HomeMy WebLinkAboutmassachusetts-avenue_0465 FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION E 204
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
• i t 75
1wn Lexington
dress 465 Mass. Ave.
me Jonas Locke house
esent use
etr - private residence
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� C 1800 or earlier
Source Lex. Hist. Soc.
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4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect
in relation to nearest c oss streets and
other buildings. In tate north. Exterior wall fabric Clapboard
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Outbuildings (describe) small shed to right of
C' building
Other features small four bays wide, two dee;
off center entrance; chimney ,lustorwar.d
�wti of ridge.
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5. Lot size-,
One acre or less Over one acre x
Approximate frontage 150'
Approximate distance of building from street
20'
O NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by E. W. Reinhardt & Anne-Grady
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lex. Hist. Com.
MHC Photo no.
Date 7/1975
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7. Original owner (if known) Jonas Locke
Origin--1 use Cobbler's Shop
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates Workshop, private residence
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agriculcural Education Religion
Architectural Exploration/ Science/
The Arts settlement invention
Commerce Industry Social/
Communication Military humanitarian
Community development Political Transportation
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
Description:
Just right of center over door; door panels some in ell& main block; windows
6 x 6; foundation obscured.
Jonas Locke's"small, low-posted dwelling still standing beside the little burying
ground" is one of the few buildings from this easternmost end of the East Village
to have survived into the 20th. Century.
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10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
Lex. Hist. Soc. - Proceedings, Vol. 2 "Lexington Sixty Years Ago"
by Arthur Bryant - 1890
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