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BUILDING FORM (42 Cliffe Street) <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the <br /> community. <br /> An unusual early 20th century dwelling,the house at 42 Cliffe Street appears to be a personal interpretation of the Four <br /> Square style displaying elements of the Craftsman style as well as Mediterranean influences. The two-story,hip-roofed <br /> building is set above a mortared stone foundation and is fronted by a stone stoop with a built-in balustrade panel. The walls <br /> of the building are stuccoed and the overhanging eaves display exposed rafters, indicative of a Craftsman-style influence. <br /> The facade is fronted by a single-story porch with arched openings and resting on round concrete corner columns with a <br /> stuccoed lower level with glass block windows. Sheltered by the porch is an offcenter entrance contains a modern <br /> replacement door with an oval window. On one side of the entrance there is an elevated stairhall window filled with leaded <br /> glass; a three-sided bay window is located on the other side of the entrance. The second floor of the facade appears to be a <br /> later addition but based on long-time neighbors, if it was not original it was added over forty years ago. The upper level is lit <br /> by recently installed casement windows. Other windows include 1/1 modern replacements. Shingled hip dormers are <br /> centered on the roof slopes. A projecting rectangular bay window is located at the rear of the south elevation. A shed-roofed <br /> side porch projects from the north elevation. A stuccoed staircase leads to the side porch and deck. <br /> ,Che house is located opposite Drew Avenue. There is a stone wall along the street. To the north is a wood-shingled, hip- <br /> bofed garage. <br /> 1 <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. <br /> This house comprises lots 169-171 of the Mass. Avenue Terrace subdivision which was laid cut on land owned by J.W. <br /> Wilbur in 1909 (County Plan Book 182, Plan 8.) Cliffe Street was not known as such until about 1920. The house was <br /> constructed by Philipas Apostolupoulos. The Town Valuation List for 1917 indicates that the house was then unfinished and <br /> valued at$2000. The valuation the next year was $3500 suggesting the completion of the house although Apostolupoulos <br /> continued to reside in 3oston. By 1925 Apostolupoulos was assessed for a house valued at$5500, a garage at$200 and a <br /> henhouse at$50. He apparently sold the property prior to 1929. <br /> The house was owned and occupied by William and Margaret Bartels in the late 1920s. The house appears to have been <br /> vacant for a number of years in the 1940s. Changing occupants suggest that the house may have served as a rental property. <br /> Cecil and Frances MacDonald owned the house in the late 1950s and sold it to James and Janet Inglis in 1959. It was owned <br /> by members of the Inglis family until 1979. The present owners purchased the house in 1986. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> (Lexington Assessors Records. <br /> )Lexington Directories, various dates. <br /> Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates. <br /> Sanborn Maps of Lexington, 1927, 1935. <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 />