Nomination for Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex

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/09- OMB No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form MAR 2 01990 6/18/20 NATIONAL REGISTER This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1.

Name of Property historic name Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex other names/site number 2. Location street & number city, town state 435 Mount Vernon Street Boston, (Dorchester) Massachusetts code 025 county Suffolk N/A not for publication N/A vicinity code 025 zip code 02125 3. Classification Ownership of Property private public-local public-State public-Federal Category ofProperty X building(s) district site structure object Name of related multiple property listing: Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing _3 1 buildings _sites - structures objects 1 _Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register.

N/A State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, 1hereby certify that this nomination [ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the NationalRegister of HistoricPlaces and meets theproceduraland professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ] see continuation sheet. dlne (almes sune. 11,1990 Signature of certifying official Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Date Commission; State Historic Preservation Officer State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property -meets does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5.

National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. Bith Savage 8/2/90 removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) for signature of the Keeper Date of Action 6. Function or Use Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Boston (Dorchester), Massachusetts Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Government: Public Works Government: Public Works 7.

Description030 Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Romanesque Revival Queen Anne Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation walls Stone: Granite Stone: Granite roof other Asphalt Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Calf Pasture Pumping Station is located on Columbia Point, a 350 acre peninsula, two miles south of Boston in the neighborhood of Dorchester. The pumping station and two related outbuildings, a gate house and shaft entrance, share a 9.5 acre lot and face northeast onto Dorchester Bay. The landscape of the peninsula is generally flat, with the exception of a hilly area to the east of the pumping station. A modern building, the switch house, is located north of the pumping station complex, and is not included in the nomination. Columbia Point was the landing place in Dorchester for Puritan Settlers.

Native Americans called the site "Mattaponnock" - Between 1630 and 1869, the marshlands of the peninsula were used as a cow or "calf pasture." Its land mass originally totalled only 14 acres; however, numerous landfills from the mid-19th through the mid-20th centuries have increased the acreage to its present size, 350 acres. Calf Pasture's pumping station shares Columbia Point with several notable buildings. To the northwest is the recently renovated Harbor Point Complex, originally built in 1953 as one of the nation's first public housing projects, it is now a mixed income development. Calf Pasture's rear facade faces the University of Massachusetts Boston Harbor Campus, constructed in 1970. It is a large red brick complex which has a total of 1.6 million square feet of classrooms, offices and recreation space. In 1979, the John F. Kennedy Library was constructed from designs by I.M.

Pei and Associates. The dramatic white concrete and glass structure stands at the eastern tip of Columbia Point, facing Dorchester Bay. Finally, the Massachusetts Archives building, designed by Jim Batchelor and completed in 1986, is located to the east of the Pumping Station. This structure houses the Commonwealth Museum, the State Records Center and the Central Micrographics unit. The plan of the structure is I-shaped. The engine room, the main section, measures 201 feet by 72 feet. The boiler room, an ell off of the engine room, measures 80 feet by 60 feet. The main elevation is divided into 5 sections, arranged in a step fashion. The lowest sections are 23 feet high and are on the outside. The intermediate sections measure 45 feet while the center section is 84 feet.

[X] See continuation sheet NPS Form 10-000 (6-00) United States Department of the Interlor NationalPark Service Natlonal Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Apprevel Ne. 1084-0010 Sectlon number - Page - Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Boston, (Dorchester), Massachusetts The central section has a very steeply pitched gable-on-hip roof; the roof on the four remaining sections is flat. Copper flashing is evident on the main facade. This central section on both the front and rear elevations is framed by narrow castellated turrets which functioned as ventilators for the steam driven pumps- The gable-on-gable roof on the one story ell, which served as a boiler room, features a row of clerestory windows. The exterior wallsare constructed of rough cut, rock faced granite.

Dark colored granite is used for most of the exterior; light granite is used to highlight certain architectural elements. Decorative detailing in lighter granite includes the belt courses, window and door frames and the castellated cornice. The central section of the main elevation has two plaques; the one to the left reading "B.I.S." (Boston Improved Sewer), and the one to the right with the construction date, 1883. A11 original granite appears to be intact and in excellent condition. However, years of accumulated dirt hide the polychromatic scheme. The structure's foundation is made of granite. The structure is articulated by round arch and rectangular windows, spaced evenly throughout the elevations. The central section of the main elevation is dominated by a huge round arch window, measuring 26 feet in diameter.

This window is set directly above the large double doors which serve as the main entrance. The outer, one story sections each contain four rectangular windows. The fenestration of the rear elevation is similar to the front. This pattern continues on the sides of the lower section. A prominent belt course at the second story of the central section becomes the cornice line of the intermediate section. It is highlighted by rough cut, exagerated dentils, giving the structure a castle-like appearance. Enhancing that sense are the castellated turrets which rise above the cornice line. The ell housing the boiler room is one story with long rectangular windows along its length. A round arch loading bay is placed at the center of the ell. Remnants of the coal room, partially demolished in the 1940s, are clearly evident at the rear of the ell.

