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The resulting design, known as "the Peacock Farm house" contained 1,825 sq. ft. including garage and sold for just over $20,000. For an extra $1,500 buyers had the option of adding two bedrooms and a bath in the basement garage space and a separate garage outside the house. Most apparently opted for the living space rather than the basement garage. Glen Estates as it was originally known, was first laid out in 1959 on land owned by George Avadanian. Most of twenty-nine the lots measured approximately 30,000 square feet. Waymint Realty later acquired title to the property from Avadanian. The builder of the twenty-nine houses was Benjamin Franklin Homes of Newton (Green and White), who also constructed the houses in the Lexington's other "Peacock Farm" developments. All but two of the twenty-six "Peacock Farm"-style houses within the Glen were constructed between 1960 and 1962. The final two, at 6 Rogers Road and 8 Rolfe Road, were constructed in 1966. The construction of Contemporary-style developments in Lexington in the late 1950s and early 1960s coincides with the trend of outward movement from Boston to the surrounding suburbs. Route 128 was opened in 1951 and in the years that followed many new jobs were created at the various companies that were established in proximity to the highway. In 1950 Lexington's population stood at 17,335; by 1960 it was 27,691, a 60% increase in ten years. The town's farmland found new value as residential subdivisions. The "Peacock Farm" house prototype was popular with the young professional buyers that populated the suburbs and the Glen Estate houses were no exception. The typical male head of household was in his thirty's and employed as a physicist, research scientist or engineer. Most of the residents came to Lexington from out-of-town. Of the twenty-six original homeowners, eight continue to occupy the dwellings today, approximately forty years after their construction. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey of Lexington, Book 1, 1984 [Area S, Peacock Farm]. House and Home, October 1956, June 1957. Lexington Assessors records. Lexington Building Department Records. Lexington Planning Board records. Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Plan of Glen Estates, Plan Dated Nov. 1959, Plan 609 of 1960, Book 9584, Pg. 29. Seney, Noel. "A Split-Level that Makes Sense", Better Homes and Gardens, May 1960. Time, May 20, 1957. INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Lexington Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building Property Address Glen Estates Area(s) Form No. 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 DISTRICT DATA SHEET AREA AK GLEN ESTATES (GLEN AT COUNTRYSIDE) Assessors Resource Address Style Date MHC# 53/49 Ali & Lenore Naqvi 4 Fessenden Way Contemporary 1960 1343 House 53/45 Daniel & May 5 Fessenden Way Contemporary 1961 1344 Rosmarin House* 53/50 Donald & Adrienne 6 Fessenden Way Contemporary 1960 1345 Theophilus House 53/44 Murray & Joan Blair 7 Fessenden Way Contemporary 1960 1346 House 53/43 Irwin & Mona Forman 9 Fessenden Way Contemporary 1960 1347 House 53/56 Louis & Dian 10 Fessenden Way Contemporary 1960 1348 Berkofsky House 53/42 Curt & Lila 11 Fessenden Way Contemporary 1961 1349 Sternweiler House* 53/57 John & Caryl Stoker 12 Fessenden Way Contemporary 1960 1350 House 53/Henry & Valery Nash 3 Marshall Road Contemporary 1960 1351 House 53/41 Arthur & Marion 4 Marshall Road Contemporary 1962 1352 Wexler House 53/63 Angelo & Ann 5 Marshall Road Contemporary 1961 1353 Velardocchia House 53/62 Calvin & Helen Hoyle 7 Marshall Road Contemporary 1961 1354 House* 53/58 George & Harriet 8 Marshall Road Contemporary 1962 1355 Berkowitz House 53/61 Stephen & Helen 9 Marshall Road Contemporary 1961 1356 Brookner House* 53/59 Yale & Nancy Altman 10 Marshall Road Contemporary 1961 1357 House 53/60 William & Joan 11 Marshall Road Contemporary 1961 1358 Harkins House 53/51 Nathan & Barbara 2 Rogers Road Contemporary 1960 1359 Sidley House* 53/55 Milton & Shirley Kay 3 Rogers Road Contemporary 1961 1360 House 53/52 Oscar & Susan 4 Rogers Road Contemporary 1961 1361 Lowenschuss House 53/54 John & Rosemary 5 Rogers Road Contemporary 1961 1362 Batter House 53/53 Howard & Marilyn 6 Rogers Road Contemporary 1966 1363 Cravis House* INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Lexington Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building Property Address Glen Estates Area(s) Form No. 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 DISTRICT DATA SHEET AREA AK GLEN ESTATES (GLEN AT COUNTRYSIDE) (continued) Assessors Resource Address Style Date MHC# 53/47 Anton & Sabra Morton 3 Rolfe Road Contemporary 1962 1364 House* 54/102 David & Sheila 4 Rolfe Road Contemporary 1962 1365 Franklin House 54/103 Kenneth & Mavis 6 Rolfe Road Contemporary 1961 1366 Champion House* 53/48 Richard & Lillian 7 Rolfe Road Contemporary 1961 1367 Bersin House 54/104 Martin & Beatrice 8 Rolfe Road Contemporary 1966 1368 Nissel House *Still owned by members of the same family in 2000. I NVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET To\\,Property Address Lexington Glen Estates Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Form No. Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02 125 9 Fessenden Way at right 5 Fessenden Way at right Property Address Glen Estates Area(s) Form No. Town Lexington INVENTOR" FORM CONTiw'UATION SHEET Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 -r 6 Rogers Road 4 Rolfe Road (rear) INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address Lexington Glen Estates Massachusetts Historical Commission Area(s) Form No. Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 0212.5 5 Fessenden Way 5 Marshall Road Lexington Glen Estates Area(s) Form No. AKr INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02 125 7 Marshall Road 8 Rolfe Road Lexington Glen Estates Area(s) Form No. AK I NVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 0212-5 4 Marshall Road Massachusetts Historical Commission Community Property Address 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Lexington Glen Estates Area(s)Form No.LAK M National Register of Historic Places Criteria Statement Form Check all that apply: ❑ Individually eligible ❑ Eligible only in a historic district ❑ Contributing to a potential historic district 0 Potential historic district Criteria:❑ A ❑ B E C ❑ D Criteria Considerations:❑ A ❑ B ❑ C ❑ D ❑ E ❑ F El G Statement of Significance by: Lisa Mausolf Justify criteria that are checked in the above sections: The Glen Estates subdivision should be evaluated for National Register eligibility as it turns 50 years old. The area is potentially eligible for the National Register under Criterion C as an intact example of an early 1960s subdivision of award- winning, split-level residences known as the "Peacock Farm" house, named after the Lexington neighborhood where the houses were first constructed in the 1950s. Built between 1960 and 1966, Glen Estates is the fourth of five areas in Lexington developed with this type of dwelling giving the town a concentration of these Contemporary-style houses which is without parallel in the region or the state. Glen Estates continues to exhibit integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The aspects of integrity which are most important to the neighborhood include setting, design, and materials. Critical elements include the relationship between the houses and their surrounding and the unique way in which each dwelling is oriented to make the most of the site and its natural topography. The wooded setting adds to the character of the neighborhood and harmonizes well with the natural stained siding which predominates on the houses. Although the siting of the houses varies considerably, all of the houses are built according to the same basic plan and retain a distinctive, asymmetrical gable roof with broadly overhanging eaves, fenestration which includes horizontal bands of windows as well as clerestory units and vertical cedar siding. Although a number of the houses in the neighborhood have been enlarged over the years, in most cases the original form is still discernible. Glen Estates continues to exhibit a distinctive character. Lexington Glen Estates Area(s) Form No.s^Town Property AddressINVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Massachusetts Historical Commission Massachusetts Archives Building 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 I A.y ^'^IC •^Y FRONT ELEVATION. :fur y's comment: The well-inte- grated facade makes the house look considerably larger than it really is. The site planning is excellent, especially the large lot (125 frontage) Leve y2 Lesel3 U b lU 1.)' PLAN. Jur y 's co,NNlent: The house has excellent cir- culation between living-dining and bedroom levels. The plan permits very economical plumbing." (Floor area is 1,860 sq. ft. including garage.) FIRST ANVARD Class B—$15,000 to $20,000 CITATION: "An excellent solution of the entire problem: site planning, arrange- ment of interior circulation, and treatment of the facade." BUILD EER, Euward G-een & H en White ARCHITECTS: Com.o`on & Pierco LOCATION: Lexington, Mass. This house ii as one of the 57 houses for '57 published in H&H last October. u -Nz)fria \L1 0 i 0 FIREPLACE WALL. ✓lu'v 'S Comment: "We call particular attention to the svay the fireplace is used to give privacy for entry without reducing the sense of space in the living room." (You enter the house from behind the fireplace at the right end.) LIVING Room, below, as seen from the stairway at the fireplace wall.