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FORM A - AREA AUG 2 1 1989 NATIONAL MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSIONEGISTER 80 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02116 1503 Area Letter Form numbers in this Area H 111 WALTHAM, MA MRA Town Waltham Name of Area (if any)Charles Street Workers' Housing District Present Use residential Photos (3"x3" or 3"x5" black & white) - Indicate on back of each photo street addresses for buildings shown. Staple to left side of form. General Date or Period 1860s General Condition fair Sketch Map. Draw a general map of the area indicating properties within it. Number each property for which individual inventory forms have been completed. Label streets including route numbers, if any. Indicatenorth. (Attach a separate sheet if space here is not sufficient). Acreage 25,293 sq.ft. 0.580 Acres Recorded by Ed Gordon Organization Waltham Historical Comm. Date July, 1986 revised by C.
Jenkins 4/88 see attached map RESOURCE COUNT BUILDINGS: 4C ONC STRUCTURES : OL INC TOTAL: INC UTM REFERENCE 19/315280 /4693500 USGS QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:25,000 NEIVTON NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Charles Street Workers Housing Historic District possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and associations. It is significant as a nearly intact reflection of Waltham's industrial heritage and the type of housing which housed its workers at its peak in the mid-late 19th century. It also illustrates the development of Waltham's neighborhoods during that period and is associated with the most important ethnic group of the time. ne die ethet ranains. Finally, the four houses are significant as well-preserved examples of vernacular workers housing. The district meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other areas within the community. The Charles Street Workers' Housing Historic District is a small one block area defined by Charles Street (N), Williams Street (E) and Harvard Street (W). It stands amidst a mid-19th century residential neighborhood, but is differentiated from its surroundings by the simi- larities and well-preserved nature of its four component houses. All are unpretentious workers' houses that rise 2} stories to gable roofs with twin stove chimneys. They are clad with wood shingles, and all but # 140 are trimmed with wide fascias recalling Greek Revival style friezes. #128-132, at the corner of Williams Street, is a double house with a sym- metrical eight bay facade centered on two entries whose hip roof porches display turned posts and balustrades.
Windows are simply framed and contain 2/2 sash. The adjacent house at #134 Charles Street is an identical single family house with a symmetrical five bay fa- cade centered on its entry. The next house at #140 Charles Street retains the boxy, gable roof form of its neighbors, but lacks the fascia/frieze and has a recessed entry. The final house at the corner of Harvard Street (#144) returns to the previous details but has been altered with a new porch and 1/1 sash. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain historical importance of area and how the area relates to the development of other areas of the community. The Charles Street Workers' Housing Historic District developed c1865 after Edward Cambel1 purchased a large lot of land from Catherine Williams and Charles Richardson.
It was part of a gradual westward expansion along Charles Street, as residences were constructed to house workers of the nearby industries. The area centered on Harvard Street appears to have developed as an Irish enclave as is reflected in some of the surrounding street names such as Noonan Street and Duddy Avenue. The histories of #128-32 and #134 are representative. They were owned by Edward Campbell and Patrick Noonan, both who were listed in Waltham Di- rectories as laborers. On October 15, 1864, Edward Campbell paid Catherine Williams and Charles Richardson $1,075.00 for a large tract of land. It appears that the houses in the district were built the following year. #128-132 Charles Street remained in the Campbell family until Peter Campbell, bicycle inspector sold the house to real estate tycoon Peter Kinsley on August 4, 1900 for $4,600.00.
#134 Charles Street remained in the Noonan family until at least the 1890s. According to an 1875 atlas, #140 Charles Street was owned by an M. Newel1 and #144 Charles Street was owned by a T. Leach. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Waltham Maps/Atlases: 1836, 1854, 1874, 1881, 1886, 1898 Waltham Directories: 1870s-1890s Middlesex Registry of Deeds: 935:376, 1991:221 8/85 - (NPS Fom 10-900- 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 2 | 1989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Waltham MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature 11. Boston Manufacturing Company Housing (153--165 River St.) tered in the ,aomed Resist Entered in the 12.
Brigham House datilarad Registor LkeeperZulvusßzun Attest 4/28/84 LKeeper Aelepgan 9/28/69 Attest 13. Building at 202--204 Charles Street villeled in National Register 1. Keeper SlmuBzun 9/28/59 Attest 14. Buttrick, Francis, Housentered in the National Register /Keeper DulouByu 9/28/09 Attest Sul 15. Buttrick, Francis, Library Substantive Rev SinKeeper Bony.-Sauge 912/89 16. Byam, Charles, Housertered in tha Sationad 3ogtator Heeper AulnrBgun 1/20/89 Attest 17. Central Square Historic Destrict the Entered National Register /Keeper Ahloesyas 9/28/89 Attest 18. Charles Street Workers' Housing Historic District ntered 1n Babronea /Keeper ( ThemeDyu 2/25/89 yN 19. Christ Episcopal Church 20. Clough, Benjamin F., House Attest Substantive Review Soriceer Borf Sanse vrelsg Attest fkeeper Temmßyu 1/20/5 +La Rugintor Attest WALTHAM, MA MRA Street Address Assessor's # 128-132 Charles St.
59-33-4 134 Charles St. 59-33-3 140 Charles St. 59-33-2 144 Charles St. 59-33-1 Square Feet 5,043 5,000 10,000 5,250 DISTRICT DATA SHEET Historic Name/Inventory # Edward Cambell House Patrick Noonan House garage n/a n/a TOTAL: 25,293 sq.ft. RESOURCE COUNT: buildings: structures total: 4C OC 4C ONC 1NC 1NC CHARLES STREET WORKERS' HOUSING H.D.
Date c1865 c1865 c1865 c1865 Style Vernacular Vernacular Vernacular Vernacular Status C C/NC C C UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Charles Street Workers' Housing Historic District NAME: MULTIPLE Waltham MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 8/21/89 9/21/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 9/05/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 10/05/89 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001503 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 VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/25/89 DATE Entered in the National Regiater 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.
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