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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) <br /> It is always interesting to see what an architect designs for his own <br /> dwelling and this modest version of "Stockbroker Tudor," popular on a large <br /> scale in the 1920s, is no exception. A few other houses by Judkins exist in <br /> Lexington, and most use "live edge" siding on at least a portion of the <br /> exterior, stained dark brown, with stucco (troweled cement, smooth, not sandy) <br /> to create an American version of half-timbering. <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state <br /> history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) <br /> Only two houses in this section of the Cutler farm "subdivision" predate <br /> this house. Presumably this corner lot was considered desirable, then, as it <br /> was one of the first to be sold and built on. Building conformed to the five <br /> restrictions set by Cutler on the plots he sold (to a larger developer, who <br /> subdivided) : (1) no house to be built for less than $3,500 construction cost; <br /> (2) residential use, except for certain lots designated for commercial use, <br /> i.e. small neighborhood grocery stores; (3) 10-foot set-back from road; (4) <br /> 25 feet between houses; (5) no flat roofed structures of any sort, even out- <br /> buildings. Judkins built this house for his own family and lived here until <br /> 1942. The second owners, Merrill Storts and family, opened the 1929 wing to <br /> integral access with the 1923 portion, and remodeled the kitchen and one bath, <br /> and sold to the Chases in 1970. Chase remodeled the kitchen in 1982. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) <br /> -- Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Book 13828, p. 420. <br /> Personal communication from S. Lawrence Whipple. <br /> 10M - 7/82 <br />
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