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BUILDING FORM (42 Somerset Road) ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the community. The house at 42 Somerset Road is a simple example of early 20th century Colonial Revival architecture. The 2 1/2-story, 3 x 2-bay, side-gabled building is constructed of multi-toned brick laid in a stretcher bond with a course of soldier brick acting as a watertable. The building is capped by an asphalt-shingled roof,the close side eaves end in shallow returns. The center entrance contains a six-panel door with a surround consisting of fluted pilasters supporting a broken pediment with moldillions. The blocks atop the pilasters are decorated by dentils. On either side of the entrance is a tripartite window consisting of a 6/6 sash flanked by two 4/4 windows and louvered shutters. The windows have brick sills and flat arch brick lintels. On the second floor of the facade there is a 6/6 window over the entrance and a 8/8 window on either side. The tops of the upper story windows extend directly to the cornice without lintels. There are two clapboarded gable dormers on the front roof slope. On the south elevation of the building is a hip-roofed, single story sun porch lit by casement windows. The north side is fronted by a gabled open porch with wrought iron supports, constructed in 1988. The clapboarded rear addition and built-in garage also date to 1988. ISTORICAL NARRATIVE TD scribe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building and the roles) the owners/occupants played within the community. (see (00 vV1 I aWl Ma}C 3p This land was originally part of the 400-acre Francis B. Hayes estate which extended from Adams and cock treets to Woburn Street(the house known as Oakmount or The Castle was built in 1884 and demolished in 1941). This portion of the Hayes estate was laid out in houselots in 1909. This house was constructed about 1923 for George and Marjorie Emery. Assessors records indicate that in 1923 the 25-year old Emery lived at 18 Hancock Street. In 1924 George W. Emery was assessed for a house valued at$9,000 on a 16,750 SF lot on Somerset Road. Dir;ctories indicate that George Emery worked as a cotton importer. The Emerys continued to own the Somerset Road property until about 1940. Later owners included Allen and Elise Rucker (c.1940-1953)and Wilbur and Virginia Jaquith(1953-1986). The present owners purchased the house in 1986. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Lexington Assessors Records. Lexington Directories, various dates. Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates. Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.