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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AUG 0 4 1989 1269 AREA Ward . II FORM NO. 143 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 Somerville MRA Address 6 Kent Court Historic Name none Use: Present residence Original residence DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1750 Source stylistic analysis Style Georgian Architect -unknown Exterior Wall Fabric vinyl siding Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates)none See Attached Map Condition Moved Acreage Setting _ fair yes - Date_late-19th early- 20th c.
less than one acre The property is located in a densely built up residentiat area in South Somerville, near the Cambridae Tine. JIM REFERENCE JSGS QUADRANGLE Z E N 19 - 326/180 - 4694/180 Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded byBetsy Friedberg, Preservation Planner Organization Mass. Historical Commission Date May 1900 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENI (if applicable) One of the oldest surviving residences in Somerville, 6 Kent Court is a Georgian-style residence such as were once scattered near 18th century Milk Row. Like many Somerville buildings it was probably moved at the turn of the century. The building retains integrity of design, workmanship, feeling, and association and fulfills Criterion C and Exception B of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level.
ARCHITECIURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. Keys to the early (ca. 1750) construction date of this house are the narrow; steep pitched gambrel roof, and 5 bay facade with a central entrance. The building is one bay deep with an added lean-to. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Although this house may have been moved from Somerville Ave, the history of Kent Court is worth not ing. There are several early nineteenth century houses on Kent Court, and a few of possible earlier construction date.
Although Hale's 1830 map of Charlestown shows no structures here, Kent Street was a connector between the 1813 Beacon Street and 17th century Milk Row (Tater Somerville Ave.) The 1852 Draper Map of Somerville shows 4 houses in the vicinity. By 1874 Kent Court was a short street squeezed between the Reitenback Brothers Mink Tannery, the Middlesex Bleachery, and the tracks of the Fitchburg RaiTroad. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1830 Hales map Draper, Martin, Map of Somerville, 1852 Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of the City of Somerville, 1874 1'=100' #149 *118.00- 38.30 G DIVISION 303.67 305.07 90,132- 18,2000 118.52 450 800 5700. 40.93 5450- BLOTA 0407 AACE a LOTB 2415 4524 c. O-7.00 REG 4700 37.97 BEACON ST. Fi soo. FO 12,303 - 1900* 12.30 17360 8 2506 KTSEr 40.5g 178.75 119.332, 44400 14,830% v06.00 10 18.00 % 235 111,23 KENT CT.
88.00 :24670 23.80 13-3255 -30 21600 -87.03 5. 4870 51 77.80 MARRISON ST. 41500 0800- 40 17390 -6.R 42.25 18 6000 3106 21:0: O* 3850 - KENT 2-2s 2052 BECKWITH CIR. 15.000 +ho. 77. 0- 53.00. MUSEUM 30.38 342. 19150 60.29 SOMERVILLE CAMBRIDG 54720 6Kent Court Someville (URA). Mass. CITYi CENSI PARCE STRE: RIGHT BLOC LOT PARC HOUS SQUA DMEN DF NPS Form 10-000+ (8-86) 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 41. House at 42 Vinal Avenue Natlonal Register aoa naeiotor fapor AulmuBen 3/4105 Attest 42.
House at 49 Vinal Avenue Entered in the Hational Register freoper AilueBgan 2/18/84 Attest 43. House at 5 Prospect Hill intered 1a Nat1onad Reglater teeeperelouByen 3/18/19 Attest 44. House at 6 Kent Court Entered in the National Register Aeeper Aubuatazun 4/18/45 Attest 45. House at 72R Dane Street Entered in the National Register HkeeperKheneBgan 9/18/89 Attest Entered in the 46. House at 81 Pearl Street Satona Reetat frdeper AulmeaBagun 9/18/89 Attest 47. Houses at 28--36 Beacon Street 48. Ireland, Samuel, House 49. Keyes, Amos, House Keeper ( Delreßgu 9/13/89 Fatered in thg National Register Attest otarel in Mattoan? the 1stor "to fReeper Aelamyu 2/16/84 Attest Entored 1a tbg Natlonai Regiater taeoper Alomeßyu 9/0/09 Attest 50.
Knight, R.A.--Eugene Lacount eouse the Entered National Register Keeper L SelvuByen 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: House at 6 Kent Court 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: 89001269 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 Intered in the 9/18/89 DATE Nat1onaz ReBlatox 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 OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone presentation Signed Date Huse MRA 6 Kent Ct., Somerville, MA Photographer: Gretchen G.
Schuler February 1988 Rol1 5: # 6 6Kent Cuunt sorrersalle. Mf G. Schesler 526.1988 Someruille Crt hall leokong west +149 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64500253