Major Bibliographical References Bibilography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: J preliminary determination of individual listing (36 X State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency J previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency J previously determined eligible by the National Register - Local government - University designated a National Historic Landmark -Other recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # Name of repository: Massachusetts Historical Commission - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Wilbur Fiske Haven House Name of Property 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of Property 10,794.5 square feet UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) 329189 Easting 4699160 Northing Middlesex County, MA County and State Zone 2 u Zone Easting - See continuation sheet Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By Edward W. Gordon, Preservation Consultant and Nanette Sorich, A.J.
Martini, Inc; name/title with Betsy Friedberg National Register Director, MHC organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission date October 1992 street & number 80 Boylston Street _ telephone _(617) 727-8470 state MA zip code _02116 city or town Boston Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) nameA. J. Martini, Inc. street & number 339 Pleasant Street city or town.
Malden _ telephone _(617) 322-8400 state_MA zip code 02148-0002 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate operties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obt benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _ 8 Page -1 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS 8.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE criterion A for its association with the development of the street car railroad in Malden, and criterion C as a well-preserved example of a high style Italianate-Second Empire residence. This house's first owner was Wilbur Fiske Haven, a well-to-do Boston hardware merchant. Wilbur Fiske Haven, along with several other family members figured prominently in the affairs of Methodism at the local, state, and national levels. For many years 339 Pleasant Street was known as the Bishop Haven House, because of the mistaken notion that Wilbur Fiske Haven's famous brother Bishop Gilbert Haven Jr. lived there. Gilbert Haven Jr., was nationally known abolitionist, champion of women's rights, foreign correspondent, religious newspaper editor and Methodist/Episcopal Bishop. Gilbert Haven Jr.
was one of the most learned and charismatic Protestant churchman of the Victorian era in the United States. Later owners and occupants included men and women whose achievements within and contributions to their respective fields further bolster this house's historical significance. From 1891-1900, the former Haven House was the home of regionally significant electric railway contractor William B. Ferguson. In addition to laying out hundreds of miles of electric railway tracks in Middlesex and Essex Counties, Mr. Ferguson was a major figure within Malden banking circles. During the early 1900s 339 Pleasant Street became part of Malden's "Doctors Row" with the tenancy of Dr. William Alvan Hitchcock, Jr. a Harvard Medical School educated eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist.
At its height in 1910, the segment of Pleasant Street's historical associations with Boston area early 20th century medicine was firmly established during the 1908-1929 ownership of Dr. Clarence H. Staples. He was a highly successful Obstetrician and Surgeon. Dr. Staples was the first physician and director of Malden's Contagious Hospital. Like the Havens, the Staples family was active in the affairs of the local Methodist church. Dr. Staple's wife, Ruth Clark Packard Staples, was a prominent figure within Malden charitable organizations and social clubs. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 8 Page - 2 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS 339 Pleasant Street also has significant historical associations with the Boston area's early to mid-20th century funeral business. From 1929 until 1980, two funeral homes were located in this building, resulting in the bulk of the alterations that this house has incurred on both its exterior and interior. From 1929 until 1951, 339 Pleasant Street contained the funeral business, and home of Andrew J. and Maude A. Cowan. The Cowan's adaptive reuse ce cho kat feont oe te Eenerat bone Induerry in lew Engl 1988 the old Haven residence continued to house a funeral business well as funeral directors living quarters under the ownership of Fred E. Sprague. During the 1950s, Mr. Sprague was General Chairman of the National Funeral Directors Association and President of the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association.
He was active in the affairs of the First Congregational Church and other local charitable organizations. Since 1988, 339 Pleasant Street has served as the corporate headquarters for A. J. Martini, Inc. General Contractors. Between May and December 1989, the Wilbur Fiske Haven House was the beneficiary of a sensitive and historically accurate restoration by A. J. Martini, Inc. Originally part of Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first houses in Malden were built on the north side of the Mystic River during the 1640s. Malden was incorporated as a separate town in 1649 and was named in honor of Maldon, England. By the mid-18th century a shift of civic focus occurred from Madison Street to a mill site near the Pleasant-Salem Streets axis at Malden Center.
