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Assessor's number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
63/129 Boston N. 1142,1143
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Massachusetts Archives Building
Town Lexington
' Place (neighborhood or village) Upper Meriam Hill
SS' Address 36 Woodland Road
Historic Name George M. Davis &Bessie Fuller House
Uses: Present Residential
1.70" �- Original Residential
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{ t; Date of Construction 1916
Source Lexington Valuation Lists
Style/Form
a � Architect/Builder unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation rubble
r Walt/Trim wood shingles
Roof asphalt shingle
Sketch Map Outbuildings/Secondary Structures
garage(1928) -MHC 41143
Major Alterations (with dates) none
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� Condition good
\ \ Moved ® no ❑ yes Date
Acreage 10,610 SF
Recorded by Lisa Mausolf Setting early 20th century residential neighborhood
Organization Lexington Historical Commission
Date (month/year) June 2000
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
BUILDING FORM (36 Woodland Road)
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of the building in terms of other buildings within the
community.
The house at 36 Woodland Road (MHC 41142) is a 2 1/2-story, 3 x 2-bay, side-gabled dwelling which is sheathed in wood
shingles and rests on a rubble foundation. The building's most distinctive feature is undoubtedly the unusual shingle pattern
which alternates courses of shingles with wide reveals alternating with courses with narrow reveals. The shingle courses at
the base of the gable and between the first and second stories are flared slightly. The center entrance contains a wooden door
with 4 x 2-lights over a single panel, set into a molded surround. The gabled entrance porch is supported by thin Roman
Doric columns resting on a wooden deck and stone foundation. The porch displays a wide frieze with cornice returns and
shingles filling the gable. The porch has latticed sides and side benches. The wooden steps have modern wrought iron
railings. On either side of the entrance there is a pair of 6/1 windows. The upper story of the facade is punctuated by three
individual 6/1 windows. Both the north and south gable ends are spanned by sunporches lit by continuous 6/1 windows set
above a shingled base and stone foundation. The left porch is slightly larger while the right porch incorporates a rear porch
with Roman Doric column.
To the south of the house is a single car gablefront garage(MHC#1143)which was constructed in 1928. It is sheathed in
novelty siding and retains its original double doors; each leaf has 4 x 2 panes over four vertical panels. A stone wall marks
the year property line.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Describe the history of the building. Explain its associations with local (or state) history. Include uses of the building and
the roles) the owners.-occupants played within the community.
This house was conswicted in 1917 for George Davis and Bessie Fuller on lot 4 of Part A of the Oakmount Park subdivision
(a plan was developed in 1903). Directories indicate that Mr. Davis worked as an office manager. George Davis continued
to live in the house until the 1940s. Later owners included Girard and Marion Troland(c.1960-c.1980). The property was
conveyed to Townsend Troland in 1992 after Girard Troland's death.
Woodland Avenue was known as St. Margaret Avenue until the mid 1920s.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Lexington Assessors Records.
Lexington Directories, various dates.
Lexington Valuation Lists, various dates.
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attached a completed
Ational Register Criteria Statement form.
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
Lexington 36 Woodland
Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Form No.
Massachusetts Archives Building
220 Morrissey Boulevard 1142,1143
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
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