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AUG 0 4 1989 AORM 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 Jeographical features. Indicate all buildings setween inventoried property and nearest intersection (s). Indicate north See Attached Assessor's Map TM REFERENCE SGS QUADRANGLE Z E N 19 - 326/730 - 4693/480 Boston North CALE 1:25,000 1254 AREA FORM NO. ward II 133 Town Somerville MRA Address 72R behind 72 Dane Street Historic Name none Use: Present ** original . residential residential DESCRIPTION Date câ. 1730-1800 Source stylistic analysis Style colonial/federal Architect none Exterior Wall Fabric.
shincle Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) acdition of entrance porch Condition good Moved : Not Documenteci but. hichly likcly Date: late-19th century AcI eage .Jess than a quartec.of an acne Setting The house is located in a densely bui* neighbornood of multifanily housing. Recorded byBetsy Friedbers, Proservation Organizatian Nass. Historical Elaanssion Date May 1983 NATIONAL CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) This modest cottage, one of the earliest residences surviving in Somerville, retains integrity of design, workmanship, and association and fulfills Criterion C and Exception B of the National Register of Historic Places on the Tocal level. ARCHITECIURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.
This smal1 four bay, 1.1/2-story, gable-roofed house appears to predate all houses in the immediate area and most in Somerville; simple millwork and the 1cw-pitched roof are keys to its probable eighteenth century date. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. It is likely that this building was moved to its current site, as no structures appear of this site on nineteenth century maps. The earliest roads in the area are Beacon Street, built in 1813 as the Hampshire Turnpike, and Washington Street, part of the "Road to Newtowne,"in existence by 1630. At least one seventeenth century settler had a house in this vicinity, John Wolrich, trader, built his house at the intersection of Dane and Washington Streets, near this site.
This bufidirg is included in this MRA because it is a well preserved,and 1ikely one of the earliest, buildings in Sarerville. Haps and architectural details indicate that the building was moved to this location during he nineteenth century, while it was probilly constructed during the eighteenth century. It is to the rea of its lot which it shares with 72 Dane Street, bordering the Large City of Somerville lot located parallel to Magnus Street. The house at 72 Danestteet is not included, only the house at 72k Dane Street and its environs. 445681 85.B7 4175- 15.0 AT. LOTS M B IS 35254 18 H. 1000 DANE AVE. SKEHAN ST. #133 = 100' 7930 - PT. LOT 3383 10,376 HODGDON PL 696- C ,050* 1O050- 72R DAnE Someiville (MRA), NASS. 3253°g .50 223.38 FITCHBURG DIVISION PT. LOT 60710 3T10- REG. LOT 7090- DANE. AVE. 4569* 1141 10005 CITY OF SOMERVILLE 46,080 00.81 !4" 11,420- 307.42 1
LOT 8 L2,9527 27120 5955% 105.3 373.. 2700° -yrp. LELAND ST. NPS Form 10-000e (8-00) 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 Date/Signature Entered in the 4. House at 42 vinal Avenue Haona 1a eietor feter laBe 9/2/55 Attest 42. House at 49 Vinal Avenue Entered in the Hational Register frotper tbnBzan 1/2/54 43. House at 5 Prospect Hill Entered 10 Natlonad Register feopoAeloueBya9/18/19 Attest 44. House at 6 Kent Court Entered in the National Register fkeopor AubmaBou 4/18/5 Attest 45. House at 72R Dane Street Entered in the National Regiater fReepeSubneBgan 2/18/84 Attest Enteredinthe 46.
House at 81 Pearl Street satona Beta afhrtepor AulmeaBigunl 8/14/69 Attest 47. Houses at 28--36 Beacon Street 48. Ireland, Samuel, House Fatered 1n thg National Register bterel 1n tbe Hattoan! tegister 49. Keyes, Amos, House Entere" 1a the National Regiater Keeper ( AeloreByu 9/15/59 Attest fkéeper AelanByen 2/16/84 Attest fatoper iloueyu 210159 Attest 50.
Knight, R.A.--Eugene Lacount nouse the Entered National Register Keeper ( SelveDyen 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 House at 72R Dane Street 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: 89001254 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 SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/18/89 DATE Entered in the National Regiater 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 12 RDANE Hese ut 1.
72 R Dane S. 2. Someruille, MA 3. Carol Zellie 4.1983 5. Somerille Cut, Hell b. Looking sout #133 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: - 64500253