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FORM B BUILDING
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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Topographic or Assessor's Map
Recorded by: Geoffrey E Melhuish, ttl-architects
Organization: Town of Barnstable
Date (month / year): August 2009
Assessor’s Number USGS Quad Area(s) Form Number
118 073 2193
Town: Barnstable
Place: (neighborhood or village)
Osterville
Address: 40 Blossom Avenue
Historic Name: George P. and Caroline Lewis House
Uses: Present: Single-Family Residential
Original: Single-Family Residential
Date of Construction: c 1937
Source: Historic Maps, Atlases, and Deeds
Style/Form: Craftsman Bungalow
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Exterior Material:
Foundation: Concrete
Wall/Trim: Vinyl Clapboards
Roof: Asphalt Shingles
Outbuildings/Secondary Structures:
Major Alterations (with dates):
Condition: Fair
Moved: no | x | yes | | Date
Acreage: .18 acre
Setting: The building faces east and is setback
approximately fifteen feet from the road on a level lot.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BARNSTABLE 40 Blossom Avenue
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 2193
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community.
40 Blossom Avenue (BRN-2193) is a one-and-one-half story Bungalow. The building adopts a rectangular plan on a concrete
foundation. The building faces east and is setback approximately fifteen feet from the road on a level lot. The building
terminates in a jerkinhead roof sheathed with asphalt shingles. Typical of the bungalow form, the roof features wide over
hanging eaves. A shed roof dormer is centered on the north roof plane and an interior brick chimney pierces the south roof
plane. A full-width porch projects from the east façade. The porch features a band of 2/2 double-hung wood sash windows
resting on a vinyl clad knee-wall. A single-light wood door at the south end of the porch provides access to the building. The
building is clad with vinyl siding and many of the windows are replacements. 40 Blossom Avenue maintains the form of an
early twentieth century Bungalow.
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.
40 Blossom Avenue (BRN-2193) appears to have been constructed c 1937 by George P. Lewis (B. 1871), a shell fisherman and
his wife, Caroline (b 1875). The Lewis family owned the property until 1946 when it was sold to Adrin and Virginia Gray. The
house was sold one year later to Roland and Shirley Carlson who owned the property until 1973. After a few quick transfers, the
property was purchased in 1974 by Ida M. Cary. The Cary family, Christina and Abigail, continues to own the property in 2009.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
Barnstable County Registry of Deeds.
FamilySearch
Map of Barnstable. Published by G.H. Walker & Co, 1880. With inset details of Village of Osterville. available online at
historicmapworks
Map of Barnstable. Published by Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, 1905. With inset details of Osterville. available
online at historicmapworks
Map of Barnstable. Published by Walker Lithograph and Publishing Company, 1910. With inset details of Osterville. available
online at historicmapworks
Town of Barnstable. Assessors Records.
U.S. Commerce Dept. Census Bureau, 1840-1930.
INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET BARNSTABLE 40 Blossom Avenue
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 2193
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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