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AUG 0 4 1989 129V AREA FORM'B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 FORM NO. 174 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 Address Historic Name 49 Vinal Avenue unknown Use: Present resident Original resident DESCRIPTION Date ca.
1894 -Source nap research styleshingle/colonial revival Architect unKnown Exterior wall Fabric shingle/fieldstone trin Outbuildings none See Attached Assessor's Map UTM REFERENCE Z E N 19 - 327/370 - 4694/410 USGS QUADRANGLE Boston North SCALE 1:25,000 MajorAlterationwitate) none Condition excellent Moved ne Date n/a Acreage less than one acre Setting Northeast corner of Vinal and Pleasant Avenues, surrounded by late 19th century dwellings on Prospect Hil we11 established neighborhood Recorded by Betsy Friedbarg, Preservation Planner Organization Mass. Historical Conmission Date June 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENI (if applicable) 49 Vinal Avenue retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.
A stylish, well-detailed amalgamation of the Shingle and Colonial Revival styles, the building fulfills Criterion 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. 49 Vinal Avenue is an important example of a transitional Shingle Style-Colonial Revival House. The 2 1/2-story house has a wide gambrel roof. The central entrance is set within a porch beneath a steep gambrel gable flanked by smaller hipped roof dormers. Colonial Revival motifs include the elliptical attic window on the facade, the applied wooden garlands of the dormers, and the curvilinear front porch. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the conmunity.
Somerville realtor Fred Haley appears to have built this house for speculative purposes; he resided nearby, at 17 Grandview Avenue. The district's dwelling at 49 Vinal Avenue occupies a prominent corner lot near the summit of Prospect Hill, above Union Square. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Bromley, G. W., Atlas of the City of Somerville, 1895. Somaville (MRA), Mass. Hailey House 49 vinAl Ave. 1'=100 737 HIGHLAND AVE. 83120 14 GHAND UIEW AUenUE 4000- PLASANT. AVENUE 57.19 2. 24400 52 65 18) 89 -9 00 5z 0z1 JUMMIT Szi Ausnus 2525 -400 #174 9/00 3741m OT GRAND LOTB 4124 620 PLI LO 4102 SU PT. LOT 46 68750 NPS Form10-000- (8-06) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark 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 41. House at 42 Vinal Avenue Wational Register farer Alone BRu 2/4155 Attest 42. House at 49 Vinal Avenue Entered in the Mational Register ( pilnepazar 9/18/04 43.Houseat 5 Prospect Hill Entered 1o the NatLonad Beglator AeeoporelmueByan 9/18/89 44. House at 6 Kent Court Entered in the National Register Attest Attest /Keeper/ Melustgen 9/18/84 Attest 45. House at 72R' Dane Street Entered in the National Register fkeoperthbneBgan 2/18/89 Attest Entered in the 46. House at 81 Pearl Strect Satona Rotot afesteper AulmusBogun 9/18/89 Attest 47. Houses at 28--36 Beacon Street Aeloreßyu 9/18/69 Patered in thg National Regtster Attest 48.
Ireland, Samuel, House terel in tte Jatiouri posintor fkeeper AelanByun 9/181/849 Attest 49. Keyes, Amos, House Entorer 1n tbe Hatlonai Registor taseper AlomBgun 9/1185 Attest 50.
Knight, R.A.--Eugene Lacount House the Entered National Regiater Hreeper SlluAsun 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 49 Vinal Avenue 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: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 8/15/89 9/18/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001292 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 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 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 1.
49 Uinal Avenue 2. Somnerville, 3. C. Zellie + 1984 Vina Are (CZ) s. Sonewille Cl Haer b. lookun northeast 7. #174 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: - 64500253