HomeMy WebLinkAboutprospect-hill-road_0009 FORM B -BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
33/261 Boston N. Y 1110
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Town Lexington
s Place (neighborhood or village) Fair Oaks
✓ Address 9 Prospect Hill Road
Historic Name
Uses: Present Residential
Original Residential
l Date of Construction c.1912
Source Lexington Assessors' records
Style/Form Spanish Mission Bungalow
Architect/Builder unknown
Exterior Material:
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Foundation brick
Wall/Trim brick
jRoof tile
/ Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
garage
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Major Alterations (with dates) date? -screening in of
:. front porch
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Condition good
Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
.r., Acreage 28,845 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting mixed early 20th c. residential
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date (month/year) April 2000
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (9 Prospect Hill Road)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
The house at 9 Prospect Hill Road is an unusual and eclectic early 20th century home displaying the influence of the
Bungalow in its massing and exposed rafters and Spanish Mission styles in its red tile roof. The 1 3/4-story, side-gabled
building displays a brick exterior. The asymmetrical gable shelters a front porch, now screened with three arched openings
on the facade and an additional arched opening on each adjacent side elevation. The center entrance is fronted by brick steps
and a brick stoop with concrete capstones. Underneath the porch,the center entrance is flanked by two multi-light openings.
Rising from the front roof slope is a gable dormer containing three modern 8/8 windows. The walls of the dormer are covered
in red slate; the roof is tiled.
The right side of the house has three regular bays of openings consisting of paired casement openings writh 2 x 4-lights in each
panel. A side porch is sheltered by a tile roof with slate in the front gable. The porch is supported by square posts resting on
a brick stoop. The six-panel door is flanked by partial sidelights which are set into the wall. Fenestration on the left gable
end is more irregular.
The house is set on a small hill above and setback from Prospect Hill Road. A hedge flanks the driveway and extends along
the streetline. A curving driveway terminates at a two-car hip, roofed brick garage with two sets of accordion doors. The
large shaded lot includes concrete garden walls.
HIATORICAL NARRATIVE
Describe 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 reportedly constructed about 1912 according to assessors' records. The early ownership of the house has not
been established. The house had numerous occupants in the 1930s. Later owners included Cyrus and Dorothy Wood from
c.1950 to 1965 when it was sold to Richard and Florence Kestler.
The Fair Oaks subdivision was initially laid out in 1912. The original layout of the development was the work of Arthur E.
Horton, a landscape architect who had worked for the Metropolitan Park Commission in Boston, for much of this time under
the direction of Charles Eliot. The street layout which was finally accepted by the town in 1924 was apparently a revised
layout. Although an overview of the Fair Oaks subdivision is provided in Area Form Y, additional research needs to be done
to determine the sequence of construction in the neighborhood and any commonalties which may exist.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey of Lexington, Book 1, 1984.
Lexington Assessors Records.
LeIngton Directories, various dates.
Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked, you must attached a completed
National Register Criteria Statement form.