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AREA FORM N0.
FORM B - BUILDING U 567
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
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wn Lexington
dress 4 Stonewall Road
} storic Name Nagel House
, { e. Present residential
Original residential
DESCRIPTION:
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ate 1956
i' Source present owner
SKETCH MAP
- Show property's location in relation Style Contemporary
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect Chester Nagel
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric stucco
Indicate north.
Outbuildings
/ Major alterations (with dates)
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Ro `vj Approx. acreage 32500 ft.2
Recorded by Nancy S. Seasholes Setting On quiet cul-de-sac serving only
Organization Lexington Historical Commission four homes; in community of contemporary
Date February, 1984 homes sited for privacy.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
Part of Five Fields, a community of contemporary houses designed and developed
by The Architects Collaborative (TAC) , this house is closed off from the exterior by
two parallel masonry walls but on the interior opens onto a courtyard. Although
this house is different from any other in Five Fields, it has many common features,
such as an open living/dining/kitchen area and a carport with outside storage space.
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 a member of The Architects Collaborative (TAC) as
his own residence and is one of about 10 such custom-designed houses in Five Fields
(see Five Fields area form) . It shows elements of both Bauhaus and Japanese
influence, the latter particularly apparent in the interior courtyard, and has in
turn been studied by Japanese architectural historians as an example of a courtyard
house.
`= BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
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