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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 2243 MASS. AVENUE <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> 1603 <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 /> Located at the northwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Lake Street,2243 Massachusetts Avenue is a 2 '/2-story, <br /> clapboarded dwelling which is oriented with its two-bay wide gablefront to Mass. Ave. The simple vernacular structure has <br /> simple comerboards and projecting eaves and the main(south)and east elevations are fronted by a single-story porch supported <br /> by plain posts resting on a mortared stone wall. There is a simple sidehall entry and the windows contain original 2/2 sash with <br /> shutters. Behind the original main house there is a contemporary addition of recent construction. <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 /> The earliest known owner of this house is J. McNamara who is shown as the owner on the 1898 map. John McNamara is listed <br /> here in the 1899 directory. By 1906 Dennis McNamara Jr. was living here with his wife Katherine. Like his father before him, <br /> McNamara was a stone mason. The McNamaras were still in residence in 1910. <br /> By 1920 the house(then 639 Mass. Ave.)was occupied by John Walsh, also a stone mason. In 1930 his widow Mary was <br /> living here with a stepdaughter and several boarders. Later owners included Frank&Mary Rycroft, Ralph&Ellen Hall, <br /> Royston&Lillian Daley and Clifford&Lillian Shaw. The present owners, Leon&Beverly Shank,have owned the property <br /> since 1989. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> 1898, 1906 maps <br /> Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. <br /> Town Directories <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />