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BUILDING FORM (1 Adams Street) <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the <br /> community. <br /> Set on a low hill above the street, 1 Adams Street is a 2 1/2-story, Dutch Colonial-style building oriented with its gambrel end <br /> (north elevation)to the street. Set above the stone foundation, the house is presently sheathed in aluminum siding, which was <br /> apparently installed over a novelty siding. Centered on the east facade,the main entrance is fronted by a brick stoop and <br /> contains a six-panel door flanked by leaded glass sidelights. A partially enclosed vestibule with multi-light side panels fronts <br /> the porch. The distinctive entrance porch consists of large columns supporting an overhanging front pediment with a curved <br /> underside. Large foliate brackets support the overhang. On one side of the entrance, towards the street,there is a large <br /> picture window with transom; on the other side is an arched 6/6 window. The second story of the facade is lit by a casement <br /> window flanked by 6/6 sash with a long shed dormer spanning the front roof slope. <br /> Facing the street, the gambrel end is fronted by a single-story,three-bay porch supported by Roman Doric columns with <br /> corresponding pilasters set against the wall. The porch frieze is decorated by dentils. Multilight French doors punctuate the <br /> first floor with 6/6 sash upstairs. Projecting from the west side are a single-story, three-sided bay window with dentil <br /> molding and a two-story, five-sided flat roof addition. Three individual shed dormers are located on the west slope of the <br /> gambrel roof. <br /> A paved driveway, lined by rhododendrons extends along the east side of the house. Decorative brickwork has been <br /> preserved in the driveway in front of the entrance and a built-in concrete bench is located on the wall opposite the entrance <br /> a porch. Brick posts topped by concrete balls mark the rear garage yard. Projecting from the rear of the east elevation of the <br /> house is a gambrel-roofed projection. The rear garage is also capped by a gambrel roof. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building and <br /> the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. See d Ada.VY►, 6'� <br /> The house at 1 Adams Street was built in 1910 for Albert Tenney. Tenney was a+ssed in 1910 for just the lot and the <br /> valuation list bears the description"(Whiting),"an apparent reference to the seller./In 1911 Tenney was assessed for a house <br /> valued at$9006. Directories indicate that Tenney worked as a vice president(for an unknown organization) in Boston. <br /> Albert's widow, Mary C. Tenney continued to live in the house as late as 1960, along with a maid and chauffeur. Soon <br /> thereafter the horse was sold to John and Jeanne Boeing who sold it to Roger and Barbaranne Shepard in 1966. Later <br /> owners included John and Mary Sandbo (1968-1972)and Bruce and Gracia Dayton(1972-1989). The present owners <br /> purchased the property in 1989. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Lexington Assessors Records. <br /> Lexington Directories, various dates. <br /> Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates. <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attached a completed <br /> National Register Criteria Statement form. <br />
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