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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Cumberland INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) :;S::¥:::¥:Ji8:^:iH:ie: ; :::^^ '' • •-•'•••' ;x'x¥xX: x: :: x x . .-.•:•• x'xXx x-x>-x .': •: ' \ : : xX;xx : xXx-xXx: : xXxXx x-Xx-^x-x^Xx X;X.x.x:x.x: ::x :x : x :x : : X;:;X : x;: : ::X:,x. , ... : •••_: : •:•;. XxX;: : x :X:X-x:::x:x:x: !:-:*:*Xx:;P»^ft^ffC:X:Xx:v:x:x:': XxXxx-XxX x'xXxXxXx x>Xx .-:'-. X:V:X:X : x : x : XxX: xX : X:' x . ;X. X •'•:• • . : : : XxX; .;:.-.. •• . ' : :x .;x x-x-x .:..; : . .;. •: x-x '•:•: X : :•::-:•.. : . : .:.x.:.x> :.X;..x: x : x:x. x : :-x.. ••:•: • : : x.-.- : : : :xX:X.XxXXXx» xX :x: : : -; . .': : ; : . :-.': : x: : x; x:x: xxXxX:XxX:XX; COMMON: Thomas Brackett Reed House AND/OR HISTORIC: Thomas Brackett Reed House illiiiiiiitii;. • ^fSiwm<- •^Mt$$%z$i&. w <^- w w^ •':•'• ;• ,;. ;: ;.;; :: •; • m^ , ^. STREET AND NUMBER: 30-32 Deering Street CITY OR TOWN: CO N G R ESSION AL Dl ST R 1 C T: Portland ' 1 STATE CODE COUNTY: CODE Maine ,23 Cumberland OoS JiiiiiiiiiiAiiii : . :^ STATUS ACCESSIBLE CATEG ° RY OWNERSH.P ( Check One) TO THE PUBLIC Q District 3 Building d Public Public Acquisition: [X Occupied Yes: , , , [30 Restricted I | Site fj Structure S Private fj In Process D Unoccupied L-3 i —i „ . [ 1 Unrestricted | | Object | | Both [ | Being Considered 1 _| Preservation work — in progress ' — ' PRESEN T USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) I I Agricultural fj Government fj Park \ I Transportation [ 1 Comments 1 I Commercial 1 1 Industrial 2^ | Private Residence lYl Other (Specify) l~l Educational 1 1 Military Q Religious Physicians ' 1 1 Entertainment O Museum Q Scientific offices |iiliiN;ii^:; tiGPi^ Y. :- x- :;:-,:::::«- , •"••, :\ "< m. ; : ; i i ' v v: > :v-s;HisH;^;.: ; ; •^i^ie^iiie ifWi^xi^ OWNER'S NAME: in Mr. Frank C. Rodwav > STREET AND NUMBER: "" [f 168 York Street CITY OR TOWN: STAT E; CODF Portland M^ine <23 ||iiigi:iiiiiii^lFsii:iA^:^i:s<:i?^ii'io COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: COUNTY: Cumberland County Registry of Deeds STREET ANDNUMBER: " "* Cumberland County Courthouse. 142 Federal fif-T-e^f- CITY OR TOWN: * STAT E CODE Portland Maine ^3 iliiiililtliM TITLE OP SURVEY: ENTR National Register of Historic Places Tl 0 DATE OF SURVEY: 1972 jjp Federal Cjfc State £3 County £3 Local NUMBERY XJ DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: z T3 National Register of Historic Places </i C STREET AND NUMBER: </> m 0 1100 L Street, N.W. Z CITY OR TOWN: STATE r- : CODE -< Washington Dis trict of Columbia 11 DATE 317 (Check One) n Excellent CX Good Q Fair I""] Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) S Altered Q Unaltered (3^1 Moved 53 Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE j Fashionable residences of the same period surround the High Victorian Thomas Brackett Reed House, which is trimmed with Eastlake-style decoration. From 1888 to 1902, Reed owned the 32 Deering Street side of the brick double house, and William L. Putnam, former mayor of Portland and later a U.S. Circuit Court judge, resided in the other. Designed by F. H. Fassett & Son and built by Simon H. Libby in 1876, the dwelling consisted of a three-story main section, measuring about 52 X 38 feet, and a two-story extension, measuring about 40 X 36 feet. After Reed's death, slate dormers were added to the original hipped roof of the main section. Short, unobtrusive additions were made to parts of the rear, also, and apparently the fire escapes were added at about the same time. tx» rn The four-bay-wide front of the house contains a pair of handsome double doors. To either side of them is a rn triple window, consisting of a high and wide center window and two narrower flanking ones. On the second and third floors are similar triple windows and single windows. Windows on the first and second stories have elaborately carved sandstone capitals inlaid with colorful patterned tiles. Third-floor windows have simpler carving and no tiles. The single windows on either side of the main section cz repeat the pattern, too, except that one wooden first-story n bay window extends from either side. The windows of the rear section have plain sandstone lintels. Elaborate stringcourses delineate each floor of the °-z. main section. Between the high cellar and the first story are two blue-painted red brick bands. The stringcourse between the first and second floors consists of patterned tiles between double rows of blue-painted brick bands. On the next level, the stringcourse comprises a band of diagonally set red bricks bordered by single rows of red brick