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MASSACHJSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Bs J 90
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
9 ¢ 3 t Lexington
+ � ess 2030 Mass. Ave.
S'ryri o n LA). 90 b;rJ o n fuse
ent use Dwelling
ent owner Jack & Ann Str, nlinger
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-- ription:
Early 1800's
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Federal
,t. xta.p. ijraw SKuLcn of omiuing 10C;aLion Architect
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabricwhite clapboard
Outbuildings (describe)
Other features Gable roof-twin ridge chimney
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Two front dormers-drip moldings -(over)
5 . Altered Date
Moved foom b�(olqj Obate P7-7
'A it� �?r'i 5. Lot size:
t One acre or less x Over one acre
Approximate frontage 56'
Approximate distance of building from street
20'
O NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Ruth Beebe
USGS Quadrant
MHC Photo no. Organization Lex. Hist. Com.
Date 9/16/75
(over)
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) .,
In two rooms and a hallway are Rufus Porter ;urals,painted in the 1840's. All
four walls of each room above the chair rail are painted-Lexington Historical
Soeiety Archives have colored slides, some overall, some detail shots. Eliz.
Reinhardt of Lex. Hist. Commission also has complete set of slides.
Details (cont) 6-paned side-lights at front entrance-post-lintel doorway-
engaged doric columns at sides of door-dentil course over door
stone foundation.
2 'additions in rear: (Both gable roof) one smaller behind the
other larger addition on left side (square bay)
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
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early maps, etc.) AA1 n v - M 1 Api 1 30 q 6 � -7) 0(�". ZZl ' (r" 7
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Rufus Porter
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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community: Fonn No:
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL CCMIISSION Vd
Office of the Secretary, Boston
Property Name: 2030 Massachusetts Ave
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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Contains Rufus Porter murals, first and second floors (see 35 mm slides,
Lexington Historical Society) .
Simon W. Robinson was the owner in the mid-1850s. On the 1889 map (Walker) ,
H. Wiggin is living here. The house was moved here in 1894-95-96, when Dr. J.
Odin Tilton built the house at 11 Harrington Road (see correspondence between
S.L. Whipple and present owner Alan Bedford, archives of the Lexington Historical
Society) .
Before it was moved, in the early 1890s, it was owned by Edward Harold
Crosby, theater critic for the Boston Post, whose wife was formerly Dedora B.
Robbins, daughter of Eli Martin Robbins. They summered in this house, living
iri Boston during the winter. The house wsa the scene of many social gatherings
of theater people and Brahmins during the Crosby occupancy.
S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984
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