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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 274 Marrett Road <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. <br /> Located at the southwest corner of Kendall Road and Marrett Road,274 Marrett Road is a 1 ''/2-story, side-gabled dwelling <br /> resting on a mortared stone foundation. The building is presently sheathed in vinyl siding and the gable roof extends to cover <br /> what may have originally been an open porch. The eave overhang features decorative beams at the peak and base of the gable. <br /> A shed dormer with exposed rafter tails projects from the front roof slope and a shed dormer also spans the rear slope. The <br /> predominant window is a 6/1 sash; some of the windows are modern replacements. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the <br /> owners/occupants played within the community. <br /> There is no house on this site at the time of the 1906 map. It appears to have been constructed as part of the Farmhurst <br /> subdivision,which was originally laid out in 1923 by developer Neil McIntosh. This was lots C &D of the Resubdivision of <br /> Part of Section 3 of the Farmhurst Subdivision, Oct. 1927 addition. <br /> In 1942 the house was occupied by Mark Lesper. Constance Thompson sold the property to Richard and Wilhelmina Dolbear in <br /> 1956 and it remained in the Dolbear family for forty years. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913,vol. 2 <br /> Lexington Directories,various years. <br /> Lexington Minute-man,U.S. Census,various years. <br /> Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. <br /> 1906 map <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />