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FORM B — BUILDING U 565
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
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[dress 510 Concord Avenue
r _ Stor1C Name Groisser House
:e: Present residential
' = Original residential
_ DESCRIPTION:
tte 1955
Source present (original) owners
SKETCH MAP
Show property's location in relation Style Contemporary
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect The Architects Collaborative
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric redwood
dicate north.
Outbuildings storage shed
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coy'Co Major alterations (with dates)
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Moved Date
C1 EJ Approx. acreage 27100 ft.2
Recorded by Nancy S. Seasholes Setting Set back from a street with
continual traffic; part of a community
Organization Lexington Historical Commission of contemporary homes; living room looks
south over terrace and then onto 7 acres
Date February, 1984 of common (open) land.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
Designed by The Architects Collaborative (TAC) for the original (and present)
owners, this house is distinguished from others in Five Fields (see Five Fields area
form) by its steel frame construction. It has also been cited for its two-story
plan with kitchen and family room as one unit, living and dining as another, and
bedrooms upstairs. The original house had the master bedroom and bath as a separate
suite, two children's bedrooms that could be combined, and space for two more
children's bedrooms and another bath.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
This/bisuone of those in Five Fields designed by The Architects Collaborative
(TAC) specifically for a particular client (see Field Fields area form) . The design
was well-received, was cited by Better Homes and Gardens as an example of a "good"
two-story plan, and was offered by the magazine as a house plan available for
purchase. This house has not had any major additions.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Better Homes and Gardens, May 1958, pp. 62-63, 190.
[Above article reprinted in Steel Framing for Houses, 1959, a magazine put out by
Bethlehem Steel Company.]
Gropius, Walter et al. , editors. 1966. The Architects Collaborative: 1945-1965,
pp. 50-51. Switzerland: Arthur Niggli Ltd.
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