Upper Central St LHD Form Bs (compressed) — File 212637

Inventory No: SMV.329 Historic Name: Darling, Samuel House Common Name: Address: 158 Central St City/Town: Somerville Village/Neighborhood: Winter Hill Local No: Year Constructed: 1879 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s): Victorian Eclectic Use(s): Single Family Dwelling House Significance: Architecture Area(s): SMV.BA: Somerville Single Building Local Historic District Designation(s): Local Historic District (10/31/1989) Building Materials(s): Roof: Slate Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard Foundation: Random Laid Rubble; Stone, Cut The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5. Users of this digital material acknowledge that they have read and understood the MACRIS Information and Disclaimer (http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm) Data available via the MACRIS web interface, and associated scanned files are for information purposes only. THE ACT OF CHECKING THIS DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED SCANNED FILES DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER AND/OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, LICENSE OR FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY YOU MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc) under the subject heading "MHC Forms." Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 1:51: PM

FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 AREA Winter H i l l ROMEKVTT.T.-R FORM NO. 329 158 C e n t r a l S t r e e t Samuel D a r l i n g r e s i d e n t i a l r R n i de.riti a 1 1879 maps / d i r e c t o r i e s Sketch Map: Draw nap showing property's location in r e l a t i o n to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate a l l buildings between inventoried property and nearest i n t e r s e c t i o n ( s ) . Indicate north ! Second Empire w/ Queen Anne & S t i c k S t y l e deta: Architect Exterior Wall Fabric Outbuildings clapboard N Major Alterations (with dates) Condition good Moved Date Acreage 7227 so. f t . UTH REFERENCE USGS QUADRANGLE, SCALE Setting West s i d e o f C e n t r a l n e a r Med- f o r d S t . . w e l l ffsfahli s h p d r e s i d e n t ^ neighborhood o f l a r g e l a t e 19th c e n t i houses. Carole Z e l l i e - 1980 Recorded by Gretchen Schuler - 1988 S o m e r v i l l e H i s t o r i c Organization P r e s e r v a t i o n Commission Date May, 1988

NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT ( i f applicable) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important a r c h i t e c t u r a l features and evaluate i n terms of other buildings within the community. B u i l t by 1879 t h e two and o n e - h a l f s t o r y S e c o n d E m p i r e h o u s e r e t a i n s a r c h i t e c t u r a l d e t a i l f r o m S t i c k and Queen Anne s t y l e s . The s l a n t m a n s a r d r o o f w i t h p a t t e r n e d s h i n g l e s has a r a k i n g c o r n i c e w i t h u n a d o r n e d b r a c k e t s . T h e r e a r e s h e d r o o f d o r m e r s o f two s a s h e a c h . O t h e r d e t a i l s i n c l u d e t h e o n e - s t o r y c o r n e r p o l y g o n a l t o w e r w i t h c l a p b o a r d s i d i n g and S t i c k w o r k and a s i d e s h e d r o o f bay w h i c h r e t a i n s s i m i l a r S t i c k w o r k . The s h e d - r o o f p o r c h i s s u p p o r t e d by t u r n e d p o s t s and a s i m p l e b a l u s t r a d e . The h o u s e i s w e l l c o n s e r v e d e x a m p l e of t h e s u b s t a n t i a l h o u s e s b u i l t i n t h i s a r e a i n t h e l a t e 1800s . HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the r o l e owners played i n l o c a l or state h i s t o r y and how the building relates to the development of the community. W i n t e r H i l l r e f e r s t o a l a r g e a r e a of d e v e l o p m e n t n o r t h o f H i g h l a n d , e a s t o f L o w e l l , w e s t o f M a r s h a l l and b o r d e r e d on t h e n o r t h by B r o a d w a y . The a c t u a l g e o g r a p h i c d r u m l i n r e a c h e s i t s summit n e a r t h e t o p o f Adams and C e n t r a l S t r e e t s , w h i c h w e r e l a i d out and s u b d i v i d e d i n 1847 b u t n o t d e v e l o p e d f o r t h e most p a r t u n t i l t h e 1880s and 1 8 9 0 s . W o r k e r s ' h o u s i n g was l o c a t e d i n t h e Ten H i l l s a r e a and on t r a c t s o f l a n d west o f L o w e l l and Adams S t r e e t s . I n c o n t r a s t , t h i s a r e a was d e v e l o p e d w i t h l a r g e , d e t a i l e d , b u s i n e s s m e n ' s homes. D u r i n g t h e 1870s t h i s l a n d was owned by C u t l e r Downer who l i v e d a t #170 C e n t r a l S t r e e t and w o r k e d as a r e a l e s t a t e b r o k e r i n B o s t o n . H i s t r a c t o f l a n d was l a r g e e x t e n d i n g f r o m M e d f o r d S t r e e t and r u n n i n g n o r t h on C e n t r a l and Adams S t r e e t s . The 1884 o w n e r , Samuel D a r l i n g l i v e d h e r e be 1879. He was t h e S o m e r v i l l e c i t y s o l i c i t o r and a l s o m a i n t a i n e d a l a w o f f i c e i n B o s t o n a t t h e O l d S t a t e H o u s e . BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1. A t l a s o f M i d d l e s e x C o u n t y , S o m e r v i l l e : 1874 ( " C u t l e r D o w n e r " l a n d o n l y ) 1884 ("Samuel D a r l i n g " ) 1895 . 2. C i t y D i r e c t o r i e s , 1 8 7 0 s - 1 8 9 0 s . 3. R e g i s t r y o f D e e d s , M i d d l e s e x C o u n t y : Book Page 8/85

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Inventory No: SMV.330 Historic Name: Downer, Cutler House Common Name: Address: 170 Central St City/Town: Somerville Village/Neighborhood: Winter Hill Local No: Year Constructed: 1868 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s): Second Empire Use(s): Multiple Family Dwelling House; Other Communication; Single Family Dwelling House Significance: Architecture; Communications; Invention Area(s): SMV.BA: Somerville Single Building Local Historic District Designation(s): Local Historic District (10/31/1989) Building Materials(s): Roof: Slate Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard Foundation: Brick The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5. Users of this digital material acknowledge that they have read and understood the MACRIS Information and Disclaimer (http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm) Data available via the MACRIS web interface, and associated scanned files are for information purposes only. THE ACT OF CHECKING THIS DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED SCANNED FILES DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER AND/OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, LICENSE OR FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY YOU MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc) under the subject heading "MHC Forms." Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 1:52: PM

FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116 P<„ (^t ^TT* 1- AREA Winter H i l l S O M E R V T L L E FORM NO. 330 is 170 C e n t r a l S t r e e t hie Kane C u t l e r Downer Present -e.qi cient.i al Sketch Map: Draw nap showing property's location i * r e l a t i o n to nearest cross streets and/or lac^raphical features. Indicate a l l buildings aetween inventoried property and nearest intersection(s). Indicate north N \ UTM REFERENCE US6S QUADRANGLE, SCALE Original r p s i dent-i ai PTION ca. 1868 maps / v i s u a l / d i r e c t o r i e s Second Empire Architect Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings Major Alterations (with dates) Condition good Moved Date Acreage 6 457 s c . f t , Setting West s i d e of C e n t r a l , near F o r s t e r and Browning S t s . Well estah r e s i d e n t i a l neighborhood of l a r g e l a t 19th century d w e l l i n g s i n good r e p a i r Carole Z e l l i e - 1980 Recorded by Gretchen Schuler - 1988 S o m e r v i l l e H i s t o r i c Organization P r e s e r v a t i o n Commission Date May, 1988

NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT ( i f applicable) The p r o p e r t y i s s i g n i f i c a n t f o r : A - i t s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h t h e e a r l y d e v e l o p m e n t of W i n t e r H i l l . B - i t s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h A l e x a n d e r Graham B e l l and t h e e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n o f e a r l y t e l e p h o n e w i r e s . C - i t s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f one o f t h e e a r l i e s t W i n t e r H i l l h o u s e s , S e c o n d E m p i r e i n w e l l c o n s e r v e d c o n d i t i o n . ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important a r c h i t e c t u r a l features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. B u i l t b e f o r e 1871, t h i s s u b s t a n t i a l two and o n e - h a l f s t o r y S e c o n d E m p i r e h o u s e e m p l o y s an a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t y l e t h a t was e x c e e d i n g l y p o p u l a r i n S o m e r v i l l e i n t h e 1860s t o t h e 1 8 8 0 s . The t h r e e - b a y , s i d e - h a l l e n t r a n c e d w e l l i n g r e t a i n s h e a v y s c r o l l e d b r a c k e t s , a p i e r c e d d e c o r a t e d f r i e z e of t h e e n t r a n c e p o r c h w h i c h i s s u p p o r t e d by p a i r e d s q u a r e d c o l u m n s and s i n g l e p i l a s t e r s . T h e r e i s a s i d e p o r c h w i t h a t h r e e - s t o r y p r o j e c t i n g b a y . O t h e r d e t a i l f o u n d on some of t h e more e l a b o r a t e h o u s e s i n c l u d e q u o i n s on t h e n o r t h e a s t c o r n e r p o s t s and r o p e t r i m on o t h e r u n a d o r n e d c o r n r p o s t s . HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the r o l e owners played i n local or state h i s t o r y and how the building r e l a t e s to the development of the community. W i n t e r H i l l r e f e r s t o a l a r g e a r e a o f d e v e l o p m e n t n o r t h o f H i g h l a n d , e a s t o f L o w e l l , w e s t of M a r s h a l l and b o r d e r e d on t h e n o r t h by B r o a d w a y . The a c t u a l g e o g r a p h i c d r u m l i n r e a c h e s i t s summit n e a r t h e t o p o f Adams and C e n t r a l S t r e e t s , w h i c h w e r e l a i d o u t - a n d s u b d i v i d e d i n 1847 b u t n o t d e v e l o p e d f o r t h e most p a r t u n t i l t h e 1880s and 1 8 9 0 s . W o r k e r s ' h o u s i n g was l o c a t e d i n t h e Ten H i l l s a r e a and on t r a c t s of l a n d west o f L o w e l l and Adams S t r e e t s . I n c o n t r a s t , t h i s a r e a was d e v e l o p e d w i t h l a r g e , d e t a i l e d , b u s i n e s s m e n ' s homes. | D u r i n g t h e 1870s and 1880s t h i s l a n d was owned by C u t l e r Downer who l i v e d on C e n t r a l S t r e e t and w o r k e d as a r e a l e s t a t e b r o k e r i n B o s t o n . H i s t r a c t o f l a n d was l a r g e e x t e n d i n g f r o m M e d f o r d S t r e e t and r u n n i n g n o r t h on C e n t r a l and Adams S t r e e t s . The f i r s t d i r e c t o r i e s o f 1 8 7 1 - 1 8 7 2 i n d i c a t e t h a t Downer l i v e d h e r e . A c c o r d i n g t o l o c a l h i s t o r y w r i t e r W i l l i a m P r e b l e J o n e s , Downer's s o n Ross Downer was a c l o s e f r i e n d o f P r o f e s s o r A l e x a n d e r Graham B e l l , who s u p p o s e d l y u s e d t h e Downer's h o u s e as one o f h i s f i r s t t e l e p h o n e w i r e l o c a t i o n . I n S o m e r v i l l e F i t y Y e a r s Ago, J o n e s w r i t e s , " y e a r s a f e r w a r d , Ross t o l d me t h a t t h e f i r s t p a i d d e l i v e r y m e s s a g e e v e r s e n t |aut by t e l e p h o n e was s e n t o u t by P r o f e s s o r B e l l t o t h e Downer home, whence i t was c a r r i e d by a boy t o t h e p r o f e s s o r ' s s w e e t h e a r t i n C a m b r i d g e . " BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1. A t l a s o f M i d d l e s e x C o u n t y , S o m e r v i l l e : 1874 ( " C u t l e r D o w n e r " ) , 1884 ( s a m e ) , 1895 ( " F r a n k W. D o w n e r " ) . 2. C i t y D i r e c t o r i e s , 1 8 7 0 s - 1 8 9 0 s . 3. J o n e s , W i l l i a m P r e b l e , S o m e r v i l l e F i f t y Y e a r s Ago, 1933. 4. R e g i s t r y o f D e e d s , M i d d l e s e x C o u n t y : Book Page 8/85

Inventory No: SMV.132 Historic Name: Adams, Charles - Locke, Woodbury House Common Name: Address: 178 Central St City/Town: Somerville Village/Neighborhood: Winter Hill Local No: 1034, 121 Year Constructed: c 1840 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s): Greek Revival Use(s): Agricultural; Single Family Dwelling House Significance: Agriculture; Architecture Area(s): SMV.AY: Somerville Multiple Resource Area Designation(s): Local Historic District (03/11/1985); Nat'l Register MRA (09/18/1989); Nat'l Register Individual Property (09/18/1989) Building Materials(s): Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5. Users of this digital material acknowledge that they have read and understood the MACRIS Information and Disclaimer (http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm) Data available via the MACRIS web interface, and associated scanned files are for information purposes only. THE ACT OF CHECKING THIS DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED SCANNED FILES DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER AND/OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, LICENSE OR FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY YOU MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc) under the subject heading "MHC Forms." Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 1:55: PM

?ORM B - BUILDING ^l$4$5~^ MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 30 BOYLSTON STREET 30STO" "» none ion See A t t a c h e d A s s e s s o r ' s Map OFFICE COPY DO NOT REMOVE U D - 3//./85 d s ) AREA FORM NO. Town U.SG-5 - &osTtt\l S o m e r v i l l e MRA 3^CT~/5 Address 178 C e n t r a l S t r e e t Historic Name Charles Admas - Woodbury Locke House Use: Present r e s i d e n t i a l Original r e s i d e n t i a l DESCRIPTION Date ca. 1840 Source m a P r e s e a r c h Style Greek R e v i v a l Architect unknown Exterior Wall Fabric clapboard Outbuildings garage (ca. 1923) Major Alterations (with dates) A d d i t i o n o f porch r o o f , ca. 1910; shed dormer ca. 1900; removal o f e l l and barn, ca. 1870 and 1850, r e s p e c t i v e l y Condition E x c e l l e n t Z E N UTM REFERENCE 19 - 327/l^Q - 4 6 9 5 A 5 0 USGS QUADRANGLE B o s t o n M o r t h SCALE 1 :25,000 Moved no Date n/a Acreage Less than one acre. Setting The Adams - Locke House i s l o c a t e d un an urban r e s i d e n t i a l neighborhood on Winter H i l l i n n o r t h c e n t r a l S o m e r v i l l e . Recorded by Betsy Friedberg Organization Massachusetts H i s t o r i c a l Comm. Date May ±986

NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) The Adams-Locke House retains integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship. H i s t o r i c a l l y , the house was orginally a farm, significant for i t s association with Somerville's early 19th century past and as the home of Charles Adams, a state legislator and one of the f i r s t merchants at the Boston's Quincy Market. Architecturally, the house is significant as a well-preserved and f i n e l y detailed example of the Greek Revival s t y l e . The Adams-Locke House thus f u l f i l l s C r i t e r i a A, B and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local l e v e l . ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The Adams-Locke House i s significant as one of the f i r s t non-agricultural houses b u i l t on Winter H i l l . The structure, b u i l t ca. 1840, i s a well-preserved example of a pretentious Greek Revival-style side-hall house. The three-bay facade is sited with i t s gable end to the street. Other notable features include the broad entablature at the cornice, wide corner boards, and full-width Doric porch (to which a ca. 1910 roof r a i l i n g has been added). The entrance i s offset to the right and is flanked by f u l l - l e n g t h s i d e l i g h t s . The interior retains most of i t s original doors, door and window enframements, baseboard moldings, and decorative moldings. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Originally a farmhouse, the house stands on land the boundaries of which one extended south to Medford Street and north to Broadway. Adams gave the c i t y the land at the northern end of his property for the f i r s t schoolhouse on Winter H i l l . The school stood on the s i t e of the present-day Winter H i l l Congregational Church (#118). The house was b u i l t by Charles Adams, a well-known figure on Winter H i l l during his day. Adams was a farmer, animal husbandman, and state l e g i s l a t o r . He i s known to be one of the original merchants at Boston's Quincy Market. A subsequent resident of the house was Woodbury Locke, a "cutter" employed ir the leather/shoe business in Boston. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES raper, Martin, Map of Somerville, 1852 Hopkins, G. M. Atias or the City of Somerville, 1874

Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. 12/12 FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Locus Map See attached map. Recorded by: City of Somerville, OSPCD Organization: Planning Division Date (September 2021): Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 48/B/22 / 1/2/3/and 4 Town/City: Somerville Place: (neighborhood or village): Winter Hill Address: 181 Central Street Historic Name: William & Alice Woodberry House Uses: Present: residential Original: residential Date of Construction: c.1895 Source: 1895 Bromley & 1900 Stadley Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: unknown to-date Exterior Material: Foundation: stone Wall/Trim: wood shakes and clapboard Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Condition: Good Moved: no X yes Date: Acreage: Setting: urban residential side street; one of three buildings forming a strong, contiguous residential Colonial Revival street wall

