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Home My WebLink Aboutarea-aFORM A - AREA SURVEY MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston 2. Photo (3x3" or 3x54) Staple to left side of form Photo number Form numbers in this area 1. Town Lein gte Name of area (if any) Central Business District 3. General date or period 1.800-1970s 4. Is area uniform (explain): in style? No - older frame houses with Newer brick business blocks in condition? Yes- well maintained in type of ownersh.ip?No - mixed town, pr v. religious in use? commercial, residential, rel g. 5. Map. Use space below to draw a general map of the area involved. pink to any historic properties forwhich individual reports are completed on Forms B thru F, using corres- ponding numbers. Show street names (including route numbers, if any) and indicate north. Indicate with an "x" existing houses not inventoried on Form B. See town engineer's map for Battle Green Historic District DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE USGS Quadrant MHC Photo no. (over) 4 6. Recorded by E . W .Reinhardt Organization Lex. Hist. Com. Date 12/1975 7. Historical data. Explain the historical/architectural importance of this area. This area covers the main commercial development of Lexington. Here one can see examplgs of re -cycled buildings, finding new uses before such adaptive reuse became a popular preservation concept. An old schoolhouse is now a real estate office, having once been a paint shop (A-15), a former farm house is now the school administration building (A-4) a barn is now a gourmet food shop (A-19) old houses, once on Mass. Ave. were moved back in the early 20th century to be replaced - by modern commercial blocks. A-22, A-23. A-27 are examples of old houses now serving as stores. The original railroad station is now a bank. The mingling of old and new demonstrates the possibility of continuous and harmonious evolution over 175 years of the town's growth. 8. Bibliography and/or references such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc. Worthen, Ed. Calendar History of Lexington Hudson, Charles. History of Lexington -717. V..: 2: ,00//malor INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Area Letter Form Nos. A 1-50, 602-607, 631- 632, 917,1163, 1165, 1167, 1618, 1632-37, 2249 Central Business District Data Sheet of Inventoried Properties THIS AREA FORM ONLY LISTS PROPERTIES FOR WHICH THERE IS AN MHC -APPROVED BUILDING FORM, IDENTIFIED BY NUMBER IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PROPERTIES IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, CONTACT THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION. Assessor's Map Resource Address Style Date MHC # 49-10 Lexington -West Cambridge Railroad Depot 13 Depot Square Italianate altered to Colonial Revival After 1846 26 49-9 Commercial Building 15-17-19 Depot Square No style 1950s 607 (was 26a) 48-15 Benjamin F. Tenney House 1536 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1893 2 48-104 Boston Edison Company Building No. 34 4 Grant Street Classical Revival 1913 603 (was 16b) 48-16 Charles A. Butters House 1556 Massachusetts Avenue Greek Revival c. 1830 3 48-170A Hammond Hosmer House 1557 Massachusetts Avenue Greek Revival c. 1845 4 48-169 Police Station 1575 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1957 632 (was 6) 48-18A First Baptist Church 1580 Massachusetts Avenue Shingle Style 1893 5 48-19 Cottrell House 1596-98 Massachusetts Avenue Greek Revival c. 1848 7 48-169 Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Hall 1605 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1927-28 6 48-20 Isaac Newton Damon/Edgar J. Thiverge House 1620 Massachusetts Avenue Federal/Greek Revival c. 1830 8 48-169 Town Office Building 1625 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1927 631 (was 6) 48-21 Lewis Hunt Double House 1628-32 Massachusetts Avenue Queen Anne 1887 9 48-27 Lewis Hunt Double House 1644 Massachusetts Avenue Queen Anne 1887 14 48-28 House 1656 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1837 15 48-168AAvenue U.S. Post Office Lexington Main Branch 1661 Massachusetts Colonial Revival 1936 16 (was 16a) DEM Auto Service Building Vianno's Garage 1668 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1920 602 (was 16c) DEM Colonial Building 1709-27 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1927 50 (was 17a) 48-31 Commercial Building 1710 Massachusetts Avenue (now 1684-92 Massachusetts