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FORM B — BUILDING S 550
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
} 1 iwn Lexington
[dress 2 Mason street
storic Name Papenek House
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- ;e: Present residential
Original residential
' - - DESCRIPTION:
4 ate c. 1956
Source Walter Pierce
SKETCH MAP
Show property' s location in relation Style Contemporary
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect Walter Pierce
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric vertical cedar siding
Indicate north.
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Approx. acreage 28560 ft.2
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting A wooded site, on a rise above
Organization Lexington Historical Commission the street; in development of contemporary
Date March, 1984 houses.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
An early example of the "Peacock Farm House" design, this house is
superbly sited and is one of the few in which the garage has not been converted
to living space. The split-level design, particularly adapted to sloping sites
and natural settings, has a low, asymmetrical roof pitch, stained vertical
cedar siding, and horizontal bands of windows.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
one of the first of the award-winning split-level designs known as
the "Peacock Farm House" to be built in the development of Peacock Farm, this
house was pictured in House and Home in 1957, Time Magazine, The New York Times
September 13, 1959, and other newspapers and magazines. The publicity was -
generated by the 1957 AIA Homes for Better Living award and brought requests
for plans from other parts of the country. As a result there are Peacock Farm
Houses in Virginia and the Midwest. The design proved particularly popular in
Lexington and developers, Green and White, built five other communities
composed of the house after their success with Peacock Farm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
"First Award." Reprint from House and Horne, June .1957.
"First Prize Awarded in Competition." Christian Science Monitor, May?, 1957.
"Lexington Contemporary at Peacock Farms Wins First Prize in National Competition."
Boston Sunday Herald, May 19, 1957.
"Lexington Home Wins A.I.A. Contest." Boston Globe, May 16, 1957.
"Modern Split-Level Homes Find Acceptance in History-Steeped Lexington." New York
Times, September 13, 1959.
Noel Seney. A Split-Level that Makes Sense. Reprint from Better Homes and Gardens
Magazine for Benjamin Franklin Homes, Lexington, Massachusetts. Des Moines,
Iowa: Meredith Publishing Company, 1960.
Personal communication from Walter Pierce.
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