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GRM B - BUILDING ASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 0 BOYLSTON STREET OSTON, MA 02116 AUG 0 + 1989 Town Address Historic Name 1299 AREA East Somer- ville FORM NO. 180 Somerville MRA 117 Washington Samuel Ireland House Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. ketch Map: Draw map showing property's location n relation to nearest cross streets and/or leographical features. Indicate all buildings etween inventoried property and nearest ntersection(s). ndicate north See Attached Assessor's Map Use: Present Original residence residence DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1792 Source map research Style case-style cottage Architect none Exterior Wall Fabric shingle outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) 20th c.
window replacements, dormers Condition good Moved Acreage no Daten/a less than one acre Setting The Ireland House faces onto one of Somerville's major east/ west roadways. Z E N IIM REFERENCE 19 - 328/150 - 4694/000 ISGS QUADRANGLE Boston North ¡CALE 1:25,000 Recorded by _ Betsy Friedberg Organization Massachusetts Historical Comm. Date May 1986 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENI (if applicable) The Ireland House, the only documatable 18th century residence in the Lobble Hill area of far eastern Somerville, is a 1 1/2 story cottage that retains its original plan and modest decorative detailing. The building possesses integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association and 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. The five-bay facade of this small late18th century house reflects the replacements. repgacemearsa emerorostdops oaor dginai mltdings the stndi evaden 2 at chntury eaves and window enframements: HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Samuel Ireland, a farmer and grandson of Jonathan Ireland, probably built this house about 1792. It is one of the earliest extant houses in Somerville, and the only documentable eighteenth century house in the Cobble Hill area. When this house was constructed, Cobble Hill was a geologic "cobble" running southward from Washington Street on the flats of the Miller's River estuary.
Washington Street was a busy route between Charlestown and Cambridge. mouth of Asylum Avenue, the route to Joseph Barrell's estate on Cobble Hill (later McLean Asylum) was opposite this house. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Book 107, page 294, 1792 Middlesex Co. Registry of Deeds. Report by Faye Keynor, Somerville Planning Department Manscript, 1979 COLUMBUS AVE. 1228 17 LOT C r 26020 8 PT. LOT 2 1 8 LT,0304 3 LOT 62 30 IN AVE. 87 2053 i2222 LOT A,OBEC 43.33 12 09 10380 2822 LOT 79 WARREN ® 34250 LOT AVE 0T20 33910 ® N10.07 123 82 ©28470 N0 ® 31740 ®+870d 110e, ® 2000/ 32 601 - 190, saso 102. 117 PROSPECT PKWY. LOT M 33990 : AVE STONE 40717 42.01 ©4932 LOTOE LOT: 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 Entered in the 42. Houso ae 42 Vinal Avenue iaoa 1eetitor frper AulanaBpew 9/10159 Attest 42. House at 49 Vinal Avenue Entered in the Wational Register frooper Ailonepgan 3/8/54 Attest 43. House at 5 Prospect Hill Entered 10 Nationai Registor teeeperAelueByan2/18/79 Attest 44. House at 6 Kent Court Entered in the National Register FeeperAubouatzun 4/18/89 Attest 45. House at 72R Dane Street Entered in the National Register HraepoShemBgan 2/18/89 Attest Entered in the 46. House at 81 Pearl Street satorna Rasta fetopor AulmeaBagun 9/18/69 Attest 47. Houses at 28--36 Beacon Street FReeper Aeloreßgu 9/15/89 48. Ireland, Samuel, House 49. Keyes, Amos, House Patered 1n tbg National Register Btarel 1n the Natian!
1ter Entored ln ebg Natlonai Regiater Attest fkeeper AelnAyun 9/15/84 Attest Aeéper AlomByun 9/18184 Attest 50.
Knight, R.A.--Eugene Lacount House the Entered National Regieter Keeper AlveuBsen 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 Ireland, Samuel, House NAME: MULTIPLE Somerville MPS NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: 8/04/89 8/31/89 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF PENDING LIST: 8/15/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 9/18/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001299 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 the National 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 USGS maps _photographs OTHER COMMENTS presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 117 Washingtm 1.
117 Washington Street 2. Sonerville. MA 3. C. Zellie 1980 5° somerulle ct taell 6. lookens o noth 7. # 180 Ireland Samel Hus sanerville MRt Ma Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64500253