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Nomination for Worthen, Daniel, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 966 words across 8 pages, filed in 1989. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 89001272, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

FORM B - BUILDING AUG 0 4 1989 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 E N UTM REFERENCE 19 - 328/890 - 4694/420 USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 1272 AREA East Somervill e FORM NO. 154 Town Somerville MRA Address 8 Mt. Pleasant Street Historic Name Daniel Worthen House Use: Present _ residence Original residence DESCRIPTION Date. ca.

1850-1860 Source map research StyleGothic Revival Architect none Exterior Wall Fabric_stucce Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) Stucco probably replaced. Clapboard exterior finish. Condition good Moved no Date n/a Acreage Less than one acre. Setting The house is located in an area of single and multifamily housing and commercial properties in East Somerville. Recorded by Betsy Friedberg Organization Massachusetts Historical Comm. Date May 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Daniel Worthen House displays unusually well-detailed Gothicized trim on an otherwise modest sidehall-plan residence. The house's construction ca. 1850-1860 is representative of prewer construction for the working and middle classes in increasingly subdivided East Somerville.

The Worthen House retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and association and fulfills Criteria A and 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. The Worthen House is unique to its neighborhood, 3-bay, 11/2 story Gothic Revival house which contributes a picturesque quality to the Mt. Pleasant/Perkins area. The house is distinguished by its intact foliated vergeboard and turned drop porch trim. The sidehall plan entrance has glazed sidelights and transom. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Mt. Pleasant Street was one of the two streets (in the Mt.

Vernon Street) platted in 1840 as part of a subdivision of the extensive Stearnes estate. Situated near the narrow pennisula connecting Somerville with Charlestown, the area known as East Somerville, was soon built up with industry, rail lines, and housing both for Boston businessmen and local laborers. Both single and multifamily dwellings were constructed. The first owner of this house, Daniel Worthen, was a distiller. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Draper, Martin, Map of Somerville, 1852 8/85 IL 55909 -39430 39030- 2000 3270-- 57250, 282 D0 3714 ST7 MT. VERIION ST. 1 =100 5529- . 83.75,L 2936- F= 5000- 3000- #154 ULA 40.50 3350- 30 3000 4500- 30801 2,245 13,05/ - 093,, 54090= 1 24020 REG LOT- 18930 REE LOT C / KEE. LOT 8 - RER LOT A 1 1900- *03- 100 8991 5,73 33000 MT. PI.EASANT ST OOTO c otro 218 6.0 /3,128+ -5.7 PERKINS 7RIoC 220 PT.

LOT 3483 31150 COURT BROADWAY S0.07 C -251901 21.57- 2575- 46000 46750 4723 32704 _6255g 24040 30170 12-0 1277205 ST. 3625 3000 8 Daniel Worthen House 8 Mt. Pleasant st. somerville (MRA). Mass. NPS Form 10-000- (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page . OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 AUG 4 1989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Somerville MPS Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature fkeeper_( 71. Tufts, Peter and oliventered Housen the National Registsr AeloByun 2/0569 Attest 72. Warren,H., House Entered in t5a Naticnal Register takeepor 9/10/44 Attest 73. West Somerville Branch Library Enteredin tha National Regtater Maora Aluya 91816 Attest 74.

Williams, Charles, House rntered in the fokcopor iloneigun 9/10/04 MAtional Bectataz s*M 75. W1111ams, Charles, Jr., House Substantive Review Jonum Bont Sauage 9-8-89 Entered in tha 76. Williams, F.G., House National Regtster AaoperAulmusBgun 2/18/89 Attest Entered in the 77. Worthen, Daniel, House National Regiotez -Reeper AelByu 9/10/89 Attest 78. Wright House Entered Ii 358 National Rectater faéper SeloreBsu 2/18/09 Attest 5179. Wyatt, George, House Substaative Revi. fiseer Botf Suzge 9-18-89- 80.

Somerville Theatre Het o Rezt ntered in twe demer AilreBgeu/20/90 atioAttestgiater UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Worthen, Daniel, House 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: 89001272 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 9/18/57 DATE Entered 1n 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 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 Signed Date presentation 1.

8 Mt. Plecescent st. Ni Sonerville, MA 3. C. Zellie 4. 1983 5. Someruille cul, Hall a. lookey eust 7*154 Wor then, Daniel Heuse Sermerville MRA, Ma Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64500253