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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 2 Hill Street <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> Constructed in the 20th century,2 Hill Street is a two-story dwelling capped by a hip roof with overhanging eaves and exposed <br /> rafters. A single-story porch spans the fagade, enclosed by continuous 8/1 windows. Other windows contain 6/1 sash. There is <br /> a large addition to the rear, culminating in a large, attached, gablefront garage. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the <br /> owners/occupants played within the community. <br /> This property constitutes Lot 25 of George F. Tewksbury's subdivision, laid out in 1897 (Plan Book 109, Page 22). The lot <br /> apparently remained unbuilt upon for some time. There is no house here at the time of the 1906 map and directories and Census <br /> data did not reveal any residents until 1922 when Cyrus Washburn was living here. J. Russell was renting the house in 1930 and <br /> in 1932 Joseph Merwin occupied the house. In 1942 Ed Patry was living here. <br /> In 1953 John Hanrahan conveyed the property to Thomas and Frances Bettencourt who owned it until 1999. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> 1906 map <br /> Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass. <br /> Town Directories <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />