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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 7 BERWICK ROAD <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> 1551 <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> Incorporating elements of the Colonial Revival and Craftsman styles, 7 Berwick Road is a two-story,hip-roofed dwelling <br /> sheathed in aluminum siding and set above a rubble foundation. The asphalt-shingled roof displays overhanging eaves with <br /> exposed rafter tails. The center entrance contains a paneled door flanked by sidelights and is sheltered by a pedimented entrance <br /> porch supported by two pairs of attenuated posts. On either side of the entrance is a set of three windows. The upper story of <br /> the fagade is punctuated by three individual, double-hung windows containing 8/1 sash. To the west of the main house block is a <br /> single-story porch which has seen the introduction of new fenestration. <br /> To the east of the main house is a detached garage dating to the early 20th century garage. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the <br /> owners/occupants played within the community. <br /> The house at 7 Berwick Road(known as 16 Berwick Road until about 1935)was constructed on land(lot 63 and part of 64)that <br /> was part of the Oakmount Park subdivision, initially laid out in 1903. There was no house on this site at the time of the 1906 <br /> map. The earliest known owner was Clarence Collieson who was living here in 1920 with his wife Genevieve and their three <br /> daughters. Collieson was born in Canada and was the president of a leather company. By 1930 the house was owned and <br /> occupied by George and Katherine Pumpelly. The house had been acquired by Edward and Elizabeth Washburn by 1968. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. —Plan Book 145,Page 3. <br /> Sanborn Insurance Maps <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> 1906 map <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />