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BUILDING FORM (1 Hill Street) <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the <br /> community. <br /> This stuccoed 1 1/2-story variation on the Tudor Revival style is notable for its unusual asymmetrical jerkinhead roof form, <br /> echoed in the small entry porch at the base of the longer roof slope. Both of the clipped front gables display vertical half- <br /> timbered stick work and triangular braces supporting the wide eaves overhang. The porch is supported by tapered wooden <br /> posts resting on a low stuccoed wall. The predominant window is a 6/1 sash which appears both individually and in a set of <br /> three adjacent to the entrance. The windows are flanked by shutters and fitted with exterior storms. Punctuating the west <br /> slope of the asphalt-shingled roof are a pair of gable dormers with triangular braces supporting the base of the eaves. To the <br /> east of the main house block is a single-story stuccoed sunporch lit by continuous 3 x 4-light window panels and topped by a <br /> simple balustrade. <br /> A driveway extends to the west of the house,terminating at a gablefront garage(MHC #1069) sheathed in a drop wooden <br /> siding and decorated by vertical stickwork and triangular roof braces on the gablefront and exposed rafters on the side <br /> elevations. A double-wide, overhead garage door replaces the original door. <br /> H roRICAL 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 was constructed for Lester and Ida Andrews in 1922. The house occupies Lot 24 on the "Plan of House Lots in <br /> Lexington Belonging to George Tewksbury, dated May 8, 1910"(Middlesex County Plan Book 195, Plan 45). The Town <br /> Lists indicate that the Andrews were living at 9 Shirley Street in 1922 but had relocated to 1 Hill Street by 1923. The 1923 <br /> Town Valuation lists places the value of the house at$4,500. Lester Andrews was employed as a plumber and continued to <br /> live in the house until his death in 1974 or 1975. Mrs. Andrews remained in the house until about 1980. The present owners, <br /> Lawrence and Roni Woods, purchased the property in 1982 (Book 14780/Page 202). <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Lexington Directories, various years. <br /> Lexington, Town of. List of Persons, various years. <br /> Lexington, Town of. Valuation Lists and Assessors' Records. Assessors' Office, Town Hall, Lexington, Massachusetts. <br /> Middlesex County, Plan Book 195, Plan 45. <br /> Sanborn Map Co. Lexington,Middlesex County, Massachusetts. New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1887, 1892, 1897, 1903, <br /> 1908, 1918, 1927, 1935. Microfilm. <br /> 1 <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 />