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57/100 Boston
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Photograph North Lexington
Address: 10 Hill Street (corner Sargent St.)
Historic Name:
Uses: Present: residential
Original: residential
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Date of Construction: c.1910
Source: Census, directories
Style/Form: Colonial Revival/Shingle
Architect/Builder: unknown
Y - f Exterior Material:
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Foundation: fieldstone
Wall/Trim: wood shingles/wood
Topographic or Assessor's Map
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
NY71 none
oto Major Alterations(with dates):
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Moved: no x yes Date
IFc N �0 95 Acreage: 0.19 acre
P� Setting: mixed residential neighborhood
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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 Hill Street
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.
This double house was built according to the same plan as its neighbor at 6-8 Hill Street but retains greater integrity. The 2 'h-
story, side-gabled structure is oriented with its broad fagade to Hall Street and its asymmetrical gable end to Sargent Street. A
large pine tree unfortunately obscures much of the fagade. The building is set on a fieldstone foundation and is sheathed in
wood shingles with wood trim. The gable roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles and there are two brick chimneys rising from the
interior ridge. Much of the four-bay fagade is fronted by a single-story,two-bay,hip-roofed entrance porch which is supported
by shingled posts resting on a low shingled wall. Underneath the porch the two main entries retain glass-and-panel door.
Windows contain original wooden 6/2 sash which are used individually and in pairs. A shed dormer rises from the long rear
roof slope. An additional entry at the eastern corner now contains a modern replacement door.
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 property was located within George F. Tewksbury's subdivision, originally laid out in 1897 (Plan Book 109,Page 22).
Deed records indicate that in March 1898 Tewksbury sold the lot to George Simonds (Book 2636,Page 555). However,there is
no building on the site at the time of the 1906 map.
Another deed for the property indicates that in April 1916 Tewksbury conveyed it to Louisa G. Cutter(Book 4045,Page 217).
The 1920 Census indicates that in that year Louisa Cutter, a 41 year old widow from Nova Scotia was living here with four sons,
two daughters and a boarder. The other unit was occupied by an elderly couple named Smith. Alice O'Brien was occupying one
of the units in 1922. By 1930 the building had been purchased by John Bullock who came to this country from England about
1890. Bullock worked as a chauffeur and was occupying one unit in 1930 with his wife Minnie while renting out the other. In
1942 10 Hill Street was occupied by John Bullock while Harold Bullock was at 1 O Hill Street.
The property remained in the Bullock family until 1986 when it was sold to Charles Fine(Book 16804,Page 144).
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
1906 map
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, (Plan Book 112,Plan 5; Plan Book 109,Plan 22; Plan Book 195,Plan 45).
Town Directories
U.S. Census,various years.
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