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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 10 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 /> This double house was built according to the same plan as its neighbor at 6-8 Hill Street but retains greater integrity. The 2 'h- <br /> story, side-gabled structure is oriented with its broad fagade to Hall Street and its asymmetrical gable end to Sargent Street. A <br /> large pine tree unfortunately obscures much of the fagade. The building is set on a fieldstone foundation and is sheathed in <br /> wood shingles with wood trim. The gable roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles and there are two brick chimneys rising from the <br /> interior ridge. Much of the four-bay fagade is fronted by a single-story,two-bay,hip-roofed entrance porch which is supported <br /> by shingled posts resting on a low shingled wall. Underneath the porch the two main entries retain glass-and-panel door. <br /> Windows contain original wooden 6/2 sash which are used individually and in pairs. A shed dormer rises from the long rear <br /> roof slope. An additional entry at the eastern corner now contains a modern replacement door. <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 was located within George F. Tewksbury's subdivision, originally laid out in 1897 (Plan Book 109,Page 22). <br /> Deed records indicate that in March 1898 Tewksbury sold the lot to George Simonds (Book 2636,Page 555). However,there is <br /> no building on the site at the time of the 1906 map. <br /> Another deed for the property indicates that in April 1916 Tewksbury conveyed it to Louisa G. Cutter(Book 4045,Page 217). <br /> The 1920 Census indicates that in that year Louisa Cutter, a 41 year old widow from Nova Scotia was living here with four sons, <br /> two daughters and a boarder. The other unit was occupied by an elderly couple named Smith. Alice O'Brien was occupying one <br /> of the units in 1922. By 1930 the building had been purchased by John Bullock who came to this country from England about <br /> 1890. Bullock worked as a chauffeur and was occupying one unit in 1930 with his wife Minnie while renting out the other. In <br /> 1942 10 Hill Street was occupied by John Bullock while Harold Bullock was at 1 O Hill Street. <br /> The property remained in the Bullock family until 1986 when it was sold to Charles Fine(Book 16804,Page 144). <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> 1906 map <br /> Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, (Plan Book 112,Plan 5; Plan Book 109,Plan 22; Plan Book 195,Plan 45). <br /> Town Directories <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />