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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 9 Manley Court 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 two-story gablefront house at 9 Manley Court is a workers cottage dating to the early 201h century. The main entrance is located in the gable extension to the north of the gablefront block(this section may be an addition). A single-story addition projects from the south side and there is a deck to the rear. Windows contain 6/1 sash, some of which appear to be replacements. To the north of the house is a single car garage. 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. It appears that this house was constructed between 1906 and 1910 as a rental property. There is no house on the site at the time of the 1906 map. The 1910 Census indicates that the house was then occupied by Frank Nelson, a Swedish-born shoemaker. Nelson lived here only briefly. Thomas and Katherine Buckley were living here in 1922. He was a policeman. Mrs. Minnie Cole occupied the house in 1932 and was still here in 1942. The property had been purchased by the Savage family by 1963 and is still owned by them today. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913, vol. 2, p. 404. Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. Town Directories U.S. Census,various years. 1889, 1898, 1906 maps Continuation sheet 1