For the first two hundred years of its history, Malden's economy was derived primarily trom agricultural pursuits until the rise of shoemaking during the 1830s and the coming of the Boston and Maine railroad through the town in 1849. Railway construction, in turn, triggered rapid industrialization and a a residential building boom in Malden. During the second half of the 19th century, Malden became widely known for the manufacturing of quality rubber shoes, chemicals, soap and flint paper. By ca. 1870, Elisha Converse's Boston Rubber Shoe Company was the towns largest manufacturer, employing 150 men and women and an annual product worth $450,000.00. Presently encompassing 5.1 square miles, Malden's territory was originally much larger having been reduced in size by the incorporation of Melrose and Everett as separate towns in 1850 and 1870, respectively.
Between 1850 and 1870, Malden's population more than doubled from 3,320 to 7,367. January 1867, a local newspaper editorial called for a municipal master plan that would require public rather than private street development, as well as (continued) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page - 3 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS the purchase of land for a new cemetery, park and reservoir. Malden, with a population of approximately 16,500 was incorporated as a city in 1881. By 1900, Malden's Boston Rubber Company had become the largest factory in the world for the manufacture of rubber shoes.
prosperity was also linked with paint and varnish manufacture, Wadsworth, Howland and Company; soap, Robinson Soap Factory, later Potter Drug; and linen fire hose, Charles Nieder's Sons. During the period 1915-1940, Malden experienced industrial decline but the city's population continued to expand, reaching 58,036 by 1930. Although there has been a slight decline since 1950, the figure has remained relatively stable since the Depression. Malden remains what it has long been, a good-sized city of comfortable middle class homes, just minutes away from downtown Boston by automobile or public transportation. The Wilbur Fiske Haven House was constructed ca. 1866-1867 by George Hanson Fall, a local carpenter/contractor. George Hanson Fall (1815-1880) was born in Lebanon, Maine on June 4, 1815.
He settled in nearby Lynn during the where "he learned a carpenters trade and began at once to build houses by contract" (Malden Mirror 7/10/1880). By ca. 1840, George H. Fall, along with his carpenter brothers Gershom L. and Sewall W. Fall, were living in George Hanson Fall is credited with the construction of the Greek Revival Malden Centre Methodist Church or "Second Church". This church was built in 1842 (no longer extant) from designs provided by Boston Architect Edward Shaw. He also built the dining room ell for Malden Center's O1d Harvard House (hotel), as well as seemingly numerous residences in Lynn and (hotoly, sae oih at goes Malden. Fall, a self-made man, was semi-retired from the building trades by ca. 1850 due to poor health and the inclination to become more invovled in local Methodist affairs, Abolitionism and Republican party politics.
He was chairman of the Malden Selectmen in 1858-1859 as well as the local bank and board of assessors, earning the sobriquet "watch dog of the treasury". Evidently, George Hanson Fall became acquainted with Wilbur Fiske Haven, 339 Pleasant Street's first owner, while serving on the board of the Second Methodist Church with Wilbur Haven's brother Gilbert Haven. 339 Pleasant Street was apparently one of Fall's few post 1850s construction projects. George Hanson Fall purchased a large lot containing 2,824 square feet on the north side of Pleasant Steet, to the west of Malden Center, from the Andover Savings Bank, in July, 1860. Fall followed the local mid-19th century development trend to purchase land for house lots on the west side of Malden Center, near the Boston and Maine railroad depot. By ca.
1865, 339 Pleasant Street's lot containing 9,911 square feet had been carved from Fall's larger parcel. The deed agreement between George H. Fall and Wilbur F. Haven dated March 1, 1866 (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _8 Page _4 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS does not mention the existence of buildings on the house lot. The low $2,000.00 purchase price for this property suggests that only the land and not a structure was for sale. in Malden's first business directory published in 1869. The listing reads "Wilbur F. Haven, hardware, 2 Washington Street, house Pleasant, corner Cedar". 339 Pleasant Street was built for well-to-do Boston hardware merchant Wilbur Fiske Haven.
