Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutupland-road_0003 FOR4 B - BUILDING Area "norm no. H 598 Lexington - - = -ess 3 Upland Road m oric Name 11 Q. YI [ tU U,c ft Original residence FM _ - Present residence = — !rshi Private individual. M Public - - Original owner RS d - - SKETCH SLAP Draw map showing property's DESCRIPTION: location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings Date 1895 or geographical features. 1�9s G. Indicate north. J Source Lexington Minute Man, August 2, _79` 'e0,9 Style Colonial fvival OArchitect A (b O Exterior wall fabric Yellow wood clapboards, white trim Outbuildings Major alterations (with dates) �q O 4� Moved Date Approx. acreage .3 (122631) Anne Grady Recorded by IIenr V. Taves Setting Meriam Hill , a late nineteenth Organivation Lexington Historical Cone_ century residential development of Date 8/15/80 ; March, 1984 substantial houses. (Staple additional sheets here) .ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) Rectangular 22-story hip roof. Console brackets supporting boxed cornice. 2 single dormers w/triangular front. Glen St. side has unusual dormer w/ chimney & small flanking windows . 6/1 double-hung sash with large lights. Full-width front porch. 5-panel door in small bay, leaded glass windows to each side. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) This was one of the houses on Upland Road built speculatively by Abram C. Washburn, Lexington's most prolific local builder (see 4 Glen Road for more information about Washburn) . It was bought by the Misses Stratton, two sisters of the wife of Dr. Tilton, prominent local physician. A contemporary newspaper account describes the house as "a residence after the colonial style with rooms located either side of the attractive main entrance, . . . crowned by a hip roof which affords excellent rooms on the third story" (Minute Man, August 2 , 1895) . r t Mabe-1 JV&jhyi weit 011 A✓i IM .J l 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Lexington Minute Man, August 2., 1895. 1906 map 20b1-2/80