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BUILDING FORM (51 York Street) <br /> ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the <br /> community. <br /> The house at 51 York Street is a good example of a Dutch Colonial dwelling, a style which found great popularity in <br /> Lexington in the 1920s. As seen here,the side gambrel form with full-width shed dormer is the most common. Set above a <br /> concrete foundation,the house is sheathed in wood shingles and capped by a steeply-pitched gambrel roof. Centered on the <br /> three-bay facade is a six-panel wooden door capped by a louvered fan. The full sidelights are two panes wide. Above a brick <br /> stoop, Roman Doric columns support the gable porch roof which has a curved underside. <br /> On either side of the entrance is a pair of 6/1 windows set in molded surrounds and flanked by shutters. The front shed <br /> dormer has a pair of 6/1 windows at the center with 8/1 sash on the outer edges. The west elevation is fronted by a single- <br /> story, flat-roofed addition lit by paired 6/1 windows. Breaking through the roof is an exterior brick chimney with quarter <br /> round windows at the top of the gambrel, adjacent to the chimney. The east elevation is spanned by an open, single-story <br /> porch supported by Roman Doric columns with a stick balustrade. <br /> The original garage doors are still visible on the rear, lower level. The five panels all display 3 x 2-glass panes over two <br /> vertical panels. Windows on the rear elevation include various sizes of 6/1 sash. <br /> Behind the house is a modern(1975)detached garage sheathed in T 111 siding with two overhead doors on the gablefront <br /> fa-Cing Woodland Street. <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. <br /> This house was constructed for Walter and Marjorie Temple on lot 33 of the Oakmount Park subdivision. Construction of <br /> the house had been completed by the time of the April 1928 Valuation. The Temples continued to live here into the 1940s. <br /> Later owners included Robert and Janet Canfield who purchased the property in 1955. It was sold by Robert Canfield's <br /> estate after his death in 1989. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> rxM <br /> gton Assessors Records. <br /> gton Directories, various dates. <br /> Lxington 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 />