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FORM B — BUILDING M 4.68
NLASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
7n Lexington
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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_ ntersection. Exterior wall fabric shingles
Indicate north. ��
V% R Outbuildings
, } Major alterations (with dates)
Moved Date
Approx. acreage 18270 ft.2
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting Residential street of substantial
Organization Lexington Historical Commission houses built at the turn of the twentieth
Date April, 1984 century.
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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
One of Lexington's most unusual Shingle Style houses, this house's chief
design feature is a steeply pitched roof which extends down over the second
floor and terminates in flared eaves. The first floor is characterized by
arched openings and curved shingled brackets. The overall finish is shingles.
There is an eyebrow window above three dormers which also have steep roofs
with flared eaves.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of thhe� community.)
The house was owned by A.E. Watson in 1906.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
1898 atlas
1906 atlas
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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 10 WINTHROP RD.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 468
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
On February 7, 1903 the Lexington Minute-man reported that:
Deeds have passed conveying title to the new estate fronting on Winthrop road, Lexington, consisting of a most
attractive modern house of eleven rooms, owned by Mr. F.F. Sherburne,to Frank Watson, of Philadelphia. The
whole property was valued at$7,000, and the lot of land contains 16,000 square feet.
It appears that Sherburne constructed the house on a speculative basis. He lived at 1508 Massachusetts Avenue and was
responsible for laying out Winthrop Road about 1893.
A short time after construction,the house was expanded. On April 23, 1904,the Minute-man noted that"The house on
Winthrop road owned by Mrs. A.E. Watson, is having a second story added to the ell".
In 1910 the Watson household consisted of 39 year old Frank, a mechanical engineer,his wife Ethel, his mother Anna E.
Watson, age 74, his sister Melissa and a servant. Members of the Watson family continued to occupy the house until
about 1926.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lexington Directories, various dates.
Lexington Minute-Man, Feb. 7, 1903; April 23, 1904.
U.S. Census Records, 1910.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
April 2009