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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 364 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 /> This house was built according to the same plans as its neighbor at 360 Marrett Road. The 1 %-story, 3 x 2-bay structure is a <br /> gambrel-roofed Dutch Colonial structure sheathed in wood clapboards and set on a mortared stone foundation. A full shed <br /> dormer spans the front roof slope. The center entrance contains a paneled door and is flanked by sidelights. It is sheltered by a <br /> shallow entrance porch consisting of a broken pediment supported by Doric columns. A wooden fan caps the door. Windows <br /> include paired 6/1 sash adjacent to the entrance, a tripartite unit over the entrance and 8/1 sash on either side. <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 /> This house was constructed after 1906 and was part of the Fair Oaks subdivision, originally laid out in 1909 by Arthur E. <br /> Horton. Few houses were built as part of the original subdivision and the plan was later revised in 1924 after it was acquired by <br /> developer Neil McIntosh. This was lot 8 of the revised subdivision. It was one of five houses built in a row on Marrett Road at <br /> the same time(356, 358, 360, 364 and 366 Marrett Road). <br /> In 1928 the house was occupied by Joseph W. Buckley(b. 1894), a plumber, and his wife. George Anker was living here by <br /> 1942 and the house remained in the Anker family until 1977. <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 /> Sanborn Insurance Maps <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> 1906 map <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />