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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 10 Hancock Avenue MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. The house at 10 Hancock Avenue is a 2 %2-story,gambrel-fronted structure which reflects a broad interpretation of the Colonial Revival style. Sheathed in wood shingles and resting on a stone foundation,the house is fronted by a three-bay, single-story porch supported by Roman Doric columns. Spanning between the columns is a simple stick balustrade with square newels,both of recent construction. The sidehall entrance retains a period glass-and-panel door,beside which there are double-hung 8/1 windows. Most of the other windows contain 6/1 sash. There is a single-story,three-sided bay window on the east elevation. Attached to the rear is a lower level, flat-roofed garage with stuccoed walls and a deck on top. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s)the owners/occupants played within the community. This house appears to have been built about 1918 on land that was subdivided from that owned by William and Ethel Crowther (#12 Hancock Avenue). By 1920 the house had been constructed and was rented by Guy Dennison who worked as a salesman at the Barker Lumber Company in Woburn. He lived here with his wife Harriet,two daughters, father-in-law and sister-in-law. The Dennisons were still here in 1930. Later owners included Mildred Hilliard and Robert and Dorothy Soule. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Lexington Directories,various years. U.S. Census,various years. Continuation sheet 1