HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoolidge-avenue_0012 FORM B -BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
63/84 Boston N. 1045, 1046
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t Town Lexington
Place (neighborhood or village)
Address 12 Coolidge Avenue
Historic Name Charles & Sara Goodwin House
Uses: Present Residential
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•. , Date of Construction 1927
Source Lexington Valuation Lists, Assessors Records
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Style/Form Tudor Revival
Architect/Builder unknown
Exterior Material:
E% Foundation rubble
;g Wall/Trim brick, wood
Roof asphalt shingle
\E\� Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
' garage(MHC #1046)
O o Major Alterations (with dates) c.1980 -new front door
PWL A
Condition good
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Acreage 9,480 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting mixed early 20th century residential neighborhood
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date (month/year) June 2000
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (12 Coolidge Avenue)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
The house at 12 Coolidge Avenue(MHC#1045) is a 1 1/2-story, brick veneered dwelling set above a rubble foundation.
The brick is laid in a stretcher bond with some black bricks mixed in and a row of soldier brick acts as a watertable above the
foundation. In contrast to the more common gable roof,this Tudor Revival dwelling consists of a hipped roof central block
with a hipped roof cross section centered on the front facade. Descending on either side of the front projection is a side gable
with a hipped dormer. The overhanging eaves display exposed rafters. On the front of the main block, the wall above the
descending gable is sheathed in novelty siding.
A brick walk leads to the main entrance on the west side of the facade which is sheltered by a glazed entrance porch with half
timbering decorating the porch's front gable. Sheltered by the porch, the original door has been replaced by a metal
replacement unit. Adjacent to this entrance and centered on the first floor is a set of four 4/1 windows. An additional
entrance is located to the east but lacks a stoop. The four-panel door incorporates a lunette and is flanked by fluted pilasters
supporting a simple entablature with dentil detailing. The upper level of the facade has individual 6/1 windows. Windows on
the side elevations consist primarily of 4/1 sash. Extending behind the main block is a single-story sunporch with semi-
elliptical fanlights over the windows.
The(ront yard is shaded by large maple trees and a paved driveway extends along the east side of the house terminating at a
two-car garage (MHC#1046) capped by a ierkinhead roof with exposed rafters on the front. The front of the garage is
shedthed in wide clapboards while the side walls are brick.
HISTORICAL NARRATI`JE
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/o,:cupants played within the community.
This house was the first constructed on Coolidge Avenue. It occupies Lot 11 of the Hancock Birches subdivision which was
laid out on land belonging to Harold D. Diehl in 1925 (Middlesex County Plan Book 374, Plan 37). The land originally
encompassed lots 12-14 of the Oakmount Park subdivision. In 1928 Helen Diehl of Arlington was assessed for three houses
as well as additional lots in the Hancock Birches subdivision. Lot 11 contained 9480 square feet and included a house valued
at$13,000 as well as a garage valued at$1,000. The following year the same property, with house valued at$12,000, was
owned by Sara Goodwin. Sara's husband, Charles O. Goodwin,was in the wholesale beef business.
Originally known as 3 Coolidge Avenue,the house was owned by the GoodNvins until 1954 when it was sold to Ronald and
Eleanor Winder. Mrs. Winder sold the house to the present owner in 1971.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
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Lexington Assessors Records.
Ut ington Directories, various dates.
Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates.
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 12 Coolidge Ave.
Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Form No.
Massachusetts Archives Building
220 Morrissey Boulevard 1045, 1046
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
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