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National Register of Historic Places nomination, Belvidere Hill Historic District (ref. 95000656)

Creator
Margo B. Webber with Betsy Friedberg, Massachusetts Historical Commission
Date
April 1995 (listed 26 May 1995)
Type
survey
Repository
National Park Service, NPGallery
Locator
73 pp.; inventory entries for 236 Fairmount St (house, garage) and 222 Fairmount St (carriage house)
Access
Public; PDF. Open online

Statements this record supports

  • C-028 — The estate's carriage house — the 'Stable for Mr A. T. Atherton' by Merrill & Cutler published in June 1883 — stands northeast of the house and is today a separate private residence at 222 Fairmount Street (NRHP nomination 1995: 'Arthur Bonney Estate Carriage House, 222 Fairmount St., 1883', contributing).
  • C-038 — 236 Fairmount Street ('Arthur Bonney Estate', 1883, Chateauesque) is a contributing property in the Belvidere Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 26 May 1995 (ref. 95000656); the district's southern boundary runs along the southern line of no. 236. The nomination calls it 'the district's only example of the Chateauesque Style' and notes 'rough-faced ashlar construction' and the porte-cochère; the garage (ca. 1940) and the carriage house (222 Fairmount, 1883) are also contributing.