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. 181 Central Street is one of three large, classic, Colonial Revival houses built in succession on this portion of Central Street (with 183 Central and 187 Central being the others). While these three houses form a strong Colonial Revival street wall, they are part of a larger architectural narrative that begins with a classical Greek Revival residence (178 Central St.) and ends with the Byzantine Revival synagogue at 201 Central Street. 187 Central Street is an integral part of this architectural chronicle. Architectural details appear below: This c.1895, 2 ½-story Colonial Revival building is three bays wide and presents a hip roof with slate shingling and a deep eave on the second story. The second floor façade overhangs the first floor façade in a revival design that borrows from a late medieval English/early First Period colonial American building style. There are thick, squared drops at either end of the overhang, a motif also borrowed from late-medieval English / early First Period colonial American building style. Rounded bays with three windows each are found on both sides of the front entry portico. The windows present 6- over-one double-hung windows. Classical swag motifs are present above the windows in each bay. This swag motif is carried across the cornice of the front portico. The second story presents a rounded, three window oriel at the center of the front façade. The upper portion of each of the three double-hung windows in this oriel present decorative caning. Right and left substantial, three-pillar column clusters with Doric capitals support the portico roof. The three-pillar column clusters rest on substantial plinths. Open metal railings with scrollwork are found on either side of the front portico decking and match the paired metal railings flanking the front entry steps. The center front entry presents a solid paneled door flanked by three-quarter, 10-light, bottom paneled side lights. Single, stylized corbels support the rear portion of the entry portico. A secondary entrance with steps, rails, and a small stoop is extant on the right elevation of the building. Two wide single dormers with exaggerated and flared gable roofs are present on the front elevation. The left and right elevations each present one single dormer with the same exaggerated and flared gable roof. All dormers have paired, double-hung, one-over-one windows. A single dormer with an exaggerated and flared gable roof is also present on the rear elevation. Two brick chimney stacks – one on the front right elevation and the other to the rear left. The foundation is stone. A metal fire escape leads from the second story to grade on the right elevation of the building. An early 20th-century concrete block garage is extant along the right rear property line. The garage has two bays, double doors, and a hipped roof with asphalt shingles.

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. Historic map research indicates that this portion of Central Street in Winter Hill was late to develop. According to deed research, by at least 1892, Jonathan Brown owned most of the land on this block of Central Street as well as several parcels of land on what became Browning Road. In 1892 this land, including today’s 181 Central Street, was laid out by civil engineer, George A. Kimball for Brown. By 1895, 181 Central Street had been built, the first of the three Colonial Revival houses (183 and 187 being the others) to be constructed. The property is owned by the Woodberrys from at least 1895 until at least 1930. The 1900 census shows William and Alice Woodberry, 43 and 36 respectively, living with a full household of relatives, servants and boarders. In addition to their 4 year-old daughter, Margaret, 181 Central Street also houses Charlotte Symonds, an 81 year-old aunt of one of the Woodberrys, two boarders, Mary Northrup and Mary Stiles, both teachers, and a live-in servant, Mary Daley. William Woodberry is a treasurer at a plumbing company, an occupation in which he continues through at least the 1920 census. City directories in the 1920s show Margaret working in a variety of careers including a chemist and as an appraiser. Later census data (1940) after she had moved out of Somerville with her husband and mother, showed that she had a college education. But in 1930, Margaret is married to Austin T. Bunker and they both reside at 181 Central with their now-widowed mother. Alice Woodberry is now listed as the head-of-household and the owner of the property that has a value of $12,000 at the start of the Depression (the equivalent of about $197,109 in 2021 dollars). Of additional note was that the 1930 census was also tracking radio ownership. This was well before the advent of television. Television had only been crudely and experimentally demonstrated in 1926/1927, so it would be many years before this means of communication and entertainment became sophisticated or attainable. A radio was an expensive piece of equipment that not everyone could afford, in general, and in the early days of the Great Depression in particular. The Woodberrys however, did have a radio. This meant that the household had an additional means of receiving information beyond newspapers, mail, and periodicals. The 1940 federal census shows a new owner of 181 Central Street, Richard Hoddock. His occupation is listed as a “truckman” in the trucking industry. He lives at the home with his wife, mother-in-law, 7 sons, 2 daughters, 4 lodgers, and a housekeeper for a total of 17 people living at the property. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Hopkins map, 1874 Hopkins map, 1884 Bromley map plate 02, 1895 Stadley map, 1900 South Middlesex County Registry of Deeds Federal Census data 1900-1940 Somerville City Directories Zellie, Carole, Beyond the Neck: The Architecture & Development of Somerville, Massachusetts, Updated Edition, 1990

Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. 12/12 FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Locus Map See attached map. Recorded by: City of Somerville, OSPCD Organization: Planning Division Date (September 2021): Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 48/B/23 Town/City: Somerville Place: (neighborhood or village): Winter Hill Address: 183 Central Street Historic Name: John Walter Sanborn House Uses: Present: residential Original: residential Date of Construction: 1895-1900 Source: 1895 Bromley & 1900 Stadley Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: unknown to-date Exterior Material: Foundation: stone Wall/Trim: vinyl-covered wood Roof: slate Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): deck added above front portico and door created out of window in second story front façade oriel Condition: Moved: no X yes Date: Acreage: .12 Setting: urban residential side street; one of three buildings forming a strong, contiguous residential Colonial Revival street wall

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. 183 Central Street is one of three large, classic, Colonial Revival houses built in succession on this portion of Central Street (with 181 Central and 187 Central being the others). While these three houses form a strong Colonial Revival street wall, they are part of a larger architectural narrative that begins with a classical Greek Revival residence (178 Central St.) and ends with the Byzantine Revival synagogue at 201 Central St. 187 Central Street is an integral part of this architectural chronicle. Architectural details appear below: The building is a center-entry, 2 ½-story Colonial Revival with a two-story rounded bay on either side of the front façade. The building is three bays wide and the center entry is flanked by wide side lites etched with a diamond motif. Three single dormers are present on the front elevation. The left and right front dormers present gabled dormer caps while the middle dormer is arched with a fanlight motif. A rounded oriel is present in the center of the second story of the front façade. One of the windows in the rounded second floor oriel appears to have been changed out to a door. Right and left three-pillar clusters with Doric capitals support the open front portico roof. The front portico is enclosed at the sides up to roughly 3 feet up from the portico decking. A “roof deck” has been created atop the portico roof via the installation of a rail system with top rail, capped posts, and balusters. Paired curved metal railings flank the front entry steps. The left and right elevations each present two single gabled dormers. The right elevation presents a two-story polygonal bay. The rear elevation presents a single gabled dormer. Windows are one-over-one double-hung. The windows on either side of the second floor oriel are narrower than the standard windows used on the rest of the front façade. The windows on the front façade present fixed, non-functional shutters. The hip roof is slate. There is a deep eave and dentils on the cornice. Two brick chimney stacks are present on the main massing of the building. Stone foundation. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. John Walter Sanborn and his wife, Julia, appear to be the original owners of this house built between 1895-1900. Sanborn (1855-1936) is descended from the Adams, Magoun, and Tufts families. The Adams and Tufts families were both prominent during the Revolutionary War. The Tufts family also owned enormous swaths of land throughout the City and, of course, Tufts University bears the family name. The Magoun side of Sanborn’s family is the Magoun for which Somerville’s Magoun Square is named. The family homestead, now referred to as the Adams-Magoun House

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 was built in 1783 and sits just further up the street at 438 Broadway. This house is one of the few remaining 18th- century houses left in Somerville and was once the farmstead for a 71-acre parcel.1 Sanborn began his career as a commission merchant in the hay and grain business of Hathaway & Woods in Boston. In 1886 he continued in the industry with his own firm, J. Walter Sanborn & Company. His enterprise was as miller’s agent and commission merchant. Sanborn & Company traded in hay, grain, flour, and produce. 2 In addition to his business dealings, Sanborn was active in Somerville community affairs, serving as a vice-chair of the school board, vice-president of the Somerville Savings Bank and a member of its board of investment, as well as a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. 3 As with other residents of Central Street including Dr. Charles Dickerman of 187 Central Street, Sanborn was active in the Masons. He was a member and past Worshipful Master of Somerville’s Soley Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, a member of the Somerville chapter of the Royal Arch Masons, and a member of the Demoley Commandery, Knights Templar.4 Right: One of Sanborn’s listing in the U.S. Mason’s Membership card files. The 1900 federal census confirms Sanborn’s occupation and shows that he lives at 183 Central St. with his wife, two young sons ages 12 and 8, his mother-in-law, Hannah K. Stevens, and a live-in servant, Irish immigrant, Mary Kelly. Twenty years later, the 1920 federal census reveals that the household size has decreased; his sons have moved out and only he, his wife, and a live-in servant, Flora Foss, an immigrant from Newfoundland, Canada, remain in the home. Sanborn continues to work in the hay and grain industry. By 1930 Sanborn has left the hay and grain industry as this federal census reveals that he has taken on the occupation of bank president. It is unknown for how many years Sanborn continued to work after 1930, but passes away in 1936. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1 Cutler, William Richard, A.M. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. New York. 1905. p.1035- 1036 2 Ibid 3 Ibid 4 Ibid

