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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 126 North Street <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 in the northern part of town,near the Burlington town line and Lower Vine Brook, 126 North Street is a 2 ''/2-story, <br /> gablefront dwelling dating to the late 19th century. Set on a brick foundation,the exterior is clad primarily in wood clapboards <br /> with a band of patterned wood shingles between the first and second stories and additional diamond and staggered shingles <br /> filling the front gable. The two-bay wide fagade has a two-story,three-sided bay window and a(later?) single-story gable- <br /> roofed porch supported by plain posts. There is a glass-and-panel front door. The windows contain 1/1 modern sash. <br /> To the east is a single-story ell/addition that rests on a mortared stone foundation. The east gable has similar patterned shingles <br /> which have been continued to the flat-roofed section toward the front. The front section may have originally been an open porch <br /> but has been enclosed and is lit by modern picture windows. There is a roof deck. <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 prior to the 1906 map which indicates it was then owned by W.E. Eaton. The original owner may <br /> have been Stephen B. Manning, a watchmaker,who sold the property to Genevieve Eaton,wife of William E. in May 1900 <br /> (Book 2820,Page 265). The 1899 directory lists William E. Eaton as a teamster;he is not listed in the 1894 directory. In 1908 <br /> William's son, George E. Eaton was living here. He was a farmer. By 1913 he had moved elsewhere. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. <br /> Town Directories <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> 1906 map. <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />