HomeMy WebLinkAboutmarrett-road_0366 FORM B — BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
33/10 Boston
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Photograph Fair Oaks
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Address: 366 Marrett Road
Historic Name:
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_ Uses: Present: residential
Original: residential
Date of Construction: c. 1925
Source: visual inspection
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Style/Form: Craftsman Colonial
Architect/Builder: unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: stone
Wall/Trim: wood shingles
Topographic or Assessor's Map
Roof: asphalt shingles
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Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
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r Major Alterations(with dates):
1 Date?—addition on west side
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gqb" Condition: good
Moved: no x yes Date
;- Acreage: 0.24 acre
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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 366 Marrett Road
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 366 Marrett Road is a modest 2 '/z-story, side-gabled structure which reflects both the Craftsman and Colonial
Revival style and dates to the early 20th century. Set on a mortared stone foundation,the house is sheathed in wood shingles and
is capped by an asphalt-shingled gable roof with projecting eaves. The sidehall entrance is flanked by sidelights and sheltered
by a gable roof incorporating a simple truss and supported by Doric columns. Similar trusswork decorates the side gables.
Windows contain 6/1 sash arranged individually and in a set of three next to the front door. The windows are set into molded
surrounds.
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.
This house was constructed after 1906 and was part of the Fair Oaks subdivision, originally laid out in 1909 by Arthur E.
Horton. Few houses were built as part of the original subdivision and the plan was later revised in 1924 after it was acquired by
developer Neil McIntosh. This was lot 7 of the revised subdivision. It was one of five houses built in a row on Marrett Road at
the same time(356, 358, 360, 364 and 366 Marrett Road).
In 1932 the house was owned by John J. Stanton. It was later acquired by William Ford and by 1959 was sold by Anthony and
Lena Rochette to Walter and Helen McDonald. The McDonalds continued to own the property until 1999.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913, vol. 2.
Lexington Directories,various years.
Lexington Minute-man, .
U.S. Census,various years.
1906 map
Continuation sheet 1