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- FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 '. Photo (3"x3" or 3"x5", black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. 1568 AUG 2 1 1989' HUNAL EGISTER AREA FORM NO. 125 Town WALTHAM, MA MRA Waltham Address 1l Hammond Street Historic Name Prospect House Use: Present apartment house Original DESCRIPTION tavern/hotel Date 1839 Source Sanderson Style Architect unknown Greek Revival Exterior Wall Fabric aluminum siding Outbuildings none 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 TISNOH IOMASONI [E: IEI 1E) WALTHAM, ALA STREET, OPP. witi the House.
MASS PROSPECT 1884 waltham/Watertown Directory UTM REFERENCE 19/315080 4693820 USGS QUADRANGLE LEXINGTON SCALE 1:25,000 Major Alterations (with dates) siding, window sash, etc.--see reverse: Condition good/fair Moved turned on lot Datec1910s Acreage 12,000sg. ft. 0.359-12-19 Setting situated in densely settled resi- dential neighborhood of late 19th and early 20th century houses just north of Main Street commercial area. Recorded byEd Gordon Organization Waltham Historical Comm. Date June, 1986 revised by C. Jenkins 3/88 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Prospect House possesses substantial integrity of location, design, workmanship, feeling and associations.
It is significant as the only one of several tavern/hotels dating from the 18th and early 19th centuries to remain in present day Waltham as a re- flection of Main Street's role as a major east-west transportation corridor during that period. Despite alterations, it is- clearly discernable as a mid-19th century tavern/hotel with an elaborate temple-front Greek Revival form. The Prospect House thus 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 Prospect House is located on the east side of Hammond Street, just behind the early 20th century commercial blocks that line Main Street; a non-contributing, early 20th century, wood-frame apartment house occupies the northern portion of its lot.
It is a rare surviving temple front Greek Revival style tavern/hotel. Its symmetrical five bay main facade is dom- inated by a monumental, fluted, Doric columned, two-tier porch surmounted by a broad pedi- rmented gable with two levels of attic windows. The second story portico retains its original cast iron balcony. The center entry is framed by transom and sidelights within a trabeated , surround.. The eleven bay side walls exhibit windows interspersed with secondary entries with bracketed hoods that represent a late 19th century reworking of hip-roofed entries that occupied the forward bays on each side. Other late 19th-early 20th century alterations in- clude linking of pedimented dormers, and replacement of 6/6 sash with 6/2 (second story) and 2/2 (first story).
Later changes include capping of chimneys, application of aluminum siding, and introduction of a picture window in the pediment. The significance and, rarity of the HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Prospect House is a rare surviving Greek Revival style tavern/hotel which is significant both as an unusual building type and as a reflection of Main Street's former role as a major east-west transportation corridor lined with taverns. It is the descendant of a long line of Main Street (Great Country Road; Post Road) taverns stretching back to, at least, the early 18th century; it is the only one to survive. Main Street was part of the Connecticut Path which linked Boston to Hartford, Connecticut, and which originated as a native trail.
Located on the road just a few miles west of Boston, Waltham became a convenient way sta- tion for travelers. The Prospect House was built in 1839 by Leonard Smith. The Smith family's involvement in Main Street tavern ownership dated back to 1779, at which time Leonard's father, David Smith, bought the Ball Tavern; during the early 19th century he built the Brick Tavern. Upon David Smith's death in 1826, his son Leonard inherited the Brick Tavern and also the Green Tavern. At that time, Smith used the brick from the old Brick Tavern in the chimneys of a new tavern--the Prospect House(sonamedbecause it stood facing Prospect Street). A total of eleven taverns were built on the Great Road, nine of them erected before 1800; eight of these were doing business at the close of the Revolutionary War. The Prospect House remained in operation until 1909.
At some point in the 1910s or 1920s it was turned 90° on its site to face Hammond Street, and new commercial blocks were constructed on Main Street. Waltham architect Florence Lusconb was involved in the transition and con- version to an apartment nouse. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps/Atlases- 1854, 1874, 1881, 1886, 1898, 1911 News-Tribune, "The Prospect House Closed", 4/29/1909 Sanderson, David L. Waltham 1630-1884. Waltham Historical Society. 1936. 8/85 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Commmity : Waltham Property Name: Prospect House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. Architectural Significance (cont) original form and features far outweigh the impact of these alterations. Form No: 125 Waltham, Mass.
- Prospect House alechon of Eliz Castrier in Cea Staple to Inventory form at bottom Reps Form 10000 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 71. Potter--0'Brien House 72. Prospect House Date/Signature Entered in the entoroa 1aelaton froepor AeloreByu 26064 Attest_ Entered in tha National Register Leeper Ditreegan 9/2464 Attest 73. Robbins, Royal E., School slatsona) Begister /Keeper sitered in the Attest Stulurßgan 9/25/09 74. Sanderson, John, House Entered 1n the National Register Keeper ( AteluaByan s/5/9 Attest 75. Sanderson, Nathan, I, House intered in the Keeper sational Register Stlrusßzu 9/25/84 Attest 76.
Sanderson, Nathan, II, Houseintered 1a tha -atara 1 ti0t keopor SlelmuByen 9/25/5 Attest 17. Sanderson--Clark Farmhousesntered 1n the National Register Ikeeper AilreByan 2/28/89 Attest Entered in tha 78. Smith, Marshall, House National Register /Reeper AulresByc9/27/89 79. Smith, Perez, House intered in the National Regiater 80. St.
Charles Borromeo Church Entered in tba Nationad Registaz Attest Heeper AhlousBya 9/28/64 Attest HReoper Zlilmentzu /24169 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Prospect 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: 89001568 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 9/28/89 DADE Bationa Rosso- National Registay ABSTRACI/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SIR 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 MAC #IZ5 u Hammond st.
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