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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 33 York 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 /> The house at 33 York Street is a fairly well-preserved example of the Craftsman Colonial style of architecture which found great <br /> popularity in Lexington in the early 20th century. Set above a rubble foundation,the two-story hip-roofed structure is sheathed in <br /> wood shingles with a belt course wrapping around the entire structure between the two stories. The widely overhanging eaves <br /> are open with exposed rafters. Centered on the three-bay fagade,the main entrance contains a glass and panel door framed by <br /> sidelights and sheltered by a hip-roofed porch which is supported by two pairs of Doric columns. On either side of the entrance <br /> there is a set of three 6/1 windows. The second story of the fagade is punctuated by three individual 6/1 windows. Both the roof <br /> balustrade and front dormer appear to be later additions. There is a single-story, flat-roofed open porch spanning the west end, <br /> supported by Doric columns. On the east end of the house is a large but compatible two-story,hip-roofed addition of recent <br /> construction with two garage doors on the lower level and two pairs of 6/1 windows above. <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 sits on Lots A&B of the Oakmount Park subdivision(July 21, 1914). The land was sold by Trustee Charles Bruce <br /> to Henry Robinson in August 1914(Book 3907,Page 29). Robinson continued to own the property until 1926 when it was sold <br /> to Ashton Little (Book 4987,Page 397). Little sold the property to Howard and Helen Robbins in April 1929. He worked as an <br /> attorney in Boston. Later owners included William and Peter Paxton who sold the property to Elizabeth and Edward Haines in <br /> 1968. The Haines owned the house until 1989. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> 1906 map <br /> Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. <br /> Town Directories <br /> U.S. Census,various years. <br /> Continuation sheet 1 <br />