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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 6 HAYES LANE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 0 2227 1927, but the residence at number 6 was the only building standing there in that year. Residential development was likely deterred by the existence of the large manufacturing plant of the Jefferson Union Co., which produced unions and flanges, near the intersection of Hayes Lane and Fletcher Avenue. The factory was built as the Grant Gear Works in 1888, was purchased by Jefferson Union Co. in 1905, and appears on the historic maps from 1927 through 1950. Assessors' records for this house show a construction date of 1915, but this early date has not yet been corroborated by historical records. The house at 6 Hayes Lane was first found depicted on the 1927 map. The first known residents were members of the Lichtenberg family, who resided here from at least 1926 through 1965. By 1930, Vandel Lichtenberg, a machinist, occupied the house with his wife Mary. Both born in Hungary, the couple had a daughter and three sons. In 1930, the older two children worked as a stenographer in a clothing store and as a bell boy in a hotel. Vandel Lichtenberg remained in the house until at least 1965. In 1945, he is identified as working at the nearby Jefferson Union Co.; by 1955 he was working at Adams Press. Vandel's wife Mary lived here until at least 1955. Their daughter was here until at least 1945, when she was working as a stenographer. Their youngest son was here at least until 1965 (he was in the Army in 1945 and later worked as a cabinet maker and in maintenance. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Historic maps and atlases: Walling 1853; Beers 1875; Walker 1889; Stadly 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927, 1935, 1935/1950. Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1915, 1922, 1926, 1934, 1936. Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1960, 1965. Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. U.S. Census: 1920, 1930, 1940. Worthen, Edwin B. Tracing the Past in Lexington, Massachusetts. New York: Vantage Press, 1998. Continuation sheet 2