HomeMy WebLinkAboutnorth-street_0126 FORM B — BUILDING Assessor's Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
75/24A&B Boston
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
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Address: 126 North Street
;t Historic Name: Manning-Eaton House
Uses: Present: residential
- : Original: residential
Date of Construction: c.1880
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Source: visual inspection
�j j LL Style/Form: Queen Anne
� - Architect/Builder: unknown
-_ Exterior Material:
Foundation: brick
Wall/Trim: wood clapboards, wood shingles
Topographic or Assessor's Map
Roof: asphalt shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
�uRc�r: 7a�� garage
Major Alterations(with dates):
c.2000- addition to east with roof deck
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Condition: good
Moved: no x yes Date
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«,, r �3r Acreage: 0.70 acre
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Setting: adjacent to Lower Vine Brook
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Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
Organization: Lexington Historical Commission
Date (month/year): January 2010
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 126 North Street
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
Located in the northern part of town,near the Burlington town line and Lower Vine Brook, 126 North Street is a 2 ''/2-story,
gablefront dwelling dating to the late 19th century. Set on a brick foundation,the exterior is clad primarily in wood clapboards
with a band of patterned wood shingles between the first and second stories and additional diamond and staggered shingles
filling the front gable. The two-bay wide fagade has a two-story,three-sided bay window and a(later?) single-story gable-
roofed porch supported by plain posts. There is a glass-and-panel front door. The windows contain 1/1 modern sash.
To the east is a single-story ell/addition that rests on a mortared stone foundation. The east gable has similar patterned shingles
which have been continued to the flat-roofed section toward the front. The front section may have originally been an open porch
but has been enclosed and is lit by modern picture windows. There is a roof deck.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the
owners/occupants played within the community.
This house was constructed prior to the 1906 map which indicates it was then owned by W.E. Eaton. The original owner may
have been Stephen B. Manning, a watchmaker,who sold the property to Genevieve Eaton,wife of William E. in May 1900
(Book 2820,Page 265). The 1899 directory lists William E. Eaton as a teamster;he is not listed in the 1894 directory. In 1908
William's son, George E. Eaton was living here. He was a farmer. By 1913 he had moved elsewhere.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
Town Directories
U.S. Census,various years.
1906 map.
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