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AUG 0 4 1989 1289 AREA FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSION STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 FORM NO. Town Address Historic Name 171 Somerville MRA 67 Thurston Street Otis/byman 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 See Attached Assessor's Map Z E N UTM REFERENCE 19 - 327/350 - 4695/220 USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 Use: Present residence Original residence DESCRIPTION Date ca.
1883 Source Style Map Research Queen Anne Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric aluminum on asphalt Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition fair/good Moved Acreage no Date n/a - Tess than one acre Setting Northeast corner of Thurston & Evergreen, residential neighborhood near main commercial routes of Broad- way and Medford St. Recorded by 1 Betsy Friedbers, Preservation Planner Organization Mass. Historical Comnission Date June 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Otis House is a well detailed Queen Anne style residence whose successive owners, William Otis and Charles Wyman, the businessmen and other professionals who moved into the Winter Hill section of Somerville in the late- 19th century.
The house retains integrity of location, design, 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 Otis Wyman House is an exceptional example of the Queen Anne style in Somerville. Despite two layers of siding, the house retains much of its original decorative trim, including pressed and carved wooden ornament, foliated bargeboard, asecond story balcony resting on consoles. picturesque asymetrical roofline with numerous hooded dormers and varied window size and placement is typical of the Queen Anne style. Much original material survives intact on the interior, including plaster cornices and ceiling medallions and Minton tile fireplace surrounds.
HISTORICAL SICNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Otis/Wyman House was the first built on this block of Thurston Street after the area was subdivided by mustard and spice manufacturors in the early 1880s. Thurston Street developed with attractive Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style houses built by speculators for Somerville bus inessmen. William R. Otis a cabinetmaker, was the owner of the nominated property in 1884. By 1897, it was the residence of Charles B. Wyman, a restaurant owner. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of the City of Somerville, 1874, 1884. Samuels, E. Somerville Past and Present, 1897. THURSTON ST. BROADWAY 70.67 156A 70.67 3544 TOM7 52500 1050 - 70.87 LOT 3 47250 18 100.96 LOT S BFROTA 5,819 40.5 70.20 L17.00 LREE.
LOT 100 I8O 17.00 30.00 42250 PT.LOT S 2275% =: PT. LOT 1 100 67008 100 © 37890 100 °LOT 100 LOT 1000 800. 000-J 22 500 LOT 50000 30 LOi 5000 LOT 32 = 00. 35 = PT. LOT 39 200g 6r--- LOT 40 & PT. LOT 39 15800g LOT _53630 71.5 EVERGREEN AVE. DARTMOUTH ST. 61.00 1'=100' 67.72 5750- 0 69.34 3120*C-0 30000 ® LOT O 50000 =8 10000 ®Looo O o00E 779 LOT © LOT 34 5000m #171 136.41 LOTEREC 16,0010 139.00 0,300 TR SKESe- PT. COTS 278 20 34650 PT. LOTS 28 & 35 4364 PLoT 3 60z7 PT LOT 379 29600 60240 18 PT. LOTS 36843 PT. 42 60.22 Otis/Wynuan House 67 Thurstun st. somaville (RA), Mass. NPS Form 10-900 (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 61. Old Cemetery - 62. Otis--Wyman House Date/Signature Entered in the Hational Register pxeoper AulmupByun 9118/8 Attest Entered in the Natlopal Begister foteopor AlelonBgan 2/1/64 63. Parker--Burnett House Entered 1n the National Register Hoeper AklusByun 916/59 Attest 64. Prescott, Gustavus G. gHousec 1n tbo Matiozad Rerietor TKooperelumByen 9/0/54 Attest 65. Russell, Philemon, House Entered in the National Register pxesper AulruBzun 2//8/89 Attest 66. Russell, Susan, House Iutered La the Nattonal Register Vrcopenr AitrunBgur 2/e69 Attest 67. Schuebeler, Charles, House Ikeaper ulouAazan 9/13/89 Entered in the Hational Register Attest 68.Snow, Lemuel, Jr., Housetared 1n the National degister Attest 69.
Somerville High School Fntered In tha National Register IrcopodelouByun 3/1/44 Attest 70.
Somerville Journal Building Entored 1n tha Pecpo AelouByen 2/61/ Vational Rertater Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: otis--wyman House MULTIPLE NAME: Somerville MPS 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: 89001289 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:N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/18/89 _DATE Entered in th National Register ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR ./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 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 1.67 Thurston street 2.
Somenuille, MA 3. C. Zellie 4. 1984 5. Smerullle Cit Hale e. locking north #171 7 Th Otis-Wyman Hue scrarville MnA, Ma Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _ 64500253