Nomination for Cutter, Gershom, House

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NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB No. 1024-0018 RECEIVEI 2280 1306 OCT 7 1999 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form T. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLAC ITIONAL PARK SERVI This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions.

Place additional entries and narrative tems on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items 1. Name of Property historic name GERSHOM CUTTER HOUSE other names/site number 2. Location street & number 1146 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE not for publication city or town ARLINGTON _ vicinity state_ MASSACHUSETTS code_MA county_MIDDLESEX code_017 zip code 02474 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this/2nomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property * meets does not meet the National Register Criteria.

I recommend that this property be considered significant O nationally statewide locally. (O See continuation sheet for additional comments.) maite D. Musonough 9/22/99 Signature of certifying official/Title Judith B. McDghough, Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission, State Historic Preservation Officer State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. (C See continuation sheet for additional Comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby certify that this property is: M entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. - determined eligible for the National Register - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the D removed from the National Register lenA.

Beall Date of Action 11/12/98 Gershom Cutter House Name of Property 5. Classification wnership of Propert Check as many boxes as apply x private _ public-local _ public-State _ public-Federal (Check only one box) x building(s) _ district _ Site _ Structure _ object Middlesex, MA County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing 1 building _sites _structures objects Total Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) Arlington (MA) Multiple Resource Area 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Single dewlling/house 1 Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Multiple dwelling/house 7.

Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Greek Revival Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation_fieldstone walls wood/weatherboard roof other asphalt Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) MPS Form 10-900-e (3-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 7 Section number - Page - 1 Gershom Cutter House Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass. 7. DESCRIPTION The Gershom Cutter House is a two-and-a-half story, c. 1835, gable-block structure with a one-and-a-half story rear ell. It was constructed in the late Federal vernacular mode with early Greek Revival detailing.

The front, two-and-a-half story section of the house is five bays wide, a single room deep, and is capped with a gable roof with a moderate pitch. Behind the front section is a two-story, half-room deep, three-quarter width, shed- roofed ell behind that is a story-and-a-half, gable-roofed ell positioned perpendicular to the main block of the house. The rear ell extends in a southerly direction from the easterly end of the main block. An enclosed, shed-roofed porch dating to c. 1945 is located in the re-entrant angle formed by the house's main block and ell. The form of the house is typical of vernacular houses built during the early nineteenth century in Arlington (see the Albert Winn, Sr., House, 57 Summer Street). The house has recently undergone a thorough renovation. Vinyl siding was removed and much of the existing underlying fabric was retained and restored.

This includes clapboard siding, narrow corner boards, drip molds, a cornice composed of a quarter- round with shadow moldings that serves as a gutter, and bargeboards composed of shadow moldings. All elements of the existing fenestration, which consists of 6/6 double-hung sash, has been retained. Later 2/2 double-hung sash on the mid-1940s porch were also retained. The window surrounds are characteristic of the nineteenth century, consisting of plain boards with a narrow ogee molding at the edge. The window openings are decorated with appropriately proportioned working louvered shutters. The existing mid-to-late Victorian door hood was also retained. The door hood consists of a bracketed hipped roof.

The brackets are Eastlake in inspiration, composed of an inverted L-shaped bracket supported by diagonal members all decorated with characteristic Eastlake motifs including geometric rosettes, scrolls and fluting. What appears to be the original door surround, decorated with characteristic vernacular Greek-Revival moldings composed of faceted pilasters and square, faceted corner blocks, surrounds both the opening and flanking three-quarter sidelights. The six-panel front door also appears to be original. Two chimney stacks emerge from the rear roof plain, typical of Federal farmhouse design of the period between 1790-1830. These provide hearths in each of the four rooms within the main block of the house. A kitchen fireplace located within the rear ell is tied into the left flue. The left-hand stack was reconstructed in the course of the renovation.

