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ISSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION ) BOYLSTON STREET ISTON, MA 02116 77 : 7 exteriox 77 : 10 1st floor right room summer 77 : 11 lst floor right summer Ict Map: 216 cacn EFERENCE QUADRANGLE Z E N 19 / 323-340 / 4712-550 Wilmington 1:25,000 - JAN 2 4 1990 94 - Town Wilmington Address 216 Wildwood St. 017 Historic Name Ephriam Buck House residential residentíal FORM NO. Use: Present Original DESCRIPTION Date c. 1704 Source doads ; vísual analysis Style -Eirst.Period. Architect N/A Exterior Wail Fabriccladboard Outbuildings 20th c. shed -.- Major Alterations (with dates) 18th c. half house; later 18th c. rear range, r00f Condition good Moved Date Acreage Setting less than one acre residential neighbörhood of -Primarily small, wood frame mid 20th c. houses - Recorded by J.
Kyprianos Organization Boston University Date May 1986 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORI CAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, Boston Canmmity : WILMINGTON Form No: 94 Property Name: Buck House Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. SIGNIFICANCE The Ephraim Buck House, dated by deeds to ca. 1704, shows only minimal physical evidence of its framing. The discovery of a flat chamfer seems to confirm the historical evidence, as do the room proportions themselves. As such, it qualifies for inclusion in the thematic group under Criterion D. It is likely to yield information about early 18th-century framing in this part of Middlesex County. about which little is known because of the low survival rate of buildings from this period.
EXTERIOR DESCRIPTION The Ephraim Buck House is now a two room deep, central chimney, five Originally, the house was one room deep, possibly built in two phases, to which was later added the rear range under a completely new roof. At the time of the rear additions a new chimney was located directly behind the site of the original chimney. MAJOR FIRST PERIOD FEATURES While the interior was completely remodeled with raised panels and the frame boxed, investigation of one of the longitudinal summer beams, in the first floor right hand room, exposed a flat-chamfered summer beneath the present boxing. No stop could be determined in the investigation. The transverse summer ties in the second floor are also boxed. The rooms, of 17.5' square on either side of the chimney bay, suggest the First Period as well, despite their otherwise boxed and paneled character on both stories.
It is not possible to fully determine whether the house was built originally as a single cell or double cell house, but the 12' wide entry suggests the width of an enlarged chimney bay. Staple to Inventory form at bottom NPS Form 10-000-e (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page. OMB Approvel No. 10240018 1/4/90 Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR State Nomination/Type of Review 81. White--Preston House Entered 1n thu Hationad Begister Date/Signature HReeper OeasuPyu 3/9/96 Attest 82. Whittemore House Entered in the Natlonal Begister VReeper peluusByen 3/9/90 Attest 83. Woodberry--Quarrels House Entered in the National Register Keper Aeßgen 3/9150 Attest 84. Woodbury, Peter, House 85.
Bacon, Stephen, House Entered in the Hatlonal Register Keeper Aelurußyan 3/9/50 Attest Entered in the Hatlonal Register CKeéper AilareaBgen 319/90 86. Bickford, John, House 87. Brewer, Moses, House 88. Brown--Stow House 89. Browne, Abraham, House 90. Buck, Ephraim, House Attest Entered in the : Hational Register Keeper Aelaregu 3/9/90 Attest Entered in the Hational Registox Entered in the National Register Ikeeper Aluressyu 3/9/92 Attest Ckeeper Llelvresgen 3/9150.
Attest antered in tne Hat1onnd Roglates CReeper Aheloußge 3/5/90 Attest Entered 1n the Mational Register /keeper Aleloresgen 319190 Attest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Buck, Ephraim, House NAME: MULTIPLE First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: 1/24/90 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 2/23/90 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 2/07/90 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 3/10/90 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 90000189 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N N PDIL: PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 3/2/4 ONTE 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 justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage verbal boundary description UTMS boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps USGS maps photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone _presentation Signed Date Ist fored Buldings of F.
Ma., TR Buck House 216 Uurldwora St wrlmington, MA 77-7 1985 wilmington, mA 216 Wildwood St. 77-10 Bucktouse 1st Poriad Buldings of E Ma., TR 1965 erlnengtr MA 216 Wildlood St Buck Itouse 77- (| Ist Porad Beldingo of E. Ma, TR 1985 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000281