between single rows of blue-painted brick. The brackets of the roof cornice are painted blue, also. Emphasized by three bands of blue-painted brick at their base, panels of red brick fill the spaces between brackets. Six interior chimneys four on the main and two on the rear section pierce the roof. A double flight of cut granite stairs leads to the one-story entrance porch, which has elaborately carved columns and pilasters and a built-in bench on either side. (continued) 322 PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Q Pre-Columbian! l~l 16th Century 18th Century 20th Century Q 15th Century D 17th Century 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (II Applicable and Known) 1888 1902 AREAS OF SIGNI FIC ANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginol | | Education [3$ Political || Urban Planning [~! Prehistoric Q Engineering Q Religion/Phi- G Other (Specify) I | Historic Q Industry losaphy )~) Agriculture Q Invention Q Science )~) Architecture Q Landscape Q Sculpture D Art Architecture [-) Sociol/Humon- |~1 Commerce n Literature itarjon )~] Communicotions D Military Q Theater |~1 Conservation I | Music | | Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Since a January day in 1890, shortly after Thomas Brackett Reed assumed the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, that body's rules have reflected his iron will. On an otherwise unimportant rollcall vote, Reed challenged the minority party tactic of silent or disappearing quorum by counting all those present and refusing to vote. Later Theodore Roosevelt would write that in defeating the silent filibuster Reed's action had "far greater permanent importance" 1 than any legislation of the time. Within the next month, February 1890, Reed pushed through the House a revised body of procedures known as the Reed Rules. The new rules met the challenge of the larger and busier than ever House of Representatives. At the same time, the rules gave the Speaker unprecedented control over legislation. Coupled with the usual obedience of the Republican Members to their Speaker, the Reed Rules inspired his sobriquet "Czar Reed." Standing about 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing nearly 300 pounds, "Czar Reed" overshadowed his colleagues literally. A good debater with a sharp, sarcastic wit, he coined many well-known phrases, including the classic definition of a statesman as a "successful politician who is dead." 2 (continued) 1 Quoted in Barbara W. Tuchman, "Czar of the House, American Heritage, XIV (December 1962), 97. 2 Quoted in William A. Robinson, Thomas B. Reed, Parliamentarian (New York, 1930), 147. Mooney, Booth, Mr. Speaker: Four Men Who Shaped the United states House of Representatives (Chicago, 1964). Robinson, William A., Thomas B. Reed, Parliamentarian (New *ork, 1930). Tuchman, Barbara W. , "Czar of thie House," American Heritage, XIV (December 1962), 32-35, 92-1Cvt. 1^;;;!;!;:iiii:|i^:NlCA:L.:: -|5AfA '\-*?m^ ^t-ti::^ LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGI^'JDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PRO D FRTY D DEFINING THii (_ti^T2.R POIN 1 OF A PrtOPERTY ROF LESS THAN TFN ACRES CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW ° o . » 43 ° 39 14 " 70 ° 16 2 - NE ° o , SE ° o. , . SW e o APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: T _ .. 4. 1_ _ _ T -,-..».*.> [LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: CODE COUNTY CODE rn STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE H TO C= NAME AND TITLE: Cathy Alexander, Assistant Editor n ORGANIZATION DATE American Association for State and Local History Sept. 1, 197' STREET AND NUMBER: 1315 Eighth Avenue South CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Nashville Tennessee V7 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­ I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according; to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: National Q State Q Local Q Name ATTEST: Title Keeper of The National Register Date Date 32S. •fr U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-I Form 10-300o UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Cumberland INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY Thomas Brackett Reed Eouse (Continuation Sheet) ENTRY NUMBER (Number all entries) (Page 2) 7. Description (cont'd.) Though numerous original features remain, the interior has been partitioned to create apartments and physicians 1 offices. Originally each half of the double house mirrored the other. Today, each retains its side-hall plan, with the halls in the center of the whole.
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