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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Photograph North Lexington
Address: 18 Hill Street
Historic Name: James Bullock House
� • • Uses: Present: residential
---- - — -- Original: residential
Date of Construction: 1909
— -_ Source: deeds, maps, directory, Census
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Exterior Material:
Foundation: fieldstone
Wall/Trim: wood shingles
Topographic or Assessor's Map Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
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0 '° Acreage: 0.83 acre
Setting: mixed residential neighborhood
CP
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 18 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.
The house at 18 Hill Street is a broad 2 'h-story gablefront dwelling dating to the early 20"'century. It is sheathed in wood
shingles with decorative shingles in a staggered pattern filling the front pediment. The fagade is fronted by a single-story
sunporch enclosed by 2 x 4-light casement windows. There are three 2/1 windows on the second floor of the fagade which
feature plain surrounds and blinds and are unevenly spaced. The west elevation fenestration includes a single-story,three-sided
bay window and a shed dormer spanning the roof. At the rear is a bump-out and deck.
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.
There is no house on this site at the time of the 1906 map. Deeds indicate that in May 1909 Charles W. Swan sold the lot to
James J. Bullock(Book 3876,Page 204). Bullock was living here by 1910. Bullock had come to this country about 1899 and
in 1905 married Margaret Leary who was born in Ireland. In 1910 the couple was living here with their two sons. He was
employed as a gardener. The Bullocks were still living here in 1942. (The house was known as 16 Hill Street for many years.)
The property has been owned by William Crane since at least 1975 (Book 858,Page 103).
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
1906 map
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
Town Directories
U.S. Census,various years.
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