The gatehouse and filth hoist is a compact one story rectangular structure with a hipped roof. Copper flashing is visible on all elevations. It is constructed of rough hewn granite in a style similar to the pumping station. Each elevation, with the exception of the main elevation, is dominated by two large, round arch windows. The main elevation has a door in place of one window. A granite chimney rises above the cornice line. The west shaft entrance is a rectangular building with a hipped roof. The rectangular structure has two windows on each side bay, one window on one end (continued) NP& Form 10-000-e (8-00) United States Department of theInterlor NationalPark Service Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet OMB Apprevel Ne. 1084-0010 Sectlon number _ Page _ Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Boston, (Dorchester), Massachusetts bay and a door on the other.

Unlike the other structures, it is built of brick with granite accents. Granite voissoirs over the round arch windows, a heavy granite beltcourse and clasping buttresses highlight the exterior. The interior of the main engine room is large and spacious. Above the floor level are several wrought iron catwalks supported by decorative iron brackets. Reached by circular stairs in the turrets, these were originally constructed so that the steam pumps could be serviced. The engine room has partial flooring at the grade level; stairs lead down to where the pumps are now located, below grade. The interior features decorative red and buff brickwork in the upper central section of the engine room. The only category of archaeological resources that may be present at the Calf Pasture Pumping Station property is prehistoric.

Prehistoric archaeological resources may be covered by landfill at the site, but no archaeological survey has yet been conducted. There is no specific documentation for potentially significant historic period archaeological remains. A survey of 17th century archaeological resources of Dorchester (Boston University, 1979) and the Pelham Map of 1775 indicate no structures in the location of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station site. In 1968, the majority of the windows were bricked in to prevent vandalism. Since that time, the rear coal storage room collapsed and was removed. A brick wall was erected at the end of the adjacent boiler room. In general, the structure has not been well maintained, evidenced in a leaking roof and rusting ironwork. Exterior and interior walls require cleaning as they have lost the distinction between light and darker colored granite.

Access to the pumping station is from Mount Vernon Street through the Harbor Point development, and via the University of Massachusetts access road which provides a route to all buildings on the eastern side of Columbia Road from Morrissey Boulevard. (end) 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Boston (Dorchester) y Massachusetts Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: nationally statewide X|locally Applicable National Register Criteria C Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) A C Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Architecture Community Planning and Development Engineering Invention D D E G Period of Significance 1883-1905 Significant Dates 1883 1905 Cultural Affiliation N/A Significant Person N/A Architect/Builder Clough, George Albert State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The significance of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station is manifold.

Historically, it is the first sewage pumping station in Boston, and represents the city's first major effort to establish a comprehensive public sewage system. It is an excellent example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, designed by City architect, George Clough and represents an evolving industrial building type to house innovative equipment. The pumping station is the only remaining 19th century building on Columbia Point. Calf Pasture Pumping Station retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and therefore meets Criterion A and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level.

In 1872, the Board of Health for the City of Boston reported that "large territories have been at once and frequently enveloped in an atmosphere of stench so strong as to arouse the sleeping, terrify the weak and nauseate and exasperate everybody." - Such conditions were prevalent in post-Civil War American cities with the increase of immigrant populations, living in close cramped quarters. Cholera and typhoid were two diseases which threatened the residents of poorer sections of the city as the public drinking water was contaminated by private sewer disposal pipes. With specific reference to the North End, a report entitled "The Sewage of Boston" found that this neighborhood had many "open mouthed" cesspools.

Consequently, the report wrote, "no dispensary physician who has (the haymarket) district can have failed to notice the deleterious influence of such conditions upon the health of people who are absolutely powerless to help themselves." Joseph P. Davis, the City Engineer, was sent to Europe in September, 1876, to examine the sewage systems of other major cities. After his return in 1878, he presented detailed suggestions for Boston's new system. Davis' plan recommended that all established sewer pipes be connected to a central, but distant point via a series of intermediate connecting pipes. At that central location, sewage would be pumped through pipes to holding tanks on Moon island and then discharged into the ocean with the retreating tide. See continuation sheet 9.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References Archives, Boston Water and Sewer Conmission, Boston, Mass. Collection of drawings of Calf Pasture Pumping Station -Collection of Photographs -Collection of maps explaining history of sewers in Boston Book Clark, Eliot C., Main Drainage Works of the City of Boston, Boston, Rockwell and Churchill, 1885. Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination ofindividuallisting(36CFR 67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of property 9.5 Acres UTM References A 1,9 Zone [3|3,24 0 Easting 14,68,63,5,0 Northing x See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: X State historic preservation office Other State agency Federal agency X Local government University Other Specify repository: Massachusetts Historical Commission Boston Landmarks Commission Zone Easting Northing D See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description The nominated property conforms to the city of Boston Tax Assessor's parcel number 3413, Ward 13, Precinct 3. See continuation sheet Boundary Justification The bounaries for this complex encompass the pumping station and its gate/filth hoist house, both of which have historically fallen within the boundaries of this complex.

A third structure which covered the west Shaft is no longer within the complex's parcel but is connected to the parcel via underground property rights. The parcel of land belonging to the pumping station complex was once much larger but has since been subdiviced. See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By name/title- Katherine L. Kottaridis, Boston Landmarks Commission, with Betsy organization NR Director, Mass. Historical Commission _dateFebruary 3, street & number- 80 boylston Street telephone 617-727-8470 Boston city or town state Massachusetts zip code 02116 NP& Form 10-000-e United States Department of the Interlor NationalPark Service Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No.

1084-0010 Sectlon number Page _ Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Boston, (Dorchester), Massachusetts The Boston Improved Sewage Commission decided that the Old Harbor Point in Dorchester, with its salt marshes, low land values and remote location would be an ideal site for this main drainage center. The Old Harbor Point provided an intermediate route to Moon Island in Dorchester Bay, where sewage was to be stored until it could be released with the outgoing tide. In addition, it was close to the ocean, allowing coal-filled barges to have easy access to the building- Therefore, as planned, the Calf Pasture Pumping Station was built at the 0ld Harbor Point as the keystone of the sewage disposal network known as the Boston Improved Sewage System. Between 1875 and 1883, a series of citywide intercepting sewers were built to receive sewage from existing pipes.

The new sewage system, including two pumping engines cost $6,551,064. The two great steam pumping engines were designed by Erasmus D. Leavitt of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. Both engines raised sewage to 35 feet, a height which caused the sewage to flow to Moon Island by gravity. The Leavitt Pumps were the world's largest at the time, their fly wheels each weighing 72.5 tons and measuring 50 feet in diameter. In April, 1882, the City Council was petitioned to allot extra funding to construct a pumphouse of fireproof quality to house this large equipment. The City Architect's department was given this commission and $300,000 was allocated to the construction and design. As designed, the layout consisted of an engine room, a coal room and two boiler rooms. The boiler rooms connected the larger engine and coal rooms, and thus created a square plan with a central courtyard.

However, only the large engine room, one boiler room and a.coal shed were built, hence the structure was shaped like an I rather than being square. The structure had been designed to accommodate eight pumps with boilers. On January 1, 1884, when the station began pumping, only two pumps were in place. At that time, only three quaters of the engine room had been constructed. The northeast wing was added in 1905. The plans for the Calf Pasture Pumping Station are dated August 1, 1881; when the structure was completed in 1883, several designed elements were not included. Originally the four turrets were designed with conical towers; however, they were built with castellated tops, most likely to accommodate a steam release ventilation system. The roof was more steeply pitched in the original design, and there was more detailing and articulation of the stone work.

At its completion in 1905, the Calf Pasture Pumping Station was a dramatic sight at Old Harbor Point. Its heavy proportions and castle-like silhouette dominated the slim peninsula. A gatehouse of compatible design and materials (continued) NPS Porm10-800-0 United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel Ne. 1084-0018 Sectlon number. Page - Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Boston, (Dorchester), Massachusetts was built at the northwest side of the pumping station to house gates that controlled the flow of sewage into the station. The gatehouse also contained the filth hoists which measured the height of the sewage coming from the pipes to the pumping station and also screened the sewage for solids. Another smaller structure, an entrance to the West Shaft, lies east of the pumping stations, along water's edge.

A very narrow peninsula once stretched from the pumping station to this small building, but the area has since been landfilled. The structure covers the west shaft, which was used as an access way to the underground tunnel that carried sewage from Calf Pasture to Moon Island. This entrance allowed workers on small barges to scrape sludge from the bottom of the tunnel. The plan and elevation of the structure indicates the functions which occur inside. The roof height is lower where two Worthington pumps, used in case of heavy rainfall, were originally placed, and taller to accommodate the Leavitt pumps. The decorative castellated turrets served as ventilation units, and the many windows provided adequate lighting for all areas on the interior. Stylistically, the Calf Pasture Pumping Station responds to the eclectic nature of architectural design in the late 19th century.

The steeply pitched roof and crenellated turrets appear to be inspired by medieval architecture whose elements were often used in the Queen Anne style. Also evident is the influence of Henry Hobson Richardson's Romanesque Revival style. A1though lacking the polychromatic stonework, the structure's predominant features including supporting arches, rough cut granite and the heavy proportions indicate Richardson's influence. In his book American City Planning, Mel Scott wrote that by 1915, Boston "had park, water supply and sanitation systems unmatched in the entire nation." Within 35 years of its construction, the Calf Pasture Pumping Station was the keystone of a sewage disposal system that was a model for the rest of the country.

The architectural significance of the Pumping Station has often been overshadowed by the industrial importance of the complex, as Boston's first sewage pumping station. The designer of the pumping station, City Architect, George Albert Clough, had previously designed parts of the fresh water system for Chestnut Hill and Framingham. Clough was born on March 27, 1843, in Blue Hill Maine. He attended Blue Hill Academy and worked as a draftsman for his father, Asa Clough, a shipbuilder. In 1863, after his father's death, Clough went to Boston to study architecture in the office of Snell and Gregerson. He stayed with the firm until 1869 when he opened his own office in the City of Boston. An 1897 directory of Maine (continued) NP& Porm10-800- OMB Approvel Ne.

1084-0018 United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuatlon Sheet Section number - Page - Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Boston, (Dorchester), Massachusetts business professionals, Men of Progress, wrote of Clough: "his lifelong and thorough training, combined with his natural aptitude for the profession, made him successful from the start." Clough was appointed Boston's first City Architect in 1874, five years after leaving the firm of Snell and Gregerson. Under his ten-year direction of that office, Clough was responsible for an extensive number of public structures in Boston including the Latin and English High School, the Suffolk County Courthouse, the Prince School on Newbury Street, and the Congress Street Fire Station in the Fort Point Channel.

He also provided the first plans accepted by the trustees of the Boston Public Library in 1880 and carried out the first restoration of the State House in 1881. Clough designed 85 school buildings in Maine, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. The Calf Pasture Pumping Station appears to have brought an end to Clough's term as City Architect. City Council records consistently indicated that the construction of the pumping station should be carried out by laborers from the City of Boston. Clough created controversy when he dismissed all masons working on the project, claiming they were actually from Maine. He replaced them with men of his own choice; the City Council felt these men were poor craftsmen. The City Aldermen believed that the fired men were from Boston, and not Maine as Clough contended.

After being removed from his position as City Architect, Clough resumed his private practice with an office at 53 Tremont Street. He designed numerous public buildings and homes in Blue Hill, Maine. In 1905, Clough established firm called Clough and Wardner, which designed several homes in Boston and Brookline. Clough died in Brookline, Massachusetts in January, 1911. In 1940, one of the two Leavitt pumps cracked. As a result both the Leavitt and the Worthingon pumps were dismantled and removed. The entire system was changed from steam power to electric power. Today, the interior of the Pumping Station does not retain any of its historically significant engineering equipment, although the gatehouse retains its original filth hoist apparatus. After the 1940s, the station no longer required the enormous space designed to house the pumps and the coal room was no longer necessary.

When the roof of the coal room collapsed in 1946, this section was demolished. In 1954, after numerous break-ins, the building's windows were bricked up. Until 1968, Calf Pasture Pumping Station was the system's headworks, handling all of the city's sewage. A new sewage treatment plant was constructed on Deer Island in Boston Harbor in 1968. A new headworks near Columbia Circle was constructed as the primary gatherer of sewage to be transported to the new treatment plant. The new system proved to be inadequate, requiring that Calf Pasture and Moon Island (continued) NPS Form10-000 (6-86) Unlted States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel Ne. 1084-0010 Section number - Page - Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Boston, (Dorchester), Massachusetts remain open, on a stand-by basis, in case of heavy rains.

Although little maintenance has been done in recent years, the Calf Pasture Pumping Station is reported to be structurally sound. Administration of the pumping station passed from the Boston Improved Sewage Commission to the City's Street Department, later the Public Works Department. Sewage treatment and disposal were operated by Sewage Division of Public Works until 1977, when the Boston Water and Sewer Commission was established. At present, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission owns and operates Calf Pasture Pumping Station. With the new efforts of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to clean up Boston Harbor and update the Deer Island facilities, it is expected that the Calf Pasture Pumping Station will no longer be needed. (end) NPSForm10-600-1 (1-00) OMB Apprevel No.

1084-0018 United States Department of theInterlor NationalPark Service Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuatlon Sheet Sectlon number - Page - Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Roston (Dorchester) Massachusetts 9. Major Bibliographical References (cont.) Eliot, Samuel A., Biographical History of Massachusetts, Volume 3, Boston, Massachusetts Biographical Society, 1911. Herndon, Richard, Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the State of Maine, Boston, New England Magazine, 1897. Warner, Sam Bass, Streetcar Suburbs, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1978. Periodicals Engineering News, February 17, 1883. Obituary of George Clough, Ellsworth (Maine) American, January 11, 1911, p.6. Society for Industrial Archaeology, Thirteenth Annual Conference Tour Brochure: South Boston, Quincy, and Dorchester, Boston, 1984.

Reports Boston City Council, Reports for the Municipal Years 1876, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1883, Boston, Rockwel1 and Churchill. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Calf Pasture/Moon Island Feasibility Study Fact Sheet, Boston, April 25, 1986. , Report of the Combined Sewerage Overflow Scheduling, Boston, February 27, 1987. University of Massachusetts at Boston, Pumphouse Advisory Committee, The Pumphouse: A Proposal to Recycle the Calf Pasture Pumping Station at Columbia Point as a Community/University Center, 1975. Weidlinger Associates, Structural Evaluation of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station, Cambridge, 1983. AREY MOUNT VERNON STREET GATE HOUSEI FILTH HOIST CITY SEWER PUMPING UMASS ACCESS Calf Pasture Pumping Station 435 Mount Vernon Street Dorchester (Boston), Mass.

