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FORM B - BUILDING R 5z6
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
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Show property's location in relation Style International Style
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect Richard S. Morehouse
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric vertical wood siding
Indicate north.
Outbuildings storage shed
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Approx. acreage 234.70 ft.2
Recorded by Nancy S. Seasholes Setting In community of architect-
Organization Lexington Historical Commission designed contemporary homes; on auiet
Date February, 1984 street serving only this neighborhood.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
With its two long, low, flat-roofed wings accentuated by horizontal bands of
windows and with the smooth exterior surfaces, this house is a good example of the
International Style. Part of a community of contemporary homes designed and
developed by Walter Gropius° architectural firm, this house nonetheless owes more
of its influence to Breur than to Gropius (according to designing architect Richard
Morehouse) and is thus differentiated from most other houses in the neighborhood
(see Moon Hill area form) . There is, for example, no overhanging eave on this
house in contrast to the others in the development.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
This house was designed by Richard S. Morehouse, an architect formerly a
member of The Architects Collaborative (TAC) , the firm that developed Moon Hill
(see Moon Hill area form) .
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 6 MOON HILL RD
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 526
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
This house occupies Lot 29 of the"Plan of Lots in Lexington,Mass., owned by Six Moon Hill,Inc."dated June 23, 1947.
In 1950 the house and land was sold to Fletcher and Joan Ashley. The property was sold by Joan Ashley to the present
owners in 2004.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
Feb. 2009