The floor plan of the house is typical of the period, with a central hall containing a straight-run stair flanked by two principal rooms. Upstairs the hall is flanked by two bed chambers. The rear ell consists of the original kitchen and what was originally a wood (continued) pes Fom 10200a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page - 2 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Gershom Cutter House Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass. shed or summer kitchen behind. The second floor level of the rear ell contains a kitchen for an upstairs apartment and a living room for that rental unit. The approximate age of the house is revealed to a degree by the moldings used in the public and upstairs rooms.

Several rooms have late-Federal moldings consisting of layered shadow molds tied together with small-scale cyma shapes and mitered at the corners. Several windows and door moldings are trimmed with deeply relieved Greek Revival-style profiles consisting of a half-round flanked by stops with turned corner blocks. Several fireplace surrounds that have a bold, faceted profile are also in the Greek Revival style. Other fireplace openings are flanked by column-shaped moldings with a pronounced entasis that support a plane entablature and a shelf above. Other fireplace surrounds are late-Federal in style with straight columns and more complex layering of cyma moldings. The left parlor on the first floor has a later Colonial Revival (c.1890) mantle consisting of disengaged lonic columns.

The house, which sits nearly at grade on a fieldstone foundation, is located close to and faces Massachusetts Avenue on a deep but narrow lot that rises gradually toward the rear. Landscaping includes diminutive foundation plantings and scattered buses, maple and ash trees. A narrow drive skirts the right flank of the house, terminating behind it in a tight circle. The uphill edge of the drive is framed by a low, curving retaining wall. Archaeological Description While no prehistoric sites are recorded on the Gershom Cutter House property, sites may be present. Seven prehistoric sites are recorded in the general area (within one mile).

Much of the original local environment has been obscured by urban growth, however, observable and expected environmental characteristics indicate favorable locational criteria (slope, soil drainage, distance to wetlands) for many types of prehistoric sites. Undisturbed soils on a level to moderately sloping land surface probably characterized the property prior to historic development. The parcel is also located within 1000 feet of Mill Brook which originally drained northeasterly to the Mystic River by way of Lower Mystic Lake. Anadromous fish, a potentially important food resource for Native Americans, may have frequented each of the above wetlands during the prehistoric and early historic periods. Most known prehistoric sites in the region are located near wetland resources, especially Spy Pond, Fresh Pond, the Mystic River and Alewife Brook.

Given the above information, a high potential exists that prehistoric resources were originally present on the Cutter House property. However, urban development in the general area together with two phases of residential construction on the small (less than one acre) lot indicate the potential for recovering significant prehistoric survivals on the nominated property is low. (continued) MPS Form 10-900-e 18-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Apororal No. 1024-0018 7 3 Section number - Page Gershom Cutter House Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass. There is a high potential for the recovery of historic archaeological resources on the Cutter House property. Documentary sources including the Cutter Family Genealogy indicate a Cutter Family descendant built an earlier house on the property.

The earlier house was demolished prior to construction of the present house in c.1835. Structural remains may survive from the earlier house and outbuildings at or near the site of the present house. Archaeological evidence may also exist from occupational related features (trash pits, privies, wells) associated with the earlier or existing homes. Archaeological evidence may also survive on the property which documents the role the earlier house played in hostilities during the retreat of British troops from Concord during the American Revolution. Archaeological evidence may exist from fires reportedly set by the British. An unmarked grave might also survive from a British regular reportedly killed and buried in a meadow to the rear of the house. (end) Gershom Cutter House Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) x A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. _B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. _D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: _A owned by religious institution or used for religious purposes. _B removed from its original location.

_C a birthplace or grave. _ D a cemetery. _E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. _F a commemorative property. _G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Middlesex, MA County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) AGRICULTURE ARCHITECTURE INDUSTRY Period of Significance 1835-1890 Significant Dates 1835 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion Bis marked above) Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder UNKNOWN 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (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: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 _ State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register Federal agency _ previously determined eligible by the National X Local government Register _ University _ designated a National Historic Landmark Other _ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: Robbins Library, Arlington _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # pes Fomm 10900-1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 8 Section number - Page - 1 OMB Aaprovel Na.

