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55/26 Boston
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION North
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Town: Lexington
Place: (neighborhood or village)
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Address: 33 York Street
f :,• ' Historic Name: Henry Robinson House
Uses: Present: residential
}' . A Original: residential
_ Date of Construction: c.1915
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Source: deeds
— Style/Form: Craftsman Colonial
Architect/Builder: unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: fieldstone
Wall/Trim: wood shingles
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Roof: asphalt shingles
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Major Alterations(with dates):
a34 c.1990—large addition to east, widow's walk on roof
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A 3 Acreage: 1.16 acres
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Recorded by: Lisa Mausolf
Organization: Lexington Historical Commission
Date(month/year): Feb. 2010
Follow Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey Manual instructions for completing this form.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 33 York Street
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
The house at 33 York Street is a fairly well-preserved example of the Craftsman Colonial style of architecture which found great
popularity in Lexington in the early 20th century. Set above a rubble foundation,the two-story hip-roofed structure is sheathed in
wood shingles with a belt course wrapping around the entire structure between the two stories. The widely overhanging eaves
are open with exposed rafters. Centered on the three-bay fagade,the main entrance contains a glass and panel door framed by
sidelights and sheltered by a hip-roofed porch which is supported by two pairs of Doric columns. On either side of the entrance
there is a set of three 6/1 windows. The second story of the fagade is punctuated by three individual 6/1 windows. Both the roof
balustrade and front dormer appear to be later additions. There is a single-story, flat-roofed open porch spanning the west end,
supported by Doric columns. On the east end of the house is a large but compatible two-story,hip-roofed addition of recent
construction with two garage doors on the lower level and two pairs of 6/1 windows above.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state)history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the
owners/occupants played within the community.
This house sits on Lots A&B of the Oakmount Park subdivision(July 21, 1914). The land was sold by Trustee Charles Bruce
to Henry Robinson in August 1914(Book 3907,Page 29). Robinson continued to own the property until 1926 when it was sold
to Ashton Little (Book 4987,Page 397). Little sold the property to Howard and Helen Robbins in April 1929. He worked as an
attorney in Boston. Later owners included William and Peter Paxton who sold the property to Elizabeth and Edward Haines in
1968. The Haines owned the house until 1989.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
1906 map
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
Town Directories
U.S. Census,various years.
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