The earliest description of this house appears in Haven's obituary dated March 30, 1872 (Malden Messenger). Haven's home is called "a monument to his (W.F. Haven's), artistic, almost aesthetic taste...... Everything about model house and its furnishings he saw clearly, months of a hammer was heard". Overtime, other substancial residences were built along and around Pleasant Street, west of the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks. By the mid 1870s, the Haven family's neighbors included Phillip S. Page, railroad supplier at 167 Pleasant Street, business at 24 Beach Street, Boston; Charles G. Fall, Attorney and son of builder George H. Fall and George P. Cox, last boot tree manufacturer who lived nearby at 12 Cox's Court. Wilbur Fiske Haven was born in Malden, Massachusetts, September 23, 1828. He was the eighth of ten children born to Squire Gilbert Haven and Hannah Burrill Haven.
Gilbert Haven Sr. was born at Framingham, Massachusetts in 1791, a sixth generation American whose ancestor, Richard, migrated to Massachusetts from England about 1644. Gilbert Haven, Sr. supported his family as a bookkeeper at a dye house, town clerk, and sub treasury in Boston. During the early 19th Century, Wilbur F. Haven's Ehe ban, at an unspecified position at the family lived "in an old-fashioned two-story house" at the foot of Waitt's Mountain near Spot Pond. The Haven family's long association with local Methodism began in 1821 when Gilbert Haven, Sr. left the Congregational Church to become a Methodist convert. Gilbert Haven, Sr. presided over Malden's bicentennial activities in 1849, writing and epic poem in honor of the occasion. Unlike his wife, Hannah Burrill Haven, Gilbert Haven, Sr. was born at East Abington (now Rockland), Massachusetts in 1789.
Her father, John Burrill served the army of General George Washington during the terrible winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge, PA. Hannah Haven was an avid reader, interested in permanent fixture within the Haven's Pleasant Street household until her death in 1885 at age 96. Wilbur F. Haven's career in the hardware trade began in 1850. He was one of Malden's early railway commuters, taking the Boston and Maine Railroad to his (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number 8 Page 5 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS job as a salesman with the Andrew J. Wilkinson Hardware store.
Established in 1842, the Wilkinson store was originally located at 2 Washington Street, near State Street and is still in business at 17 Union Street, Boston. At some point during the 1850s, he became a partner in the A.J. Wilkinson's Company. By 1870, this firm's stock encompassed "lathes, portable forges, anvils, drills, crucibles, wires of all kind" as well as "Railroad Machinery and Manufacturers Supplies", Undoubtedly, the original hardware within 339 Pleasant Street represents A.J. Wilkinson Company stock items. Wilbur F. Haven married Adeline P. Cox in 1853. Their son Frank Wilbur Haven was born in 1855. At the time of 339 Pleasant Streets completion, Wilbur Fiske Haven was in his mid-thirties.
In addition to his work as a hardware dealer, he was Superintendent of Malden's Methodist Sunday Schools (during the 1850s) and was also a talented singer who utilized his vocal abilities in church-related choral groups. Despite Wilbur Fiske Haven's accomplishments -- both vocational and avocational -- his talents were over-shadowed by those of his brother Gilbert. Gilbert Haven, Jr. was a nationally known champion of racial justice, an early advocate of women's rights, editor of an Episcopal Bishop. Shortly after the passage by Congress of the Compromise of 1850 which included a tough fugitive slave law, Gilbert Haven, Jr. began his career as an outspoken advocate of racial justice, delivering his famous "Higher Law" speech. During the Civil War, Gilbert Haven, Jr. served briefly as Chaplin of the Eight Massachusetts Regiment.
