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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 3 AUDUBON ROAD <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> The 2 ''/2-story, gablefront house at 3 Audubon Road is a simple variation on the Craftsman style, displaying a wood-shingled <br /> exterior,projecting bargeboard and overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails on the lateral eaves. The porch is fronted by a <br /> single-story porch supported by square(replacement?)posts with a smaller shed-roofed porch with thinner posts on the north <br /> side which retains its original glass-and-panel door. With the exception of the pair of double-hung 6/1 windows lighting the attic <br /> all of the original windows have been replaced by 1/1 sash which are present in a mix of individual and paired units with a <br /> single-story,three-sided bay window projecting from the south elevation. <br /> The driveway extending to the north of the house terminates at a wood-shingled garage with two modern overhead doors on the <br /> gablefront and exposed rafter tails on the side elevations. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the <br /> owners/occupants played within the community. <br /> This property stands on part of the land subdivided by Augustus Scott(see 277 Waltham Street,MHC#461)in 1903. The first <br /> known owner was Alfred Robinson of the Breck-Robinson Nursery,who was living here in 1915. By 1918 it was owned by his <br /> son,Vernon,who lived here with his bride Irene. Vernon was the proprietor of a trucking business and the couple was still <br /> living here in the early 1940s. <br /> The house was later inherited by Helen Kirk who sold it to Juanita and Will Soghikan in 1972. Later owners included Michael <br /> and Luisa Fertitta who owned it from 1977 until 1988 when it was purchased by the present owner,Arthur Lewbel. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> 1906 map <br /> Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass. Plan Book 158, Plan 10 <br /> Town Directories. <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />