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HomeMy WebLinkAboutconcord-avenue_0113-0115 I AREA FORA NO. FORM B - BUILDING I T 552 l i MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 ti )wn Lexington ldress 113-115 Concord Avenue storic Name v'illiarn Lawrence House e: Present residential }, p1� Original residential 'illllllilllillil F. g. DESCRIPTION: to before 1852 Source 1830, 1852 mans SKETCH MAP Show property's location in relation Style Greek Revival to nearest cross streets and/or geographical features. Indicate Architect all buildings between inventoried property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric clapboard © Indicate north. Q Outbuildings shed `, O Major alterations (with dates) long to o O 4�F rear ell o 0 C7 0 Q Moved Date Approx. acreage 4.0 A. Recorded by "fancy S. Seasholes \ Setting This house has a fenced pasture where horses are kept and abuts woods and Organization Lexington Historical Commission swamp; on opposite side of street are post-war houses and a new townhouse Date March, 1984 development. (Staple additional sheets here) ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.) The only surviving Greek Revival house along what was formerly a major highway between CarJDridge and Concord, this house has many of its exterior finishes intact: the corner pilasters with pilaster cans and the complete entablatures. The house is set with the Gable end nernendicular rather than parallel to the street and, although the three bays on the gable end are tunical of Greek Revival side hall plans, in this case the original entrance has been obscured by the addition of an entry on the east end. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community.) Evidence from historical maps indicates this house was built sometime between 1830 and 1852. In the latter year it was owned by William H. Lawrence (1803-1859) , one of Lexington's nineteenth century "milkmen" who daily delivered milk to a regular route of customers in the city. In 1876 the farm was owned by O.A. Smith, in 1889 by George H. Hall, a farmer, and in 1906 by Edward E. Foster, a farmer. LL - The long ell on the north was apparently added at different times, for it is on granite, brick, and fieldstone foundations. It now appears to include two separate apartments, each with its own chimney and exterior door. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher) Smith, George 0. "The Milk Business and _Milk ..en of Earlier Days" (1897) . Proceedinas of the Lexington Historical Society II(1900) :187-196. 1830 map 1852 man 1876 map 1889 map 1906 map 1887 Directory 1906 Directory 10M - 7/82