical Commission Date May 1930 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) TheThomas Cook House retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and association. One of the few remaining farmhouses in western Somerville, the building is a fine vernacular example of the Greek Revival style. It thus fulfils CriterioeCtof the Natis al Regtster 3f Historic P. laces level.
The property fulfills Exception irchi tectura importance as one of the only surviving Greek Revival houses in the northwest section of Somerville. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the conmunity. The Thomas Cook House, originally a farmhouse, is the only Greek Revival residence in the immediate vicinity. Built ca. 1850, the building retains an enclosed gable with an entablature, and wide corner pilasters. ror i tt 15 thne e bays wide and two bays deep, and is now sited with its gable end to the street. A pediment over the doorway and a narrow board dividing the first and second stories were probably added in the late-l9th century. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.
Thomas Cook, a farmer, was one of a half dozen landholders in the Curtis North-Broadway area of West Somerville. The presence of Tufts College on nearby Walnut (college) Hill, established 1852, did not stimulate residential development and in fact small market-garden farms such as this one continued to be established well into the 1860s. Between 1884 and ca. 1910, the area was subdivided for house lots. Thomas Cook's house was moved back from its originalNorth Street location, and newly platted College Hill Road provided Subsequently, the area filled with two and three-family houses. IBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCE Draper, Martin. Map of Somerville - house on North Street location 1"_100 Thonas Cook Ho REG.IO7 96.4L BAILEY ST. (MRA), Mass &i college tillRd. Somevill 101 ST. NORTH 227g REC .136 1A13 G REG. 136 39|30 REG 29700 REGB 90 RE6.
I52 4204 420 g 070 66 CONWELL 40 REG 117 o REG 137 3530 43. REG. Me 29704 REG1 58 c 00 70 AVE 00 39760 ES REG.116 (33600 REG.115 REG.IM) REG 113 33600 REG.112 368 130 241 REG.5O 2880g REG 90 REG. 155 3420G 90 REG. 156 3420m REG. 2970% REG. 160 REE 132 4152 0 REG HO ROAD COLLEGE REG. 118 55825 35 REE. 47.00 32.43 55. 42,90 iRES9G 43370 500. FESST 40Z8 2000 00 REG 40.02 REG 47 810 4060 REG 104 IPLAS 100 REG. 128 100 REE.2 38500 100 REG. 3850d REG. 12: 3850 100 REG 38.5. 100 115.0 REG. 91 4460 115 87 -187 140.87 REG. 76 28942 383, ST.
AD/.MS WEST 40.85 40004 FREGA 4000% 00 40.00 80.00 BEI 80.00 CHETWYND 97.23 10.00 28 600 40.00 ROAD 49.00 REG 91 29510 37.33 97.58 97,32 3.21 965 40.36 32446 252000 40.00 1000 000 3200g LO g 10 40.00 10.00 40.00 NPS Form10-900-# (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number Page - Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Somerville MPS Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature 11. Adams--Magoun House Entered in the enturad tn stetofkeeper AklusBizun 2/0164 12. Bacon, Clifton, House Entered in the Wational Regtst AKeeper Auloseagu Attest okeeper 9/18/64 S.rL13. Barnes, Walter S. and Melissa E., House Substantive Review Bithat Sause 318/70 14.
Brackett, S.E., House Entered in the National Register eeper AelouByun 7/18/64 Attest 15BradayWinterillConrgne Church National Register tkaoperauenBgu 2/8/9 Attest 16. Brooks, James H., House Entered in the National Regiater , Theopet AurwesBgen 2lob4 Attest 17. Central Library Emtered 1n the National Register Teeper AuloueByu 2/15/) Attest 18. Cliff, Z.E., House Entered in the National Register Hkeoper Selmeyu 1/10/64 Attest 19. Cook, Thomas, House Entered in the National Register tkeoper Aelmebiyen 9/15/64 Attest 20.
Cooper--Davenport Tavern Wing Akeeper AelveByar 9/18/49 Interedin tha National Reglater Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Cook, Thomas, House 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: 89001250 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 9/18/89 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 OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps photographs presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 21 College Utill Red 21 College Hill Roced 2.
Some'ville Cit Hall 3. C. Zellie y.1980 5. Someruille cuty Aall 6. looking notth cast #129 Cock, Thenas, Hae samernille MRA, na Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64500253