During the mid 1860s he was a newspaper correspondent in Europe, Egypt and Palestine for various American newspapers and magazines. In 1867 he secured a forum for his progressive political stands as editor of Zion's Herald, an influential Methodist Episcopal newspaper. In 1872 he was elevated to the Episcopacy, selecting Atlanta as his residence. For many years 339 Pleasant Street was mistakenly called "The Bishop Haven House" in honor of Wilbur F. Haven's nationally known brother, Gilbert Haven. Although Bishop Haven never owned this property he was undoubtedly a frequent guest in his brother's home and was among those present when Wilbur Fiske Haven died in 1872. From 1872 until 1891, 339 Pleasant Street was owned by Wilbur Fiske Haven's wife, Adeline P. Cox Haven. Like her husband, Mrs. Haven was a member of Malden's Second Methodist Society.
The Haven's son, Frank Wilbur Haven did not choose to assume ownership of 339 Pleasant Street, selling it instead to Willard B. Ferguson in 1891. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number 8 Page - 6 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS Willard B. Ferguson was an electric railroad contractor, real estate speculator and banker. Born Salem's old Naumkeag horse car line. Middlesex, Massachusetts counties. Williard B. Ferguson purchased 339 Pleasant Street at the height of his wealth and power. On June 1, 1891, Williard B. Ferguson and his wife, Etta Jeanette Coffin Ferguson purchased 339 Pleasant Street from the heirs of Adeline P. Haven for $15,000.00.
During the 1890s, 339 Pleasant Street, under Ferguson ownership was described as "the elegant estate of Cedar and Pleasant Streets" In addition to electric railway contracting, Mr. Ferguson served as president of the Malden Trust Company during the 1890s. Undoubtedly, 339 Pleasant Street's commodious halls and spacious, well-detailed parlors provided impressive settings for entertainments involving Ferguson's friends and associates affiliated with banking, contracting and the Republican Party. Unfortunately by 1900, the Ferguson's fell deeply into debt and were forced to sell the former Haven residence to the Athol Savings Bank, Athol, Massachusetts for $9,000.00. The Athol Savings Bank, in turn, evidently rented or leased the premises to Dr. William Alvan Hitchcock, Jr. of Malden, beginning in 1901 or 1902. The occupancy of Dr. William Alvan Hitchcock, Jr.
at 339 Pleasant Street marked the beginning of nearly 30 years of historical associations with the early 20th Century Boston area medical community. Dr. Hitchcock's occupancy (1901 or 1902 until 1908) was followed by the twenty-one year ownership of prominent obstetrician and surgeon Dr. Clarence H. Staples (1908-1929). Indeed, Pleasant Street beginning ca. 1890 was well on its way to being called "Doctors Row". In that year, three doctors maintained office/residence along Pleasant Street, between the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks and Elm Street. By 1900, the number of physicians had grown to five. By 1910 the afore-mentioned segment of Pleasant Street, west of the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks had truly become a "Doctors Row" with no less than nine physicians located along this stretch of Pleasant Street, including Drs. Arthur G.
Griffin at #195, Elmer Barron at #300, Godfrey Ryder at #321, Louis F. McCarthy at #322, Wilson E. Hunt at #332, George L. Farrell at #440, William H. McBain at #456 and Richard J.P. Goodwin at #481 as well as Clarence H. Staples at 339 Pleasant Street. By 1920, the number of physicians (continued) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 7 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS along this stretch of Pleasant Street had decreased from nine to six. Evidently, proximity to the Boston and Maine Railroad depot at Malden Center was the major reason for such a dense concentration of doctors offices during Dr. Hitchcock was at the beginning of a brilliant medical career when he moved into the old Haven House.
