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FORM B - BUILDING
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
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Tress 39 Locust Avenue
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Source Owner
SKETCH MAP
Show property's location in relation Style
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect William Roger Greeley
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric stone, stucco
Indicate north.
Outbuildings
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Major alterations (with dates)
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\ O Approx. acreage 4.7770 ft.Z
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting At the top of Follen Hill; a
Organization Lexington Historical Commission residential street in which this is the
Date March, 1984 largest and earliest house.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
This substantial house on this prominent site relies on contrasting
stucco and stone wall finish for decorative effect. The house is proto-modern
in feeling, and owing to its size and distinctive finishes is a focal point
of the street.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Personal communication from Roland Greeley.
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