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AUG 2 1 1989 NATIONAL REGISTER FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 1575 AREA FORM NO. 32 Town WALTHAM, MA MRA Waltham, Massachusetts 357 Crescent Street Address Historic Name Wetherbee House Photo (3"x 3" or 3"x5" , black and white) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of forn. Use Present residential Original DESCRIPTION Date 1892 residential Source Style water dept, deed research Queen Anne Architect UNKNOWN Exterior Wall Fabric patterned shingle Outbuildings _ garage --NC clapboard and Sketch Map: Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate al1 buildings between inventoried iproperty and nearest intersection(s).
Indicate north sie attached map UTM REFERENCE 19/315.360/4692200 USGS QUADRANGLENEIVTON SCALE 1:25,000 Major Alterations (with dates) none Condition _ 800d Moved Date -t/a : Acreage 0.24A. 10,300 sq. ft. 76-8-7 Overlooking the Charles Setting River, this house is part of Crescent St's remarkable collection of well preserved, well designed Queen Anne houses. Recorded by. Edward W. Gordon Waltham Historical Comm Organization Date June, 1986 revised by C. Jenkins 3/88 . NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) 357 Crescent Street provides a glimpse of a well-to-do late 19th c. American Waltham Watch Company foreman's home. This house, with its irregular form, complex roof configuration, richly ornamented entrance porch, stained glass transoms, and picturesque, conically-capped corner towers, ranks among the most elaborate examples of the Queen Anne style in Waltham.
As a reflection of the de- velopment of the South Side by the "Watch" in the second half of the 19th century, and as a well-detailed and well-preserved example of the Queen Anne style, 357 Crescent Street meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places. ARCHITECTOSSASSSSIGNIFICANCE bescribeSmportatt cant architecturaf teatures angling, evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. and association. This house ranks among the most elaborate examples of the Queen Anne style in Waltham, possessing an irregular plan characterized by projecting porches, bays, oriels and conically-capped corner tower. This house is sheathed in clapboards and patterned shingles. Particularly noteworthy is its front porch with paneled chamfered posts, and medallions at the porch's entablature and pedimented roof.
The briginal multi-panel double-doors are flanked by large, arched windows, with colorful staired glass fanlights. In addition to the alternating courses of clapboards and patterned shingles, this house features vertical and horizontal "stick" work above the 2nd floor windows, of the main and side facades. Projecting from the northeast corner is a square 2-story bay, with a lunette window at the bay's gable (1unette and stick panelling from a sunburst motif characteristic of the Queen Anne HISTORICA9L-SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. #357 Crescent Street symbolizes, in domestic architectural terms, the late 19th century prosperity of the American Waltham Watch Company. Deeds and Water Department records indicate that the house was built in 1892. On April 9, 1892, Frank W.
Wetherbee purchased this house from George L. O1ney. The O1ney/Wetherbee deed does not mention buildings on this property (Middlesex Deed 2155: 417), but buildings are mentioned in a mortgage deed between Wetherbee and a William Earl Allen, on Nov 3, 1892. ($5.000 mortgage for three years at 5% ). Frank W. Wetherbee, formeman, dial dept., American Waltham Watch Co. is first listed at this address in 1893. Prior to the early 1890's, Wetherbee lived at 72 Taylor Street and worked for E.W. Wetherbee, dial manufacturer, rear 42 Crescent Street. Frank Wetherbee lived at 357 Crescent Street until at least 1915. See also forms # 41, 58, 121, 150, 173 for similiar architectural designs. -BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Water Dept.
records Maps/atlases : 1874, 1886, 1911, 1915 Middlesex Deeds - 2155:420; 2155:417; 1931:494; 1862:250; 1846:162; 1087:273 Waltham Directories- 1880's, 1890's, 1900's 8/85 WALIHAM, MA MKA Wetherbee House ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, 357 Crescent Street, continued Projecting from the southeast corner is a 3-level tower, with a 4-bay loggia at the 3rd level. The conically-capped tower retains its slate shingles and copper finial. The central portion of this house is crowned by a hip-roof. In the center of the main facade's roof slope, is a double dormer. Rectangular panels containing oval, stain glass windows, appear on the first floor of the north and south walls. - Iups Fom 108000 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 91. Waltham Gas and Electric Company Generating Plant Entered in the National Register 92. Waltham High School Entered 1n National Register Date/Signature FKeopr AebunBegen qfas Attest_ fokeeper AulouByun 9/20/65 Attest 93. Waltham Water Works Shop Warren, Nathan, House Subatantive RevieR Jakeeper 6 Aelmeyan 9/25/59 Attest J Keepery Bitkt arge 3/9/90 95. Wellington, Benjamin, House Entered in the National Register 96. Wellington, William, House Entered in tbe National Ragistar 97. Wellington--Castner House Aouaoina 98. Wetherbee House Entered in the National Register 99. White, Warren, House Entered in the Natlonal Ragister 100.
Whitney--Farrington--Cook House Attest fReeper AulrerAzas 9/25/89 Attest foxeeper@elam/Byen 9/2564 Attest fakeeper SeloeAyen 9/2864 Attest fokoopr ShlruSyeu 9/28164 Attest fotcopor AelvurByan 9/244 Attest farkeoper Aheloubyun 9/24/69 Attest R**9?1?
Nuiind Hcistan UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Wetherbee 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: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001575 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT _RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N REJECT 2/28/89 DATE Entored in thi lational Registe: 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 OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps _photographs presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date 357 Crescent st Wetherbee House waltham, tha MRN MHC #32 357 cuscent st.
STEVEN GYURINA 351 Grescent sti waltham, Ma. Wetherboe Hous WALTIIAM, MA MIZW MItC #32 351 Crercent st. STEVEN GYURINA 351 Crescentst. wzlthom, M8. MRA Mtc #32 Wetherbee Hes STEVEN GYURINA WALTHAM, MA MRA Frank W. Wetherbee House #32 357 Crescent Street 1" = 100' 1975; updated to 1987 Waltham Engineering Dept. lot #76-8-7 719 0298 o9 85.05 54.63 18 3025 103.56 16 308-310 CRESCENT 182.4 -* 125(d)2 145.54 {145(s) 00-42 133.41 1.83 25 COVE 7 50 80 85-18 100 TOO 5 73 S7 v04|663 90| 187 ST. 150 150 120x- 80 193 M190-188 100 9 4 100 9 75 80 40 80 195- 73.91 150 39.09 23 SO 10 80 199-197 90 1.91~ 9-13 7 100 /90-234 62 700 150 5 CO 41 6 80 8 T.
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