1021-0018 Gershom Cutter House Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass. 8. SIGNIFICANCE The Gershom Cutter House is significant both for its association with the Cutter family, who contributed significantly in their own right to the history and development of Arlington from the First Period (prior to 1725) through the nineteenth century; and as a representative, well-preserved example of a late-Federal farmhouse with early Greek Revival detailing. The Cutter family arrived at West Cambridge (later Arlington) in the 1630s. The second generation of the family, through purchase and inheritance, in the person of William (d.1723), acquired various tracts of land in town including what had originally been a 20- acre grant with a mill privilege to Capt. George Cooke (1637), located near the Mystic River. The mill was located near the corner of present-day Mystic and Summer streets.

Cooke was an important early citizen of Cambridge, serving as a selectmen (1642-43), a General Court representative (1645), and later Speaker of the General Court, after which he sold his grant to John Rolfe (d.1681) of Nantucket and returned to England. William Cutter married John Rolfe's daughter and was given one acre of land on which to build a house by his brother-in-law, John Rolfe, Jr., without conveyance. Upon John Rolfe, Jr.'s death in the early 1690s, the rest of the 20-acrre grant passed in inheritance to William Cutter. Cutter was sued for possession of the land by Capt. Cooke's heir, Mary, between 1693-98, but won the case and retained the land. The current Gershom Cutter House was constructed to replace an earlier dwelling that existed on or near its site.

The earlier building was built for a descendant of William Cutter, Gershom 4* (1733-1804), who owned a mill privilege across Massachusetts Avenue (then Main Street) on the Mill Brook, where he constructed a mill for turning and grinding edge tools. According to the Cutter family genealogy, this earlier house was entered by British troops during their retreat from the Battle of Concord; furniture was samaged and a ie et ut prcrl damaged and a fire set but promptly extinguished. A regular who was killed on the property was "buried in the meadow, forty rods distant, in rear of this house." The entries in the Cutter family genealogy for both Gershom Cutter 4** and his son, Aaron (1722-1826), "a farmer and a mechanic," both mention that this earlier house was demolished. Aaron's son and Gershom 4"'s grandson, Gershom 6* (1800-65), a farmer and a wheelwright, lived in the same location.

Deeds indicate that the land on which the Gershom Cutter House stands was purchased by Gershom 6t in 1833 from the widow of Ichabod Fessinden. The lot was enlarged in the same manner in 1842. The fact that Gershom 6** was married in 1834 to Mary Richardson of Chelmsford, combined with the stylistic evidence present in the Gershom Cutter House, suggests that it was built close to the time of the marriage. Later historic commercial maps and directory entries (continued) posfomm 10200 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 8 Page OMB Approvel No. 1021-0018 Gershom Cutter House Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass.

corroborate that the current Gershom Cutter House is the same building described as having replaced the earlier Colonial house in the same location in the Cutter Family genealogy: Gershom 6"'s widow Mary is listed on both the maps and directories as living in the house at 1146 Massachusetts Avenue, effectively tying the existing house to this sequence of events. After her death in the early 1890s, the house continued to be lived in by her son, Charles, a market garden farmer, until the early 1920s, after which it was owned by glassblower Valentin Friedrich and his wife. A Mr. and Mrs. Marks bought the property from the heirs of Mr. Friedrich, and occupied the house until 1996. The present owner, Richard Johnson, acquired the property from the heirs of Mary Marks in 1997.

