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HomeMy WebLinkAboutaudubon-road_0002 FORM B -BUILDING Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 50/41 Boston N. 1023 Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 1 Town Lexington �� (( Place (neighborhood or village) Address 2 Audubon Road Historic Name Fred&Ida Newhall House Uses: Present Residential rr y Original Residential Date of Construction 1911 . Source Lexington Valuation Lists ,ILII f . Style/Form Shingle/Craftsman Style r Architect/Builder Willard Brown Exterior Material: ��- Foundation stone $ Wall/Trim wood shingles Roof asphalt shingle 500 E 670,000 Outbuildings/Secondary Structures 13�9 i N90 attached garage 26J L N: Q s os / VEN JE \ Major Alterations (with dates) 2000 -rear addition Condition good \ Moved ® no El yes Date / r Acreage 12,775 SF Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting early 20th century residential area at corner Organization Lexington Historical Commission of Mass. Ave. Date (month/year) April 2000 Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form. BUILDING FORM (2 Audubon Road) ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the community. (see also ZoMe(jxr✓t S'�'� MgC�3of'2, An eclectic early 20th century dwelling designed by local architect Willard BrownA2 Audubon Road is a 2 1/2-story, side- gabled dwelling which is sheathed in wood shingles above a rubble stone foundation. The house is oriented with its broad facade facing Audubon and its north gable end facing Mass. Ave. The curving up of the eave line into a flattened ellipse is a feature which is seen on several other known Brown designs including 28 Merriam Street(MHC#385). At the north end of the west facade, the sidehall entry is fronted by wooden steps with a stick balustrade. It is sheltered by a gable with a curved raking and is supported by two large brackets. The front door has 3 x 3-panes over two recessed panels. The door surround is earred at the bottom. Adjacent to the entrance, a single-story, shed roofed section projects about a foot from the front wall, with the wood shingles extending nearly to the ground. The projection displays exposed rafters and is punctuated by a set of three 6/1 windows. To the south of the projection,the front wall of the house is punctuated by an individual 6/1 window. The second floor of the facade is punctuated by three 6/1 windows. Above the windows, the edge of the gable roof bulges, displaying exposed rafters. On the gable ends the projecting eaves display a raking which curves at the ends, supported by brackets at the ends. The south end of the house is two bays wide with 6/1 windows. Spanning the west half of the elevation is a wide wooden porch displaying Craftsman-inspired porch posts consisting of clusters of thin square sticks with intersecting horizontals )acting like a capital at the top. The porch posts are spanned by a porch railing consisting of sets of three stick balusters alternating with a single wider baluster. The porch is set above a wooden base with inset latticed panels. The roofline incorporates exposed rafters. On the north end facing Mass. Ave. the placement of the windows is more random with 6/1 sash of several sizes and 3 x 2- light fixed units. On the rear elevation the bulging roofline is repeated. At the northeast corner of the house is an addition with lower level garage. Capped by a hip roof and nearly square in plan, each face of the building is punctuated by four 2 x 2-light windows placed high on the wall. The hip-roofed clerestory monitor top is lit by transom lights. Two arched lower level entrances face Mass Avenue with vertical board doors. Between the house and the addition there is an angled corner projection lit on each side by a 3 x 4-light window. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE Describe 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. (See 2?7 t)O-1*aM SF� MA I1 The house at 2 Audubon Street was constructed in 1911 for Fred and Ida Newhall. In 1911 Fred Newh 1 of Saugus was assessed for just the lot(part of Lot 20 on the 1903 Plan of land in Lexington owned by Augustus Scott). The following year, Ida Newhall's assessment includes a house valued at$4,500. The house was designed by local architect Willard Brown. In the late 1920s and early 1930s the house was occupied by Harry and Ida Ripley. By 1942 Fred and Ingrid Newhall were occupying the house. He was a bank officer of the Lexington Trust Company. The property was sold by the Newhalls to Elinor and Henriette Oberteuffer in 1954. L1 Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attached a completed National Register Criteria Statement form. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address Lexington 2 Audubon Road Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Form No. Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard 1023 Boston, Massachusetts 02125 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Grady, Anne. "The Architecture of Willard D. Brown." Paper submitted to AM 785, Boston University, 1986. On file at the Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA. Lexington Assessors Records. Lexington Directories, various dates. Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates. Massachusetts Historical Commission, Lexington Survey. Schoenhut, Sarah Emily Brown to Anne A. Grady. Correspondence in possession of Anne A. Grady, Lexington, Mass. (Schoenhut list#13). r a w Massachusetts Historical Commission Community Property Address 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Lexington 2 Audubon Road Area(s) Form No. 1023 National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: ❑x Individually eligible ❑ Eligible only in a historic district ❑ Contributing to a potential historic district ❑ Potential historic district Criteria: ❑ A ❑ B ❑x C ❑ D Criteria Considerations: ❑ A ❑ B ❑ C ❑ D ❑ E ❑ F ❑ G Statement of Significance by: Lisa Mausolf Justify criteria that are checked in the above sections: The Fred and Ida Newhall House at 2 Audubon Road meets Criterion C for individual listing on the National Register as an excellent and relatively unaltered example of the work of Willard Dalrymple Brown, a prominent Lexington architect. The house possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials,workmanship, feeling and association.