His father, Dr. William A. Hitchcock, was a veterinarian. William Alvan Hitchcock, Jr. received his early education in the public schools of Boston and Malden, at Burdette Business College, Boston, college. He attended Harvard University and Harvard Medical School. It was noted in Malden Post and Present (1899) that Dr. Hitchcock was "one of the first local physicians to specialize", and that "he has had a very wide and extensive experience in all of the branches of medicine, but does not practice any of them except the specialties of eye, nose, and throat". He developed his medical specialty at the Royal Opthalmic Hospital in London, England during the mid-to-late 1890s. He had medical offices in Boston in the Warren Chambers Building, 419 Boylston Street, and 34 Florence Street in Malden. In 1896, he married Jennie Alger Marsh. By 1910, Dr.
Hitchcock's residence and office was located at 71 Summer Street, Boston. From 1908 until 1929, 339 Pleasant Street's historical associations with the Boston area's early 20th Century medical community was re-enforced by Dr. Clarence H. Staples ownership of the old Haven house. Dr. Staples and his wife, Lizzie Ruth Packard Clark, also provided a second chapter in this house's history of ties to Methodism in Malden. Dr. Clarence H. Staples was born in Lunenberg, Massachusetts, the son of Reverend Levi White and Emily Hathorne Staples. Dr. Staples father was a Methodist pastor, and like Wilbur F. Haven's brother Bishop Gilbert Haven, graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. For many years, Dr. Staples was a trustee of Centre Methodist Church. After graduation from Wesleyan in 1900, Dr. Staples attended Harvard Medical School (Class of 1904). Dr.
Staples initially established an office at 43 Washington Street, Boston. In 1906 he married Lizzie Ruth Packard Clarke of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Shortly after the Staples purchase of 339 Pleasant Street in 1908, he became the first physician and director of Malden's Contagious Hospital. Dr. Staples had a medical practice in Malden for thirty years and is credited with bringing more than 5,000 babies into the world. In 1929, with the purchase of 339 Pleasant Street by Andrew J. Cowan from Dr. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number - 8 Page - 8 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS Clarence H.
Staples, the era of occupancy by distinguished physicians drew to a close and a new era of use a funeral home/funeral director's residence ensued. Evidently the Cowan family's business was at the forfront of the Pleasant Street, after its 1929 Its chapel (present reception area) could accommadate up to 200 people (Malden News 10/1/1929). The Cowan's were attracted to the house's Pleasant Street location because of its proximity to a stop on the Medford trolley line and Boston and Maine Railroad Malden Center depot. From 1951 until 1987, Fred F. Sprague continued to operate 339 Pleasant Steet as a funeral home. Since 1988, the Wilbur Fiske Haven House has been the corporate headquarters for A. J. Martini, Inc. General Contractors. A. J. Martini, Inc. was founded in Medford, Massachusetts in 1950.
From March 1989 to December 1989, the Italianate/Mansard mansion that had housed the families of a hardware merchant, street railway contractor/banker, doctors and funeral home directors became the beneficiary of a restoration remarkable for its high quality craftsmanship and sensitivity rendered additions and alterations. Archaeological Significance Historic archaeological remains described above have the potential for providing limited information on the social, cultural, and economic patterns that characterized inhabitants of the house during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the event concentrated trash deposits are present, careful analysis of them could contribute detailed information rather than information reflecting generalized patterns of behavior.
(end) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 9 Page OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES I. MAPS/ATLASES/DEEDS/DIRECTORIES Malden Atlases: 1875, 1885, 1897 Malden Directories: 1869 to present Middlesex Deeds: see Appendix A II. PRIMARY SOURCES Bastille-Neilley, Architects and Consultants, Architectural "Survey and Inventory, Malden, MA", January, 1977. Blumenson, John J. G., Identifying American Architecture, 1977. Bruce, C. E., Malden City Directory, 1882 (Historical sketch). Centre Street Methodist Episcopal Church, "Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Church, May 1-21, 1921." Conklin, Edwin P. Middlesex County and Its People, vol. V, 1927, pp. 408-412.