During the 18* and 19 centuries, West Cambridge (later Arlington), was characterized by linear settlement along the main road from Cambridge west toward Lexington and Concord that follows the course of the Mill Brook (originally Concord Road, later Main Street, now Massachusetts Avenue). Secondary settlement formed along the earlier road to Watertown (now Pleasant Street). Much of this area is characterized by a broad river plain which lies on the edge of the coastal basin that surrounds Boston. Toward the west, beginning near the location of the Gershom Cutter House, is the eastern boundary of a ring of steep rocky hills running north-south around the Boston basin. The Mill Brook, which marks a gap in this ring of steep hills and provides a pass for the major east-west transportation route (Massachusetts Avenue), was the location of early industry in the area.

Toward the east more arable, flat land was the location of the area's agriculture, which, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries consisted of dairy farms but later in the nineteenth century became well known for its market garden farms which supplied metropolitan Boston with fresh produce. The hilly rocky area characteristic of the neighborhood surrounding the Gershom Cutter House and to the west precluded successful farming; however, Mill Brook, with its steep descent from the west, provided an important source of power for mills. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century, much of the milling was tied to agriculture in the form of grist milling. The Cutter family were involved in the milling industry of Arlington from the First Period on.

Toward the end of the eighteenth century Gershom Cutter's grandfather constructed a mill for grinding edge tools located opposite the Gershom Cutter House on Massachusetts Avenue. Given the rough surrounding topography combined with the proximal location of small industry, commerce and a relatively dense settlement, it seems reasonable to characterize the Gershom Cutter House and its small lot as a village dwelling rather than a farmstead. It seems likely that Cutter farmed plots elsewhere in Arlington and found additional industrial employment as a wheelwright across the street at a forge or shop on Mill Brook. (continued) MPS Form 10-900e 3-86 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 8 Section number Page OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Gershom Cutter House Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass.

The Gershom Cutter House is a typical example of a village dwelling for its period. Its lack of architectural pretense in the form of elaborate decoration combined with its simplicity of massing and small size make it a fairly typical example of late-Federal vernacular "middle class" housing. On the other hand it does display a degree of aspiration in both the luxury of its two-story height and its formal attitude in facing the main street directly. The Gershom Cutter House is also virtually identical to several other less well-preserved village dwellings in the vicinity. The political history of Arlington is similar to many towns surrounding Boston in that it formed as the result of a process generally refereed to as "hiving off," or subdividing itself from a larger town; a phenomena which occurred repeatedly during the nineteenth century throughout eastern Massachusetts.

Originally a separate parish within the town of Cambridge and known as Menotomy, it became the separate town of West Cambridge February 27, 1807. During the mid-nineteenth century, northern sections of the town were ceded to Winchester and a southern section to Belmont. At the same time the town acquired land fronting the Mystic Lakes and Mystic River from Charlestown. In 1867 the town was incorporated as Arlington, Massachusetts. By Gershom Cutter's time his grandfather's mill privilege had been sold to Charles Schwamb. As late as 1875 it was leased to "J.C. Hobbs & Sons" a "machine knife factory." Both Gershom Cutter and his son Charles were market garden farmers, at the time an emerging and essential element in the local economy. He also worked as a wheelwright, most likely on an off-season basis in a firm in the neighborhood utilizing Mill Brook power.

Archaeological Significance Historic archaeological resources described above have the potential to provide detailed information on the full range of landuse activities that occurred on the property including initial settlement, the evolution of agricultural production and the lives of various inhabitants of the house including members of the Cutter Family. Structural and artifact remains from the earlier house can document its original construction date, form and the extent to which it may have been incorporated into the existing house. The analysis of occupational related features can contribute a wide range of potential information covering the social, cultural and economic lives of the Cutter House inhabitants, especially the members of the Cutter Family.

Detailed analysis of the contents of occupational related features can help document the nature of farming activities associated with the earlier house and the extent to which dairy farming was characteristic as it was with other farms in the area during the 17t* and 18" centuries. (continued) P03Fo 109004 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 8/9 Section number Page 4/1 Gershom Cutter House Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass. The analysis of features associated with 19th and 20" century occupation of the second house can contribute similar information, especially the growth of market gardening and the importance and influence of Boston markets.

