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TAKE United States Department of the Interior jSroPRIDEc 11 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 IN REPLY REFER TO: H3415(418) MAY I 3 J993 Ms. Barbara Ripley, Agency Counsel Agency of Development & Community Affairs 109 State Street Montpelier, Vermont 05609-0501 Dear Ms. Ripley: We are pleased to inform you that the National Park Service has completed the studv of the property identified on the enclosed sheet for the purpose of nominating it for possible designation as a National Historic Landmark. We enclose a copy of the study report. The National Park System Advisory Board will consider the nomination during its next meeting, at the time and place indicated on the enclosure. The Board will make its recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior based upon the criteria of the National Historic Landmarks Program. You have 60 days to submit your views in writing, if you so desire. After the 60-day period, we will submit the nomination and your comments to the National Park System Advisory Board's History Areas Committee, which will then inform the full Advisory Board of the Committee's recommendations at the Board's meeting. The Secretary of the Interior will then be informed of the Board's recommendations for his final action. To assist you in considering this matter, we have enclosed a copy of the regulations governing the National Historic Landmarks Program. They describe the criteria for designation (Sec. 65.4), the effects of designation (Sec. 65.2), and specify how you may comment on a proposed designation (Sec. 65.5(d)(4-5)). Should you wish to comment, please send your comments to me, at the National Park Service, History Division (418), P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127. Sincerely, Chief Historian Enclosures PROPERTY STUDIED FOR NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House) DUMMERSTON, VERMONT In commenting on the possible designation of the property identified above, you may find guidance in Section 65.5(d)(4) of the enclosed regulations. The History Areas Committee of the Secretary of the Interior's National Park System Advisory Board will evaluate this property at a meeting to be held on Tuesday, July 13, 1993, at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room 7000-B of the Main Interior Building at 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC. The History Areas Committee evaluates the studies of historic properties being nominated for National Historic Landmark designation in order to advise the full National Park System Advisory Board at their meeting on Wednesday, August 11, 1993, at approximately 9:00 a.m., at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, and will recommend to the full Board those properties that the Committee finds meet the criteria of the National Historic Landmarks Program. Should you wish to obtain information about these meetings, or about the National Historic Landmarks Program, please contact Senior Historian Benjamin Levy at the National Park Service, History Division (418), P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; or by telephone at (202) 343-8164. If you have questions concerning the study, which was prepared by Architectural Historian David C. Tansey of The Landmark Trust (USA) and edited by Historian Robie S. Lange of the National Park Service, you may contact Mr. Lange at the History Division address given above, or by telephone at (202) 343-0350. STATE OF VERMONT AGENCY OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION Preserving Vermont's historic, architectural and archeological resources July 29, 1993 Edwin C. Bearss Chief Historian National Park Service History Division (418) P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 RE: Naulakha, Dummerston, Vermont Dear Mr. Bearss: The Division for Historic Preservation would like to support the nomination of Rudyard Kipling's home, Naulakha, in Dummerston, Vermont, for designation as a National Historic Landmark. We would like to make note that the greenhouse, a Holbrook construction which in this nomination is excluded from the property boundary, still is a contributing resources to the entire property and is included as such in the National Regrster of Historic Places nomination for the property. Two other historic resources within the NHL boundary that were built by the Holbrooks, the pergola and the pool, are considered non-contributing in the NHL nomination, but still contribute to the historic significance of the property as defined in the National Register nomination. We are pleased to support the proposal to designate Naulakha as a National Historic Landmark. It clearly is a property of national, and even international, significance. Sincerely, Mi Eric Gilbertson Director/Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer EG/eg Office location: 135 State Street (802) 828-3226 „ j j i r\r\ o.„ o4 « r»—ft:— r>..:i TAKE' United States Department of the Interior JKg" NATIONAL PARK SERVICE P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 IN REPLY REFER TO: H341 7(41 8) DEC IJCAJ Mr. Robert Martin, SHPO Agency Counsel Agency of Development & Community Affairs 109 State Street Montpelier, Vermont 05609-0501 Dear Mr. Martin: I am pleased to inform you that NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House) in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont, has been found to possess national significance in the history of the United States. As a result, the Secretary of the Interior has designated it a National Historic Landmark on November 4, 1993. The purpose of landmark designation is to identify and recognize nationally significant sites and to encourage their owners to preserve them. Landmarks are chosen after careful study by the National Park Service. They are evaluated by the National Park System Advisory Board and designated by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Designation as a National Historic Landmark automatically places a property in the National Register of Historic Places, if it is not already so listed, and extends to it the safeguards and benefits provided by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and other Federal laws protecting historic properties. The owner of a Landmark, upon application, will be awarded a bronze plaque. We are notifying the owner of the property's designation and providing the appropriate application forms. We are pleased to include NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House) on the roll of National Historic Landmarks as a significant representative of our Nation's heritage. Sincerely, NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK NOMINATION NPS Form 10-900 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form (Rev. 8-86) OMB No. 1024-0018 NAULAKHA Page 1 United States Department of the Interior, National Parle Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 1. NAME OF PROPERTY Historic Name: NAULAKHA Other Name/Site Number: Rudyard Kipling House 2. LOCATION Street & Number: Kipling Road; RR 1, Box 510 Not for publication: City/Town: Dummerston Vicinity: State: Vermont C ounty: Windham Code: 025 Zip Code: 05301 3. CLASSIFICATION Ownership of Property Category of Property Private: X Building(s): X Public-Local: District: Public-State: Site: Public-Federal: Structure: Object: Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing 4 buildings sites 2 structures objects 8 2 Total Number of Contributing Resources Previously Listed in the National Register: 8 Name of Related Multiple Property Listing: NPS Fora 10-900 USDl/NPS NRHP Registration Form (Rev. 8-86) O MB No. 1024-0018 NAULAKHA Page 2 United State« Department of the Interior, National Part Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 4. STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. Signature of Certifying Official Date State or Federal Agency and Bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of Commenting or Other Official Date State or Federal Agency and Bureau 5. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that this property is: Entered in the National Register Determined eligible for the National Register Determined not eligible for the National Register Removed from the National Register Other (explain): Signature of Keeper Date of Action NPS Fora 10-900 USDl/NPS NRHP Registration Form (Rev. 8-86) O MB No. 1024-0018 NAULAKHA Page 3 United Stitei Department of the Interior, National Part Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 6. FONCTION OR PSE HISTORIC: Domestic SUB: Single Dwelling CURRENT: Work in Progress SUB 7. DESCRIPTION ARCHITECTURAL CLASSIFICATION: Shingle Style MATERIALS: Foundation Stone Walls: Shingle Roof: Slate Other: Chimneys—Brick Describe Present and Historic Physical Appearance. Reflecting the eclectic background of its original owner and builder, the celebrated British author Rudyard Kipling, Naulakha is an unusual example of the Shingle Style. The house exhibits elements of Indian bungalow in the broad eaves, Kashmiri houseboat with an elaborate carved screen, and Mississippi riverboat in the overall shape. Described, indeed, as a ship by Kipling, Naulakha continues to "sail" across a Dummerston, Vermont hillside and command spectacular easterly views over a sloping meadow to the Connecticut River valley and the mountains of New Hampshire, including Mount Monadnock. The 2 %-story house, as built in 1892-93, was a wood shingled, slab-sided, hip roofed building set on a prominent fieldstone foundation with a 2-story porch projecting from the south end. It was only one room deep with corridors and the only entrance along the uphill side, thus denying any prying eyes access to a room interior. Additions made by the subseguent owners on the northern and western elevations, and largely hidden from public view, had only a minor impact on the Kipling spaces within.