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BUILDING FORM(3 Abbott Road) <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the <br /> community. <br /> The house at 3 Abbott Road is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival dwelling sheathed in wood shingles and capped by an asphalt- <br /> shingled, side-gable roof. Centered on the three bay facade,the main entrance is set into a shallow recess and consists of a <br /> wide six-panel door flanked by plain pilasters with partial sidelights and transom lights. The smoother outer columns have <br /> foliate capitals. The entrance is sheltered by a single-story, entrance porch a single bay wide, supported by Roman Doric <br /> columns resting on a brick patio. At the front there are two segments of bulbous balusters. Other Colonial-inspired features <br /> include the dentil motif on the frieze and the two large balls at the front corners of the porch. On either side of the entrance <br /> porch is an individual 8/8 window set above a panel and capped by an entablature. The first floor facade windows are <br /> flanked by full-length louvered shutters which extend down to the ground. On the upper level of the facade there is a central <br /> tripartite window consisting of a 8/8 sash flanked by two 4/4 windows. The center window is flanked on either side by a 8/8 <br /> window with molded surrounds and without an entablature lintel. Above the windows, a plain frieze and modilion course <br /> extend along the front only;the side gables display shallow returns. On the front roof slope are three gable dormers with 6/6 <br /> sash. Rising from the roof are two interior brick chimneys -one on the front roof slope and one at the rear. <br /> A single-story sunporch with multi-paned French doors spans the left elevation. The front elevation of the sunporch is <br /> sheathed in smooth horizontal boards with wood shingles on the remaining elevations. The sunporch is capped by a sloped <br /> roof. Above the sunporch,the front corner window consists of a vertical strip of five lights. The right side of the house <br /> displays a second story overhang above a three-sided bay window and sheathed in vertical boards on the front with shingles <br /> on the remaining sides. Setback and offset to the right is an attached garage with two overhead doors capped by segmental <br /> arches. The garage is connected at the second floor level with an open breezeway below. Two full gable wall dormers and a <br /> half-gable dormer project from the front roof slope., <br /> A curving brick walk leads to the front door from the paved driveway. The front yard is shaded by a large maple tree. <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 community. <br /> It appears that this house was built in 1919 for Errol and Elinor Locke. Elinor Locke was first assessed for a house and <br /> garage on Abbott Road in 1920. Directories indicate that Alonzo Locke died in October 1917, leaving a widow Alice and <br /> son, Errol living at 14 Oakland Road. Soon thereafter, it appears that Erroll began construction of his own house on Abbott <br /> Road. Erroll Locke was employed as a manufacturer in Cambridge. <br /> The Lockes continued to own the Abbott Road property until 1956 when it was sold to Thomas and Gertrude Connell. Frank <br /> and Patricia Wheatley acquired the property in 1963 and continued to live here until 1979 when it was purchased by the <br /> present owners. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Lexington Assessors Records. <br /> Lexington Directories, various dates. <br /> 1 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 />