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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
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Tress 29 Highland Avenue
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Present residential
Original residential
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:e c. 1885-1888
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SKETCH MAP
Show property's location in relation Style Colonial Revival with Queen Anne
to nearest cross streets and/or features
geographical features. Indicate Architect
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabricclapboards, some shingle
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Outbuildings barn
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Major alterations (with dates)
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Moved Date
Approx. acreage 1.9 A.
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting Suburban residential street;
Organization Lexington Historical Commission c. 1900 residences and mid-twentieth
Date March, 1984 century houses about evenly divided.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
The fact that this building is similar to those in the Bloomfield Street
area in massing and finishes (patterned shingles and fascia decoration) is
not surprising since it was owned by one of the developers of the area, J.L.
Morris. It is, however, more substantial, and there is a more Colonial
Revival feeling to the structure particularly in the columned and blustraded
entrance (perhaps a later addition) .
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
Evidently J.L. Norris kept this as a rental property fron before 1889
until after 1906. His own house was on Massachusetts Avenue near Bloomfield
Street. The Lexington Minute Man recognized Norris' responsibility for the
development of the Bloomfield Street area and Lexington in general stating,
"who in Lexington has accomplished more to promote growth and welfare of
Lexington than Bir. J.L. Norris. The great block in the center, the group of
cottages on Hancock Avenue were mainly due to him and now Bloomfield Street
is growing into a hamlet because of him . . . His is what we call enterprise. "
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Lexinaton Minute Man, August 21, 1885, November 27, 1885.
1889 atlas
1906 atlas
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