Corey, Deloraine F. "Malden (within History of Middlesex County, 1880, edited by D. Hamilton Hurd). Daniels, William H. Memorials of Gilbert Haven, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880. Drake, Samuel Adams, History of Middlesex, 1880. Foley, Mary Mix, The American House, 1980. Graveley, William B., Gilbert Haven, Methodist Abolitionist. Hayward, John, Gazeteer of Massachusetts, 1847, pp. 192-193. Yesterday and Today, 1902. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 9 Page - 2 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS Malden Mirror, Malden Past and Present, Issued on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Malden, MA, May 1899, Pp. 17, 53-54.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee, A Field Guide to American Houses, 1984. Massachusetts Historical Commission, "Reconnaissance Survey Report: Malden", 11/18/1980. Nelson, L. H. and Co., Views of Malden, MA, 1903. Prentice, George, The Life of Gilbert Haven, 1883. Randall, Ruth Kimball, Malden: From Primitive Past to Progressive Present (Malden, 1975). Varney, George J., Gazetter of Massachusetts, 1890, Pp. 434-436.' III. Boston Area Archives and Libraries containing Malden Images (photographs, engravings, etc.) Annotated listing. Boston Athaneum: no images of 339 Pleasant Street. ca 1898 photo showing Pleasant Street residence of Bishop Gilbert Haven (photo #69) S.P.N.E.A.: Photo search conducted by Lorna Condon, no images of 339 Pleasant Street in collection. Boston Public Library: B.P.L. Print Department staff search did not yield images of 339 Pleasant Street.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Christopher Steele, curator of M.H.S. Print Department did not find images of 339 Pleasant Street. Malden Public Library: Malden Public Library possesses full range of Malden newspapers form the 1860's to present, several articles make fleeting references to 339 Pleasant Street. No images of this house are contained within the collection. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page . 3 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS Malden Historical Society: According to Barbara Tollstrup of the Malden Historical large collecrlon f Malden p, therM.H.S.
has not catalogued its Massachusetts State House Library and Archival Annex: The state library is an excellent source for books and pamphlets on Malden history. The State House annex contains a full range of Malden maps, atlases and directories (1869 to present), no photographic images of 339 Pleasant Street were located in these collections. IV.Microfilm listings for owners and occupants of 339 Pleasant Street *indicate listings studied for the purpose of this report. Cowan, Andrew J. (Mr. and Mrs.) "Buys undertaking business of C.H. Bontwell, Jr." News, May 2, 1924, p.7, c.4 "Funeral directors renovate and enlarge home on Irving Street." New, Nov. 18, 1927, p.18, c.5 *"Purchase Dr. C.H. Staples house on Pleasant Street" News, Oct. 1, 1929, p.1,c.6 *"Move into new home, 339 Pleasant Street" News, Nov. 5, 1929, p.7, c.3 "Women of the Moment, Mrs. Cowan.
(Jennie), National Vice President of Grand Auxiliary of Scottish Clans", News, Jan. 24 1931, p.4,c.2 *"Funeral home, 339 Pleasant Street, sold to Fred E. Sprague" News, June 1, 1951, p.1,c.6 Ferguson, Willard B. *"W. B. Ferguson in Bankruptcy" News, July 11, 1905, p.1 Haven, Adeline P. (Mrs. Wilbur Fiske Haven) *Obituary Mail, April 7, 1891, p.4, c.3 (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number - 9 Page - 4 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS Haven, Frank W. (son of Adeline P. and Wilbur F. Haven) *Death notice News, March 3, 1899, p.2, c. 6 Haven, Wilbur F. *"Death" Messenger, March 16, 1872, p.3, c.
2 *"Death" Messenger, March 23, 1872, p.2, c.2 *"Funeral" Messenger, March 23, 1872, p.2, c.2 *"Malden Choral Union Resolutions" Messenger, March 30, 1872, p.2, c.3 Obituary *Mirror, March 16, 1872, p.4, c.3 *Tribune, March 16, 1872, p.2,c.1 *Tribune, March 23, 1872, p.2, c. 6 *Tribute by Rev. L.T. Townsend" Tribune, March 30, 1872, p.2,c.5 Hitchcock, W. Alvan, M.D. Obituary *News, March 26, 1931, p.1,c.1 Sprague, Fred E. *"Buys Cowan Funeral Home, 339 Pleasant Street. Has sold Funeral Home on Summer Street and house on Hawthorne Street." News, June 1, 1951, p.1,c.
