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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 1099 MASS. AVENUE <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 256 <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> This was the home of Nathaniel Pierce(1789-1879). The house originally stood quite close to the street. Nathaniel and <br /> his wife Abigail (Wellington)had eight children. <br /> In 1889 the property was purchased by Rhodes Lockwood of Boston who utilized it as a summer home; spending the <br /> remainder of his time at his home on Beacon Hill. Lockwood(1839-1905)was the president of Davidson Rubber Co. of <br /> Charlestown and during his day was considered one of the leading businessmen of Boston. He held various patents <br /> including the fountain pen syringe and an improvement to the Indian rubber eraser. During the Lockwoods' ownership, <br /> the house was moved back on the lot and a considerable ell was constructed. In addition the ancient family cemetery on <br /> the site of the knoll facing Pierce's Bridge Station was removed. <br /> Rhodes Lockwood died on August 3, 1905, from injuries sustained when the axle on his automobile broke. Rhodes and <br /> Henrietta Lockwood's daughter,Henrietta Niles Lockwood,married Richard Tower, son of William A. Tower, on <br /> September 30, 1905. <br /> In 1910 the homestead and part of the land was sold to the widow of Dr. Huntington of Boston. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-man,June 24, 1898;August 12, 1905; June 8, 1907;August 6, 1910. <br /> Worthen, Edwin B. Tracing the Past in Lexington, Massachusetts. New York: Vantage Press, 1998, p. 35. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> June 2009 <br />