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Final Study Report Mashpee Historic District Page 11 of 15 Lower Main Street (MHC Area E) (note: the local district boundaries. include fewer resources than the area form). Main Street(Great Neck Road North to Cotuit Road) 273 Main Street (MHC 94), built circa 1930, is a small one-story,-side-gable, Vernacular/Cape residence set on concrete block piers. The main block has an asymmetrical three-bay facade and faces south. The primary entrance is offset, in line with an interior chimney located at the ridge. The chimney has been boxed in with vertical wood boards. The building is clad.in clapboard and hasan asphalt shingled roof. A one-story, shed-roof, enclosed porch is attached to the west elevation of the main block. Fenestration consists of 6/6 double-hung sash windows with plain + trim. The house is set approximately 70 feet from the road, and has a driveway located to the northwest of the house. The Lisbon Johnson House at 278 Main Street (MIiC 95) built circa 1840, is a one- and one- half-story, side-gable, Vernacular/ Cape residence set on a subsequently poured concrete foundation. The main block has an asymmetrical facade (north elevation) and is four bays wide and two bays in depth. A one-story, shed-roof porch with square posts extends along the facade. Fenestration consists of 6/9 and 6/6 double-hung sash windows with simple wood surrounds and wood shutters. The exterior wall fabric is wood shingle and clapboards, and the roof sheathing is asphalt. A shed-roof dormer pierces the front roof slope. An exterior, brick chimney is located on the west elevation. The building has a large, modern, one- and one-half-story, gable-roof ell attached to the.southwest corner of the main block. The ell is similar in style and construction materials to the main block and has shed-roof dormers on its east roof slope. The property is in excellent condition and includes a large, one-and one-half-story, gable-roof Barn (MHC 96) to the east. A one-story, shed-roof ell projects from the north elevation of the barn. I In a story of his life, neighbor Oliver Harlow said Lisbon Johnson was a cook on the same whaler Harlow crewed on. Born in Maryland in 1792, Johnson married, .as his second wife, Nancy Jones Squib. Nancy willed the house to her husband and it was later sold to Henry and Harriet Smith. In the 1930s, John Walker purchased the house and it was known by locals as j "the Willa Walker house." William Pompey lived in the house for many years. The Jones/Pocknett Homestead at 262 Main Street (NLHC 7), built in the mid 19d' century/before 1858, is a small one- and one-half-story, end-gable, Greek Revival-style building set to the east of the Lisbon Johnson House at 278 Main Street. It is a typical, although largely unaltered example of its type in the survey area. The main block has an asymmetrical three-bay facade (north elevation) and is two bays deep. The primary entrance is set in the east bay of the facade. Fenestration consists of 6/6 double-hung sash windows with plain surrounds. The building is set on a brick foundation that has been parged with cement. The exterior wall fabric is sheathed in wood shingles and asphalt shingles cover the roof. A two-bay,hip-roof dormer projects from the west roof slope. An interior, brick chimney is centrally located on the west roof slope. A small, one-story, one-by-one-bay, gable-roof ell is attached to the rear of the building. A bulkhead is i. located on the west elevation of the main block. The building is embellished with plain cornerboards, cornice, and modest returns. The property is fair in condition and includes a wood-frame lancet arch boathouse, under construction, located in the southeast corner of the lot.