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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
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rens 40 Bloomfield Street
toric Name fir'. G.W. Porter House
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)ESCRIPTION:
- -- r_ not :e c. 1875-1889
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SKETCH MAP
Show property' s location in relation Style Shingle style/Queen Anne
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric clapboards, shingles
Indicate north.
s Outbuildings
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Major alterations ('with dates)
Moved Date
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s� Approx. acreage 18750 ft.2
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting Suburban residential street;
Organization Lexington Historical Commission a mix of 1870s and 1880s dwellings and
Date March, 1984 later infill.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
This house with simple Vernacular form has been dressed up with patterned
shingles (a typical Bloomfield Street treatment) , a porch with turned posts
and latticework balustrade and frieze, and a panelled treatment of the fascia
of the raking eave. The house is very similar to the one at 29 Bloomfield
Street but has an added cross gable.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
In! the late nineteenth century, this was the home of Rev. George W.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to
1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume I, p. 366. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to
1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 543. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
1875 atlas
1889 atlas
1887 Directory
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