HomeMy WebLinkAbouthancock-avenue_0010 FORM B — BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
56/28 Boston
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
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Address: 10 Hancock Avenue
. Historic Name:
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Uses: Present: residential
#A Original: residential
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Date of Construction: c.1910
Source: deeds, visual inspection
Style/Form: Colonial Revival
Architect/Builder: unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: stone
Wall/Trim: wood shingles
Topographic or Assessor's Map
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
shed
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12
Major Alterations(with dates):
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$ Date?— rear garage addition, gable dormer
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Condition: good
Moved: no I x I yes Date
a> � Acreage: 0.25 acre
Setting: small residential street west of Hancock Street
Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
Organization: Lexington Historical Commission
Date(month/year): May 2008
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 10 Hancock Avenue
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.
The house at 10 Hancock Avenue is a 2 %2-story,gambrel-fronted structure which reflects a broad interpretation of the Colonial
Revival style. Sheathed in wood shingles and resting on a stone foundation,the house is fronted by a three-bay, single-story
porch supported by Roman Doric columns. Spanning between the columns is a simple stick balustrade with square newels,both
of recent construction. The sidehall entrance retains a period glass-and-panel door,beside which there are double-hung 8/1
windows. Most of the other windows contain 6/1 sash. There is a single-story,three-sided bay window on the east elevation.
Attached to the rear is a lower level, flat-roofed garage with stuccoed walls and a deck on top.
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.
This house appears to have been built about 1918 on land that was subdivided from that owned by William and Ethel Crowther
(#12 Hancock Avenue). By 1920 the house had been constructed and was rented by Guy Dennison who worked as a salesman
at the Barker Lumber Company in Woburn. He lived here with his wife Harriet,two daughters, father-in-law and sister-in-law.
The Dennisons were still here in 1930. Later owners included Mildred Hilliard and Robert and Dorothy Soule.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Directories,various years.
U.S. Census,various years.
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