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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 clapboard
Outbuildings (describe)
Other features 2z story, double pitch roof,
w✓� gable end to street ; foundation brick
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� f iydc-ddoor with narrow fate ength side light
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5. Lot size.
One acre or less Over one acre
Approximate frontage 200'
Approximate distance of building from street
20'
O NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by E.W.Reinhardt
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lex. Hist. Com
HC Photo no.
Date June 1976
(over)
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7. Original owner (if known)
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)
D escrip. Cont: panelling - four panels in door, top two longest, all four with
modified Dependences: two story ell to rear, with side porch on North side
Gable and of roof, strong return, with two brackets each corner, moderately wide overhang
windows 6x6 - 2nd story; 6x9, 1st story; regularly spaced single brackets along
cornice.
Shed dormer, south side of roof, one visible chimney
Historical significance
In the late 1800s and early 1900s this was the home of the Rev. Carlton
A. Staples, minister of the First Parish Church. During the 1920s and 1930s it
was the home of Professor Hollis Webster and his wife, Helen Noyes Webster.
Prof. Webster was a Greek/Latin scholar and his wife was a nationally recognized
authority on herbs and herbal medicines.
The house is indicated on the 1853 map (Walling) .
„ /r /dty- 7 S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 1960 MASS. AVE.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 63
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
1853 map—V. Wilder??
The earliest known occupant of this house was Rev. Henry Westcott(1831-1883),the minister of the Lexington Unitarian
Church from 1867-1881.
On November 12, 1881,the Lexington Minute-man reported that:
Rev. C. A. Staples has purchased the estate of his predecessor in the pastorate of Lexington Unitarian church.
Mr. Westcott's family removed to Malden this week. They are pleasantly located in their new home.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913, vol. 2, p. 740.
Lexington Minute-Man,November 12, 188 1.
Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
July 2009