Boston Redevelopmet- Authority Map Numbers 17N-15E, 18N-14E, 18N-15E, 17N-14E Scale: 1" = 100' ROAD ATION DORCHESTER BAY NEW SEWS PUMPING ,STATION HARL .E S CITY OF BOSTON, MAIN DRAINAGE. PLAN SHOWING MAIN, INTERCEPTING & OUTFALL SEWERS AND OLD SEWER OUTLETS SCALE. MILE H COMMON HOMPSON'S ISI GALF SQUANTUM SAVIN HILL COLONY DUOLE RY U E B OMNERCIA POINT R x CITY OF BOSTON. IMPROVED SEWERAGE MAIN INTERCEPTING SEWER LAND PLAN. COPY -Scole: 100 ft. to an inch Aug. 1830. Nore:Coped irsmpbn mods hu Ennt C. Ciartc Oct 10,1577 anoiplonsmeor hy Wruochion Mgu and Junclisas 15/-38 1292...100 urs. LAND TAKENFRUM Old Calaly Whori Co Oliver es.Soryord, Jonn Halay, Richard !V Husted. [ Ouar S Sanviar Olvar S.Sanfor HEET *41 DO la MAIN SEWER MO- CITY OF BOSTON MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS PUMPING STATION. 21° 20 30 40 50 80 70 g0 g0 1goFT. " " " "

FORCE MAINS ENCINE HOUs' WORTHINGTON FOR SHORME PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BUILDINGS COAL CO CHIMNEY BIN BIN COAL COAL HOUSE BIN I ELEVATED COAL IX _DE POSIT SEWERS DOCK BOSTON MAIN DRAINAGE, LEAVITT PUMPING -ENGINE.. SCALE NPS Form 10-900-a (6-88) United States Department oftheInterior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Section number - Page SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD NRIS Reference Number: 90001095 Date Listed: 08/02/90 Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex Property Name N/A Multiple Name Suffolk County MA State This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included in the nomination documentation.

fa signctuke of the Keeper 8/2/90 Date of Action Amended Items in Nomination: 4. State/Federal Agency Certification: As clarified when resubmitted, the property is owned by the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, a public entity; thus, under public ownership the requested action is on a nomination, not a determination of eligibility. This information was confirmed with Ann Tait, MASHPO, by telephone.

DISTRIBUTION: National Register property file Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex Suffolk County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: sample _request Reviewer's comments: Deinutly mi- mut on pentin, het appeal Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: _ Action: _ACCEPT RETURN _ REJECT Federal Agency: - 3-20-90 3/22/90 -NR decision Recom./Criteria Reviewer _ Discipline_ Date - - see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Status Present Use Public Acquisition Accessible 2.

Omner of Propery) Da BWYSC a private ouner? Peea 5. Location of Legal Description os puerid,i tn 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? not a DoE aa nou yes _ no indicated, please revreo. 7. Description Condition _ excellent good fair - deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one -unaltered Laltered Check one -original site - moved date _ Describe the present and original (if knowm) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection 8. Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect 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 9.

Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national state State Historfc Preservation Officer signature _local Plase sign t date title date 13. Other - Maps - Photographs - Other Questions concerning this nomination may.

be directed to - Signed - lgyer - Date 3/22/90 - Phone: 202-343-9553 GPO 91 Commentsfor any item may be continued on an attached sheet UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Suffolk DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 6/18/90 7/19/90 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 7/03/90 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 8/02/90 REFERENCE NUMBER: 90001095 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N OTHER: PDIL: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N N PERIOD: N N SLR DRAFT: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 8/2/90 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: hocally significant Richardsoniaa pense by Ciry aclitea ose clon setim desiguedstructed RECOM.

/CRITE aceept a4c REVIEWER S DISCIPLINE DATE_ avsetmal History 5290 DOCUMENTATION see attached comments y/N see attached SLR 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 OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone presentation Signed Date Olf Pastuve Rmpin Massachuseit shaft cover Dorchester (Boston), KuthenneL.

Kettaridis Nengative tocated at Boston Lanelmarks commission camera faung east Calf Pastive Pumpine Staton, 435 Mt. Vermonsr. Dorchester (Boston, Massachusetb Katherine: L. Kottaridis Febnary 1988 Negativé Located at Boston Landmarks Commission camera facing eests north Calf Pasture Pumping Station, 435 Mt. Vernon Dorchester (Boston), Massachuselte atherine L. Kottavidie February1988 Negative Locaked.at Boston Landmarks Commission Interior Ceiling Carf Pusture Pumping Station, 435 Mt. Verna Dorchester (Boston), Massachuselts Kotherine L. Kottaridís Eelrvary 1988 Negative Located at Boston Landmarks commission Interior, Camera facing southweste Calf Pasture Pumping Station Garhouse/ futhhois Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts raTherine L: Kottaridis elruary 1960 Neçative Loiated at beston Lanelmarkes Commission camera faiing nortnwes t CALF PASTURE PUMPING STATION, 435 MOUNTVERNON ST.

