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FORM B — BUILDING H i 4.01
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
Lexington
ess 4 Glen Road
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between 1898 and 1906
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SKETCH MAP
Show property' s location in relation Style Queen Anne
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect Abram C. washburn, builder
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric shingles, clapboards
Indicate north.
Outbuildings
G Major alterations (with dates)
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Mo ed Date
Approx. acreage .2. A. (8344 ft.2)
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting North slope of Meriam Hill;
Organization Lexington Historical Commission residential street of late nineteenth
Date March, 1984 century houses slightly more modest than
those on the rest of the hill.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
A house with cross gable roof and modest embellishments, this building
is representative of houses put up by Abram C. Washburn on speculation in several
parts of Lexington (Bloomfield Street and Parker Street areas) . A porch with
turned posts and contrasting shingled and clapboarded surfaces trim this
building and are characteristic of many of Washburn's buildings.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
This house was built speculatively by Abram C. Washburn, who came to
Lexington in 1884 and was perhaps the most active carpenter and builder in town
into the twentieth century. He is known to have built buildings designed by
architects for others, but very likely those he put up on speculation were from
plans available for purchase, or created by the builder himself.
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, p. 723. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
1898 map
1906 map
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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 4 GLEN ROAD
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 401
BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
On April 7, 1906 the Lexington Minute-man reported that"Mr. Charles D. Surrette of Winthrop Road had leased the new
house just being completed on Glen Road by A.C. Washburn,who has sold the house just across the road, on Upland
road,to Mr. Fred D. Cloyes"(see 6 Upland Road).
Directories indicate that Charles Surette was still living at 4 Glen Road in 1918. In the 1920s the house was occupied by
George Russell and later by members of the Milne family.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lexington Directories,various dates.
Lexington Minute-Man,April 7, 1906.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
March 2009