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BUILDING FORM (2 Audubon Road) ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the community. (see also ZoMe(jxr✓t S'�'� MgC�3of'2, An eclectic early 20th century dwelling designed by local architect Willard BrownA2 Audubon Road is a 2 1/2-story, side- gabled dwelling which is sheathed in wood shingles above a rubble stone foundation. The house is oriented with its broad facade facing Audubon and its north gable end facing Mass. Ave. The curving up of the eave line into a flattened ellipse is a feature which is seen on several other known Brown designs including 28 Merriam Street(MHC#385). At the north end of the west facade, the sidehall entry is fronted by wooden steps with a stick balustrade. It is sheltered by a gable with a curved raking and is supported by two large brackets. The front door has 3 x 3-panes over two recessed panels. The door surround is earred at the bottom. Adjacent to the entrance, a single-story, shed roofed section projects about a foot from the front wall, with the wood shingles extending nearly to the ground. The projection displays exposed rafters and is punctuated by a set of three 6/1 windows. To the south of the projection,the front wall of the house is punctuated by an individual 6/1 window. The second floor of the facade is punctuated by three 6/1 windows. Above the windows, the edge of the gable roof bulges, displaying exposed rafters. On the gable ends the projecting eaves display a raking which curves at the ends, supported by brackets at the ends. The south end of the house is two bays wide with 6/1 windows. Spanning the west half of the elevation is a wide wooden porch displaying Craftsman-inspired porch posts consisting of clusters of thin square sticks with intersecting horizontals )acting like a capital at the top. The porch posts are spanned by a porch railing consisting of sets of three stick balusters alternating with a single wider baluster. The porch is set above a wooden base with inset latticed panels. The roofline incorporates exposed rafters. On the north end facing Mass. Ave. the placement of the windows is more random with 6/1 sash of several sizes and 3 x 2- light fixed units. On the rear elevation the bulging roofline is repeated. At the northeast corner of the house is an addition with lower level garage. Capped by a hip roof and nearly square in plan, each face of the building is punctuated by four 2 x 2-light windows placed high on the wall. The hip-roofed clerestory monitor top is lit by transom lights. Two arched lower level entrances face Mass Avenue with vertical board doors. Between the house and the addition there is an angled corner projection lit on each side by a 3 x 4-light window. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Describe 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. (See 2?7 t)O-1*aM SF� MA I1 The house at 2 Audubon Street was constructed in 1911 for Fred and Ida Newhall. In 1911 Fred Newh 1 of Saugus was assessed for just the lot(part of Lot 20 on the 1903 Plan of land in Lexington owned by Augustus Scott). The following year, Ida Newhall's assessment includes a house valued at$4,500. The house was designed by local architect Willard Brown. In the late 1920s and early 1930s the house was occupied by Harry and Ida Ripley. By 1942 Fred and Ingrid Newhall were occupying the house. He was a bank officer of the Lexington Trust Company. The property was sold by the Newhalls to Elinor and Henriette Oberteuffer in 1954. L1 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attached a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.