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 Hopkins map, 1874 Hopkins map, 1884 Bromley map plate 02, 1895 Stadley map, 1900 South Middlesex County Registry of Deeds Federal Census data 1900-1930 U.S. Mason Membership Cards (Massachusetts) 1733-1990 Somerville City Directories Cutler, William Richard, A.M. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. New York. 1905. p.1035-1036 Zellie, Carole, Beyond the Neck: The Architecture & Development of Somerville, Massachusetts, Updated Edition, 1990

Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. 12/12 FORM B − BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Photograph Locus Map See attached map Recorded by: City of Somerville, OSPCD Organization: Planning Division Date (September 2021): Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 48/B/24 Town/City: Somerville Place: (neighborhood or village): Winter Hill Address: 187 Central Street Historic Name: Briggs – Dickerman House Uses: Present: vacant; last used as Catholic Charities Daycare Original: single family residential Date of Construction: c.1895-1900 Source: historic maps: 1895 Bromley (plate 02) & 1900 Stadley Style/Form: Colonial Revival Architect/Builder: unknown to-date Exterior Material: Foundation: stone Wall/Trim: vinyl over wood Roof: asphalt shingles Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: Major Alterations (with dates): Second story area above entry portico enclosed, date unknown Condition: good Moved: no X yes Date: Acreage: ~.22 Setting: urban residential side street

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 1 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. 187 Central Street is one of three large, classic, Colonial Revival houses built in succession on this portion of Central Street (with 183 Central and 181 Central being the others). While these three houses form a strong Colonial Revival street wall, they are part of a larger architectural narrative that begins with a classical Greek Revival residence (178 Central St.) and ends with the Byzantine Revival synagogue at 201 Central St. 187 Central Street is an integral part of this architectural chronicle. Architectural details appear below: Center-entry, 2 ½-story Colonial Revival with two, two-story rounded bays, one on each side of the center entry. Two-story polygonal bay extant on right and left elevations. Hip roof with deep eave. Three prominent single dormers on the front elevation. Left and right front dormers present gabled cap while middle dormer presents stylized scrolled broken. Five additional gabled dormers are distributed among the right, left, and rear rooflines. An open, covered portico leads to entry door. Wood rails and turned balusters are present at the left and right boundaries of the wood portico decking. Right and left three-pillar clusters with Doric capitals support the portico roof. Area atop portico roof is enclosed (this is a later enclosure). The center panel and glass entry door is flanked by paneled and glass side lites. Elongated fan light with trim molding is present atop the front entry door. Half-round pilasters with detailed capitals are positioned between the lites and the entry door itself. Dentil molding is extant below the roofline of the portico and trim molding is found under same. Dentil molding is present on the cornice of the main body of the house. Non-functioning, fixed shutters flank windows on front façade of main body only. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. According to deed research, by at least 1892, Jonathan Brown owned most of the land on this block of Central Street as well as several parcels of land on what became Browning Road. In 1892 this land, including today’s 187 Central Street, was laid out by civil engineer, George A. Kimball for Brown. Historic map research indicates that this portion of Central Street in Winter Hill was late to develop. By 1895, 181 Central Street had been built. By 1900, both 187 Central Street and its neighbor, 183 Central, had both been built. Sylvester R. Briggs is the first owner of 187 Central Street uncovered in the historic research. Briggs came from a long line of successful tanners and dealers in animal hides in Freetown, MA where he was himself born. Though Briggs initially started out as a teacher, he eventually went into the family business, becoming a partner in the firm S. Briggs & Son with his father. Eventually the firm became known as S.R. Briggs & Co. with Sylvester remaining a partner in this hide and leather firm until 1891. From 1891 Briggs devoted his business career to banking and investments. The 1910 federal census, in fact, states his occupation as “broker”, referring to banking and investments.1 This 1910 census shows that Sylvester Randall Briggs is the head of the household. By this time, his wife, Ellen P. Walker, had died, leaving him a widow. Living with Briggs (66) was one of his children, his daughter, Lena Briggs Porter (39) and her young 1 Cutler, William Richard, A.M. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. New York. 1905. p.1616-1617

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 2 children, Randall (11) and Katrine (4). The census states that Lena is married, but there is no mention of her husband living with them at 187 Central Street. Briggs’ unmarried sister, Harriet Briggs (71), also resided in the household as did two live-in servants, Julia O’Neil (27) who emigrated from Ireland, and Carrie Child (32) from Massachusetts. Harriet spent 10 years as a teacher and then worked as a cashier and bookkeeper for a religious organization. The Briggs family was heavily involved in the Unitarian Church.2 To be able to provide a home for so many family members and to have two live-in servants meant that Briggs was a man of means. Further evidence of this was the seeming “grand tour” -style trip that his daughter and sister, Harriet, are recorded as having taken. A “grand tour” was an extended world tour taken by people of means during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A description of the tour was provided as follows: They sailed from New York in the steamer “Grosser Kurfurst,” of the North German Lloyd line, and visited Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Malta, Athens, Constantinople, Smyrna and Ephesus, Beirut, Haifa and Mt. Carmel, taking an overland tri to Nazareth, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Jericho, the Jordan and Dead Sea, and returning visited Cairo, Naples and Rome.3 This is a trip that would have taken many months to complete. When contemplating the cost of the initial ship passage (and not in “steerage” class to be sure), the overland trips, accommodations, meals, additional ship passage along the way, this was a very costly trip to make. Right: The steamer Grosser Kurfurst 2 Ibid. 3 Ibid.

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 Right, top: Postcard of a forward passage of the Grosser Kurfurst, the steamer ship aboard which the Briggs women sailed on their world tour.4 Right, bottom: Dining room of the Grosser Kurfurst. 5 4 Library of Congress 5 Library of Congress

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 4 Right: Grosser Kurfurst Ladies’ Cabin (Lounge)6 The same 1910 census provides further information: Briggs was a “broker” (recall the “banking and investments” in which he became involved after 1891), he was the owner of the house (as opposed to a renter) and he owned the home outright (it was free of a mortgage). After Briggs’ death, the trustees of his estate sold the property to Herbert F. and Dora Baker in 1921. Not much has been found of the Bakers in the historical record to-date save for their listing in the 1924 and 1925 City Directories for Central Street. In the 1925 directory he is listed as a manager (mgr.), but it is unclear in what industry he worked. In 1928 the property is purchased by Charles and Minnie Dickerman. Charles Dickerman was a medical doctor and his wife, Minnie, was a nurse. Dr. Dickerman started the Sunnyside Hospital, located at 400 Broadway in the house that is still at the corner of Broadway and Central Street today . Thus, Dr. Dickerman lived two lots away from the hospital that he founded and where he worked. Below: 400 Broadway. Originally built as a residence by Cutler Downer who lived at 170 Central Street. Downer built several large residential structures including 400 Broadway, 396-398 Broadway, 392-394 Broadway, 192-201 Central (known as the Downer Rowhouses), and the rowhouses at 63 Adams Street). 400 Broadway later became the home of the Sunnyside Hospital founded by Dr. Charles Dickerson of 187 Central Street. Originally his hospital was located on Main Street until he moved it across the street to 400 Broadway. 6 Library of Congress

