HomeMy WebLinkAboutedgewood-road_0027 FORM B - BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
56/88 Boston N. 1050
Town Lexington
Place (neighborhood or village) Upper Meriam Hill
Address 27 Edgewood Road
Historic Name Ronald&Velma Brown House
i Uses: Present Residential
Original Residential
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Date of Construction 1929
Source Lexington Valuation Lists
Style/Form Georgian Revival
Architect/Builder Willard Brown
Exterior Material:
Foundation concrete
Wall/Trim wood shingles
�—� Roof asphalt shingle
I, rx Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
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y Major Alterations (with dates)
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Condition good
6' Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
N Acreage 27,500 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting mixed early 20th century residential
Organization Lexington Historical Commission neighborhood
Date (month/year) June 2000
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (27 Edgewood Road)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
Designed by local Lexington architect Willard Brown and constructed in 1929, 27 Edgewood Road is representative of a
phase of the Colonial Revival style in which designs were loosely based on historical precedents. The 2 1/2-story, side-gabled
dwelling displays a Georgian-style entrance centered on the three-bay facade. Fronted by granite steps, the six-panel door is
flanked by fluted pilasters and capped by transom lights with a plain frieze and pediment. The house is sheathed in wood
shingles and rests on a concrete foundation with an asphalt-shingled roof. On either side of the entrance there is an 8/8
window with entablature lintel and shutters. On the second floor of the facade 6/6 windows without lintels extend to the
eaves. The side elevations display a saltbox profile. On the east side of the house there is a gabled, screened porch with
arched openings set above a lower level. Projecting from the west elevation is a single-story, side-gabled wing. Punctuating
the facade is a door with adjacent 2 x 2-light window. To the west is a segmentally-arched surround with keystone filled with
vertical board doors with iron strapwork. Still further to the west is a single-story garage displaying three elevated three-light
windows on the front.
The house is set atop a stone outcropping shaded by several large oak trees.
HIST\ ORICAL 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. �S'e� 20 Mev-1 Gc S�
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This house was built in 1929 for Ronald and Velma Brown and designed by Lexington architect Willard Brown! The 1929
Lexington Valuation List assesses the heirs of Margaret G. Brown of Arlington for Lot 6 on Edgewood Road with an area of
27,500 square feet. In 1930 the heirs were assessed for a house valued at$7,500 on the same parcel, indicating it had been
built the previous year. Directories indicate that Ronald D. Brown was employed by New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company. The house was later owned by Ronald and Ethel Brown from 1976 to 1989. In 1989 the property was transferred
to Margaret Christie.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Grady, Anne-A. "The Architecture of Willard D. Brown." Paper submitted to AM 785, Boston University, 1986. On file at
Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, Mass.
Lexington Assessors Records.
Lexington Directories, various dates.
Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates.
Sch�oenhut, Sarah Emily Brown to Anne A. Grady. Correspondence in possession of Anne A. Grady, Lexington, Mass.
(Schoenhut letter 49).
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.