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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 1555 AUG 2 1 1989 NATIONAL REGISTER AREA FORM NO. 173 WALTHAM, MA MRA TOwn Waltham Address 238 Linden Street Historic Name Frank J. Tyler House ; Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of oroperty 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 1894 Source deeds Style_Queen Anne Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabricclapboard Outbuildings garage-NC Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition fair/good Moved no Date _n/a Acreage 21.181 sq. ft.
2.5A 53-2-11 Setting set far back from street in quiet residential neighborhood, primarilv 20th centurv in date. UIM REFERENCE 19/317390/4694480 USGS QUADRANGLE LEXINGTON SCALE 1:25,000 Recorded by Organization Nancy Seasholes Waltham Historical Comm. Date August, 1986 revised by C. Jenkins 3/88 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Frank J. Tyler House possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, work- manship, feeling and association. It is significant as an elaborate, towered example of the Queen Anne style--one of the best in the city. It is also representative of the early phase of Waltham's suburbanization. The Tyler House 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 Tyler House is set well back from Linden Street in a quiet residential neighborhood of predominantly 20th century houses. It is set off from the street by an old stone wall. It is one of Waltham's distinctive towered Queen Anne style houses (see forms # 41, 32, 58, 121 and 150. In this case, the three story tower with conical cap projects from the body of the house for its full height. It is balanced by a projecting cross-gable. The entry is paneled and framed by transom and sidelights. A bracketed oriel is located on the north side elevation. A long arched window with multi-paned upper sash and a semi-circular fan is located on the south elevation. A porch with triple Tuscan columns extends across most HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the conmunity.
Despite the elaborate towered Queen Anne form of this house, it appears to have been built and used for rental purposes. It was constructed in 1894 by Frank J. Tyler, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery in Boston; Tyler lived at 258 Linden Street at the time (#172). Tyler subdivided the lot and built this house on speculation. He sold it, with a mortgage - of $4,500, in 1895 to a woman from Boston. In the next 12 years the house was resold nine times, invariably to non-resident owners who must have used it as a rental property, al- though apparently an unprofitable one, perhaps because of the distance to the center. The * house was finally acquired in 1907 by Annie F. Dowd of Malden, the wife of Michael J. Dowd. The Dowds owned the house into the 1920s but continued to rent it. In 1923 it was occupied by George E. Kittredge, a chemist.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Middlesex County Registry of Deeds Maps/Atlases Directories-1923 - NS Form 109000 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 1 1989. Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Waltham MRA Middlesex County, MASSACHUSETTS Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature Sl 9. St. ay roman retoe rure oppor grl eopor. (Bett Saue 1/28181 Substantiva Review 82. Stanley, Leonard W., Hougetered in the pkeeper SeloreBgen 9/20/84 National Regiater Attest 83. Stark Building Entered in tha National Register Hkeeper AulresByu 9/2/89 Attest 84. Stark, Robert M., House Entered in the Natlonal Reglater Keeper. Selosentoge 9/8/54 Attest 85. Stearns, Amos, House Intered 1n tha National Begister Ukeeper dlonesyun 9/28/44 Attest 86.
Stewart, Henry, House Entered in the satarna 1Rosiator H Keeper Aelrrßgan 9/25/84 Attest 87. Swasey, James, House Entered 1a tha Natlonal Rerister fKeeper Aeloreßogen 9/2269 88. Tyler, Frank J., House Entered in the National Register 89. United States Watch Company intered 1n taba National Registor 90.
Waltham Gas Light Company Entered in the National Register Attest fkeeper AelourBgen 7/etg Attest_ freoperdelmueByu 9105959 Attest facoper DeluuuByenz/4t Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATTONAL ALUATTOR OEURN ORTE PLACES REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Tyler, Frank J., House NAME: MULTIPLE waltham MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: 8/21/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 9/21/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 9/05/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 10/05/89 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001555 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: OPPER POTA PROBLEM: N TANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 VEARS: N PDIL: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT _RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: _REJECT 9/28/89 DATE Entered in the National Register 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 238 LIDDEN WALTHAM, MA MR +113 - Tyler ttoust Tyce, Frank Si, Her 70 51 470 9 A 89.34 68.65 68 5 96 50 T217049 - 33,49 10 99 00 68 95 17 69.6 93 94 65 18 16 68.28 88- 75 19 19.47 D 66 34 .85 .35 15 6813 14 6803 MARIANNE 65 9g 56.34 19' 70 78 29621 24 106.6 2 3 1830 4B 75 25 PARK 36 26.2 34 19.46 7038 8> 52 39 119 40 11277 180 41 42 3497 91.+ 43 10 122 8G 64 115.01 115.02 88 244 242 i11 10.
66 3 23528 242 90 -238 337 94.06 253 95.04 12.67 70 FLORAL 3927 70 96 13 129.32 Noly 109.52 29.09 40.91 LINDEN 95 6 100 109.89 58/1364 BTE 95.21 22 58.32 1853 4395 3998 79.98 50 99.93 50 10 37 6 3 F/8 69g7 23 50 2 9957 22 3 50 21 3 50 65 50 20 125 89.79 19 200 4709 Et8S LINDEN 66.52 69.03 4 18 18 VOSG 117 80 12 (PRIVATE) 5792 TERR. -18 4964 46.82- 2 4 17305 146.22 234 18 18 WALTHAM, MA MRA Frank J. Iyler House #173 238 Linden Street 1" = 100' 1975; updated to 1987 Waltham Engineering Dept.
178 lot #53-2-11 120 :100 2 12015 7 85,26 33202355 , 55.68 12- -CIR (PRIVATE) CG 24 67.98 55.68 61.6 8387 347.86 152.86 725.33 25 69175.- 35 100 4 m282 53.71 15 (0) 122 15~ 60 16 36 N PHR+ TE 200 N3ONI NULOSES) DOFL BRLE 209 8724 D 7841 7598 68 192 8 8 ROAD 813° 8485 8700 9040 2 1002g LINDEN 11954 B 238 11165 10560 12900 VERL pORF L 21 MÅRIÄNNE 36 48 1970 Atlas, City of Waltham Compiled by the Waltham Engineering Division Scale: 1 inch = 140 feet 1,500 CEDAR. HILL 5T 267 10 269 FLORAL CIRCLE 12000 1-6 9840 6 3 12700 5 35000 2-3-4 30061 10 A Waltham, Massachusetts MRA 238 Linden Street Frank J. Tyler House 70-D-7 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000301