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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address LEXINGTON 3 CHANDLER ST. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 394 BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: A detailed interior description of this house appeared in the Lexington Minute-man on Feb. 22, 1902: A Picturesque House Mr. O.B. Marston,one of the oldest and most reliable carpenters and builders of Arlington,has just completed a private residence in Lexington of which he may well be proud as an example of his work not only in the regular line of building but for the fine, first class cabinet work which, is an important, feature of the interior finish. The house is located on one of Lexington's several hill streets and has a superb outlook, unobstructed in every direction and ever basking in the sunlight, so that it was desirable to plan the house with these features in view and the architectural plan decided on was the Elizabethan style, arranged like so many English houses with the. hallways and working departments on the front with the living rooms in the rear open to the far away southern exposure. To the east one looks over on to Boston,with the Bunker Hill monument in the foreground; on the west the view includes the mountains in the western part of the state and southern New Hampshire. A small vestibuled entry-way leads into the reception hall which occupies the centre of the house on the ground floor. Out of this a cozy den or study, a large living room, suggesting a library in its appointments, and a dining room. All these apartments are in quartered oak, even to the floors, with the antique finish. In the hall there is a high wainscot of gothic panels, while on the first landing of the stairway is a charming conservatory. There is much paneling and cabinet work in the living room,notably about the broad open fire place and bookcases and in the cross-beamed ceiling. The hall has a green tapestry paper, while the living room is papered in crimson. Oriel windows,with their broad window ledges, convenient for flowers, are a picturesque feature of the house,with their emblazoned, small, leaded panes of glass. In the dining room the cabinet work is especially elaborate and decidedly handsome and unique in design. At what would be the lower edge of the frieze line on the walls there is a wide molding available as a plate rest. This is joined by pilasters in oak,which divide the room into sectional parts occupied by doors and windows which have carved framings of oak. One side of the room is filled by a handsomely designed fireplace and over mantel with china cupboards on either side. There are the usual number of chambers on the second floor where most of the finish is a beautifully toned and grained cypress wood. One of the mantels is especially pleasing in its novel and picturesque design. We have used the word picturesque several times,but the appointments of the house suggest it at every turn, so its use in description is unavoidable. The bath room is most inviting with its mahogany wood, nicely toneing with green walls and a beautiful white tiled floor, set in small cubes. The closet room is ideal,as is also the housekeeping department, including as it does, linen,broom closets, large clothes presses, a butler's pantry with roomy china cabinets, a kitchen dresser and pantry with many other features which add so much to the appointments of the highest class of our modern homes. The cellars and space under the roof have been utilized in the most sensible manner and will make a comfortable and artistic home for the lucky possessor. Mr. Marston has carried out the architects' plan with unusual success and commendable skill and as example of his ability as a carpenter and building the house is one he can point to with pride.