DORCHESTER(BUSTON) , -ATHERINE L. KOTTARIDIS FEBRUARY 1988 NEGATIVE LOCATED AT BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION INTERIOR, CAMERA FACINE SOUTHWEST CALF PABTURE PUMDINE STATION, 435 MT Vernon Dorchester (Boston), Massachuselts Katherine 1986 Kottaridis alruary Negative localed at Boston Landmarks commission camera facing east - VICINITY PLAN- CALF PASTURE UMPING STATION 400 UFR LIBRARY 24 OLD HARBOR ALF PASTUR UMPING STATIO HARBOR HERIDE TILT DEVELOPMENT WEST SHAFT STATE/ARCHIVEE BUILDING TUNN. OF MASS. MAR 2 0 1990 NATIONAL REGISTER *COMMISSIONT GSE BETT CRACHOAT * 1 Comnon eatih 10 ke) March 1, 1990 Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms.

Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination: Calf Pasture Pumping Station, 435 Mount Vernon Street, Boston (Dorchester), Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02125. There has been one owner objection for the property located at 435 Mount Vernon Street. The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination form. Sincerely, Setey Fredkery Betsy riedber National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosure: Massachusetts Historical Commission, Valerie A.

Talmage, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary REOUOUEO JUN 1 8 1990 NATIONAL REGISTER * * COMMISSIONA GT BETH CRACHAT 1 Coronivatih v k4l) June 8, 1990 Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Please find the Calf Pasture PumpingStation ComplexNational Register Nomination which was returned on 3/22/90. All corrections have been made for resubmission. Sincerely, Betay Fredkeng Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosure: Massachusetts Historical Commission, Valerie A.

Talmage, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary - Boston Water Sewer Commi: 425 Summer Stree Boston, MA 02210- 617-330-9400 Fax 617-330-5167 Please dixand tre previonaly sent letter - We inadvententey sent an un-notarized copy. Trank you. 8 There are any question, plea aul Elisaspero uaat 617-330- 9400x414 Ms. Carol D. Shull Chief of Registration National Register National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 RE: Nomination of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex 435 Mount Vernon St., Boston, Suffolk County, MA Dear Ms. Shull: This letter is in response to the notice published in the Federal Register, Vol. 55, No.

128 dated July 3, 1990 regarding the nomination of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station for listing in the National Register. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission (the BWSC) is the owner of the subject pumping station, commonly referred to as "Calf Pasture." After reviewing the situation at great length, the BWSC reluctantly concluded that it must oppose the proposed nomination. Pursuant to statute, the BWSC is the owner and operator of the City of Boston's water and sewer systems. Much of our property may be endowed with historical significance, and we are dedicated to its preservation and enhancement, as appropriate. However, we believe that 1isting calt pasture in the National Register, and thereby the State Register, is not advisable at this time.

Although the BWSC owns Calf Pasture, the facility is part of the regional sewerage collection, treatment, and disposal system which is owned and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (the MWRA) - When the MWRA's Deer Island wastewater treatment plant either breaks down or becomes overloaded, a portion of the flow bound for the plant is diverted to Calf Pasture and pumped out to nearby Moon Island, where it is released through a combined sewer overflow into Boston Harbor. Nº 19:1990 1419-1090 Boston Water and Sewer Commission 425 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210-1700 617-330-9400 Fax 617-330-5167 July 13, 1990 Ms. Carol D. Shull Chief of Registration National Register National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 washington, DC 20013-7127 RE: Nomination of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex 435 Mount Vernon St., Boston, Suffolk County, MA Dear Ms.

Shull: This letter is in response to the notice published in the Federal Register, vol.55, No. 128 dated regarding the nomination of the calf Pasture Pumping Statlon for listing in the National Register. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission (the BWSC) is the owner of the subject pumping station, commonly referred to as "Calf Pasture." After reviewing the situation at great length, the BWSC has reluctantly concluded that it must oppose the proposed nomination. Pursuant to statute, the BWSC is the owner and operator of the City of Boston's water and sewer systems. Much of our property may be endowed with historical significance, and we are dedicated to its preservation and enhancement, as appropriate. However, we believe that listing Calt pasture in the National Register, and thereby the State Register, is not advisable at this time.

Although the BWSC owns Calf Pasture, the facility is part of the regional sewerage collection, treatment, and disposal system which owned and operated the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (the MWRA) - When the MWRA's Deer Island wastewater treatment plant either breaks down or becomes overloaded, a portion of the flow bound for the plant is diverted to Calf Pasture and pumped out to nearby Moon Island, where it is released through a combined sewer overflow into Boston Harbor. Ms. Carol Shull/July 13, 1990/p. 2 Because of the deleterious effects these discharges have on quality in Boston Harbor and Quincy Bay, the BWSC has done a great nafuects these water deal of work on its sewerage system in the past several years. As result of various system improvements, the Commission now believes that operation of Calf Pasture is no longer necessary.

The MWRA, however, still needs the pumping station for use as an emergency bypass and in peak volume situations. Accordingly, the BWSC has proposed to the MWRA the possibility of transferring operating control, maintenance and repair, or even ultimately ownership of Calf Pasture. This proposal is still under discussion between the two agencies. Complicating the issues surrounding the future of Calf Pasture is the pendency of federal court litigation concerning the pollution of Boston Harbor. Both the MWRA and BWSC are defendants in a court case (United States v. Metropolitan District Commission, et al., D.Mass. Civil Action No. 85-489-MA), aimed cleaning up Boston Harbor. A principal focus of the pending action is the elimination or treatment of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) such as those emanating from the use of Calf Pasture.

The MWRA is currently finalizing an extensive Facilities Plan and Environmental Impact Report to determine the best method of addressing combined sewer overflows. Calf Pasture may have a role to play in the combined sewer overflow remediation plan, or the MWRA may conclude that the pumping station has outlived its useful life and cannot be utilized. Listing Calf Pasture on the National Register at this juncture would unduly interfere with the delicate negotiations presently underway between the BWSC and the MWRA. Although it may be appropriate to consider listing the pumping station in the future, an action would be premature now, and could unnecessarily complicate the critically-important facilities planning process. The BWSC respectfully requests that the nomination of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex be denied at this time.

We would be happy to answer any questions you may have and we thank you for this opportunity to comment. Very telly yours), Robert Ciolek Executive Director Signed and sworn to before me this /3th day of July, 1990 Notary Public En Latichelk My sommission expizoslipail 24,492 AASOURCES AUTH MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY Charlestown Navy Yard 100 First Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02129 ASSACHUSKY July 17, 1990 Telephone: (617)242-6000 ECEIVE JUL 1 8 1990 NATIONAL REGISTER Ms. Carol D. Shull Chief of Registration National Register National Park Service 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 RE: Nomination of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex 435 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA Dear Ms. Shull: This letter is in response to the notice published in the Federal Register, Vol. 55, No.

128, dated July 3, 1990, regarding the nomination of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station for listing in the National Register. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is a regional provider of water and sewer services to approximately 50 communities in the greater Boston metropolitan area, including the City of Boston. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) , the city's water and sewer agency, is the present owner of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station, which is used to disinfect and pump combined sewage overflows (CSOs). The MWRA recognizes the significance of the Calf Pasture Pumping Station as an example of the major metropolitan sewerage works constructed in the latter part of the nineteenth century. However, for the near term, the MWRA has serious concerns about the implications of listing the Calf Pasture site on the National Register.

Some of these concerns are addressed in the BWSC's comment letter on this issue. A brief discussion of the background for CSO planning may be helpful in understanding the MWRA's short term concerns regarding the pump station. The MWRA has agreed in the federal court suit known as "the Boston Harbor Case" to take responsibility for controlling CSO discharges into Boston Harbor. The MWRA is about Ms. Carol D. Shull July 17, 1990 Page 2 to complete a facilities plan for long term control of Cso discharges, which will involve the construction of CSO control system including deep tunnels for storage and two pump stations. The MWRA had considered using land near the Calf Pasture Pump Station for one of these pump stations.

However, the MWRA has identified an alternative site, which has advantages over the Calf Pasture site, and it now appears unlikely that it will propose siting a new pump station near the existing facility. Moreover, it is also highly unlikely, under any if locating the facility at the alternative site were not feasible. This is because the cost of rehabilitating the facility consistent with its previous character is likely to be prohibitive and to cause undue hardship to the MWRA's ratepayers, who must fund construction of new CSO facilities. Put simply, it would be much cheaper to build a new facility, with architecture to compliment and enhance the historic station, than to use and the histor e restore the existing building.

Since there are other potential uses for the structure, the MWRA could not justify an investment in historic restoration in times of limited to nonexistent federal grants. This leads to the MWRA's short term concerns. As noted above, the Calf Pasture Pumping Station is one component of existing, but inadequate, CSO treatment facilities in Boston and other communities. The MWRA provides the BWSC with partial support for the operation of the pump station as a local CSO facility as part of its short term CSO control program. The MWRA's proposed Cso control system will not be operational for some time, possibly not before the year 2000. It is possible that the existing Calf Pasture Pump Station may be operated for minimal cso control during this interim period.

However, continued operation of the station for even a limited period would require substantial upgrading of the existing equipment in the station. Consideration of this temporary upgrade has not taken into account extraordinary costs that would be associated with a historic preservation or rehabilitation of the building. Even before considering such costs, the MWRA is concerned that even a functional upgrade of the facility would be too costly to be justified. In addition, historic rehabilitation is not necessary for the pump station to continue to operate. Further deterioration of the building certainly must be prevented by the owner, but the cost of rehabilitating the property is out of all proportion with its present, temporary value as a CSO treatment Ms. Carol D. Shull July 17, 1990 Page 3 facility.

It would be unreasonable to place the financial burden of such a rehabilitation on the ratepayers of the present owner of the pump station, the BWSC, or upon those of the MWRA, were the MWRA to agree to underwrite the temporary upgrade. In summary, the MWRA supports preservation of the Calf Pasture Pump Station. However, MWRA does not support its listing on the National Register at this time. In any event, historic rehabilitation should not be required until a long term use for the facility is identified. Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on this nomination. Please contact me, at (617) 241-6002, if you have any questions. Very truly yours, Oliitn bar Christopher J. Barnett Technical Manager reid MHtc 118/89@mb BFL NRfile Boston Water and Sewer Commission 425 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210-1700 617-330-9400 Fax 617-330-5167 November 6, 1989 BY HAND Ms. Valerie A.

