HomeMy WebLinkAboutmassachusetts-avenue_1299 FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no.
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Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
n Lexington
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4 Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect
in relation to nearest cross streets and
.other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric red clapboard
north side
Outbuildings (describe) attached garage
& breezeway
! _ Other features Center chimney
Imo_ no light on doorway no shutters
DLA Window panes 9 over 6
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AlteredE 1 breezeway & Date 1948
garage added
Movedfrom E. Weare.N.H. Date 19 +8
F r 5. Lot size:
\ Less than one acre x Over one acre
Approximate frontage 100 ft.
Approximate distance of building from street
351
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Connie Bachman
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lex. Hist. Com.
MHC Photo no.
Date July 22, 19 75
(over)
7. Qliginal owner (if known) (Jeremiah Bennett of E. Weare N. H. -sold to Nat'l Kimball,
Hopkinton, 177
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricultural 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)
House disassembled by G. Holden�= of Boston, specialist in restoration.
Reassembled in Lexington by Greene & Harold Johnson, builder. Fireplaces &
chimney reconstructed using mostly brick from old house. Interior panelling,
"Indian shutters," doors, latches etc. faithfully reused. Sample of original
wallpaper in 'parson's cupboard' of old kitchen.
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
Yankee maga zine - July 19 59
Other records in East Weare Library, E. Weare, N. H:
Tapescript notes accompanying Lexington Bicentennial Photographic Exhibit. Copies
in Lexington Library & Lex. Hist. Soc. Archives.