HomeMy WebLinkAboutwaltham-street_0609 FORM B - BUILDING AREA FORA N0.577
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
r , awn Lexington
4 idress 609 Waltham Street
'_ istoric Name
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;e: Present residential
Original residential
DESCRIPTION:
to 1890s
Source 1889 map, 1906 map
SKETCH MAP
Show property's location in relation Style Shingle Style
to nearest cross streets and/or
geographical features. Indicate Architect
all buildings between inventoried
property and nearest intersection. Exterior wall fabric shingles
Indicate north.
Outbuildings barn
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Major alterations (with dates)
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Moved Date
0 Approx. acreage 39700 ft,2
Recorded by Nancy S. Seasholes Setting On a street with considerable
Organization Lexington Historical Commission traffic but only scattered houses; backs
Date February, 1984 onto large area of open farmland.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
This Shingle Style house is the only one of its style in the section of
Lexington south of Marrett Road and west of Waltham Street. The large fieldstones
used in the foundation are repeated in the porch piers and arch; the porch has an
eyelid-type roof. The gambrel-roofed cross gable has an unusual sawtooth-like
detail applied over the bay window; sash windows are generally six/one. The barn
associated with the house retains what appears to be its original shingles.
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 first appears on the 1906 map and that, plus the fact that the
other Shingle Style houses in Lexington were built in the 1890s, suggeststhe
latter as a probable date of construction. In 1906 it was owned by the Messerlis,
who were farmers.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (n
1889 map
1906 map
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