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HomeMy WebLinkAbouthancock-avenue_0013 FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no. RA A OQ A l�L7TTQV TTQ T.TTQTnT)T(`AT OrYNI MISSION C 111 Boston 1. Town Lexington Address 13 Hancock Ave. Name w, l�•C'u,�}'� 1To C f �. Present use residence i ` - - _ = Present owner -- _ 3. Description: Date - _ Source M fly�—m wy1 M 2AW 7.3 Style Italianate _ - tion Ax-e�t or✓^LS' v F ; and --T Exterior wall fabric Clapboard Outbuildings (describe) Other features Brick foundation, gable end tc street, one story bay window front & E sidE i door with bracketed hood. <' Altered later porch Date Moved Date i - 5. Lot size: - f c One acre or less x Over one acre Approximate frontage 60' Approximate distance of building from street 25' DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by E. W. Reinhardt USGS Quadrant Organization Lex. Hist. Com. HC Photo no. Date Sept. 4, 1975 (over) 7. Original owner (if known) Original use Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Recreation Agricuieural Education Religion Architectural Exploration/ Science/ The Arts settlement invention Commerce Industry Social/ Communication Military humanitarian Community development Political Transportation 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) Descrip. cont: .asphalt shingle roof, one chimney, strong return on gable, wide cornice board on sides, moderately wide corner boards. 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) 3/73 INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address LEXINGTON 13 HANCOCK AVENUE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD © 111 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This was one of a number of houses local builder and contractor John L.Norris constructed on Hancock Avenue in the late 19th century. A brief mention appeared in the Lexington Minute-man on May 10, 1873 and read: Mr. W.R. Cutter has sold his cottage on Hancock avenue(the present#11)to Mr. J.L.Norris, and has bought of Mr.N.the new house just finished on the extreme right of the street. William Richard Cutter(b. 1847)was born in Woburn and became a resident of Lexington in 1871 and served on the school committee for several years before returning to Woburn in 1882 where he had been elected librarian of the Public Library. He was a noted historian and genealogist and wrote a history of the town of Arlington as well as a number of publications for the New England Historic Geneaological Soceity. The 1889 map shows the house was then owned by C. Swan. Directories indicate that Charles B. Swan worked for the Boston&Maine Railroad. He was still here in 1894 but had moved to Elm Avenue by 1899. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913,vol. 2,p. 156. Lexington Minute-man,May 10, 1873. Supplement prepared by: Lisa Mausolf July 2009