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 5 1930 Federal census reveals further information about the Dickermans. Both were born in Russia, with Dr. Dickerman immigrating to the U.S. in 1892. His first language was Yiddish, not Russian. This same census shows that, in addition to the Dickermans and their two children, numerous nurses-in-training and domestic workers lived at the property, with a total of 14 people residing in the home at the same time. Most of the nurses likely worked at Sunnyside Hospital, thus living under the same roof as their employer. At least one occupant living at the house worked as a servant for a private family. The domestics living in the house were a hospital laundress and hospital cook (presumably also at Sunnyside). In addition to the Dickermans, three other occupants were also immigrants: two from Canada and one from Scotland. All non-family members are listed as “lodgers”; they paid for their room. The time of the census, 1930, was also just at the start of the Great Depression; it was not uncommon for numerous related and unrelated people to live under one roof for economic purposes. The 1940 census reveals that there is now a total of 16 people living in this household: the Dickermans have added another child and one additional lodger. Most of the non-family members are full nurses working at a “private hospital”, likely Sunnyside. In addition, there is a laborer and a maid working in a private home. The Dickermans continue to run and work at the Sunnyside Hospital. It is worth noting that this census has an education component, asking the highest level of schooling each occupant has had. Dr. Dickerman completed college, his wife, high school. All of the nurses and the laborer completed education through the 8th grade only. While this may be surprising today, educational requirements were very different in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to their medical work, it appears that the Dickermans were involved in Jewish philanthropic causes. At least one record shows that they donated $275.00 to one organization, the Federation CJA, in 1944. This is the equivalent of roughly about $4,100.00 in 2021 dollars. Their listing for the Combined Jewish Appeal for 1944 appears below:

INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET TOWN ADDRESS MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 6 Dr. Dickerman was also a Master Mason-level member of the Masons Freedom Lodge in Somerville. Reminiscences of Dr. Dickerman and his Winter Hill Sunnyside Hospital by current and former Somerville residents appeared in Somerville-centric online blogs as recently as 2005. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Hopkins map, 1874 Hopkins map, 1884 Bromley map plate 02, 1895 Stadley map, 1900 South Middlesex County Registry of Deeds (187 Central Street) Federal Census: 1910, 1930, 1940 Somerville City Directories: 1924, 1925, Combined Jewish Appeal 1944 List of Contributors Boston Globe, June 29, 1916 Boston Globe, 1917 obituaries Cutler, William Richard, A.M. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. New York. 1905. p.1616-1617 Zellie, Carole, Beyond the Neck: The Architecture & Development of Somerville, Massachusetts, Updated Edition, 1990

Inventory No: SMV.131 Historic Name: Downer Rowhouses Common Name: Address: 192-200 Central St City/Town: Somerville Village/Neighborhood: Winter Hill Local No: 1035, 122 Year Constructed: c 1880 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s): Row House; Second Empire Use(s): Multiple Family Dwelling House; Single Family Dwelling House Significance: Architecture Area(s): SMV.AY: Somerville Multiple Resource Area Designation(s): Local Historic District (03/11/1985); Nat'l Register MRA (09/18/1989); Nat'l Register Individual Property (09/18/1989) Building Materials(s): Roof: Slate Wall: Brick; Granite; Stone, Cut The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5. Users of this digital material acknowledge that they have read and understood the MACRIS Information and Disclaimer (http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm) Data available via the MACRIS web interface, and associated scanned files are for information purposes only. THE ACT OF CHECKING THIS DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED SCANNED FILES DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER AND/OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, LICENSE OR FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY YOU MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc) under the subject heading "MHC Forms." Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 1:50: PM

LriD - 3/11/85 ( P ) OFFICE COPY DO NOT REMOVE CRM B - BUILDING ASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION ] BOYLSTON STREET 3STON, MA 02116 AREA FORM NO. Lter yll Town Sonerville Pi - \A/<nfGV" ess 152-200 Central Street ric Name Downer rowhouses K e t c n nap: jjraw map ssnuwjuiy ptupei. uy s XOUCH-JLUII n relation to nearest cross streets and/or •eographical features. Indicate all buildings etween inventoried property and nearest ntersection(s). ndicate north Present nultifamily resiri^nrp Original S-unit apartment row PTION ce map research Second Enoire itect unicnown Exterior Wall Fabric brick/granite Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) nonp See A t t a c h e d A s s e s s o r ' s Map Condition 0000 Moved no Date n/a Acreage less than one acre Setting The apartment row located on n residential street, abuts a church on broadway, a major Somervillp thoroughfare. Z E N JTM REFERENCE ^ " 327/170 - 4695/520 JSGS QUADRANGLE_ SCALE B o s t o n N o r t h 1 i 2 5 i o q o Recorded by Betsy Frieriberc. Preservation Planner Organization Mass. Histnrirai rnnmccinn Date M y 1985

NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) 192-200 Central Street, a well-preserved Second Empire style apartment row, retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, f e e l i n g , and association, and f u l f i l l s Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local l e v e l . ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. 192-200 Central Street i s a five-unit Second Empire-style brick row. The steep, straight-edged roof line indicates that i t was b u i l t during the f i n a l years of that style's popularity. The overall proportions of the building are t a l l and narrow. Notable features include the f u l l height, polygonal bays, recessed entrances, and boldly projecting cornices. The building also retains a scallop-shingled slate roof and projecting dormers with bracketed supported broken pediments. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community. Like i t s neighbor, 55 Adams Street (see map) 192-200 Central Street was b u i l t ca. 1880 by local real estate broker and Winter H i l l resident Cutler Downer. Brick rowhouses began to be b u i l t for middle class residents in prestigious neighborhoods such as Winter H i l l in the late 19th century. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of the C i t y of Somerville. 1 884

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Inventory No: SMV.1166 Historic Name: Temple B'Nai B'Rith Synagogue Common Name: Address: 201 Central St City/Town: Somerville Village/Neighborhood: Winter Hill Local No: 48-B-25 Year Constructed: 1919 Architect(s): Eisenberg, Samuel Saul; Minor, Wesley Lyng Architectural Style(s): Other Use(s): Chapel; Classroom; Library; Synagogue Significance: Architecture; Ethnic Heritage; Religion Area(s): Designation(s): Building Materials(s): Roof: Tar, Built-up Wall: Brick; Cast Stone; Glass; Limestone Foundation: Cast Stone The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5. Users of this digital material acknowledge that they have read and understood the MACRIS Information and Disclaimer (http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm) Data available via the MACRIS web interface, and associated scanned files are for information purposes only. THE ACT OF CHECKING THIS DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED SCANNED FILES DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER AND/OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, LICENSE OR FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY YOU MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc) under the subject heading "MHC Forms." Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 1:56: PM

FORM B - BUILDING Massachusetts Ffistorical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 48/B/25 Boston-North SMV.1166 Town Somerville Place (neighborhood or village) Winter Hill Address 201 Central Street Historic Name Temple B'Nai B'Rith Use: Present Synagogue Original Synagogue Date of Construction 1919-1925 Source Somerville Journal 12/23/1921 and City Directories Style/Form Byzantine Revival / Rectangular Architect/Builder W.L. Minor, 1919 & S.S. Eisenberg,1925 Exterior Material Foundation Concrete Wall Buff brick, limestone facings & cast stone trim Roof Tar & Gravel (?) Outbuildings/Secondary Structures N/A Major Alterations (with dates) Very intact OCT 1 o 2005 MASS. HfST. COMM Recorded by Edward W. Gordon Organization Som. Historic Preservation Comm. Condition Good Moved yes X no Acreage 20,000 square feet Setting Situated at the top of Winter Hill within an area of architecturally significant buildings located along and south of Broadway. Across the street from the synagogue is a handsome group of c. 1880's brick mansard row houses. Date(month/day/year) 3/7/05

BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION X SMV.1166 see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. Built in 1919-1925, the B'nai Brith Synagogue is the finest example of a Byzantine Revival ecclesiastical building in Somerville. The synagogue is constructed of buff brick with limestone facings and cast stone trim. Preserved within the interior of the building is much original woodwork and lighting fixtures, as well as the large Ark secured from Boston's B'nai Israel Synagogue just prior to its 1915 demolition. Possessing a distinctive, compact rectangular form, the synagogue measures three-bay's by-five-bays. Rising four-stories from a cast stone basement to flat-roofed structural components, the tripartite main facade features a trio of arched entrances set off by cast stone enframents. Access to the entrances is provided by a broad flight of concrete steps. The steps are flanked by high shouldered masonry components. Rising from atop these flanking components are original lighting fixtures in the form of tall cast stone columns supported by milk glass globes. The center pavilion is characterized by a shallow three-bay projection from the main body of the building. Cast stone piers define the edges of the broad entrance bay. Flanking the entrance bay are narrow walls pierced by a single narrow window at each of their three stories. Above the arched entrances are three recessed panels that rise to the curving line of an arch. Set off by cast stone wall surfaces, the buff brick panels are pierced by a center, circular stained glass window depicting the Star of David. The circular window is flanked by narrow arched windows. The center pavilion culminates in a broad, low arch. At the apex of the arch are two round-arched cast stone panels depicting an open prayer book. Set back behind the center pavilion and rising from the center of the HISTORICAL NARRATIVE X see continuation sheet Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building and the role(s) the owners!occupants played within the community. Built between 1919-1923, the origins of Winter Hill's B'nai B'rith Synagogue lie in the organization of Somerville's Hebrew Educational Society in 1903. Somerville's Jews constituted one of the smaller early twentieth century Boston area Jewish communities with less than 4,000 members around 1900. ^ Boston neighborhoods such as the North End, West End and South End became host to Jewish immigrants whose combined population approached 65,000 by 1910. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, \ the B'nai Brith Synagogue was the major focus of activity for Jews living in Somerville and Medford. I The basement of the synagogue was designed by W. L. Minor, while the main body of the building was designed by S. S. eisenberg. During the first half of the twentieth century, Eisenberg, designed a number of apartment buildings in Brookline as well as the Fenway and Allston-Brighton neighborhoods of Boston. B'Nai Brith Synagogue also has significant historical associations with Rabbi Isadore Singer, an important Jewish theologian long associated with Beth El Synagogue in Manhattan Beach, New York who began his career at Temple B'Nai Brith in Somerville during the mid 1920s. According to late nineteenth century Somerville and Middlesex County Atlases, the synagogue's lot was part of the J. Frank Brown house lot Brown was a clerk employed by the Market National Bank of Boston. His house still stands to the west of the synagogue at 177 Central Street By 1900, Brown's parcel had been subdivided with the BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES [ | see continuation sheet Bromley, George, Atlases of the City of Somerville, 1895; 1900. Hopkins, G. M . , Maps of the City of Somerville, 1874; 1884. Sarna, Jonathan D. and Smith, Ellen, The Jews of Boston, Northeastern U Press, Boston, MA, 1995. Somerville Journal, 2/671903, "Hebrew Synagogue Chartered"; 5/ 11/ 26/1915, "To Build Synagogue." SJ, 12/23 /21, "Will Lay Cornerstone"; SJ 9/14/1925, "Temple B'nai Brith, Central Street"; SJ, 10/27/1927, "Dedicatory Exercises, Temple B'nai Brith has Interesting Ceremonies Sunday Afternoon with Banquet in Evening" ; SJ, 1/12/1995 " A Community Revives at Central Street Temple." Temple B'Nai Brith Website; Somerville Public Library, Local History Room Files. Zellie, Carole, Beyond the Neck: The Architecture and Development of Somerville, MA, 1982, 1990. |X 1 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you musi ach a completed National Register Crii i Statement form.

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET T o w n : .„ , Property Address: Somerville, MA 201 Central Street MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area (s) Form No: Office of the Secretary, Boston Winter Hill SMVA166 Indicate each item on inventory form, continued below. Architectural Description Page 3 segmental arched pediment The center, three-story component is flanked by crenalation in evidence atop the narrow flanking bays. Ranged across the five bay side walls piers are corner pier-like structural components provideing the structure vertical accents as well visually separating the tripartite windows at the first and second stories; these windows surmount rectangular brickwork panels. The tripartite windows of the side walls culminate in arches. Historical Narrative synagogue's future site encompassing19,299 square feet During the fall of 1915, the congregation of B' nai B' rith purchased a lot atop Winter Hill on Central Street near Broadway for the purpose of building a synagogue. The synagogue's parcel contained approximately 20,000 square feet. The synagogue's location was chosen so it would be convenient for both the Jews of Somerville and Medford. Between 1917 and 1919, the congregation worshipped in the Knights of Columbus building. Previous to that they occupied Citizen Hall at Gilman Square. In July, 1919, plans were announced in the local press for imminent work on the forty-by-sixty foot foundation of the synagogue. Reportedly, the basement was completed in only a matter of weeks by "a large force of men." Even before the entire synagogue was completed, worship services were held in the basement Using a roofed-over foundation, before the completion of the upper sanctuary, was standard practice at Somerville houses of worship. This approach to holding worship services on a construction site as soon as possible dates back tio at least the early 1870s at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Union Square. In September of 1919 Rabbi H. Solomon of Atlanta, Georgia officiated at the first services held in B'nai Brith's basement. The estimated cost of the B'Nai B'rith synagogue in 1919 was $50,000. Of that figure, $10,000 was earmarked for the construction of the basement In 1919, the president of the synagogue was I. Lappin, while the building committee members included Ex-Alderman Joseph Hillson, Nason J. Levinson, David Menser, M . J. Barron, Max Glassman and Joseph Cohen. A Somerville Journal article written in December, 1921, noted that the building 's first floor would contain classrooms, clubrooms, a banquet hall and kitchen, while the second floor would be occupied by an assembly and ballroom. The third floor was slated to be "the synagogue proper." The temple's building committee hired Samuel S. Eisenberg of Chelsea to design the B'Nai B'rith Synagogue. Eisenberg was just begining a career that stretched into the mid 1960s. Evidently the Somerville temple's building committee recognized the young architecf s design talents. Eisenberg, as a newcomer intent on making a name for himself, may have intentionally submitted a low bid for the B'nai Brith project S. S. Eisenberg was a partner in the firm of Eisenberg and Feer between c. 1926 and 1945. An early Eisenberg and Feer project was the Mattapan Hebrew Community Center on Morton Street between Norfolk Street and Blue Hill Avenue. One of Eisenberg's most successful projects from a siting and design perspective was the Reservoir Garden Apartments at 1982-1992 Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton. Built between 1920 and 1925 on still-developing western Commonwealth Avenue, Eisenberg ranged four identical apartment buildings around a courtyard that complements and extends the park bordering the Chestnut Hill Reservoir on the south side of the apartments. pie to inventory form at bottom

INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Somerville Property Address 201 Central Street M A S S A C H U S E T T S H I S T O R I C A L C O M M I S S I O N Area (s) Form N o M A S S A C H U S E T T S A R C H I V E S B U I L D I N G Winter H i l l S M V 1166 220 M O R R I S S E Y B O U L E V A R D B O S T O N , M A S S A C H U S E T T S 02125 Historical Narrative Page 4 Upon its completion in the spring of 1925, Temple B'nai Brith's congregation encompassed 500 families drawn from Somerville, Cambridge, Medford, Arlington and other nearby communities. Two years later, an article in The Somerville Journal described the building as "a striking example of Byzantine architecture. The interior of the temple is finished in dark woods, in keeping with the style of the period, and the walls are of Artex, rough stipple plaster. A large assembly room, Covenant Hall, is on the ground floor, which is used for social purposes. Above this is the auditorium, the most striking feature being the large Ark, which was secured from B'nai Israel of Boston (in 1915). This ark which is probably the oldest one in the vicinity, is entirely hand carved, and for many years stood in the synagogue at Bowdoin Square, Boston. In it are kept the scrolls of the Law." A Somerville Journal article dated October 27, 1927 mentions the dedicatory exercises associated with the "beautifully remodeled temple on Central Street" Although the dedicatory program is mentioned in detail no description is provided as to what the remodeling encompassed. A remodeling project only four years after the completion seems unlikely, but perhaps the program's purpose was to recognize an interior design that began with the end of the synagogue's construction in 1923 and was finally completed in the fall of 1927. During the mid 1920s, Rabbi Isadore Singer played an important role in the early growth of Temple B' Nai Brith. Born in Romania around 1900, Rabbi Singer received his early Hebrew education from bis father. Entering Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City in 1917, he graduated from that institution in 1924. He also earned degrees from City University of New York and Columbia Teacher1 s College. His first congregation was Temple B' Nai Brith in Somerville, MA. Rabbi Singer later moved to Temple Beth 13 in Manhattan Beach, New York where he also headed the Congregation's Hebrew School. He served as a chaplain during World War II and was stationed in Illinois. Rabbi Signer's Papers, including pamphlets on the B' nai Brith Synagogue dating to 1925, are housed in the archives of the Jewish Theological Seminary at 3080 Broadway in Manhattan, NYC. Fast-forwarding to the mid- 1970s, the future prospects of the B'Nai Brith Synagogue as a house of worship were grim with a membership of only 25 people. The congregation struggled to have a minyan or the requisite ten people needed to conduct a service. The social life surrounding any religious community was gone, including the dinners that so many members looked forward to from week to week. The building fell into disrepair and the once vibrant congregation nearly folded as their members died or retired to warmer climates. As the 1970's drew to a close, no young people were joining the synagogue to augment the depleted ranks of the aging religious organization. Indeed, the Hebrew school closed in 1972. Rabbi Leo Shubow, the synagogue's last full-time rabbi, retired in 1978 and the congregation could not afford to find a replacement for him. According to long-time member Lucy Mabel, the thought of closing down and joining Medford's Temple Beth Shalom was entertained for a time.

