HomeMy WebLinkAboutarea-eFORM A - AREA SURVEY
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
2. Photo (3x3" or 3x51
Staple to left side of form
Photo number
Form numbers in this area
1-60
Area no.
E
1. Town
Lexington
Name of area (if any) East Lexington.
Historic District (Est. 1958)
3. General date or period 1750 - 1900
malor development; modern intrusions
4. Is area uniform (explain):
in style?
no range from p
Revival
in condition? no, some houses in disrepair,
most well kept.
in type of ownership? public & private
e Revol. to
Col.
in use? religious, commercial, residential
5. Map. Use space below to draw a general map of the area involved. Indicate 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 attached Town Engineer's map of Historic District
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE
USGS Quadrant
MHC Photo no.
(over)
6. Recorded by
E. W. Reinhardt
Organization Lex. Hist. Com.
Date 12175
7. Historical data. Explain the historical/architectural importance of this area.
East Lexington developed as a village separate from the clustered village around the
green. E. Lexington's time of greatest prosperity was in the early 19th. century
when local industry flourished along the road which would become Massachusetts Ave.
The fur processing operation of Ambrose Morel? & the multiple dealings of the Robbins
family including fur processing, Wood & peat selling, & real estate speculation
contributed greatly to the area's prosperity. Dairy farming & slaughtering were also
part of the economic scene. The high concentration of 5 bay wide, center entrance
vernacular farm houses, each with an individualized Greek revival'door contributes
greatly to the architechural unity of the area. It is thought that Eli Robbins built
many of these houses for the people who ,worked for him in the 1820's & 1830's. The
village center is still defined by the cluster of brick store (E-14) Stone building
(E-16) & Follen Church (E-17).
8. Bibliography and/or references such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.
Maps - J.G. Hale 1830
Town Survey 1853, 1876
Hudson - History of Lexington
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INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
LEXINGTON EAST LEXINGTON
E
Area Letter Form Nos.
202-259 except 203 and 217; 517, 519, 523, 633,
637, 803; 901, 905; 912, 938-40, 1090-92, 1325,
1335, 1337, 1340-42, 1537-40, 1630
East Lexington 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 #
22 60
David Harrington House
2 Bridal Path (was 5 Pleasant
Street)
Greek Revival
1845
637
22-27
House
3 Curve Street
Victorian Eclectic
1890
1325
22-34
House
22 Curve Street
1962
1335
22-35A
House
26 Curve Street
No style
1900
1337
22-20
House
31 Curve Street
2000
1340
22-138
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church
16 Folien Road
Neogothic Revival
g
1929
1537
22-137
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church Rectory
21 Follen Road
Colonial Revival
1920
1539
22-137
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church Rectory Garage
21 Follen Road
No style
1920
1540
22-106
John Sullivan Brown House
9 Independence Road
Federal
1830
519
30-99
Isaac Whittier House
7 Maple Street
Queen Anne
By 1875
253
30-100
Josiah Smith House
9-11 Maple Street
Italianate
c. 1870
254
30-101
P. Pierce House
13 Maple Street
Federa]Iltalianate
c.1840s
255
13-353
Theodore Munroe — Willard
Cooke House
430 Massachusetts Avenue
Colonial Revival
1892
523
21 -8
House
445 Massachusetts Avenue
Greek Revival
Pre -
202
21-6
Jonas Locke House and
Cobbler Shop
465 Massachusetts Avenue
Georgian
c. 1800
204
21-6-4/5
Charles A Cummings House
475 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
1853
205
14-5
David Penney House
516 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
c.1810
206
21-5F
Locke-Dupre-Frizelle House
517 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
c. 1830
207
21-4A
William L. Smith House
531 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
1820
1090
14-44
Penney -John A. Russell House
536 Massachusetts Avenue
No style
1800
1091
14-44
Byron Russell Blacksmith &
Wheelwright Shop
536 Massachusetts Avenue
No style
1894
1092
Continuation sheet 1
INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
LEXINGTON EAST LEXINGTON
E
Area Letter Form Nos.
202-259 except 203 and 217; 517, 519, 523, 633,
637, 803; 901, 905; 912, 938-40, 1090-92, 1325,
1335, 1337, 1340-42, 1537-40, 1630
Assessor's
Map
Resource
Address
Style
Date
MHC #
Joshua Hobart- Dr. Harry L.
Alderman House
582 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek
Revival/Colonial
Revival
c. 1835
208
21-2
Obadiah Rufus Parker-
Holbrook House
611 Massachusetts Avenue
Federallltalianate
c. 1805
209
14-49A
Francis Brown House
618-620 Massachusetts Avenue
Georgian/Greek
Revival
c. 1775
210
21-1E
Obadiah Parker -N. Ambrose
Morels -Dana House
627 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal, altered to
Greek Revival
1803
211
22-56
Brown -Sydney Butterfield
House
678 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
c. 1835
212
22-53
Eli Robbins Store
703 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
1828
214
22-65
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church Parish Center
718 Massachusetts Avenue
Post-war Traditional
1957
1538
22-52
Stone Building
735 Massachusetts Avenue
Greek Revival
1834
216
22-66
Stephen Robbins House
736 Massachusetts Avenue
Cape
1780
215
22-50
Follen Community Church
755 Massachusetts Avenue
Gothic Revival;
Octagon
1840
633
22-44
Samuel Adams House
773 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
1829-219
1831
22-69
Levi Smith House
782 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
c. 1834
218
22-70
Sylvanius Smith House
794-796 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
1834
220
22-42A
John Chisholm House and
Harness Shop
803 Massachusetts Avenue
Italianate
c. 1870
221
22-41A
East Lexington Post Office -
Augusta Childs Grocery Store
805 Massachusetts Avenue
Italianate
1875
222
22-71
Alonzo -Goddard House
812 Massachusetts Avenue
Greek Revival
c. 1853
223
22-40
House
821-823 Massachusetts Avenue
Colonial Revival
c. 1900
226
22-72
William Locke House
822 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
c. 1832
224
22-39
Bowman Tavern
837 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
c. 1820
227
22-73
Michael Pero House
840 Massachusetts Avenue
Italianate
c. 1870
225
22-38
Augustus Childs House
847 Massachusetts Avenue
Italianate
Post
1853?
