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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
n Lexington
ress 7 Forest Street
toric Name 6.boe, Jackdn 4-60SC..
Present residential
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- ESCRIPTION.
z e c. 1874
4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Source map research
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. , Style mansard
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Exterior wall fabric clapboards
Outbuildings
Major alterations (with dates) one-story
addition to left side (date unknown)
', Moved Date
Approx. acreage 7600 ft.2
Recorded by Anne Grady, Nancy S. Seasholes Setting In a small group of mansard
Organization Lexington Historical Commission cottages at the south end of Forest Street.
Date April, 1984
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
This cottage retains its original finishes. Features include roof with
patterned slates and dormer windows with broadly projecting roofs; bay window;
paired brackets at the eaves; and a porch with turned posts. The design of
this house is identical with that of the Mansard cottages on Hancock Avenue,
except that this one has a porch rather than a door hood. It is, like the
others, a simplified version of Mansard cottage depicted in A.J. Bicknell's
Bicknell's Village Builder of 1872.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
Bike most of the other Tansard cottages along this section of Forest
Street, this house appears to have been built as a rental property: the owner
from the tire of its construction until the turn of the century was George H.
Jackson, one of the largest property owners in this section of town. In 1906
the house was owned by Charles T. West, the undertaker who owned the house
next door (see 5 Forest Street form) , so perhaps it continued to be rented.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Bicknell, A.J. Bicknell's Village Builder. New York: A.J. Bicknell and
Company, 1872.
1876 map
1889 map
1898 map
1906 map
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