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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 1806 Mass. Ave. <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 /> Built several years before the adjacent Viano or Theater Block,the commercial block at the southeast corner of Muzzey Street <br /> and Massachusetts Avenue is a two-story structure with a wood and brick first floor and stuccoed upper level, crowned by a <br /> projecting bracketed cornice with curved ornamental end blocks with raised decoration. Painted brick piers separate the first <br /> floor components. Between the brick piers,the renovated/altered storefronts consist of multi-paned windows with transoms, set <br /> on brick bases with concrete caps. The main storefront on the Mass. Ave. elevation is capped by a bold pediment. The entrance <br /> to the upper level is located on the Muzzey Street elevation. The second floor windows have molded surrounds and are arranged <br /> individually, in pairs and in sets of three. Most retain what appears to be an original 6/1 configuration; a few contain 1/1 sash. <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 commercial block was constructed in 1912 on the site of the Reed house which was moved back. It was originally <br /> numbered 468 to 472 Massachusetts Avenue. In 1918 the tenants included a grocery store in the corner storefront with a cobbler <br /> next door. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Sanborn insurance maps <br /> Town Directories <br /> Worthen, Edwin B. A Calendar History of Lexington, Massachusetts, 1620-1946. Lexington: 1946,p. 109. <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />