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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 22 CHARLES STREET <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> 2205 <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 /> Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> 22 Charles Street occupies a small corner lot at the intersection of Charles Street and Stevens Road. The land slopes steeply <br /> down from right to left and front to back across the site. The house is set at the front left corner of it lot, close to the street <br /> edges. Its modest setbacks are maintained mostly in lawn with foundation plantings. The yard also includes a paved walkway <br /> to the front entrance on Charles Street, a paved driveway at the right side of the house, and a large garage with a short paved <br /> strip pavement at the back of the house, along Stevens Road. Low fieldstone walls retain the sloping grade at the street corner. <br /> The building consists of a 2 '/z story main block and a large rear addition. It appears to have been constructed as a two-family <br /> house. <br /> The L-shaped main block rises 2 '/z stories from a fieldstone foundation with a front gable roof with gable returns, a center <br /> chimney on the left slope of the roof, and a short cross-gabled wing on the left side elevation. Walls are clad with vinyl siding <br /> and trim. Windows typically have 6/1 or 4/1 double hung replacement sash. The front fagade contains a voluminous, polygonal <br /> bay window on the left, rising two stories to a virtually flat roof. On the right bay of the facade, the entry porch contains two <br /> square posts supporting a flat deck with an uncovered porch above; vinyl railings and posts are typical on both levels. A single <br /> leaf offset doorway is located on both floors; the ground floor entry has half-height sidelights. Narrow paired windows are <br /> centered in the gable peak. <br /> The right side (south) elevation of the main block has irregular fenestration, represented by a variety of single and paired, 4/1 <br /> and 6/1 windows, as well as smaller mid-floor windows that likely indicate interior stair landings. An off-center doorway is set <br /> towards the back of this elevation, accessed by a wood stairway and stoop with vinyl railings. A shed-roofed dormer towards the <br /> front of this elevation contains a single 4/1 window. <br /> The left side (north)elevation is dominated by a 2 '/2 story gabled pavilion with a fully exposed basement at the left. The pavilion <br /> rises from brick piers at the basement level, which frame a center entrance flanked by large multi-light windows. Upper stories <br /> on the end gable have one window centered on each floor on its two exposed elevations. The forward bay on this elevation of <br /> the main block has one window on each level. Above this bay, a gabled dormer features a single 6/1 window and no gable <br /> returns. <br /> A large addition across the rear of the main block rises three full stories from a concrete foundation to a flat roof. It contains one <br /> window bay on each side of its northeast corner. To the left on the rear elevation, a broad, rectangular projection on the upper <br /> two floors has one window on each story. <br /> At the back of the property, along Stevens Road, stands a square garage building with textured concrete block walls and a hip <br /> roof with exposed rafter ends. A wide single doorway on the street fagade accommodates two vehicles. <br /> Well maintained, 22 Charles Street has lost historic integrity through the application of artificial siding and trim, the remodeling of <br /> the front entry porch (and at least some elements of the front bay window), and the addition of large-scale basement fenestration <br /> on the Stevens Road elevation. The house is notable for its unusually large size in a neighborhood of mostly small-scale <br /> houses, the lively massing that takes advantage of the corner site, and the original or early garage. <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 /> Continuation sheet 2 <br />