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50/5 Boston
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
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Address: 40 Lincoln Street
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4` ` ;: =^ :- , .i fes. Historic Name: David Hennessey House
of .: A Uses: Present: residential
x Original: residential
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Date of Construction: c.1912
4 Source: deeds
Style/Form: Four Square
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Architect/Builder: unknown
- - - Exterior Material:
_. -- 5. Foundation: stone
Wall/Trim: wood clapboard/wood
Topographic or Assessor's Map Roof: asphalt shingle
C�' 'vY Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
' shed
Major Alterations(with dates):
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c 1,6
h o- Condition: good
Moved: no x yes Date
Acreage: 0.43 acre
j Setting: mixed residential street
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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 40 LINCOLN 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.
Dating to the early 20th century,the Four Square house at 40 Lincoln Street is a two-story,hip-roofed structure which is sheathed
in wood clapboards and set on a mortared stone foundation. Reflecting a Prairie Style influence,the wide eave overhang is
boxed and without brackets. The two-bay wide fagade is partially fronted by an offset single-story porch which is fitted with
screens above a clapboarded wall. A low gable with semi-circular fan marks the entrance; a glass-and-panel door accesses the
house. A single-story,hip-roofed wing projects from the east side of the house and is also set on a mortared stone foundation.
Windows on the house consist of a mix of double-hung 6/1 sash,which are used individually and in pairs. A small shed dormer
is centered on the west roof slope with a larger shed dormer on the east side. Spanning the rear elevation is a single-story
addition set on posts and an exterior wooden staircase.
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.
The original owner of this early 20th century house was David Hennessey, an Irish-born gardener. Hennessey appears to have
assembled the land from several sources. The first transaction dates to 1912 when he bought what was Lot 5 on the Charles W.
Shippee plan from Sarah Bruce of Waltham. Additional land was purchased from May Aldrich in 1919.
Directories indicate that in 1915 Hennessey was a farm employee and was living at 40 Lincoln Street. The 1920 U.S. Census
indicates that David,then 48,had come to the US in 1888 and lived with his wife Margaret and three grown daughters. David
Hennessey was still living here in 1942. The property was owned by members of the Hennessey family until 1989 when it was
sold by Katherine Reilly's estate. The present owner purchased the property in 1993.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass.
Town Directories.
U.S. Census,various years.
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