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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) Part of Five Fields, a community of contemporary houses designed and developed by The Architects Collaborative (TAC) of Cambridge, this house, with its vertical siding and pitched roof could be considered TAC's version of ranch style. It was designed for steeply sloping sites: the lower level is below grade at the front of the house but at ground level at the rear. The upper level has a living/dining/ kitchen area as well as some bedrooms; the lower level has additional bedrooms, a playroom, furnace room, and storage space. This particular house was inventoried because it is one of the few in Five Fields that has not been modified by an addition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) This house is one of the original models offered by The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and the one most commonly built in Five Fields (see Five Fields area form) . Other examples are at 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 12 Field Road; 10, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 31, 34, and 37 Barberry Road; and 524, 542, and 552 Concord Avenue. Depending on the overall length, this house could be built with two, three, or four bedrooms on the upper level -- known as Type A, B, or C, respectively. It could also be built with one. story or two, in the latter case known respectively as Type .Al, Bl, or Cl. Most of the houses have subsequently been added to and some, especially 29 Barberry Road, altered almost beyond recognition of the original house form. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) House and Home, August 1952, pp. 88-92. 10M - 7/82