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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 366 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 /> The house at 366 Marrett Road is a modest 2 '/z-story, side-gabled structure which reflects both the Craftsman and Colonial <br /> Revival style and dates to the early 20th century. Set on a mortared stone foundation,the house is sheathed in wood shingles and <br /> is capped by an asphalt-shingled gable roof with projecting eaves. The sidehall entrance is flanked by sidelights and sheltered <br /> by a gable roof incorporating a simple truss and supported by Doric columns. Similar trusswork decorates the side gables. <br /> Windows contain 6/1 sash arranged individually and in a set of three next to the front door. The windows are set into molded <br /> surrounds. <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 7 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 1932 the house was owned by John J. Stanton. It was later acquired by William Ford and by 1959 was sold by Anthony and <br /> Lena Rochette to Walter and Helen McDonald. The McDonalds continued to own the property until 1999. <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, . <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> 1906 map <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />