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FORM B — BUILDING I 4.15
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
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Wn Lexington
dress 9 Demar Road
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f storic Name Whitman House
A 1 e: Present residential
_ - Original residential
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_ - to 1956
Source owner
SKETCH MAP
Show property's location in relation Style Contemporary
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect Carl Koch
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric clapboards
Indicate north.
Outbuildings playhouse in Techbuilt
style
❑ Q 1
❑ Major alterations (with dates) east
❑ (rear) end extended by 12 feet and entry
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❑ % added to north side (1960s)
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❑ D�erR►�6� �, Moved Date
q.URM ►^��'� Approx. acreage 35o50 ft.2
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting In a 1950s development of
Organization Lexington Historical Commission Techbuilt houses; natural setting of
Date March, 1984 woods, rock outcroppings.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
This house was built speculatively as a model home in this development
of Techbuilt houses. It incorporates the features developed by Carl Koch to
reduce cost, preserve natural setting, and yet provide excellent design and
possibility for long-term occupancy through rearrangement of existing space
(see area form) . The design, almost classical in its simplicity, is character-
ized by regular divisions marking the edges of the semi-prefabricated modules,
bands of windows set off by slim projecting moldings, and a low pitch roof
with broad overhang.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
The house is occupied by the original owners: Robert Whitman, a professor,
and his wife Elizabeth, an interior designer. They remain enthusiastic about
the Techbuilt design and have rearranged and extended the house so that, as
predicted'by Carl Koch, it has over the years served the changing needs of their
family.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Koch, Carl. At Home With Tomorrow. New York: Rinehart and Company, 1958.
Whitman, Elizabeth. Unpublished manuscript of a talk on the Techbuilt Community
at riddle Ridge in Lexington sponsored by the Lexington Historical Society,
May 16, 1982.
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