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MUKM B - DUALUING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 1540 AUG 2 1.1989 NATIONAL PECISTER AREA FORM NO. 41 WALTHAM, MA MRA Town Waltham, MA MRA Address 786 Moody Street Historic Name Aaron Martin 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 Use: Present dwelling Original same DESCRIPTION Date early 1890s Source Atlases; directories StyleQueen Anne Architect _unknown ExteriorWal1 Fabric clapboard/shingle Outbuildings.
none Major Alterations (with dates)none Condition good sue attached map UTM REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE .SCALE - 19/315620/4692250 NEIVTON 1:25,000 Moved no Date n/a Acreage 7,491 sq. ft. 0.17/47-20-1 Setting prominently sited on large corner lot just north of Crescent Street intersection--south of Moody Street commercial area Recorded by_Ed Gordon Organization Waltham Historical Comm. Date - August, 1986 revised by C. Jenkins 3/88 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Aaron Martin House possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, work- manship, feeling and association. Built for American Watch Company machinist and real es- tate speculator Aaron Martin, it is illustrative of the. "Watch's" development of the South Side in the second half of the 19th century.
It is also important as one of Waltham's more full-blown examples of the Queen Anne style that remains in a well-preserved state. It meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The Aaron Martin House is located on lower Moody Street, near its intersection with Crescent Street. It is a fine example of an early 1890s wood-frame Queen Anne style house with many exuberant. features. behind lively projecting forms such as a front porch with punched and cut gingerbread decora- tion at the base and railings, an oriel over the porch with an elaborate window enframement, and no less than three, two-story bays on the front, rear and side elevations.
The window surround exhibits an incized floral motif and dentils, while the bays are paneled and divided by saw-cut shingle aprons. Projecting from the hip roof is an off-center tower with multi- pane eyebrow windows and a bulbous, bell-shaped roof. Hip roofed double dormers appear at the main and south facades. This house ranks among the better preserved examples of the HREERE domestic Queen Anne style in Waltham, retaining its distinctive form, materials and design elements. Other houses of similiar quality are form #s 32, 58, 121, 150, 173. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in Tocal ör state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Aaron Martin House is part of the South Side's small but choice collection of Queen Anne style houses.
It is one of the few not located on Crescent Street with its river views, and more importantly is one of the few not altered with artificial siding. Like most of its counterparts, it was built for a skilled American Waltham Watch Company em- ployee in the early 1890s. Waltham/Watertown directories of this period first list Martin at this address in 1893; his occupation was machinist. Further research may indicate that he was a Watch Co. department foreman. This house's lot was vacant in 1886 and owned by the Hall family of 107 Crescent Street. It is clearly shown on the 1900 atlas labeled Aaron Martin. - - BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps/Atlases--1874, 1881, 1883, 1886, 1890. Waltham/Watertown Directories--1890s.
8/85 NPS Form 10-800e (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 2 | 1989 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Waltham MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review 51. Johnson, Newell D., House National Begister Date/Signature freoper Ahenneßozun 9/21/84 Attest 52. Lawton Place Historic District Feoper Enteredin the Natibhai Register a in Attest 53. Libby, Nelson F., House Assoper AulmeBgu 2/8/64 Attest :I2 54. Linden Street Bridge Substantive Review dusratae hovi fukeeper Bert Sauge 2/20139 Attest 55. Lord's Castle mccrea in tae National Register 914/4 Attest 56. Lyman Street Historic District intered in the datioual Register Reeper AelarerPgun 9/25/89 Attest 57.
Martin, Aaron, Houses rtorrlint 42C.0m 17 LKerper AulreByu 9/25/49 Attest 58. Martin, Aaron, House (786 Moody St.) antered in the National Register LKeeper elreBgen 2/28/69 Attest 59. Moody Street Fire StationEntered In the Nationad Registen /Keeper ShlmeByu 2/2/55 60.
Moody Street Historic District antize Lpview Attest fkeeper Attest BitkSuzge 319/90 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Martin, Aaron, House 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: 89001540 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/28/89 DATE Intered Ia tha 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 Signed Date presentation 786 Moody Martin, Aoren, Heese WArtham.
MA MRA 736 Mordy se uttc 4i Martin, Aaran, Heexe 786 Moodhyst MItC 41 waltham, Mt MRA STEVEN GYURINA 4000 92106L MOODY 766 750 DSWOR AyE 3360 6/ ASHiNGTON 912-812 022-222 ST. 241 231 13920 DEXTER 33 DEXTER 03020 40° Lach0s DER 9272 0 6/87 =70å 75761 09/90 7680 10040 258 242 5955 CRAF 100 5000 300 LAUREL K ST. 1970 Atlas, City of Waltham Compiled by the Waltham'- Engineering Division Scale: 1 inch = 140 feet Waltham, Massachusetts MRA 786 Moody Street Aaron Martin House 6-C-8 MHC 41: 5% 20 6 55 120 30-90/282-9242 -9- 63 50 7 P1.5 20 43 48 15° 5/ S +5 3 9802 125 45 90 75 50.59 90 SIDI 9 DICE VITA - 91.86 70005 AVE.
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75% /6 9 75 7 { 909910 175 175 50 75 877 876 375 874-073 872 50 59 47/ /16/ 138 - 140 75/ 133-137-139 4345 -k94 $393 H4L $345 145 87.5 8707 79/9 8 534 70.11 14345 43,51 70.1 -75 13 15 6501 719 * 85 70.1 83 .03 -30-32 70./ 20 36-38 770 33-35 -40-42-24 70 6 43 45 47.5 15 52 IL 446 36 34.1913 78.3 /77 1-16 74.98 48-50 - 49-51 4303 7 1/6 V.0 20 2202 17 79.03 29 425/ 60 19 74. 36-38 475 39.56 057 3/ 65 Im 53.15 17 140 16 07H9 49-95 31.64 WALTHAM, MA MRA Aaron Martin House #41 786 Moody Street 1"= 100' 1975; updated to 1987 Waltham Engineering Dept. lot #77-20-1 N Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000301