Talmage Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 80 Boylston Street Boston, MA Re: Calf Pasture Pump Station 435 Mount Vernon Street Dorchester, MA Dear Ms. Talmage: The Boston Water and Sewer Commission ("BWSC") is the owner of a pumping station located Dorchester, at 435 Mount Vernon Street, that is known as the "Calf Pasture Pumping Station" and more commonly referred to as "Calf Pasture". By a letter dated September 6, 1989, you informed BWSC that Calf Pasture would be considered by the Massachusetts Historical Commission ("MHC") for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. BWSC understands that the MHC meeting to consider the proposed nomination will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 8, 1989. I ask that this statement be made a part of the record of that meeting.

After having reviewed Calf Pasture's present situation in great depth, BWSC has reluctantly concluded that we must oppose the proposed nomination. Pursuant to statute, BWSC is the owner and operator of the City of Boston's water and sewer systems. recognize that much of our property may be endowed with historical significance, and we are dedicated to the preservation and enhancement, as appropriate, of such property. We suspect however, that neither MHC nor the Boston Landmarks Commissior (which we have been told proposed Calf Pasture's nomination) is aware of the special factual circumstances of the facility. believe that those circumstances are inconsistent with nominating Calf Pasture to the National Register and thereby listing it on the State Register at present.

Although BWSC owns Calf Pasture, the facility is really used in the regional sewerage collection, treatment, and disposal system that is operated by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (the "MWRA"). When the MWRA"S Deer Island sewage treatment plant either breaks down or becomes overloaded, a portion of the flow bound for Deer Island is diverted to Calf Ms. Valerie A. Talmage November 6, 1989 Page 2 Pasture and pumped out to Moon Island, where it is released through a combined sewer overflow outfall into Boston Harbor. over the past decade, concern has been expressed that Calf Pasture pumping, which necessitates Moon Island discharges, has deleterious effect on shellfish flats and on water guality ir Boston Harbor and in Quincy Bay.

deal of work on its sewerage system, to arrive at the point where ieves Chat BWSC has therefore done a great BWSC now believes that further operation of Calf Pasture is no longer necessary, from BWSC's standpoint. The MWRA, however, is still in need of Calf Pasture, for use as an emergency bypass and in peak volume situations, when Deer Island is simply unable to accept all the sewage that should be routed to it. Accordingly, BWSC has recently proposed to the MWRA the possibility of transferring operating control, maintenance and repair, or even ultimately ownership of Calf Pasture. Although discussions of this topic are underway between BWSC and the MWRA, we do not expect a resolution until some time in 1990, at the earliest.

The principal reason why it will take so long to determine Calf Pasture's future is the pendency of federal court litigation concerning the pollution of Boston Harbor. Both e MWA n BWSC are defendants in a federal court case (United States V. Metropolitan District Commission, et al., D.Mass. Civil Action No. 85-489-MA) aimed at cleaning up Boston Harbor. It has been alleged that combined sewer overflows are a major factor contributing to the pollution of Boston Harbor, and a principal focus of the pending action is the elimination or treatment of combined sewer overflows such as those emanating from the use of Calf Pasture. There has never been a consensus as to the best method for collecting and treating combined sewer overflow.

The federal court has therefore reguired the MWRA to fund sweeping and highly technical "facilities planning" aimed at determining precisely how to treat combined sewer overflows throughout the MWRA sewer district. The facilities planning process now underway will have a major impact on the future of Calf Pasture. The final facilities plan will determine whether Calf Pasture has a role to play in the combined sewer overflow collection and treatment to be undertaken in the greater Boston metropolitan area. The final facilities plan may conclude that Calf Pasture has outlived its useful life and cannot be utilized in the pollution abatement activities Ms. Valerie A. Talmage November 6, 1989 Page 3 mapped out in the plan. It so, the plan may also conciude that. the Calf Pasture site is needed for other, state-of-the-art collection or treatment facilities.

To list Calf Pasture on the State Register at this juncture wouldunduly interfere with the delicate negotiations presently underway between BWSC and the MWRA and with the facilities planning process. If Calf Pasture is to remain a vital part of the greater metropolitan sewerage system, then it may later become appropriate to consider its listing. But such a listing would be premature now and could unnecessarily complicate facilties planning that must already address issues of abnormal complexity and great public importance. In sum, BWSC asks that MHC either reject or decline to act on the proposed Calf Pasture nomination. We believe that the matter can be far more profitably considered once the final Boston Harbor combined sewer overflow facilities plan has been published next year- Very truly yours, Paun A. fah Patricia A.

Fahy Acting Executive Director Signed and sworn to before me this 4TN day of November, 1989 Haree T huar Notary Public Ny COMGIESIOO EVPIM 6-15-95