I N V E N T O R Y F O R M C O N T I N U A T I O N S H E E T Town Somerville Property Address 201 Central Street M A S S A C H U S E T T S H I S T O R I C A L C O M M I S S I O N Area (s) F o r m N o M A S S A C H U S E T T S A R C H I V E S B U I L D I N G Winter H i l l S M V 1166 220 M O R R I S S E Y B O U L E V A R D B O S T O N , M A S S A C H U S E T T S 02125 Historical Narrative Page 5 During the 1980s, B' Nai B'rith's congregation experienced a reversal of fortune, thanks in part to the efforts of Morris and Ada Kleiman. The couple persuaded the temple's darshan or spiritual leader, to stay. They ferried people to Saturday services via their own vehicle and wrote the religious society's newsletter and generally made members feel welcome. In Phillip Weiss' opinion the revitalization of the synagogue occurred because of "a general spiritual hunger out there, and tolerance for members from all walks of life". By 1995, the congregation embraced 400, adult members with as many as 50 actively involved in the building committee. Long-time synagogue member Lucille Mabel noted that the new members were well educated with lots of doctors and lawyers participating in the services. Growing up in the 1920s and 1930s, she remembered a congregation whose heads of households were drawn from the ranks of small businessmen and tradesmen. Back in the early days of the synagogue, women were housewives with the time to organize events in support of the synagogue, but as the twentieth century progressed women had to work outside of the home and their time for volunteer activities became a precious commodity. Since the 1990s volunteer efforts have been focused on raising money to repair and preserve the building. Today, Temple B' Nai Brith is home to an independent egalitarian congregation with historic roots in the Conservative movement. Described as "small and evolving," the congregation welcomes newcomers, no matter what their level of knowledge about Judaism. The congregation is fortunate to have such a beautiful and spacious building that houses the William and Saul Zidel Library, small meeting rooms and classrooms, as well as the Blumsack Chapel—all located at the lower level. The building also encompasses Nissenbaum Hall, a commodious facility used for celebrations, as well as the sanctuary with its beautiful woodwork, furnishings and lighting fixtures.

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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Community Property Address MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING SOMMERVILLE, M A 201 CENTRAL STREET 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Area(s) Form No. WINTER HILL SMV.1166 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: X D Individually eligible • Eligible only in a historic district X D Contributing to a potential historic district • Potential historic district Criteria: X O A • B X Q C • D Criteria Considerations: • A • B • C • D • E • F • G Statement of Significance by The criteria that are checked in the above sections must be justified here. The B'Nai Brith Synagogue at 201 Central Street is individually eligible for listing on the N. R. H. P. As well as a contributing historic property toi a potential Winter Hill N. R. H. P. District. Built between 1919-1923, the origins of B'Nai B'rith Synagogue in Winter Hill lie in the organization of Somerville's Hebrew Educational Society in 1903. Somerville's Jews constituted one of the smaller Jewish communities in Boston, numbering less than 4,000 members by 1900. Boston neighborhoods, such as the North End, West End and South End, became host to Jewish immigrants whose combined population approached 65,000 by 1910. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, the B'nai Brith Synagogue was the major focus of activity for Jews living in Somerville and Medford. The synagogue's architect was S.S. Eisenberg, During the first half of the twentieth century, Mr. Eisenberg was a designer of apartment buildings in Brookline as well as in the Fenway and Allston-Brighton neighborhoods of Boston. B'Nai Brith Synagogue also has significant historical associations with Rabbi Isadore Signer, an important Jewish theologian, began his career at Temple B'Nai Brith in Somerville during the mid 1920s. The B'nai Brith Synagogue satisfies criteria A of the N. R H. P. Built in 1919-1925, the B'nai Brith Synagogue at 201 Central Street is the finest example of the Byzantine Revival style in Somerville. The synagogue is constructed of buff brick with limestone facings and cast stone trim. Preserved within the interior of the building is much original woodwork and lighting fixtures, as well as the large Ark secured from Boston's B'nai Israel synagogue just prior to its demolition in 1915. The B'nai Brith Synagogue satisfies criteria C of the N. R. H. P

BUILDING I N S P E C T I O N D E P A R T M E N T - D I S T R I C T P O L I C E PLAN RECORD CASE C RACK 2- APART. 7 NO. 8208 BUILDING Cong. B'nai Brith . CITY OR TOWN Somerville STREET TO BE USED FOR Religious Purposes OWNER Cong. B'nai Brith ARCHITECT S. S. Msenberg CERTIFICATE A P P R O V A L — 9 W W t W « W W O I f 1 t e Q W I t a i t C m W - D A T E Apr 3, 1917 INSPECTOR Lewis FORM 41. lO.OOO. 2-Z--1B. / STORIES Central 2B Church Brick

Inventory No: SMV.334 Historic Name: Common Name: Downer, Cutler Double House Address: 392-394 Broadway City/Town: Somerville Village/Neighborhood: Winter Hill Local No: Year Constructed: c 1874 Architect(s): Architectural Style(s): Second Empire Use(s): Multiple Family Dwelling House Significance: Architecture Area(s): SMV.BA: Somerville Single Building Local Historic District Designation(s): Local Historic District (10/31/1989) Building Materials(s): Roof: Asphalt Shingle Wall: Wood; Wood Clapboard The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5. Users of this digital material acknowledge that they have read and understood the MACRIS Information and Disclaimer (http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm) Data available via the MACRIS web interface, and associated scanned files are for information purposes only. THE ACT OF CHECKING THIS DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED SCANNED FILES DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER AND/OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, LICENSE OR FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY YOU MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc) under the subject heading "MHC Forms." Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 11:04 PM

FORM B - BUILDING r 1 A AREA FORM NO. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 80 BOYLSTON STREET 01 vl W i ^ H i l l BOSTON, MA 02116 5S 392-394 , 396-398 , 400 Brnarlw^ He Name C u t l e r Downer (develonp S O M E R V T I J i r l \ r e s i d e n t i a 1 resident:i a 1 c a . 1874 maps/ d i r e c t o r i e s Second Empire Sketch Map: Draw map showing property's location in r e l a t i o n to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate a l l buildings between inventoried property and nearest i n t e r s e c t i o n ( s ) . Indicate north Exterior Wall Fabric c l a p b o a r d , s v n t h e t i s i d i n g , a s p h a l t b r i c k Outbuildings Major Alterations (with dates) s y n t h e t i c s i d i n g s Condition fair Moved Date Acreage 6400 + 63qo + 5638 R q . f t . Setting Three b u i l d i n g on t h e sxULthgas UTM REFERENCE _ USGS QUADRANGLE, SCALE c o r n e r of Broadway and C e n t r a l . on h e a v i l y t r a v e l l e d r o u t e u n d e r g o i n g — constant, change, r e s i d e n t i a l & comme C a r o l e Z e l l i e - 1980 Recorded by G r e t c h e n S c h u l e r - 1988 S o m e r v i l l e H i s t o r i c Organization P r e s e r v a t i o n C o j n m i s s i o n Date May, 1 9 8 8

r 5 M V. 33'/ NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT ( i f applicable) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important a r c h i t e c t u r a l features and evaluate i n terms of other buildings within the community. The t h r e e , d o u b l e S e c o n d E m p i r e h o u s e s h a v e s i m i l a r p l a n s , e x t e r i o r f a c a d e s and p r o m i n e n t m a n s a r d r o o f s . E a c h has a c e n t e r e n t r a n c e o f two d o o r s f l a n k e d by a t h r e e s t o r y t r i p a r t i t i e bay w h i c h i s c a r r i e d t h r o u g h t h e r o o f l i n e c r e a t i n g a d o r m e r on t h e d o u b l e h o u s e s . The s i d i n g has been a l t e r e d (# 392-394 = c l a p b o a r d , #396-398 = s y n t h e t i c s i d i n g , #400= a s p h a l t b r i c k ) h o w e v e r e a c h b u i l d i n g r e t a i n s t h e b r a c k e t s and d e n t i l d e t a i l s . HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the r o l e owners played i n l o c a l or state h i s t o r y and how tne b u i l d i n g r e l a t e s to the development of the community. Much o f B r o a d w a y d e v e l o p e d a f t e r t h e C i v i l War and many o f t h e s u b s t a n t i a l homes, b e l o n g i n g t o l o c a l l y p r o m i n e n t b u s i n e s s m e n , w e r e i n t h e S e c o n d E m p i r e S t y l e . From many o f t h e s e h o u s e s , s i t e d on n a t u r a l s u m m i t s , one e n j o y e d v i s t a s o f C h a r l e s t o w n and t h e M y s t i c R i v e r . L o c a l i n d u s t r y and w o r k e r s ' h o u s i n g was c o n f i n e d t o a r e a s n o r t h o f B r o a d w a y i n t h e Ten H i l l s a r e a . Most o f t h e l a r g e B r o a d w a y homes w e r e owned by t h e o c c u p a n t s , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f some s p e c u l a t i v e d e v e l o p m e n t o f w h i c h t h e s e t h r e e d o u b l e m a n s a r d r o w h o u s e s a r e e x a m p l e s . C u t l e r Downer, who l i v e d a t #170 C e n t r a l S t r e e t a n d owned l a r g e t r a c t s o f l a n d i n t h e a r e a , b u i l t t h e s e t h r e e h o u s e s . S u b s e q u e n t o w n e r s and o c c u p a n t s had v a r i o u s j o b s i n B o s t o n and S o m e r v i l l e . F o r e x a m p l e , Edward W a l d r o n who l i v e d a t #396 B r o a d w a y was a g e n e r a l a g e n t f o r t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t e a m s h i p Company i n B o s t o n . ) ) BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES 1. A t l a s o f M i d d l e s e x C o u n t y , S o m e r v i l l e : 1874 ( " C u t l e r Downer", a l l t h r e e ) , 1884 ( " S a r a h L a t h r o p e " , no name on t w o ) , 1895 ( " G u s t a f L y o n & H e n r y H. Upham, Edward W a l d r o n , M a r t h a N o y e s " ) 2. C i t y D i r e c t o r i e s , 1 8 7 0 s - 1 8 9 0 s . 3. C i t y o f S o m e r v i l l e , B e y o n d t h e Neck: The A r c h i t e c t u r e and D e v e l o p m e n t o f S o m e r v i l l e , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , 1 9 8 3 . ~~ " 8/85 4. R e g i s t r y o f D e e d s , M i d d l e s e x C o u n t y : Book Page

