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ASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
1 Lexington
cess 4 Eliot Road
-_ - toric Name Francis W. Dean House
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Present residential
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a - - ESCRIPTION:
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-ource Hudson, II, pp. 166-167
SKETCH MAP
Show property's location in relation Style Shingle style
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric shingles
Indicate north.
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Major alterations (with dates)
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Moved Date
Approx. acreage 23713 ft.2
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting_ Munroe Hill development of
Organization Lexington Historical Commission primarily turn of the twentieth century
Date March, 1984 substantial houses.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
This large gambrel-roofed dwelling achieves asymmetrical massing and
shingle styling through the use of bay windows of different sizes (one with
polygonal projecting roof) , gables, dormers, and overall shingled finish.
Decorative features include a stained glass window, an oculus window, diamond-
paned windows, and round-headed windows in the gables.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
Francis Winthrop Dean moved to Lexington in 1902, presumably as soon as
his new house was completed. Eliot Road was developed slightly later than
the rest of Munroe, its area being from 1895 to 1900 part of a nine-hole golf
course, one of the earliest courses in the Commonwealth. Dean was a civil,
mechanical and mill engineer. He immediately became active in town affairs
serving on committees for the introduction of Metropolitan Water, the building
of the Munroe School and the-Cary Library, and the Sewer Commission.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to
1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, pp. 166-167. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
1889 atlas
1906 atlas
1906 Directory
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