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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL CO-AIMISSION C 103
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
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4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric wood clapboard
Detached barn with
Outbuildings (describe)attachedggarage
Other features L shaped w. ell extension
crosswise ell at rear: side,Sl
porch with dentil molding, Late 1911 cent.
chimney at center ridge of main block, front
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porch with columns, slight pi.tc to root,
► G f- rainlings. Front door with drip molding ani
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othic pointed side lights. (over.
•� r Altered probably Date c. 1900
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Moved Date
5. Lot size:
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One acre or less x Over one acre
. ' Approximate frontage 175'
.Y 1 Approximate distance of building from street
25' to porch
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Sally Scott, Muriel Williams
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lex. Hist. Com.
MHC Photo no.
Date 8/25/75
(over)
7. Original owner (if known)
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
AboriginalConservation Recreation
Agricultural Education Religion
Architectural x Exploration/ Science/
The Arts settlement invention
Commerce Industry Social/
Communication Military humanitarian
Community development Political Transportation
S. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
This is the only pre-Civil War Gothic cottage in Lexington that has been found to date.
Descrip. cont: Two pointed dormers, symmetrically placed on main blmck,
Center dormer squared off. Drip molding over first floor windows, window in gable
but not in dormer. It seems likely that earlier trim on dormers and gable has
been removed.
14. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community: Form No:
MASSACHUSETTS H I STORI CAL CCWI SS I ON 14„�
Office of the Secretary, Boston
Property Name: 16 Hancock Street
Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Owned at one time by James D. Sumner. (J0PJ`
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From 1879 until his death in 1918, lived in by Herbert G. Locke and his
wife and unmarried daughter (Frances S. , b. 1881) . House in the 1870s was owned
by Locke's father-in-law, Wm. H. Spencer.
After the death of Herbert Locke, his widow and daughter lived on in the
house until the early 1920s, at which time it was purchased by the First Congre-
gational Society (Unitarian Church) as a parsonage for their minister. (Lockes
moved next door into number 18.) Church sold the house in the 1950s and
purchased the Jonathan Harrington house. (Source: Jean Baxter; notes of the
Lexington Historical Society)
This is Lexington's only remaining Gothic Revival house. There were
several others: the George W. Robinson house at 6 Stratham Road (remodeled in
the 1870s) and the Luke Childs house off Bow Street (now demolished) .
S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984
Anne Grady, 1984
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