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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 2160 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> 2250 <br /> ❑ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> ff checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. <br /> Use as much space as necessary to complete the following entries, allowing text to flow onto additional continuation sheets. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> 2160 Massachusetts Avenue is part of a condominium property that encompasses attached buildings numbered 2160 and 2170 <br /> Massachusetts Avenue. This complex is set on a hillside well above and back from Massachusetts Avenue, and shares a <br /> driveway with the free-standing home at 2180 Massachusetts Avenue, which occupies a separate parcel. The paved driveway <br /> begins at the front left corner of the large lot at#2160-2170 and crosses the site diagonally to the center of the lot at#2180. <br /> 2160 Massachusetts Avenue is positioned near the center of its lot, with a deep front setback and moderate setback on the left <br /> side. A thick border of shrubs and trees extends across the street frontage, obscuring visibility of the house. The remainder of <br /> the yard is maintained chiefly in lawn, with large foundation plantings. The physical distinction between 2160 and 2170 <br /> Massachusetts Avenue is not clear from the street view or assessors records. This survey form concentrates on the front part of <br /> the rambling assemblage, a roughly L-shaped structure. <br /> The main block of the building rises 2 '/z stories from a fieldstone foundation to a side gambrel roof with two interior chimneys at <br /> the center of the building—one on the front slope, one on the rear slope. Walls are clad with wood shingles. Fenestration is <br /> varied, with 1/1 and 6/1 double-hung sash common. The front facade is spanned by a one-story porch under a hip roof, which <br /> extends past the left elevation of the main block. The enclosed porch has Tuscan pilasters, banded 12-light windows over low <br /> wood panels, and a recessed, off-center entrance with angled sides and a single-light French door. Fieldstone steps and cheek <br /> walls with bluestone caps/treads access this entrance. <br /> On the half-story above, a long shed-roofed dormer extends across most of the front slope of the gambrel, anchored on the left <br /> end by a large, angled bay window with a high peaked roof, paired 1/1 windows on its front (street)face and horizontal windows <br /> with diamond-paned sash high on its angled sides. (The assessors photograph shows that the front facing windows once had <br /> diamond panes in the upper sash also.) The right end of the front dormer projects slightly and contains a single 6/1 window <br /> under a low hip roof. <br /> The right side elevation of the main block contains a one-story angled bay window with diamond-paned sash towards the front of <br /> the first floor, three single windows asymmetrically spaced across the second floor, and two windows centered in the half story. <br /> Attached at the back right corner of the main block is a large, 1 '/2 story garage with a front gable roof, clad with wood shingles <br /> and trim. The garage structure has a pedimented fagade with two arched vehicle bays at ground level and a shallow rectangular <br /> bay window with three contiguous casement windows centered in the half-story above. A secondary entrance is located in the <br /> connector between the main block and the garage; it consists of a single leaf door. <br /> Well preserved and well maintained, 2160 Massachusetts Avenue is a fine example of an early 20th century, upper middle class <br /> country home in Lexington. The modern additions to the rear, while large, have been placed in a subsidiary position to the <br /> original construction. The house is notable for its voluminous gambrel roof, handsome proportions, prominent foundation, well- <br /> detailed front porch, picturesque dormers, and diamond-paned sash. <br /> Continuation sheet I <br />
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