HomeMy WebLinkAboutrevere-street_0009 FORM B -BUILDING
Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
64/149 Boston N. 1113
- Town Lexington
- Place (neighborhood or village)
Address 9 Revere Street
Y1 A47
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Historic Name Sidney Butters House
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Uses: Present Residential
Original Residential
�= Date of Construction 1873
Source Minute-man,August 9, 1873
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L_ L Style/Form Italianate
y, Architect/Builder unknown
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Exterior Material:
4 Foundation granite
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_. Wall/Trim vinyl siding
r-. Roof asphalt shingle
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
barn(c.1885)
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Major Alterations (with dates) date? -rear wing, siding
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Condition good
t, Moved ® no 0 yes Date
Acreage 20,000 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting mixed 19th to 20th century residential
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date (month/year) June 2000
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (9 Revere Street)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
Constructed in 1873, 9 Revere Street is a 2 1/2-story gablefront dwelling which displays limited Italianate features including
chamfered porch posts and full-length first floor windows. The 3 x 2-bay house is set on a stone foundation and is sheathed
in vinyl siding. The overhanging eaves of the asphalt-shingled roof end in returns. A single-story porch spans the three-bay
wide facade, supported by chamfered square posts. A distinctive angled geometric railing spans between the posts. The
sidehall entrance contains two upper vertical glass panes set above a horizontal panel. The adjacent facade openings consist
of full-length 2/2 windows with multi-light storm sash. The second story facade openings consist of 2/2 sash fitted with metal
storm windows and flanked by shutters. A smaller 2/2 window lights the attic.
A single-story projection is located on the east side of the house. A brick exterior chimney rises along the west elevation.
Extending behind is a single-story wing. A gravel driveway is located to the west of the house and leads to a detached two-
story, clapboarded barn which is set at right angles to the house and largely hidden by vegetation. Assessors' records suggest-
that
uggestthat the barn was constructed about 1885.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Dgtscribe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building and
tha role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community.
A Jbrief mention in the Lexington Minute-man on August 9, 1873 reported that Sidney Butters had just purchased a 20,000
square foot lot of land on Cross Street from Mr. Parker, adjoining Benjamin Gleason's lot (see MHC#754). The article notes
that the price for the land was about three cents per foot and that Mr. Butters was to immediately bui d Fon spot. S.
Butters is shown as the owner of the house on the 1875 map. Directories indicate that Sidney Butters (1817-1897)worked as
a gate tender. The detached barn was constructed about 1885 accordng to the town valuation lists. After Sidney's death in
1897, the house was occupied by his son, Fred Butters who worked at the starch factory.
By 1902 the house was occupied by Edward H. Bowman. By 1924 directories indicate that Mary Bowman was in residence.
Alfred and Elva Tutin azquired the property in 1936 and family members still own it today.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Assessors Records.
Le,x,mgton Directories, various dates.
Lekington Minute-man, August 9, 1873.
L"gton 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.