Avenue) Colonial Revival c. 1925 17 48-33 Lexington Furniture Store 1726 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1961 49 (was 17b) Continuation sheet 1 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Area Letter Form Nos. A 1-50, 602-607, 631- 632, 917,1163, 1165, 1167, 1618, 1632-37, 2249 Assessor's Map Resource Address Style Date MHC # 48-100 Hood Creamery Store 1729 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1935 48 (was 17c) 48-99 Woolworth's Department Store 1733-35 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1928 47 (was 18a) 48-34 Aldrich Block 1736-40 Massachusetts Avenue (was 1734 Massachusetts Avenue) Colonial Revival 1925 18 49-35A Commercial Building1752 Mass. Ave. (was 15-17 Waltham Street) Federal c. 1800 23 49-35A William Hunt Block 1752 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1903 24 49-35A Robinson Block 1760-2 Massachusetts Avenue Greek Revival/Colonial Revival 1840 25 48-98A Harvard Trust Company Bank 1761 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1970s 42 (was 25a) 48-97A Commercial Building 1775 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1859 41 (was 25b) 49-36 Lexington Savings Bank 1776 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1903 1632 49-37A & B Ribock Block 1780 -88 Massachusetts Avenue Commercial 1922 1633 49-12A Commercial Building 1781 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1960s 40 (was 25c) 49-38 Viano (Theatre) Block 1792-1804 Massachusetts Avenue Classical Revival 1916 1634 49-38 Commercial Building 1806-10 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1912 1635 49-73A Lexington Trust Company 1822 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1930 1636 49-8A Giroux Block 1833-53 Massachusetts Avenue No style 1972 35 49-74-75 Leader Federal Savings & Loan Association Building 1834 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1965 2249 49-76 A.A. Marshall & Sons Undertakers Building 1844 Massachusetts Avenue Colonial Revival 1929 1637 49-77 Cary Memorial Library 1874 Massachusetts Avenue Craftsman 1906 34 49-6 Adams Building 9 Meriam Street Colonial Revival 1966-67 605 (was 35a) 48-95 Farnsworth- Arthur F. Tucker House 15 Meriam Street Queen Anne 1875-89 36 49-38 John Davis House 6 Muzzey Street Federal c. 1841 27 49-39 Lexington Mews 10 Muzzey Street Contemporary Colonial Revival 1973 606 (was 27a) 49-69 Office 11 Muzzey Street Italianate? c. 1885 33 49-40 Office Building 12-14 Muzzey Street Greek Revival? c. 1875 28 49-68 Double House 15-17 Muzzey Street Victorian Eclectic 1880s 32 Continuation sheet 2 INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Area Letter Form Nos. A 1-50, 602-607, 631- 632, 917,1163, 1165, 1167, 1618, 1632-37, 2249 Assessor's Map Resource Address Style Date MHC # 49-42 Office Building 18 Muzzey Street Italianate c. 1860 29 49-43 Office Building 20 Mnzzey Street Mansard c. 1870s 30 DEM Dr. William J. Currier House and office 21 Mnzzey Street Greek Revival c.1870? 31 48-94 House 1 Oakland Street Queen Anne 1898-37 1906 1163 ' 48-93 Lilla Dickey House 3 Oakland Street Dutch Colonial 1925 1165 48-92 Matthew H. Merriam Shoe Bindings Manufactory 7 Oakland Street Victorian Eclectic 1882 38, 1167 48-92 Foreman's House Merriam Factory -George F. Pekins House 9 Oakland Street No style c. 1900 39 48-78B Ezra Taft- George V. Morse House 1 Vine Brook Road Colonial Revival c. 1910 1618 48-26- 1,2,3,4 Medical Offices One Wallis Court Contemporary c. 1960 604 (was 13a) 48-22 Lewis Hunt Double House 2-4 Wallis Court Victorian Eclectic 1890s 10 48-25 House 3 Wallis Court Queen Anne 1890? 13 48-24 House 5 Wallis Court Queen Anne c. 1890 12 48-23 Double House 6-8 Wallis Court No style c. 1900 11 48-35 Dr. Howland Holmes Barn 20 Waltham Street No style 1851 19 49-34 Stevens Market 27 Waltham Street No style 1978 43 (was 22b) DEM Commercial Building 36 Waltham Street No style c. 1960s 46 (was 19a) 49-32 Manhattan Building 41 -47 Waltham Street No style 1956 44 (was 22a) 48-37 Bradley C. Whitcher House 52 Waltham Street Colonial Revival 1895 20 49-31B Elijah Brown - George Thurston House 55 Waltham Street Greek Revival 1850 22 48-79 Aaron Parker Richardson House 72 Waltham Street Queen Anne 1873-75 21 49-30 New England Telephone & Telegraph Company Offices 73 Waltham Street Colonial Revival 1954 45 (was 21b) 48-54 Albert S. Parsons House 1 Winthrop Road Italianate c. 1880 1 Railroad Bridge over Grant Street Grant Street 1905 917 Continuation sheet 3