HomeMy WebLinkAboutbrandon-street_0033 FORM B -BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
21/38 Boston N. 1041
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Town Lexington
Place (neighborhood or village) East Lexington
Address 33 Brandon Street
" Historic Name John&Elizabeth Kenego House
�11 Uses: Present Residential
Original Residential
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Date of Construction 1925
Source Lexington Valuation Lists
Style/Form Bungalow
Architect/Builder unknown
' I C Exterior Material:
Foundation brick
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Wall/Trim wood clapboards,wood shingles
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Roof asphalt shingles
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Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
none
Major Alterations (with dates) date? -enclosure of
-J front porch
Condition good
Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
Acreage 7,582 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting 20th century residential neighborhood
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date (month/year) June 2000
Follow 1fassachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (33 Brandon Street)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
Resting on a brick foundation, 33 Brandon Street is a 1 1/2-story side-gabled Bungalow which is sheathed in wide wood
clapboards on the first floor with wood shingles above. The asphalt-shingled roof displays overhanging eaves which are
supported by triangular braces on the equilateral side gables and exposed rafters on the lateral eaves. The front and rear full-
width shed dormers are wood shingled with the same triangular braces. Emerging from the rear roof slope is a brick chimney
with a concrete cap. Projecting from the facade,the full-width, shed-roofed porch is two bays wide and is now enclosed with
continuous 1/1 windows separated by pilasters resting on a wall. Underneath the porch the sidehall entrance is flanked by
sidelights. The adjacent tripartite window consists of a central 6/1 window flanked by 4/1 sash. Remaining windows consist
of 6/1,paired and individual as well as 3 x 2-light sash. The side porch displays a glass-and-panel door.
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.
Lobated walking distance from the East Lexington Railroad Station,this house was constructed in 1925 for John and
Elisabeth Kenego. The 1925 Lexington Valuation List assesses John Kenego of 70 Clarendon Street in Somerville for lots
112 & 113 in the ELA(East Lexington Associates) subdivision. The following year the list includes an assessment for
Elizabeth Kenego at 16 Brandon Street for a house valued at$4500 and the same two lots totaling 7,582 square feet,
confirming the construction of the house. Directories indicate that John Kenego was employed as a floorlayer. The Kenegos
continued to occupy the house until the late 1930s.
Later owners of the house included Marshall Boyer in the early 1940s,Henry and Louise Connor(c.1960-70), John and
Hilde Heaton(1970-1975), Jeffrey and Marilynn Albert(1975-1978), and James and Susan Clawson(1978-1981). The
present owners purchased tri property in 1981.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Assessors Records.
Lexington Directories, various dates.
L .xington Valuation Lists, various dates.
Sanborn Maps of Lexington, 1927, 1935.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.