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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 19 HANCOCK STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 0 2133 The property was subsequently purchased by the Glassman family, the current owners. Herbert Glassman, an award-winning architect practicing in Lowell, Massachusetts, designed the first of a number of additions and alterations to the house beginning in 1962. The 1962 work involved converting the two-car garage to a family room clad with pecky cypress and exposed brick and featuring a cork floor. The family room features a storage wall with various hidden closets and cabinets, including a fold-down sewing table. Other early renovations included a redwood-lined den, the conversion of two small upstairs bedrooms to one large room with a walk-in closet, and bathroom renovations. A number of modern cast-iron upright and baseboard radiators were also added. In 1967, a substantial addition to the house designed by Mr. Glassman was completed the addition includes a large dining room illuminated by modern versions of the steel casements and featuring a fireplace with raised hearth, a back hall, two-car carport and various storage areas. The stucco walls, custom-designed doors and exposed, bracketed wood posts were inspired by vernacular Mexican architecture, and the slate floor tiles originated from the blackboards of a demolished Victorian schoolhouse. The rough-sawn exterior siding with exposed bark of the addition matches the original gables ends of the house. The red asphalt shingles cladding the carport and dining room wing roofs was replaced approximately 5 years ago. Continuation sheet 5