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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community: Form No: <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Lexington 521 <br /> Office of the Secretary, Boston <br /> Property Name: 12 Summit Road <br /> Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE <br /> garden enclosed by retaining walls. There are several arbors and many of the <br /> walls terminate in urn-shaped posts. The many scotch pines on the property were, <br /> according to the present owner, the only trees which the sheep which formerly <br /> grazed there did not molest. At the site of the observatory are remnants of <br /> stone walls and some shaped paving stones, but it is difficult to determine the <br /> the original layout. Below the retaining walls on the eastern edge of the <br /> property is part of the original carriage road to the summit. (Bridle Path and <br /> Gibson Road are the lower portions of the original carriage way.) <br /> The substantial U-shaped house was designed to be reminiscent of a <br /> - Florentine villa. The large artist's studio to the left and the kitchen wing <br /> to the right form a three-sided entrance courtyard which includes an arcade of <br /> typical Italian design. The carved capitals, roundels and columns were probably <br /> originally covered with a pink/red glaze, perhaps to simulate marble. A <br /> subsequent owner added reproductions of the Parthenon frieze to the wall behind <br /> the arcade. A small fountain on the rear wall is finished with decorative <br /> ceramic tiles. <br /> The rest of the house reflects a Craftsman/Prairie feeling compatible with <br /> its construction date. Inside are simple finishes of cyprus wood and rough <br /> plaster. There are a few small-scale Arts and Crafts Style carvings around the <br /> doors. <br /> WA <br /> �. <br /> _ <br /> tl <br /> r ` <br /> i _ <br /> Staple to Inventory form at bottom <br />