HomeMy WebLinkAboutbertwell-road_0014 FORM B - BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
71/157 Boston N. 1030
Town Lexington
Place (neighborhood or village)
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t Address 14 Bertwell Road
Historic Name Roy Ferguson Rental Property
;k Uses: Present Residential
Original Residential
Date of Construction 1931
Source Assessors, Directories, List of Persons
y� } Style/Form 20th century Eclectic
Architect/Builder unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation concrete
Wall/Trim live edge wood siding
p I I Roof asphalt shingle
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Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
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OC Condition good
Ii Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
Acreage 8,745 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf f sa✓ '1 Z1 MMew'WW411 Setting mixed early 20th c. residential neighborhood
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date (month/year) January 2000 J (V✓ �� . 200
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (14 Bertwell Road)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
The house at 14 Bertwell Road is unusual for its use of live edge wood siding over the entire exterior as opposed to the use of
live edge siding with stucco visible on other houses of this era in Lexington. The two-story house rests on a concrete
foundation and is capped by a steeply-pitched, asphalt-shingled hip roof with a gable extension to the left, punctuated by a
brick chimney. The offcenter, vertical plank door is capped by a shallow shed hood with a small 2 x 2-light hinged window
next to the entrance. To the left of the entrance is a pair of elongated, doublehung 12/9 windows; on the other side there is a
pair of 9/6 windows. Upstairs, over the entrance there is a pair of 6/6 windows and an individual window of the same
configuration. The right end of the house is two bays deep with 9/6 windows on the first floor and 6/6 upstairs. The shed
dormer above has two 3 x 2-light windows. The other end of the house has two pairs of elongated 12/9 windows.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
D rscribe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building and
ty role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community.
Bertwell Street was laid out in the late 1920s although many of the lots were not built upon until later. The property consists
of Block 7, Lots 6 & 7 of the L.B.T. (Lexington Building Trust?) subdivision. In 1927 and 1928 the lot was owned by Henry
Stone of Cambridge. By 1931 it had been purchased by Roy A. Ferguson. In 1932 Ferguson, who lived at 19 Bertwell,was
first assessed for a house valued at$6,000 at 14 Bertwell Road. The first occupants of the house were Edwin and Lena
Trafford, who lived here from about 1931 to 1935. He was employed as a bond salesman. Roy Ferguson sold the property
prior to 1945. Marion and Harold Furness purchased the house in the mid 1950s and members of the family still own it
today.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Directories, various years.
Lexington, Town of. List of Persons,various years.
Lexington,Town of. Valuation Lists. Assessors' Office, Town Hall, Lexington, Massachusetts.
Sanborn Map Co. Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1887, 1892, 1897, 1903,
1908, 1918, 1927, 1935. Microfilm.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.