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BUILDING FORM (35 Hillcrest Avenue) ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the community. Constructed in 1954-1957, 35 Hillcrest Avenue is a single-story, side-gabled Ranch-style dwelling which rests on a concrete foundation. The main block is five bays wide and is built on a slightly sloping site, resulting in an exposed basement window on the south end of the facade. The house displays a stone veneer exterior with brick quoining flanking the sides of the windows and doors. The projecting,gabled porch is constructed of cobblestone with rough marble-like rocks in the gable. The fenestration has all been replaced and includes a new front door and individual and paired 1/1 windows with a tripartite unit adjacent to the entrance. To the right of the original house is a two-story addition consisting of a concrete block garage on the lower level with an upper level which is sheathed in vinyl siding with two bays of paired 1/1 windows. HIS`T'ORICAL NARRATIVE Des�ribe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. This house is located on lot 273-277 of the ELA(East Lexington Associates) subdivision. The subdivision was laid out in the early 20th century but this lot was not built upon until 1954. The house was constructed by and for Pasquale and Martha Iozzo. He was a contractor. The couple lived in Roxbury prior to and during the construction of this house, which took from 1954 to 1957. The property was purchased by Frank and Lucy Woods in 1958. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Lexington Assessors Records. Lexington Directories, various dates. Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates. 1 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attached a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.