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Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
t, 0064000130 1Boston N. 728
Town Lexington
Place (neighborhood or village)
Address 50 Hancock St.
Historic Name Warren M. Batcheller House#3
-Uses: Present Residential
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j Original Residential
Date of Construction 1903-1904
I Source Lexington Valuation lists
k Style/Form Colonial Revival
i Architect/Builder
Exterior Material:
I'r Foundation Fieldstone
Wall/Trim Wood Clapboard
Roof Asphalt Shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
Major Alterations(with dates)
Rear porch (date unknown)
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po Condition
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Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
Acreage 0.78 A.
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ab _� Setting On a heavily-trafficked residential street in a
neighborhood of large,high style 19th-and early 20th-
Recorded by Nancy S. Seasholes century houses
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date(month/year) . January 1998 ✓�� � '
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ see continuation sheet
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
50 Hancock St. is one of a number of well-preserved Colonial Revival houses in Lexington and contributes to the group of high-
style 19th-and early 20th-century houses on Hancock St. The house is rectangular in plan, 2'/2 stories,two-by-three bays with a
number of projecting bays, and is hip-roofed with hipped dormers and two chimneys. It is set on a fieldstone foundation,clad with
wood clapboards, and roofed with asphalt shingles. The center entrance has a surround with pilasters at the sides and a dentil
course across the top;the windows are diamond-paned/1 or 6/1 double hung sash. Ornamental finishes include a wide molded
cornice with modillions,many diamond paned windows including a double window on the north elevation with both diamond and
small panes, and a wraparound porch with Tuscan posts.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE ❑ see continuation sheet
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 was built in 1903 by Warren M. Batcheller,who lived at 46 Hancock St. (MHC#725). In 1888 Batcheller bought
the lot on which this house stands, which at the time had an older house on it. In 1897 he built the house now at 46 Hancock St.
on the lot, in 1902 sold the old house (it was moved to Bedford St.), and in 1903 was assessed for"1 house"(46 Hancock St.)and
"2 unfinished houses"(this house and the one at 48 Hancock St. [MHC#726]). The latter two houses were finished by 1904.
The present owner says this house was based on plans of a house in Salem,though is a smaller version of it.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES ❑ see continuation sheet
Lexington Valuation Lists. 1903-1904.
Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Deeds. Cambridge, MA. 1871: 20.
Worthen, Edwin B. to Mrs. Bruce Currie, 16 February 1951. Worthen Collection. Cary Library, Lexington, MA.
❑ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attach a completed National
Register Criteria Statement form.