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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 16/51A BNorth 1543
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
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Address: 36 Allen Street
x . Historic Name: Calderwood-Costello House
Uses: Present: residential
Original: residential
Date of Construction: c.1900
Source: maps, visual inspection
■ Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder: unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: rubble
Wall/Trim: wood shingle
Roof: asphalt shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
garage
Topographic or Assessor's Map
Major Alterations(with dates):
45.7 feet
Condition: good
Moved: no x yes Date
C. Acreage: 0.69 acre
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Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
Organization: Lexington Historical Commission
Date(month/year): May 2008
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 36 ALLEN STREET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
1543
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
An example of early 20th century Colonial Revival architecture,the house at 36 Allen Street is a 2 %-story, side-gabled
structure which is sheathed in wood shingles and rests on a rubble foundation. Like its Colonial prototypes,the house has a five-
bay fagade although in this case the windows flanking the center entrance are paired with 6/6 sash and on either side of the
center entrance there is a small vertical strip of three lights punctuating the wall. The main entrance consists of a six-panel door
set into a Georgian-inspired surround consisting of pilasters supporting a broken pediment with a fanlight over the door. A
secondary entrance is located on the three-bay wide west elevation and is also fronted by a concrete stoop. A single-story sun
porch spans the east gable end.
To the northwest of the house is a 2 'h-story gablefront barn/garage set on a raised rubble foundation. Fenestration includes 6/6
windows and modern overhead garage doors.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s)the
owners/occupants played within the community.
Based on map data, it appears that this house was constructed between 1895 and 1906. It was probably built for a member of the
Roberts family(see 31 and 56 Allen Street). In 1918 the property was sold by George H. Roberts, son and heir of M. Hoyt
Roberts,to George A. Calderwood(Book 4229,Page 93). The 1920 Census indicates that Calderwood was a magazine engraver
who made Cambridge his primary residence,perhaps this was a summer home. (In 1930 he was renting in Somerville). George
and Esther Calderwood continued to own the property until 1951 when it was sold to Thomas J. and Vivian Costello.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
1895, 1906 maps
Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
Town Directories
U.S. Census,various years.
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