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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. in relation to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate all buildings -atres Trineg il buteinatien between inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north See attached map. UTM REFERENCE 19/269960/4683700 USGS QUADRANGLE Worcester North SCALE 1:25,000 AREA DEC 2 6 1989 FORM NO. 1831 Town Worcester Address 146 Eastern Avenue Historic Name Erick Kaller Three-Decker Use: Present residential Original residential DESCRIPTION Date ca.
1894 Source Worcester House Directory Style Queen Anne Three-Decker Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric wood clapboard and cut shingl Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) porch balustrade repl;aced Condition verv good Moved Date Acreage less than 1/4 acre Setting Late 19th century, multi- family, residential street, in a row of similar three-deckers Recorded by Michael Steinitz Organizationfor MHC Date December 1988 NATIONALREGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Erick Kaller Three-Decker possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It is significant for its association with the Scandanavian, working-class, multi-family residential district that developed north of. Belmont Street in the late, 19th century.
It is also a remarkably well-preserved, well-detailed example of the early forms of Queen Anne style three-decker popular in Worcester during this period. The Kaller 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, 146 Eastern Avenue is a remarkably intact, well-detailed example of the Queen Anne style three-deckers popular locally in the 1890s. The house has the characteristic hip roof, side-hall plan, and side-wall jog. The asymmetrical main facade has an end bay entry with panelled double doors, sheltered by a projecting, single-story entry porch. The porch features turned posts and vine-pattern brackets. It is flanked by a three-story. projecting bay window.
The house is sheathed in wood clapboard, with shingle bands on the bay window. Paired brackets decorate the roof cornice overhang, with larger brackets in the corners. Windows have bracketed caps and 2/2 sash. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. The Kaller Three-Decker, built ca. 1894, was located in an early area of three-decker development on the hillslope north of Belmont Street, an area dominated during this period by families of Swedish, Finn-Swede and Finnish extraction. Many residents of the working-class neighborhood were employed at the nearby North Works of the Washburn and Moen Company (later American Steel and Wire), or in other local firms that employed skilled metal workers. The building at 146 Eastern Avenue was part of a row built ca. 1894.
The owner through 1910 was Erick J. Kaller, a wireworker who lived here and also owned adjacent 148 Eastern Avenue. Both houses were owned by the Kaller family through the 1920s. Tenants in 1894 included Fred Gavert, a wireworker; and Carl Carlson, a patternmaker. In 1900, tenants included August Gavert, a wireworker: Oscar Nelson, a wireworker; and E.M. Peterson, a biacksmith. Tenants in 1910 included Mrs. Sophie Berg, and John Nelson, a carpenter. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Worcester Directory, Worcester House Directory, 1894, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930. L.J. Richards, Atlas of the City of Worcester, 1896, 1911, 1922. J. Callahan et al., Worcester Three-Decker Survey, 1981. 8/85 100000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sectlon number.
Page _ Wörcester Three-Deckers MRA Worcester County, MASSACHUSETTS 41. Johnson, Paul, Three-Decker OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 12/26/89 Date Listed Entered in the Watloged Bogiatofkeeper AelumDyers 219/90 Attest 42. Kaller, Brick, Three-Decker (ntored t5 thetve.) HReeper HelareByen 2/9190 National Register Attest 43. Kaller, Erick, Three-Decker (148 Eastern Ave.) {Keeper antered in tne National Begister Attest Entered in the 44. Larson, Swan, Three-Decker sateodadBegister/Keeper Attest Nelaus Gyur 2/9190 AelueBgu =19/90 Entered in the 45. Levenson, Morris, Three-Decker National Register Keeper KelmaBogen341/90 Attest 46. Lumb, Thomas, JThree-Decker (80 Dewet :St.) Keeper Entered 1n the Hatiodai Hegistei Attest 47. Lumb, Thomas, Three-Decker (44 Winfield St.) Reeper Entered in the Hatlonad Register Attest SklmuBgen 2/9/56 AelmurBgen 3/9/50 48.
Lundberg, Charles, Three-Decker Entered in the Nat1onal Register Keeper DelauBgun 219/80 Attest 49. Magnuson, Charles, Ihree-Decker untered in the National Begister Keeper Selour Byen 74150 Attest 50.
Mark, John, Three-Decker Subataat Iva Borion for Keeper Betlot Sauge 22-0991 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Kaller, Erick, Three-Decker (146 Eactun) MULTIPLE Worcester Three-Deckers MRA NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 12/26/89 1/25/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 1/09/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2/09/90 REFERENCE NUMBER: 89002411 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT _RETURN REJECT 2/9/90.
_DATE Entered in the 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/0 justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource context _relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception _other : :SaVIAW MSU ATAG GMA2 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 49A SMMOO ERICK KALLER THRE 146 EASTERN AVE NORCESTER, MA MHC#1831 Worlesto Thezee Aecker 1 WORCESTER MAUSS, HOL S 309- m N-E.
Erick Kaller Three-Decker 146 Eastern Ave., Worcester MHC # 1831 308 HOOPER 2 00 ..a L=1 738 52006 EASTERN O N E 2 E KENDALL 2NCG HERRIFIELO BELMONT m cneuu8 {:1 310 22 CEEGS 150 75 750 L-N2. LEM CATHARINE 3 RODNEY TX:A: LI9PHTL- 310 2aPau Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000305