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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 812 MASS. AVENUE <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 223 <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> According to E.B. Worthen, in the late 19t"century this was the home of Alonzo Goddard(1814-1886)who had a <br /> tinsmith shop in East Lexington, later at the Center and in Charlestown. His business at the Center was later taken over <br /> by his son-in-law,Everett Locke. Goddard came to Lexington in 1850 and served as selectman from 1852-56, 1865 and <br /> 1868-70. <br /> The house was later occupied by Rev. George Willis Cooke,who came to the Follen Church in 1890 and served as pastor <br /> until 1897. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Worthen, Edwin B. Tracing the Past in Lexington, Massachusetts. New York: Vantage Press, 1998. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> June 2009 <br />