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HomeMy WebLinkAboutglen-road_0006 ,OR, 1 B - BUILDING Area Form no. H 1102 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION a Lexington ss 6 Glen Road ri c Name Vr _Original residence - T3: Present residence ship:[ Private individual Private organization Public. - Jriginal owner Draw map showing property's DESCRIPTION: N location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings Date c. 1894 or geographical features. Indicate north. Source Lexinaton Minute 1•,an, Aug. 2, 1895 Style Shingle Style OArchitect OExterior wall fabric green wood shin-le yellow trim OOutbuildings 2-car garage f Major alterations (with dates) G Q V 9-DP R�'9 �O 4� JQ a Moved Date o� Approx. acreage .2 (91211) Recorded by Henry V. Taves; Anne Gr dy_ Setting Residential street of late nine- Organization Lexington Historical Comm- teenth century houses; slightly more modest Date 6/24/80; March, 1984 in scale than those on the rest of Meriam Hill. (Staple additional sheets here) .ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) 24-story end gambrel w/octagonal wing - left front corner. Simple entrance porch w/trellis; door w/sidelights w/circular tracery. 8/2 or 6/1 double-hung sash. Oval window in shed dormer, right side. A modest Shingle Style cottage with its original finishes intact, this is one of the few houses of its style on predominantly Queen Anne and Colonial Revival Ideriam Hill. There is a course of pediment-shaped elements at the eave of the bay window. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) This house a G.-414e -- d were owned in 1906 by Aril A. Wetherbee who worked in Boston. The house was described in a newspaper account as "a pretty cottage home occupied by Mr. Wetherbee on grounds adjoining the Hayes estate. The house is of a picturesque style with a gambrel roof and pillared piazza and is painted a moss green with white trimmings" (Lexington Minute Man, August 2, 1895) . Glen Road was one of the last streets to be developed on Meriam Hill. Only on this street and Upland Road adjacent were some of the houses built speculatively, although it is uncertain whether this house was so built. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Lexington Minute Man, August 2, 1895. 1898 map 1906 atlas 20M-2/80