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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 1387 MASS. AVENUE <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 136 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> Alfred Pierce who lived next door at 1377 Massachusetts Avenue had this house constructed in 1911 for his son, Clifford <br /> Pierce(b. 1885). Clifford attended Dartmouth College and was employed as a salesman. Clifford married Edith Acheson <br /> Ray of East Boston on September 7, 1910. Initially the couple lived with his father at 1377 Massachusetts Avenue. <br /> Clifford and Edith Pierce continued to live here until about 1930, along with Edith's two sisters. Later owners included <br /> Arthur McLearn(1.930-1953)and E. Arnold Nelson(1953-1974). <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington,vol. 2,p. 540. <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-man, Sept. 10, 1910. <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 />