6 "Man of the Moment, Delegate to National Funeral Directors Association" New, August 25, 1954, p.10, c.2 "President, Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association: News, September 18, 1956, p.1,c.7 (Picture) (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page - OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS "To lead funeral directors meeting" News, September 13, 1957, p. 3, c. 3 "Electric district head by National Funeral Directors Association: News, Oct. 23, 1959, p.2, c.6 (Picture) "Citizen of the Moment honored at testimonial dinner: News, June 4, 1981, p.2, c.5 Staples, Clarence H. "Man of the Moment--Head of New Health Committee of Chamber of Commerce" News, Sept.
1, 1933, p.4, c.2 *"Retires after active practice after 30 years" News, August 29, 1936, p.1, c.1 Editorial, Dr. Staples Retirement News, Sept. 5, 1936 *Death News, Jan. 18, 1939, p.1, c.3 *Dr. Clarence H. Staples weds Lizzie Ruth Clark at Cochituate" Mail, June 19, 1906, p.1,c.1 "Locates at office of late Dr. E. P. Drown" News, Aug. 5, 1905, p.4, c.3 "Appointed to take charge of contagious hospital" News, Oct. 8, 1907, p.3, c. 5 "Man of the Moment, Choice of Alderman for Board of Health" News, Feb. 14, (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number : 9 Page 6 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS Ruth (Lizzie) Clarke Staples (Mrs. Clarence H.) "Mrs.
Clarence (Ruth C.) Staples for School Committee News, November 19, 1927, p. 7 "Mrs. Ruth Staples, Woman of the Moment, Elected President of O1d and New" News, April 27, 1931, p.4, c.2 "Contributed article on Malden's Greatest Need" News, Sept. 14, 1931, p.1,c.5 "Woman of Moment Retires as President of Old and New" News, April 27, 1933, p.4,c.2 "Woman of the Moment, Former Chairman, School Committee" News, March 26, 1953, p.4, c.2 *"80th Birthday" News, Sept. 26, 1960, p.2, c.3 "Teacher of Goodwill Class of Centre Methodist Church for Over years, honored." News, Dec. 13, 1962, p.14, c.4 (Picture) *Obituary News, Feb. 14, 1968, p.14,c.7 (Picture) Telephone Interviews Richard Serabia, local historian, Malden Victorian Society Barbara Tolstrup, Malden Historical Commission Leota Sprague, wife of Fred E.
Sprague, Sprague Funeral Home (end) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 10 Page - 1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 WILBUR FISKE HAVEN HOUSE MALDEN (MIDDLESEX COUNTY) MASSACHUSETTS 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Verbal Boundary Description: Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of Cedar Street and Pleasant Streets proceed West 85' along the property line bordering Pleasant Street. At the intersection of Pleasant Street and a narrow way known as Pleasant Street Avenue proceed 126' North along Pleasant Street Avenue to the rear lot line of 339 Pleasant Street. Proceed east 86' falong 339 Pleasant Street's rear lot line to Cedar Street. Proceed 127' South along Cedar Street to the point of origin. As shown as lot #901 on the town of Malden assessors map #22.
Boundary Justification: 339 Pleasant Street's lot was carved from a larger parcel in 1865. rectangular lot's configuration has not been altered since the mid 1860s. (end) INP98 Form 10800 g United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page_ SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD NRIS Reference Number: 92001659 Haven, Wilbur Fiske, House Property Name N/A Multiple Name Date Listed: 12/17/92 Middlesex County OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 MA state This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation subject to following exceptions, amendments, totwithsotanding the Natiotai Park serclee certification anendded in the nomination documentation. srmt Sage of the Keeper 12/17/92 of Action Amended Items in Nomination: 10.
