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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 1359 MASS. AVENUE <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 131 <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> The original owner of this house was James S. Munroe. It may be the cottage mentioned in the Lexington Minute-man on <br /> January 6, 1893: <br /> A cottage is in the course of erection by Mr. James T. (?)Munroe, on his estate in front of the Munroe railroad <br /> station, which will be occupied by his overseer. The cottage is to sit on the knoll which rises out of the <br /> surrounding meadow land like an island or oasis, and is shaded by beautiful trees. it is an unusually picturesque <br /> spot,and judging from appearances the cottage is to be in keeping with the pretty location. <br /> After James S. Munroe's death,the property was sold to Marion Kimball,wife of Edward. Edward Kimball worked as <br /> an engineer for the New England Telephone Company. The Kimballs lived here as early as 1913. They had two <br /> daughters, Marion and Sallie. The younger Marian later married Roland Greeley(son of architect William Roger <br /> Greeley). The house was initially numbered 295 Massachusetts Avenue; about 1930 it was changed to 1359 <br /> Massachusetts Avenue. The Kimballs were still living here in 1942. <br /> The house was later occupied by Roland and Marion Greeley. Roland Greeley sold the property in 1997. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,January 6, 1893. <br /> Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass. <br /> U.S. Census Records, 1900-1930. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> June 2009 <br />