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BUILDING FORM (346 Waltham Street) <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the <br /> community. <br /> A good example of the Four Square form, 346 Waltham Street is a two-story, 2 x 2-bay building, roughly square in plan <br /> which is capped by an asphalt shingled hip roof The house is set above a rusticated concrete block foundation and is <br /> sheathed in wood shingles with a flared course between the first and second stories. Nearly spanning the facade is a single- <br /> story,hip-roofed porch supported by three Roman Done columns. The offcenter wooden door displays two rows of 4 x 2- <br /> upper lights. On one side of the door is an individual 6/1 window while there is a set of three 6/1 windows on the other. The <br /> second floor of the facade is lit by two 6/1 windows with shutters. Centered on the front roof slope is a hip dormer with two <br /> small 3 x 2-light windows. Elsewhere on the house,the predominant window is a 6/1 sash. A single-story rectangular bay <br /> window is located on the north elevation. <br /> Extending along the north side, a paved driveway descends downhill to a single-story shingled garage, capped by a hip roof, <br /> with a single overhead replacement door facing the street. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building and <br /> the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the co mu ity. <br /> see 410 M a-VYet�R�.� �l Oc�6 f L, <br /> This building is located 4pairt of the"Farmhurst"subdivision, laid out in 1918 and owned at that time by Neil McIntosh <br /> (Section 2, lots 10 & 11). It appears that this house was constructed in 1924 for William H. and Hope Smith. The 1924 <br /> Valuation List indicates that William Smith was then living at 258 Lexington Street in East Boston and was assessed for <br /> Farm. Section 1, Lots 10 & 11 (then including 44,620 square feet and a garage valued at$350. In 1925 Smith was first <br /> assessed for a house valued at$5,000 in addition to the above-mentioned lot and garage. Directories state that Smith was <br /> employed as a guard for the railway. The Smiths continued to own the house into the 1940s. Later owners included Albert <br /> and Anna Gardner c.1950. John and Marie Brogan purchased the property prior to 1960. <br /> BIBk' IOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Le mgton Assessors Records. <br /> Legton Directories, various dates. <br /> Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates. <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed <br /> National Register Criteria Statement form. <br />