Geographical Data: Acreage The acreage is .25. This information was discussed with the MASHPO staff.
DISTRIBUTION: National Register property file Nominating Authority (without attachment) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME : Haven, Wilbur Fiske, House MULTIPLE NAME : STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 11/02/92 12/05/92 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 11/19/92 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 12/17/92 REFERENCE NUMBER: 92001659 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: Y NATIONAL: N N N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT _RETURN -aase 17/r1182 ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : ene Oarl with peveral grominent ouners.
RECOM./CRIFERIA REVIEWER_ aceptarc al Xtisstory 2/17/92 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 Signed Date - 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 MARTINI 339 Pleasant St., Malden, Mass Wayne Soverns 11-5-90 Wayne Soverns, Dorchester, Mass.
View of 339 Pleasant St. looking North #1 on Assessors Map 339 Pleasant Str, Malden, MA Wayne Sovems 11-5-90 Wayne Soverns- Dorchester, MA View of 339 Pleasant St. looking Northwest #2 on Assessors Map 339 Pleasont st., Malden, MA Wayne Soverns 11-5-90 Wayne Soverns - Dorchester, MA View of new rarell,339 PRasant St, looking SouthWest #3 on Assessors Map 339 TINI 339 Pleasant Sti, Malden, MA Wayre Soverns 11-5-90 Wayne Sovems, Dorcpester, MA Frnt detail Shot looking North # 4 on Assessors Map Cedar Street at the corner of Pleasat Street Nanette Sorich 3-18-91 A.J. Martini, Inc,, Malden, MA View North Standingon Cedar St. #5 on Assessors Map Pleasant Straet Park at the comer of Pleasant Street Narette sorich 3-18-91 A.J. Martini, Inc., Malden, MA View North Standing on pleasant Street Park #6 on Assessors Map 339 Pleasant St., Malden, Mass.
Wayne Soverns 1-5-90 Wayne Soverns; Dorchester, Mass View of Conference Room - View Northeast #1 on floor map = Ist Floor 339 Pleasant St., Malden, Mass Wayne Soverns 11-5-90 Wayne Soverns; Dorchester, Mass View of Front Entrance looking South #2 on flour map-Ist Floor 339 Pleasant st, Malden, MA John Swisher 12-02-90 John Swisher, Boston, MA Ist Floor- President's office-View Southwest #3 on Floor Map-Ist Floor © JOHN SWISHER 199° 90-3133-2 339 Pleasant Sti, Malden, MA John Swisher 19-02-90 John Swisher, Boston, MA South into and Floor Lun RooreIstrMain Font Dos #4 on Floor Map-and Floor © JOHN SWISHER 1990.
90-3133-5 339 Pleasant St., Malden, MA John Swisher 12-02-90 John swisher, Boston, MA Ist Floor - Main staircase -Vieu North #5 on Floor Map-Ist Floor © JOHN SWISHER 1990 90-3133-1 339 Pleasat Str, Malden, MA John Swisher 12-02-90 John swisher, Beston, MA and Floor - NW office-V.president's o ffice #6 on Floor Map-and Floor-view Nothwest JOHN SWISHER 199° 90-3133-3 RECLIVED NOV 02 1992 NATIONAL REGISTER October 28, 1992 B LIBERTATE COMMISSIONE Git BTPCHACHAT * * 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 you will find the following nomination form: Wilbur Fiske Haven House, 339 Pleasant Street. Malden (Middlesex County), Massachusetts, 02148.
The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have 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. Sincerely, Betay F Auedkag National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: Nanette Sorich, A.J. Martini, Inc. Edward Gordan, Preservation Consultant Barbara Tolstrup, Chairperson, Malden Historical Commission A. Froio, Malden City Council Massachusetts Historical Commission, Judith B. McDonough, 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
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