Inventory No: SMV.134 Historic Name: Broadway Winter Hill Congregational Church Common Name: Address: 404 Broadway City/Town: Somerville Village/Neighborhood: Winter Hill Local No: 1037, 118 Year Constructed: 1890 Architect(s): Hartwell, Richardson & Driver Architectural Style(s): Shingle Style Use(s): Church Significance: Architecture; Religion Area(s): SMV.AY: Somerville Multiple Resource Area Designation(s): Local Historic District (03/11/1985); Nat'l Register MRA (09/18/1989); Nat'l Register Individual Property (09/18/1989) Building Materials(s): Roof: Slate Wall: Granite; Marble; Slate; Wood Shingle; Stone, Cut Foundation: Granite; Stone, Cut The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has converted this paper record to digital format as part of ongoing projects to scan records of the Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth and National Register of Historic Places nominations for Massachusetts. Efforts are ongoing and not all inventory or National Register records related to this resource may be available in digital format at this time. The MACRIS database and scanned files are highly dynamic; new information is added daily and both database records and related scanned files may be updated as new information is incorporated into MHC files. Users should note that there may be a considerable lag time between the receipt of new or updated records by MHC and the appearance of related information in MACRIS. Users should also note that not all source materials for the MACRIS database are made available as scanned images. Users may consult the records, files and maps available in MHC's public research area at its offices at the State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, open M-F, 9-5. Users of this digital material acknowledge that they have read and understood the MACRIS Information and Disclaimer (http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm) Data available via the MACRIS web interface, and associated scanned files are for information purposes only. THE ACT OF CHECKING THIS DATABASE AND ASSOCIATED SCANNED FILES DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER AND/OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, LICENSE OR FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY YOU MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT NOTIFICATION FORM TO MHC FOR MHC'S REVIEW AND COMMENT. You can obtain a copy of a PNF through the MHC web site (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc) under the subject heading "MHC Forms." Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc This file was accessed on: Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 10:58 PM

FORM B - BUILDING ^ ^ 1 " ^ ^ MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 3( Bl Sk in ge be in In OFFICE COPY DO NOT REMOVE cation igs AREA AY Town Somerville FORM NO. HrS, i3*j Address 404- Broadway Historic Name Broadway Winter H i l l Congregational Church Use: Present religious Original religious DESCRIPTION Date 1890-1391 Source Samuels, Somerville Past and Present Style Shingle Style Architect Hartweii and Richardson Exterior Hall Fabric granite / shingle Outbuildings none Major Alterations (with dates) none See Attached Assessor's Map uTM REFERENCE Z E N 19 327/190 ^695/550 JSGS QUADRANGLE SCALE 1 : 25, 000 Boston North Condition good Moved no Date Acreage less than one acre Setting Southwest corner of Broadway and Central St., on main route among multi-family residential apartment houses, some offices. Jroan setting Recorded by Oretchen G. Schuler Organization Mass. Historical Commissior Date ( September, 1985

NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA STATEMENT (if applicable) T h e B r o a d w a y W i n t e r H i l l C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h , a H a r t w e i i a n d R i c h a r d s o n d e s i g n i n t h e S h i n g l e S t y l e i s s i g n i f i c a n t f o r i t s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e W i n t e r H i l l a r e a o f S o m e r v i l l e , -and i t s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h w e l l K n o w n a r c h i t e c t u r a l r i r m . I t r e t a i n s i n t e g r i t y o f l o c a t i o n , d e s i g n , m a t e r i a l s , w o r k m a n s h i p , f e e l i n g , a n d a s s o c i a t i o n and r u l f i l l s C r i t e r i a A, B, and C o f t h e N a t i o n a l R e g i s t e r of H i s t o r i c P l a c e s on t h e l o c a l " l e v e l . ( ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community. The Broadway W i n t e r H i l l C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h i s one o f S o m e r v i l l e ' s f i n e s t a r c h i t e c t d e s i g n e d b u i l d i n g s a n a one o f t h e o n l y S h i n g l e S t y l e i n s t i t u t i o n a l s t r u c t u r e s . C h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f t n e S h i n g l e S t y l e a r e t h e m u l t i p l e s l a t e c o v e r e d r o o f s o f v a r y i n g s h a p e s i n c l u d i n g p y r a m i d a l , c o n i c a l and g a b l e , t h e g r a n i t e and s h i n g i e c l a d f a c a d e s and t h e v a r i o u s a r c h i t e c t u r a l s h a p e s t h a t f o r m t h e b u i l d i n g . The m a t e r i a l s a r e o f i n t e r e s t a n d i n c l u d e l o c a l s l a t e " S o m e r v i l l e S t o n e " f r o m t h e F i t z g e r a l d ' s Q u a r r y i n S o m e r v i l l e f o r t h e s q u a r e t o w e r , b l u e R u t l a n d m a r b l e f o r t h e s i l l s , c o p i n g s and s t e p s , and r o u g h g r a n i t e b l o c k s t o n e f o r t h e c o r n e r t o w e r . HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the Jbuilding relates to the development of the community. I n 1 8 6 3 , u n d e r t h e l e a d e r s h i p of S a m u e l C a r l t o n , W i n t e r H i l l r e s i d e n t s o r g a n i z e d a S a b b a t h S c h o o l . I n 1865 a c o n g r e g a t i o n o f 28 was r o r m e d . By 1881 t h e r e were i s s u e s o f d i v i s i o n and t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n s p l i t w i t h some members f o r m i n g t h e B r o a d w a y C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h a n d o t h e r s o r g a n i z i n g a s t h e W i n t e r H i l l C o n g r e g a t i o n a l S o c i e t y . I t was t h e l a t t e r g r o u p t h a t r e m a i n e d i n a l l i a n c e w i t h t h e S a b b a t h S c h o o l . T h e W i n t e r H i l l C o n g r e g a t i o n a l S o c i e t y u s e d a G o t h i c C h a p e l , b u i l t i n 1 8 7 1 , f o r w o r s h i p p r i o r t o t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h i s b u i l d i n g i n 1890. Renown a r c h i t e c t s H a r t w e i i , R i c h a r d s o n , and D r i v e r d e s i g n e d t h i s c h u r c h b u i l d i n g i n t h e S h i n g l e S t y l e . Tne b u i l d i n g i s s i g n i f i c a n t f o r i t s w e l l d e f i n e d a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t y l e a n d i t s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h t h e w e l l known a r c h i t e c t u r a l f i r m . I t i s a l s o i m p o r t a n t f o r i t s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e W i n t e r H i l l c o m m u n i t y a n d r e l i g i o u s o r g a n i z a t i o n i n S o m e r v i l l e . BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES B r o m e l y , G.W., A t l a s o f t h e C i t y o f S o m e r v i l l e , 1 8 9 4 . S a m u e l s , E d w a r d , S o m e r v i l l e : P a s t and P r e s e n t , 1 8 9 7 . S o m e r v i l i e J o u r n a ~ November 15, 1 8 9 0 .

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