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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION B 86
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
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 Clapboard
%1>` Outbuildings (describe)
L15 u Other features Granite foundation, broad
cornice board, heavy overhang w strong
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Altered Ell to east Date
Sheds rear
" Moved Date
§: 5. Lot size:
One acre or less x Over one acre
Approximate frontage 50'
Approximate distance of building from street
15'
O NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by E. W. Reinhardt
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lex. Hist. Com.
MHC Photo no.
Date 9/16/75
(over)
7. Original owner (if known)
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
8. Theme (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricuicural 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)
Descrip. cont: center entrance, two lights in door, side pilasters, covered portico
square column supporting rising from paneled square bases, granite doorstep.
Wing with porch on E. (1989 Mass. Ave.) field stone foundation; porch on W with field
stone foundation. 2 story shed roof addition E rear, with granite foundation.
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 1989 MASS. AVE.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 86
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
The first known owner of this house was Charles K. Tucker who is shown as the owner on the 1853 map. C.K. Tucker
(1811-1889)was born in Concord,New Hampshire and lived in Charlestown before moving to Lexington in 1842. He
served on the board of overseers of the poor and represented the district in the legislature in 1858. He was a wheelwright
by trade and the 1853 shows a shop building to the west of the house. The 1889 map indicates that the house and shop
were then owned by the C.K. Tucker estate.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913, vol. 2, p. 708.
Lexington directories, various dates.
Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
U.S. Census,Lexington, 1880.
1853 & 1889 Lexington maps.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
July 2009