Analysis of occupational related features can also contribute important information on the lives of the Cutter House inhabitants and the growth of the 19" century "middle class" community and its influence on the vernacular architecture of the period. Structural remains from outbuildings and occupational related features may also contribute information on 19" century technologies associated with milling, edge tool manufacture and the wheelwright trade, all of which were associated with the Cutter House inhabitants at one time or another. (end) OM8 Approvel No. 1024-0018 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY Beers, F.W. County Atlas of Middlesex, Massachusetts. J.B. Beers & Co., New York, 1875 Cutter, Benjamin & William. History of the Town of Arlington. David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1880 Cutter Family Genealogy, Special Collections, Robbins Library, Arlington, MA Parker, Charles S.

The Town of Arlington, Past and Present, 1637-1907. C.S. Parker and son, Arlington, 1907 Registry of Deeds. Book 326, p. 231; book 422, p. 83; book 3616, p. 272; Book 3616, p. 273 Stadly, George W. Atlas of the Towns of Watertown, Belmont, Arlington, Lexington. George W. Stadly & Co., Boston, 1898 (end) : - Gershom Cutter House Name of Property Middlesex,MA County, State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property less than one UTM References See continuation sheet. (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 12020 321480 4698460 Easting Northing "Zone Easting Northing 3. Zone Easting "Zone Easting _See continuation sheet 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 name/title.

John Clemson/David Payne, American Landmarks with Betsy Friedberg, MHC, NR director organizationMassachusetts Historical Commission date September 1999 street & number 220 Morrissey Boulevard telephone_617-727-8470 city or town Boston state MA Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets . zip code_02125 Northing Northing 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 the SHPO or FPO.) nameR.A. Johnson Realty Inc.

street & number_ 1026 Massachusetts Avenue telephone 781-648-2124 city or town Arlington state MA _zip code_02476 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.

Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division,National Park Service, P.0. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 PesFom 10900-4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 10 Page - Gershom Cutter House Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass. 10. GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION Verbal Boundary Description Nominated property contains the entire lot at 1146 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, as indicated by Block Plan 148, section B, lot 1. Boundary Justification Boundary encompasses the entire parcel upon which the Gershom Cutter House stands.

(end) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME : Cutter, Gershom, House MULTIPLE NAME : Arlington MRA STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 10/07/99 11/06/99 REFERENCE NUMBER: 99001306 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 10/21/99 11/21/99 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: OTHER: PDIL: PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT RETURN ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: REJECT 11/12/990ATE Entered in the Iational Begister RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER TELEPHONE DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N attached SLR Y/N OFESSIONAD PEL Kodak IONAD Kodak PROFESSIONAL PAPER - PAPIER - PAPEL ROFESSIONAL PAPIER - PAPEL Kodak PROFESSI PAPER - PAPIER Kodak PROFESSTONAL PAPER - PAPIER - PAPEL Kodak PROFESSIONAL PAPER - PAPIER - PAPEL Kodak PROFESSI PAPER - PAPIER - 1 yoyd ENSHOM CUTTER HOUSE IRLINGTON SUFTOL s4FPseX) uA additim, soutueast facade ooking north photo 2 GERSHOM CUTTER HOUSE ARLINGTON (MIDDLESEX) MA looking wortuast souta jacade phuto 3 tnna The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth September 24, 1999 Massachusetts Historical Commission Ms.

Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Gershom Cutter House, 1146 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington (Middlesex Co.), Mass. The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. The owners of the property were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 45 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betay truedher Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission enclosure CC: Richard A. Johnson., owner Robert J.

Botterio, Chair, Arlington Historical Commission Frederick Lyman, American Landmarks, Preservation Consultant Richard Murray, Chair, Arlington Board of Selectmen 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 - (617) 727-8470 Fax: (617) 727-5128 - TDD: 1-800-392-6090 www.state.ma.us/sec/mbc