228
22-37
House
851 Massachusetts Avenue
Mansard
Post
1875
229
22-37
House
853 Massachusetts Avenue
1967
1341
22-36A
House
859 Massachusetts Avenue
1980
1342
22-75
Ammi Hall House
870 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
1833
230
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INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON EAST LEXINGTON
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
E
Area Letter Form Nos.
202-259 except 203 and 217; 517, 519, 523, 633,
637, 803; 901, 905; 912, 938-40, 1090-92, 1325,
1335, 1337, 1340-42, 1537-40, 1630
Assessor's
Map
Resource
Address
Style
Date
MHC #
22-19
Lucy Gammell House
881-883 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Colonial
Revival
Pre -233
1828
22-76
Eli
Houitney Prescott Bennett se
884 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
c 39 1833-
231
22-77
Leonard Noyes House
898 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
Pre -232
1830
22-15
Thomas G. Hovey -Locke -Lee
House
905 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
c. 1835
234
22-79
George A. Stearns — Pierce
House
910-912 Massachusetts Avenue
Italianate
c. 1840
236
22-14A
Solomon Harrington House
915-917 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
1802
235
22 80
Eliza Lakin Colburn -Lewis
Gossum House
922 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
c. 1840
237
22-13
Harrison Pierce House
927 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
c. 1835
238
22-12
Robbins Stone House
935 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
c. 1830
239
22-11
Jonathan Harrington, Jr. House
955 Massachusetts Avenue
Georgianfltalianate
1788
241
22-82
Jacob Robinson House
956 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Mansard roof
c. 1809
1816
240
30-90
House
977 Massachusetts Avenue
Italianate
c.1850s
242
30-82
Bryant -Gorham Buttrick House
994-96 Massachusetts Avenue
Greek Revival
c.1830s
243
30-81
East Lexington Fire Station
998 Massachusetts Avenue (was
1006 Mass. Avenue)
Post-war Traditional
1950
1630
30-136
Charles Harrington House
1009 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
c. 1804
244
30-75
Nelson W. Jenney House
1024 Massachusetts Avenue
Italianate
160ss
246
30-136
Holbrook -Nathaniel Pierce
House
1031 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
c. 1820
245
30-74
Nelson W. Jenney House
1038 Massachusetts Avenue
Queen Anne
c.1880s
247
30-73
Alfred Pierce House
1048-50 Massachusetts Avenue
Queen Anne
c.1880s
248
30-95
Wellington Barn
1061-63 Massachusetts Avenue
Colonial Revival
c. 1850
251
30-72
Albert Tillson House
1062 Massachusetts Avenue
Colonial Revival
1894
249
30-96
Ebenezer Pierce Walter
Wellington House
1071-73 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal
1844?
252
30-66
Frank W. Pierce House
1088 Massachusetts Avenue
Colonial Revival
1909
250
30-15
Nathaniel Pierce -Rhodes
Lockwood House
1099 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
c. 1830
256
30-65C
Reuben Pierce- Peletiah P.
Pierce House
1106 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Greek Revival
1830s
257
30-34
Brown -George B. Wheaton
House
1133 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Italianate
c. 1840
258
Continuation sheet 3
INVENTORY FORM A CONTINUATION SHEET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
LEXINGTON EAST LEXINGTON
E
Area Letter Form Nos.
202-259 except 203 and 217; 517, 519, 523, 633,
637, 803; 901, 905; 912, 938-40, 1090-92, 1325,
1335, 1337, 1340-42, 1537-40, 1630
Assessor's
Ma P
Resource
Address
Style
Date
MHC #
30-38
Dea. William Brigham House
1155 Massachusetts Avenue
Federal/Colonial
Revival
1834
259
30-67
Rufus Wellington Holbrook
House
3 Plainfield Street
Colonial Revival
1895
517
21-7
Robbins Cemetery
Massachusetts Avenue
1792
803
22-54A
Robbins Fence
669 Massachusetts Avenue
c. 1850
901 (was
213)
30-65C
Fieldstone walls/P.Pierce
Cowpen
1106 Massachusetts Avenue
905 (was
257a)
22-50
Follen, Rev. Charles Memorial
755 Massachusetts Avenue
Marker
1915
912
22-138
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church Shrine
16 Follen Road
1952
938
22-138
Benjamin Wellington Historic
Marker
16 Follen Road
1950
939
22-138
Father McCabe Memorial
Garden
16 Follen Road
1991
940
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