HomeMy WebLinkAboutmanley-court_0006 FORM B — BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
48/246 Boston
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Photograph
z. . Address: 6-8 Manley Court
Historic Name: Manley Double House
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J` Uses: Present: residential
~ ' Original: residential
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-, FF Date of Construction: c.1890
e Source: maps
r�0,� + I _ Style/Form:
IF
Architect/Builder: unknown
.,. Exterior Material:
Foundation: stone
Wall/Trim: asphalt shingles
Topographic or Assessor's Map
Roof: asphalt shingles
J r Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
none
I c Major Alterations(with dates):
Date?—asphalt siding, porch alt., new windows, rear
addition and deck
2AID
s Q Condition: good
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, J Moved: no I x yes Date
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Acreage: 0.15 acre
1244Setting: mixed residential neighborhood off
{,n ., A r Woburn Street
Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
Organization: Lexington Historical Commission
Date(month/year): January 2010
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 6 Manley Court
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The building at 6-8 Manley Court is a 2 'h-story,4 x 2-bay, double house oriented with its east gable end to Manley Court. The
house rests on a mortared fieldstone foundation and is sheathed in asphalt shingles. The gable roof is sheathed in asphalt
shingles and has projecting eaves that end in returns. Two corbel cap brick chimneys rise from the ridge. A simple,hip-roofed
porch shelters the two main entrances which are centered on the south fagade. The porch is supported by plain posts and the
stick railings are modern. Windows contain modern vinyl 6/6 sash. There is a single-story addition and deck at the rear.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s)the
owners/occupants played within the community.
This was the first house constructed on Manley Court which was laid out about 1895. It does not appear on the 1889 map but
was depicted on the 1898 map. It is one of several dwellings owned and/or constructed by the Manley Family in the Woburn
Street area in the late 19"'century(see also 48, 50, 75 Woburn Street). The Manley family was one of many in the Woburn
Street neighborhood that immigrated to this country from Ireland in the 1850s and 1860s. One of the first to arrive in Lexington
appears to have been Dennis Manley(d.1886). The 1880 Census lists his occupation as farm laborer. His son Michael Manley
also lived on Woburn Street and was a day laborer. In 1906 the house was owned by C.J. Manley. Cornelius J. Manley was a
butcher.
This double house appears to have been constructed as a rental property. In 1910 the house was occupied by the families of John
Welch, a painter, and Silas Samuels, a coachman. In 1922 the occupants were Mrs. Mary Byrne and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Sullivan. Mrs. Byrne was still living here in 1932;the other unit was occupied by George Ingram.
The building remained in the Manley family until 1945 when it was sold by Charles A. Manley to Charles W. Savage.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913,vol. 2,p. 404.
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
Town Directories
U.S. Census,various years.
1889, 1898, 1906 maps
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