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FORM B — BUILDING M 474
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108
Jn Lexington
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SKETCH MAP
Show property' s location in relation 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.
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Approx. acreage 19964 ft.
Recorded by Anne Grady Setting Residential street of substantial
Organization Lexington Historical Commission turn of the twentieth century houses.
Date April, 1984
(Staple additional sheets here)
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (Describe important architectural features and
evaluate in terms of other buildings within the community.)
There are several houses in Lexington with this sort of gable treatment
(but without the dentils) . They include 24 Oakland Street, 3 Chandler Road,
and additions to 19 Oakland Street (these other houses are by Willard Brown) .
The source of the gable design has not been identified. It could be a Willard
Brown concoction. The house is really a late variant of the Shingle Style
which is given a particularly "Old English" look by the gables.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Explain the role owners played in local or state
history and how the building relates to the development of the community.)
The house was built by Arthur F. Turner, a clerk in Boston. He married
in 1904, so that may be the date this house was completed.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (name of publication, author, date and publisher)
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to
1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 710. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
1906 Directory
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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 21 WINTHROP ROAD
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 474
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
According to the Lexington Minute-man of June 4, 1904 J. Frank Turner was building a house on Winthrop Road.
(Arthur Turner's father was John Franklin Turner). The last directory listing for Arthur Turner at this address was 1913.
William Brown, a Boston manufacturer,was living here with his wife Grace and family by 1918 and remained into the
1930s. In 1942 the house was occupied by Mrs.Annette Spencer.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lexington directories,various dates.
Lexington Minute-man, June 4, 1904.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
March 2009