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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
-- Own Lexington
k` + Adress 36 Moon Hill Road
_ eA. istoric Name Fletcher House
xEi n�,r se: Present residential
Original residential
DESCRIPTION:
ate 1948
Source architect
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Show property's location in relation Style International style
to nearest cross streets and/or Norman Fletcher, Jean Fletcher
geographical features. Indicate Architect The Architects Collaborative (TA
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric redwood
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D Approx. acreage 23000 ft.2
Nancy S. Seasholes
Recorded by R.S. Morehouse Setting In a community of architect-
Organization Lexington Historical Commission designed contemporary homes; set back
Date April, 1976; January, 1984 from quiet street.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
Part of a community of contemporary homes designed and developed by an
architectural firm, this house, like its neighbors, is an example of the International
Style and has similar exterior finishes (see Moon Hill area form) . This house is
based on a split-level plan. On the same level as the entrance is an open kitchen/
.. dining/living wing; the bedrooms are a half level up in another wing; below them,
and a half level down from the entry, is a playroom lighted by above-grade windows.
The two wings form an "L," creating an outdoor terrace.
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 as their residence by Norman and Jean Bodman Fletcher,
two of the original members of The Architects Collaborative (TAC) (see Moon Hill
area form) . The Fletcher fami
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, au uw.L ,
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui 28, February 1950, pp. 37, 110-111.
Gropius, Walter et al. , editors. 1966. The Architects Collaborative: 1945-1965,
pp. 41, 44-45. Switzerland: Arthur Niggli Ltd.
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