HomeMy WebLinkAboutbloomfield-street_0060 FORM B - BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
40/72 Boston N. N 1039, 1040
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Town Lexington
Place (neighborhood or village)
71 fT Address 60 Bloomfield Street
Historic Name Charles &Alice Rogers House
t Uses: 'Present Residential
Original Residential
Date of Construction 1893
Y Source Lexington Minute-man, 4/28/1893
' Style/Form Queen Anne
hArchitect/Builder A.C. Washburn,builder
_ i Exterior Material:
r: Foundation rubble
4 Wall/Trim wood clapboards, wood shingles
Roof asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
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."" carriage house(MHC#1040)
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Major Alterations (with dates) date? -enclosed front
porch addition
Condition good
� Moved no ❑ yes Date
7�1y � Acreage 16,000 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting mix of houses dating from the late 19th century
Organization Lexington Historical Commission and twentieth century
Date (month/year) May 2000
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (60 Bloomfield Street)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
The house at 60 Bloomfield Street(MHC #1039) is a vernacular 2 1/2-story gablefront dwelling which displays the influence
of the Queen Anne style in its wood shingled detailing. Resting on a rubble foundation,the bulk of the building is sheathed in
wood clapboards with plain wooden comerboards. Wood shingles laid in a staggered-butt pattern fill each of the gables. An
unusual detail is the way in which three additional courses of shingles including a scalloped bottom course extend below the
cornice returns and wrap around the side elevations. On the three-bay wide gablefront,the original sidehall entrance is
obscured on the outside by the addition of an enclosed,gabled porch(c.1980?) fronted by a brick and concrete stoop with
wrought iron rail. The six-panel door includes bullseye glass in the two upper panels. Pilasters and a simple entablature
adorn the surround. The predominant window on the building is a 2/1 sash, fitted with storm windows and wooden blinds.
Fenestration on the west side includes a three-sided, single-story bay window and a hip dormer. Projecting from the east side
is a 2 1/2-story cross-gable which is a single bay wide and a single bay deep and displays the same gable shingle detail.
Extending behind the main house is a two-story wing and a single-story addition of relatively recent construction. A paved
driveway extends along the east side of the house,terminating at a two-story carriage barn(MHC#1040)which is
clapboarded and oriented with its gablefront facing the street which is punctuated by two individual garage doors, a latticed
second story opening with a semicircular fanlight above. The projecting eaves end in returns.
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.
This house was constructed by local builder, A.C. Washburn, and was sold to Charles M. Rogers shortly after its completion
(Lexington Minute-man,April 28, 1893). The 1894 directory confirms the owner to be Charles M. Rogers,who worked in
the real estate field in Boston. The 1898 map shows the house as being owned by Alice S. Rogers;the 1906 map lists the
owner as S.A. Rogers. Both references are to Charles Rogers' wife, Susan Alice Rogers. Charles M. Rogers died at his
Bloomfield Street home in December 1909. In the 1920s,the house was occupied by the Rogers' son, Chester. The
occupants of the house changed frequently in subsequent years.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Assessors Records.
Le,Ocington Directories, various dates.
Lefington Minute-man, 4/28/1893; 12/25/1909.
Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates.
1889, 1898, 1906 maps
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.