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HomeMy WebLinkAboutgrove-street_0117 FORM B — BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number 83/130 Boston MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington Place: (neighborhood or village) Photograph Address: 117 Grove Street Historic Name: Estabrook Elementary School Uses: Present: school Original: school Date of Construction: 1960 Source: Hinkle Style/Form: Contemporary - Architect/Builder: Clinch, Crimp, Brown & Fisher Exterior Material: Foundation: Wall/Trim: brick, concrete Topographic or Assessor's Map Roof: tar& gravel Outbuildings/Secondary Structures: 14615 S r� •; ��- � none Major Alterations(with dates): l + - r x 0 W 9 5 f� 4Z! bR �_--; w Condition: good R Moved: no x yes Date ■— __ Acreage: 7.5 acres 9fB115 4* Setting: residential neighborhood, between Grove Street OR and Robinson Road ` A ,1a lidi _ 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 117 Grove Street 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 funds for a Grove Street school were appropriated at town meeting,March 28, 1960. Estabrook School was dedicated on October 8, 1961. It was designed by the architectural firm of Clinch, Crimp,Brown&Fisher. The firm also designed other schools in Lexington including the Fiske School,Bridge School and Bowman School. The school is named after Joseph Estabrook(1669-1733),the first school teacher in Lexington. Born in Concord,he bought a 200 acre farm in Lexington in 1693.According to Hudson's History of the Town of Lexington, "In 1716 Captain Estabrook was employed as a teacher and continued his school five months, for which 15 pounds were paid him from the town treasury." Joseph Estabrook also served as Town Clerk,was elected Selectman several times and served a term as Representative to the General Court which was the Massachusetts Colony's legislature. As a Captain he also commanded a local military company. 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. Continuation sheet 1 INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 117 Grove Street MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 M1-4w Entrance mural Continuation sheet 2