HomeMy WebLinkAboutmarrett-road_0335 FORM B -BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
33/265 Boston N. 1088
Town Lexington
' Y Place (neighborhood or village)
r Address 335 Marrett Road
all Historic Name
` �■ Uses: Present Residential
-,-., xj ,� Original Residential
JFDate of Construction c.1910
Source visual inspection,maps
4 µ Style/Form Craftsman/Colonial Revival
�r , f Architect/Builder unknown
4 Exterior Material:
Foundation fieldstone
Wall/Trim wood clapboard
�� rte ❑ \ o z,, Roof asphalt shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
\ 1 garage
Major Alterations (with dates) c.1996 -enclosure of
rear porch
T29.9
530..
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Condition good
Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
ROA ,
Acreage 18000 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting close to road near intersection with Waltham
Organization Lexington Historical Commission Street
Date (month/year) July 2000
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (335 Marrett Road)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
Located near the intersection with Waltham Street, 335 Marrett Road is a two-story,hip-roofed dwelling constructed in the
early 20th century. The clapboarded house is outlined by simple comerboards with short beams decorating the underside of
the overhanging eaves. The truncated hip roof exhibits eaves which are flared slightly. Spanning the main facade is a single-
story porch supported by four Roman Doric columns with a turned balustrade set above a wooden deck with a latticed
airspace and wooden steps. The offcenter entrance contains a six-panel door(not original). On one side of the entrance there
is a three-sided bay window and on the other there is a single window; all contain 1/1 sash. On the second floor of the facade
the window placement is reversed and the windows retain their original sash configuration, with a three-sided bay window
consisting of a 6/1 and two 4/1 sash set above the individual window and an individual 8/1 window located above the first
floor bay window. A hip dormer containing an 8/1 window is centered on the front and side elevations.
On the east side of the house there is a two-story,three-sided bay window. Remaining windows consist primarily of 8/1 and
replacement 1/1 sash. There is a small stained glass window on the west side. The rear porch at the northwest corner of the
building has been partially enclosed in recent years but retains a single turned post.
To the west of the house is a small clapboarded garage, capped by a hip roof. There is an overhead garage door facing the
house and 8/1 windows lighting the side elevations.
T ?form of this house displays some similarities to that at 35 Meriam Street(MHC#386),
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HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Describe 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 early owners of this house are not known although it appears to have been constructed c.1910. There is no house on this
site at the time of the 1906 map. By 1926 the property was owned by William Hinckley, an insurance agent, and his wife
Grace. The property was owned by the Hinckleys into the 1940s and during their ownership it included a house,garage and
hen house. In 1944 Clifford and Helen Ells owned the property. The present owners bought the house in 1993 from Alan
Jick.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Assessors Records.
Lexington Directories, various dates.
Lexington Valuation Lists,various dates.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.
INVENTORY • 'M CONTINUATION SHEET Town •. Address
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HistoricalMassachusetts • •
BuildingMassachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Boulevard 1088
Boston, 02125
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