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BUILDING FORM (24 Somerset Road) <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the <br /> community. <br /> The Woodruff House (MHC#1122)is a 2 1/2-story, stuccoed dwelling which is set above a rubble foundation and capped <br /> by an asphalt-shingled hip roof with overhanging eaves adorned by exposed rafters. A wooden band separates the first and <br /> second stories. Adding interest to the hip-roofed mass,part of the second floor projects about two feet from the remaining <br /> wall, capped by a separate hip roof The overhang is embellished by wooden brackets, which are paired at the ends of the <br /> projection and above either end of the entrance which is centered below. The six-panel front door is flanked by partial leaded <br /> sidelights in a geometric design. Recessed panel pilasters are set atop stuccoed sidewalls. On either side of the door but at <br /> varying distances from the door is an individual 6/1 window. The second floor overhanging section is punctuated by a single <br /> 6/1 and a paired 6/1 window which extend to the eaves. The hip dormer above has a smaller pair of 6/1 windows. The <br /> remainder of the facade is two bays wide with individual 6/1 windows and a hipped dormer above; additional dormers rise <br /> from the side slopes. The south end of the house is fronted by a single-story screened porch with square posts and brackets. <br /> Set on the roof of the porch is a smaller, second story,glazed sunporch. Fenestration on the north end of the house includes <br /> an arched central window, I/1 and 6/1 sash. A clapboarded addition extends behind the original house. <br /> To the north of the house is a stuccoed, hip-roofed garage(MHC#1123) set above a wood-shingled base. Facing the road <br /> arydouble wooden doors with 4 x 3-lights over two lower recessed horizontal panels filled with diagonal board. The <br /> remaining fenestration consists of 6/1 windows. <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE <br /> Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building and <br /> the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. (�'e� to0 MeA AkO Y�- M 0 e <br /> f� 3eff) <br /> This land was originally part of the 400-acre Francis B. Hayes estate which extended from Adams andi-ancock Streets to <br /> Woburn Street(the house known as Oakmount or The Castle was built in 1884 and demolished in 1941). This portion of the <br /> Hayes estate was laid out in houselots in 1909. <br /> The earliest assessment found for this property indicates that in 1913 Fannie Woodruff was assessed for a house valued at <br /> $7,000, located on lot 37 of the Hayes subdivision measuring 29,630 square feet. The property remained in the Woodruff <br /> family until the 1940s. Later owners included Henry and Helen Letoile(c.1950 - 1960)and Russell and Vivian Wolfe(1960- <br /> 1987). The present owners purchased the house in 1987. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Lexington Assessors Records. <br /> L4xington Directories, various dates. <br /> xington Valuation Lists, various dates. <br /> Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed <br /> National Register Criteria Statement form. <br />