HomeMy WebLinkAboutwaltham-street_0188 FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 456
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
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e between 1895 and 1898
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to Queene Anne
,hitect
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric Grey clapboard w white
trim
v Outbuildings (describe) Garage
OOther features See back
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QO Altered Date
oMoved Date
5. Lot size:
11625 ft 2
OOne acre or less over one acre
h'1i Approximate frontage 75'
Approximate distance of building from street
30'
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Grady, Schwemmer; Anne Grady
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
MHC Photo no.
Date April 14, 1976; April, 1984
(over)
5M-2-75-R061465
7. Original owner (if known)
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricultural Education Religion
Architectural x 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)
Barn moved across street to {177 made into house -twin of one next door.
Description:
Stone foundation
Front porch to rounded bay at end
Queen Anne corner window 2nd floor with brackets
2 storey side bay
widow walk 3rd floor
Hip roof
Bay off side window elaborate muntons
6 dormers
This house was built on land of the Holmes estate opened up for house
lots along Waltham Street in 1895 by Francis H. Holmes, real estate dealer.
-gyp-l-906 C-. Fairchild---lived--there
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to
1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 307. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
Lexington Minute Man, August 9, 1895.
1889 atlas
1898 atlas
1906 atlas
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Community: Form No:
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL CCWISSION Lexington 456
Office of the Secretary, Boston
Property Name: 188 Waltham Street
Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
This house, a substantial late nineteenth century structure like its
neighbors, incorporates typical Queen Anne features of broad porch, diagonal
corner window, and two-story bay window with polygonal peaked roof. It is
distinctive, however, for the balustrade at the deck of the hip roof.
Staple to Inventory form at bottom
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 188 WALTHAM ST.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 456
BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
It appears that the original owner of this house(first known as 52 Waltham St.)was John T. Scott(1859-1902)who
owned a livery stable on Massachusetts Avenue. On October 25, 1895 the Lexington Minute-man announced that John T.
Scott was going to build on Waltham Street. The 1900 U.S. Census lists Scott as living on Waltham Street between the
Goold(now 182 Waltham)and Wiswell(now 194 Waltham)properties. Scott occupied the house with his wife Blanche
and son Robert. He died on June 9, 1902 and soon thereafter the family appears to have moved.
By 1918 the house was occupied by Lester and Mary Ellis. He was employed as a civil engineer. The family was still
living here in 1942.
[Note: There is no archival evidence to suggest Camille Fairchild lived here. The 1908 directory lists her at 51 Waltham
Street].
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lexington Directories,various dates.
Lexington Minute-Man, October 25, 1895.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
April 2009