HomeMy WebLinkAboutbloomfield-street_0047 FORM B - BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
40/57 Boston N. N 1038
Massachusetts Historical Commission
\ -— Town Lexington
Place (neighborhood or village)
Address 47 Bloomfield Street
Historic Name J.M. Sampson House
Uses: Present Residential
Original Residential
Date of Construction 18P6-1889
Source Lexington Valuation Lists
Style/Form Queen Anne
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Architect/Builder unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation rubble
Wall/Trim wood shingles
Roof asphalt shingles
zzze 210
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
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2 Major Alterations (with dates) 1994 -major rehab.
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and addition
Condition good
Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
:H• '� Acreage 46,500 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting late 19th century residential neighborhood
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date (month/year) May 2000
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (47 Bloomfield Street)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
Demonstrating marked similarities to 41 Bloomfield Street(MHC#483),the house at 47 Bloomfield Street is a 2 1/2-story
dwelling with a complex, asymmetrical massing. The cross-gable building is sheathed in wood shingles with scalloped
shingles at the top of the facade gables. It rests on a rubble foundation and is capped by an asphalt roof. The front gable is
two bays wide and is fronted by an open deck with a turned balustrade. The line of the gable extends down to a projecting
gable porch supported by Roman Doric columns. Underneath the porch the glass-and-panel front door is flanked by partial
sidelights with lower panels. A tall brick chimney rises near the center of the front roof slope.
Windows on the house include 2/1 sash on the first floor with a more complex upper sash upstairs displaying a border on all
but the bottom. Cutaway corners are visible on the first floor of the west gable.
To the east of the entrance porch the house steps back in two additional two-story stages which rest on a stone foundation-a
hip-roofed section that is two bays wide and a single bay deep and a gable-roofed section on the end with cutaway corners on
the first floor.
HIS kORICAL NARRATIVE
Desc ibe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building and
the tble(s) the owners/occupants played within the community.
Bloomfield Street was laid out in 1885. Information from historic maps indicates that this house was constructed sometime
prior to 1889 when it is shown as being owned by J.M. Sampson. A brief mention in the Lexington Minute-man indicates
that in 1885 Mr. Sampson bought two lots on Bloomfield Street(August 28, 1885). Five houses were being built on the
street in March 1886 (Minute-man, March 19, 1886). Both.the 1898 and 1906 maps show that the house was owned by
George L. Goulding. Goulding moved to Lexington in 1891. Directories indicate that George Goulding was living on
Bloomfield Street as early as 1894 and lived here until about 1918. He was employed by the Bay State Towel Company in
Boston.
Note: The inventory foiin prepared for 41 Bloomfield Street(MHC#483)in 1984 which indicates that that house was
constructed by J.M. Sampson and later occupied by George Goulding appears to be in error. It appears that the site of 41
Bloomfield Street was vacant in 1889. By 1906 the house was owned by R.W. Dickson.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Assessors Records.
Lexington Directories, various dates.
Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates.
Le#ngtonMinute-man, 12/4/1885; 9/10/1886; 3/19/1886.
1889, 1906 Atlases.
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 47 Bloomfield Street
Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Form No.
Massachusetts Archives Building
220 Morrissey Boulevard N 1038
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
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