HomeMy WebLinkAboutcrosby-road_0007 FORM B — BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
51/45A Boston
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
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_ Address: 7 Crosby Road
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` Historic Name: Maria Hastings Elementary School
Uses: Present: school
Original: school
Date of Construction: 1955
Source: school reports
Style/Form: Contemporary
-- Architect/Builder: Charles H. Cole, architect
-- Exterior Material:
Foundation:
Wall/Trim: brick, concrete
Topographic or Assessor's Map
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Q Major Alterations(with dates):
1994- major renovation
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i ~ } Acreage: 14.3 acres
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Setting: residential neighborhood off Mass. Ave.
Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
Organization: Lexington Historical Commission
Date(month/year): January 2010
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 7 Crosby Road
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss 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.
The groundbreaking for the Maria Hastings School was held August 12, 1954. An open house was held at the newly opened
school on November 6, 1955. In 1994 the school underwent an extensive renovation.
The school was designed by Charles H. Cole 2°a of Lexington who also designed the Diamond School in Lexington.
The school is named for Maria Hastings Cary(1801-1881),wife of William Harris Cary. She was a member of one of
Lexington's oldest families. Her husband and his brother, Isaac Harris Cary, operated a store in Boston and later moved to New
York where they became prosperous importers. William Harris Cary and Maria Hastings Cary lived in Brooklyn but retained a
strong interest in Lexington and made frequent and long visits to town. In 1868 Mrs. Cary's gift of$1,000 to found a town
library was the first of many bequests.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Hinkle,Alice and Andrea Cleghorn. Life in Lexington 1946-1995.
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913.
Massachusetts Archives Building Plans List.
Worthen, Edwin B. A Calendar History of Lexington, Massachusetts,p. 82-83.
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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 7 Crosby Road
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Detail,front entrance with mural
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