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AUG v 4 1989 FORM B - BUILDING AREA 1265 FORM NO. 145 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 Town Address Historic Name SOMERVILLE 137 Highland Avenue Samuel Gaut House 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 Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION Date Source ca.
1850 map research / visual analysis Style Italianate Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric shingles Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) Added loggia - early-20th century Condition good See Attached Assessor's Map UTM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE Z E N 19 326/930 4694/780 Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 Movedno Acreage Date - n/a less than one acre Setting North side of Highland Ave., a heavily travelled main route, with residential and office use surrounds late-19th century and new constructi Recorded by Gretchen G. Schuler Organization Mass. Historical Commissio Date Jeptember, 1988 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Samuel Gaut House retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association with Somerville's mid- century development.
The dwelling is a well preserved example of a center gable Italianate retaining much of the architectural detail. It is a good representation of the period and style in Somerville. Thus, the Gaut House fulfills Criterion C of 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 Saumel Gaut House, similar in style and detail to the F-G. Williams House at 37 Albion Street, is one of the better examples of a center gable Italianate remaining in Somerville. Located on the main thoroughfare of Highland Avenue, the dwelling has 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 on the main facade, and a raking cornice with carved brackets remaining only in the center gable. The Gaut House also displays a polygonal cupola with a belled finial. There is a side loggia with chamfered posts and round headed windows with high profile hood moldings, added in the Colonial Revival period. The enclosed entrance porch has brackets and squared columns and pilasters. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.
The Samuel Gaut House was in all likelihood, one of the most fashionable mid-19th century houses on Highland Avenue, formerly known as Church Street, a main east-west route throughout the 19th century. Samuel Gaut was a baker who worked in Boston. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Draper, Martin, Map of Somerville, 1852. Hopkins, G.M. Atlas of the City of Somerville, 1874. 8/85 CEN ALBICN Gaut House 137 Higland Ave. Somewille (URA), Mass. HUDSON ST. 15.87 CENTRAL RD. 48.37 30. 34607 CENTRAL ST. 30= 3425d 03-87 REG. LOT 20,945 - 64.401 WILLOUGHBY ST. bz.er 18 24 12 42 9100 - 117.3 2: 17.44 102 9100 180 I7O 1" = 100' 129.1 150011 1010 #145 BOSTON AND MAINE PT. LOTS PT. LOT2 LOT 3 PTLOT 4 22710. 66.5 80.08 2Is50 M.p0 CENTRAL RD. 1211 8la ILN RAILROAD JEROME CT. Ory 03 MONTROSE ST P. LT PT. LOTS 3000 - PT. Lr. MADISON ST. 1000 2:00~ 6,990 - 640 SYCAMORE ST.
NPS Form 10-900e (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Section number. Page Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Somerville MPS Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature 21. Crowell, C.C., House Btored in the National Register Frooper Aelmur Byu 9/18/09 Attest 22. Downer Rowhouses (Adams Street)ered 1n tbe eeper Mattonal Kegister Aebmabzun 9/0/39 Attest 23. Downer Rowhouses (Central Street) Akeeper ( Entered in tha AelneByu 2/14/89 National Register Attest Su'24. First Unitarian Church Substantive Revler forkeeper Bütt2. Sauage 9/18/89 our 25. First Universalist Church 26. Foster, Alexander, House 27. Gaut, Samuel, House 28. Grandview, The 29.
Highland, The Ja Keeper Buh Savage 9/18/89 Attest Entered In tha ato keopor 9/1/69 Attest Entared 12 the Datlonal Regiater fikeeper tubmeBzun 2/14/44 Attest Entared in tha Natlonal Regiater tKeeper AulomByun 9/18/69 Attest f'keeper AiloueByun 0/18/69 Entered in the National Register 30.
Hollander Blocks Intered in the National Register Attest foKeeper C Aelreoyen 9/15/84 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Gaut, Samuel, 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: 89001265 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 Natlonal 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 137 Highland 1.137 Highland Avesue 2, Somerville.
HA 3. C. Zelke 4. 1980 S. someruille Cuty Hall 6. looking northeast 7.#,45 Gaut, Sanel, Heuse Scnenble MRA Ma Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64500253