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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 0/Vva216 AREA DEC 2 6 1989 FORM NO. 1637 Photo (3'x3" or 3 x5, black anc hite) Indicate address of property on back of photo. Staple to left side of form. Sketch Map: Draw map showing property's Tocation in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north Town Worcester Address 4 Harlow Street Historic Name Lars Petterson-James Reidy Three-Decker Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1910 Source Worcester House Directory Style Colonial Revival (Gambre1) Three-Decker Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric wood clapboard and shingle Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none See attached map.
Condition very good UTM REFERENCE 19/269710/4684810 USGS QUADRANGLE Worcester North SCALE 1:25,000 Moved Date Acreage less than 1/4 acre SettingEarly 20th century, urban, multi-family, residential street; in a row of three-deckers opposite Saint Bernard Church Recorded by Michael Steinitz Organization Clark University Date June 1980 Revised for MHC by Michael Steinitz-12/88 NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Lars Petterson-James Reidy Three-Decker possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant as a representative residence of the middle-class, streetcar suburb that developed along the Lincoln Street axis in the first decades of the 20th century. It is also an unusually well-preserved and well-detailed example of the gambrel-roof form of Colonial Revival style three-decker design of this period.
The Petterson-Reidy Three-Decker thus meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. Architecturally, 4 Harlow Street is a remarkably well-preserved, well- detailed example of the early form of gambrel-roof, Colonial Revival style three-deckers popular in Worcester. The house has the characteristic side- hall plan, and is clad in wood clapboard, with shingles in the gables. The first and second stories exhibit typical local Colonial Revival details. A two-tier porch on the asymmetrical main facade is supported by square posts and has open balustrades. The porch is flanked by a shallow, two-story bay window. A second, shallow bay window projects from the side wall.
third floor of the house is defined by the gambrel roof. On the main facade, the porch is defined by a semi-circular opening, and is flanked by a triple: window that takes the place of the bay window on the lower stories. Large, double cross-gable dormers project from the roof on the side elevations. The roof cornice overhang shelters modillion blocks. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Petterson-Reidy Three-Decker, like 2 and 6 Harlow Street, was built ca. 1910 as one of a half dozen houses developed in the Harlow Street area by Lars Petterson. A local contractor, Petterson owned more than a dozen houses in the Lincoln Street and Greendale neighborhoods. Petterson owned 4 Harlow Street through the early 1920s.
The northern part of the Lincoln Street area was developed in the first decades of the 20th century as a middle-class, streetcar suburb, with many white-collar and skilled-craft blue-collar employees choosing to live in this modestly fashionable,multi-family residential neighborhood. The earliest known residents of 4 Harlow included Mr. and Mrs. Leon Yatter and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Kendall. Tenants in 1920 included Irving Hunt, a salesman; Walter Cooke, a clerk at American Steel and Wire; and Samuel Papineau, a foreman. By 1924, the. house was owned by James Reidy, an electrician, who lived here. Tenants that year included Clarence Smith, an instructor for the Norton Company; and Benjamin Witmer, a manager. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Worcester Directory, Worcester House Directory, 1910, 1912,1916,1920,1924. I.J. Richards, Atlas of the City of Worcester, 1911, 1922. J.
Callahan et al., Worcester Three-Decker Survey, 1981. 8/85 (NPe Form 10800a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 126/87 Section number Page Worcester Three-Deckers. MRA Worcester Oounty, MASSACHUSETTS 61. Nelson, Christina, Three-Decker Entered in the National Register Date Listed 62. O'Brien, Richard, Three-Decker Intered in the Hational Regiater -Keeper Selou Bgur 242/10 Attest Exeepe AulruByar 49/50 Attest 63. O'Connor, James, Three-Decker Entered in tne #ational Begister Keeper Alelver Bozue 2110 64. O'Connor, James--John Trybowski Three-Decker Entered in the National Register Attest preeper Attest 65. Perry Avenue Historic District Subetantive Revienh Keeper SelunAyaa21414 Bitt Sange 02-09- 66.
Petterson, Lars--Ado1ph Carlson ThreeDeckee Entered 10 Hational Register Attest fReeper Attest f Keeper Ailmu Byur 219/50 b7. Petterson, Lars--Pred Gurney Three-Dedkl6 t.he Hational Register Aulou Byud 2/2k0 Attest 68. Petterson, Lars--Silas Archer Three-Decker intered in the #stionai Register 69. Petterson, Lars--James-R8idy Three-DeckeK the aatiopad Begister |Reeper LelmuDgud31770 Attest Keeper AlelmupSyur21etd Attest 10.
Providence Street Historic District intered in the fKeeper Mationad Regiater Attest AelouByar 219150 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Petterson, Lars--James Reidy Three-Decker NAME: MULTIPLE Worcester Three-Deckers MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester DATE RECEIVED: 12/26/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 1/25/90 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 1/09/90 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2/09/90 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 89002376 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: OPPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS:N N PDIL: PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 2/9/90 DATE Entered in the Natlonal Regieter 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 OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps photographs presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date werlester Twree Decko MRA LARS PETTERSON - JAMES THREE DECKER 4 HARLOW STREET WORCESTER, MA -MHC #163> Kodalux Proi ISSI ES CRESCENT 8.
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