HomeMy WebLinkAboutmanley-court_0009 FORM B — BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
47/35A 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: 9 Manley Court
,. Historic Name:
Uses: Present: residential
== Original: residential
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Date of Construction: c.1906
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Style/Form:
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Architect/Builder: unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: rubble
Wall/Trim: aluminum siding
Topographic or Assessor's Map
Roof: asphalt shingles
104' Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
-x garage
Major Alterations(with dates):
135A 13( Date?—alum. siding, addition to the south and possibly the
% north, new windows
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Condition: fair(due to siding)
� Moved: no I x yes I I Date
Acreage: 0.23 acre
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t s t6r Setting: mixed residential neighborhood off
Woburn Street
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Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
Organization: Lexington Historical Commission
Date(month/year): January 2010
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 9 Manley Court
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 two-story gablefront house at 9 Manley Court is a workers cottage dating to the early 201h century. The main entrance is
located in the gable extension to the north of the gablefront block(this section may be an addition). A single-story addition
projects from the south side and there is a deck to the rear. Windows contain 6/1 sash, some of which appear to be replacements.
To the north of the house is a single car garage.
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.
It appears that this house was constructed between 1906 and 1910 as a rental property. There is no house on the site at the time
of the 1906 map. The 1910 Census indicates that the house was then occupied by Frank Nelson, a Swedish-born shoemaker.
Nelson lived here only briefly. Thomas and Katherine Buckley were living here in 1922. He was a policeman. Mrs. Minnie
Cole occupied the house in 1932 and was still here in 1942. The property had been purchased by the Savage family by 1963 and
is still owned by them today.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913, vol. 2, p. 404.
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
Town Directories
U.S. Census,various years.
1889, 1898, 1906 maps
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