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AUG 0 7 1989 1384 AREA -ORM B - BUILDING IASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 30 BOYISTON STREET 3OSTON, MA 02116 PORM NO. WH 531 IOWn Address Historic Name Quincy, MA/ MRA 79 Winthrop Avenue Pinkham 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 jeographical features. Indicate all buildings setween inventoried property and nearest seareast inge intersection(s). Indicate north Use: Present single family dwelling Original single family dwelling DESCRIPTION Date ca.
1870s Sour ce Map and directory research Style Second Empire Architect unknown Exterior wall Fabric wood clapboards Outbuildings garage (1920) --nc SEE ATTACHED MAP Major Alterations (with dates)none Condition DIM REFERENCE 19/333,400 E/ 4,680,530,N USGS QUADRANGLE Boston South, MA SCALE 1: 25,000 Fair Moved Date na Acreage less than one acre: 11,250 sg. Ft. Setting Sited on the slope of Winthrop Avenue, this is the oldest house on a street of large late 19th century suburban residenc in Wollaston Heights. Recorded by Fannin and Lehner / J.
Johnson Organization Quincy Historical Cormission Date June 21, 1986/ May 1987 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The house at 79 Winthrop Avenue retains integrity of design, location, materials, feeling, and association with the development of Quincy's first affluent, nineteenth century residential neighborhood for local businessmen, civic leaders, and Boston commuters. As the best preserved of several elaborate Second Empire residences in Quincy, the house fulfills Criteria A and C 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. SEE INVENTORY CONTINUATION FORM SHEET HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the conmunity.
SEE INVENTORY CONTINUATION FORM SHEET BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Assessors Récords Building permits. Atlas of Norfolk County Mass., 1876. Robinson's Atlas of County Mass., 1888, D. Foster Taylor. "Wollaston As It Was In the 1870s." (written in 1946). Quincy History, Quincy Historical Society, January, 1985. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commumity QUINKY, HA Form No: WH-531 Property Name: Pinkham Hou3e Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - - 79 WINTRHOP AVENUE One of the earliest houses in Wollaston Heights, this elaborate Second Empire residence was built by George F. Pinkham, the manager of Wollaston Land Associates, and the man most responsible for the development of Wollaston Heights.
Although the Pinkham family retained ownership of 79 Winthrop Avenue past 1935, George A. Pinkham apparently reserved the house for other family members while he lived on Warren Avenue (his house was demolished). The house at 79 Wintrhop Avenue is the only intact house associated with the Pinkham family that survives. This house is located in Wollaston Heights, a neighborhood of substantial suburban houses built during the last three decades of the 19th century. Defined as the section of Wollaston located on Wollaston Hill. the Wollaston Heights neighborhood is roughly bounded by Beale Street (north): South Central Avenue MBTA tracks (east); and South Central Avenue (west). was part of a 300 acre tract of farmland purchased by the Wollaston ne Eract of Farmi and (south); Newport Avenue and the The neighborhood Land Associates in 1869.
The Associates marketed Wollaston Heights as a status residential community for affluent Quincy businessmen and Boston commuters. Key to the success of the development was the easy access to the railroad which, by the 1860s, had opened a station at Beale and Newport Street. In an arrangement negotiated by George Pinkham. business manager for the developers, the Old Colony Railroad issued free passes good for three years to anyone purchasing a house lot from the Wollaston Land Associates. Rapid building construction ensued with the majority of houses in the neighborhood built by 1900. Staple to Inventory form at bottom INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity: Quincy, MA Fonn No: WH-531 Property Name: Pinkham House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE -- 79 WINTRHOP AVENUE PINKHAM HOUSE The house at 79 Winthrop Avenue, one of several elaborate Second Empire houses built in the elite residential neighborhood of Wollaston Heights, is architecturally important as the best surviving example of this type in Quincy. L-shaped in plan, the clapboard house features a concave mansard roof punctured by decorated dormers, two-story bay windows with paneled bases and dentiled cornices, and large quoins articulating the corners of the house. Large double brackets support the eaves and a bracketed entry porch is topped by a balustrade. A two-car garage at the rear of the property is noncontributing. Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form 10-000-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National ParkService National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page OMB Approvel No.
1024-0018 AUG 7 1989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Quincy MRA Norfolk County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Entered in the 51. Nelson, John R., Housegat1ona) Register 52. New England Telephone Building Entered in the National Register Entered in the 53. Newcomb Place National Register 54. Nightengale House Entered 1n the National Register 35. Nightengale, SoLomon, Eot8fed in the National Register 56. Nowland, J. Martin, Hous&red in the National Register Entered in the 57. Pinkham House National Regiater Date/Signature I Keeper ZhluByun 9/20/19 Attest hkeeper Aulouyan 2/20/89 Attest Heoper AllmuBgun 9/20/49 Attest LKeeper ZhlnuDgan 9/20/69 Attest /Keeper_ AulmusBzen 9/20/69 Attest (keoperAuóyu 9/20/84 Attest Keeper C AelosesDyen 9/20/84 Attest 58. Pratt--Faxon House Entered in the Vational Register Lkteper SemeByun 9/20/64 Attest 59.
Quincy Electric Light and Powef the Company Station Entered National Register fxdoper LfelmeByu 9/20/69 Attest 60.
Quincy Police Station Subatantira Barlow Saxopr Berf Savge 7640 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Pinkham House NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: Quincy MRA STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Norfolk DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 8/07/89 9/07/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 8/22/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 9/21/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001384 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 LACCEPT RETURN REJECT ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: 9/20/590ATE Entered in the National Registez 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 -presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 79 Winthrop Ave Pinkham House by: Fannin/Lehner date: Spring,986 E: plannina Dept, -Q North 3/ pct#WH-531 MRA Quincy, ha: WARREN AVE.
SEE PLAN 5180 PROSPECT AVE. ihnü Denka stumi Atse M Eti Burkeetar F11 5625 Pt11 Plet13 [ 5715 ichnk.Mullen et .A LérreTine E -FranCiS Crove John ir the 1250 Picty LCVA HAATC .250 Plotio 1300 FlatHA Paul C. O'Reilly efur Mary A. 11250 Plot6 WINTHROP JorothyA 10 11250 Plot II Em.Crendy dretrrGernkhne A AVE. Ploti5 30716 PX.14 5625 Plotiz Address 79 Winthrop Avenue QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS / MRA Assessors Map # 5182 1979 Scale: 1 inch equals 80 feet AVE. LINCOLN Please refer to the map in the MultipleProperty Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000289