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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address LEXINGTON 15 WINTHROP ROAD MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 471 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: A long article entitled"A New Home"appearing in the Lexington Minute-man on August 26, 1905 provides a detailed description of this house, inside and out: Winthrop road,Lexington,has shown a rapid growth since it was opened, of a first class example of dwelling houses which have very materially added to the taxable reality holdings and also built up a desirable section that is a credit to the town. One of the latest of these is a house nearing completion built for Mr. J. Chester Hutchinson of Lexington,who,with his recent bride,hopes to take possession of the premises within a month. Willard D. Brown, of this town,was the architect,while T.H. O'Connor has been the contractor and builder. Mr. O'Connor has done most excellent work on the house and it is an example of his skill and mechanical ability he may well be proud of and will still further establish him in his business here and make him sought as a conscientious and reliable building. This is a reputation worth having in these days when much that masquerades as first class work is done in an inferior and careless way. The exterior of the house is simplicity personified, built of walnut stained shingles and dark green trimmings. The hip roof is unbroken, except by a couple of dormer windows. The entrance porch suggests the Georgian style in architecture and is flanked on either side by an open piazza,with a covered veranda on the south side of the house. The entrance hall opens into rooms on both sides,the staircase mounting from the rear rather than the front of the house, and in design suggests the hallway and staircase in the Geo. O. Whiting house(8 Adams Street). The hall is of fair proportions and has an arched vestibule at the entrance that gives it distinction. To the left is the living room, 24 x 14 feet,with clustered windows facing east and an open fireplace opposite. A two- toned paper in green is to be used. All the floors on the first floor are of nicely matched oak and the wood work is white enamel,with doors,window sashes, stair treads and rail, etc. of red birch, finished in mahogany. This makes the color scheme harmonious and suggestive of the colonial period. The hall paper is in two tones of grey. The dining room a the right of the hall is another large room, 18 x 14, and has, besides clustered windows,two corner cupboards,which feature the room. These will display, in a most effective way, choice cbina and cut glass. The walls are covered with green burlap up to the pate rail,with the upper walls in soft tones of brown paper. The butler's pantry is unusually large and perfectly equipped with glass cabinets and drawers. The kitchen pantry is also all that could be desired and here is located a large refrigerator. Both pantries are convenient to the kitchen, and all show that thought has been given to the domestic requirements. A rear entrance and back hallway(with a set bowl), and staircase, are so arranged that the front of the house can be shut off from the domestic quarters. The den or sitting room is in the rear of the living room and entered from the main hall. It is a picturesque and inviting room with a beautiful outlook. The word work is stained No. Carolina pine to represent black oak, and the wall coverings are Japanese grass cloth in gay colors. The recessed open fireplace is timbered about the ceiling,which is an attractive feature. A door opens from the room on to the veranda.