HomeMy WebLinkAboutwaltham-street_0052 FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION A 20
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
rLexington
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—_—_�- —r—" - ;ss 52 Waltham St.
;ntuse Funeral Home & residence
int owner Louis & Margaret Spencer
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(Some Queen Anne features)
-_ Colonial Revival_
4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect
in relation to nearest cross streets and
•: other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric Aluminum shingle -ridge
roof
Outbuildings (describe) ConyprtPd gargRP
- - m Other features Hip roof - 1 large chimney on
a - --- r.ght - two window dormers r _ r & front,
with stick work trim- heave cornice (over)
Altered one story additionDate
on rear
f Moved Date
F 5. Lot size:
One acre or less x Over one acre
62' Waltham St.
+ Approximate frontage 77, pin _brook Rd_
- w 4 ItsE t?&1
0 h, ? Approximate distance of building from street
O NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Ruth Beebe
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
HC Photo no.
Date 10/28/75
(over)
rm_7_7q_P061 465 (90M-2476)
7. Original owner (if known) _ WW�-W
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricultural Education Religion
Architectural Exploration/ Science/
The Arts settlement invention
Commerce Industry Social/
Communication Military humanitarian
Community development Political Transportation
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
Other features (cont.) (aluminum) ridged vertically - back porch has square posts &
balustrades - one story addition on rear with wooden battens on roof, forming a porch?
bay on left which extends above roof to make a bay dormer with three half-size windows
3 bays wide in front - small portico over front door; paneled walls & ceiling, post &
lintel supported by brackets which are supported by Tuscan columns which rest on granite
block walls - front door has diamond - paned colored glass lights on each side- front
door has square window - stone foundation.
Former site of the early Muzzey house, now situated at 42 Forest Street.
Muzzey house was moved to this site when the Muzzey "Mansion House" was built on
Massachusetts Avenue in 1841 (present site of Edison Station) . The eighteenth
century Muzzey house was moved from here to Forest Street in 1898 or so (see
Oral History of Bernice Glenn Mulvey, Lexington Historical Society) .
S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)