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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 1454 MASS. AVE. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 143 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> A brief mention appearing in the Lexington Minute-Man on September 29, 1906, confirms a'1906 construction date for <br /> this house. Prior to the construction of this house, an older structure which formerly occupied the site was moved to what <br /> is now 6 Rowland Avenue(#477). The article notes: <br /> The frame is up and boarded in for Mr. Benjamin Fitch's new house on the site of the former residence of Albert <br /> Griffith's family known as"The Lilacs". The new building presents the appearance of quite a commodious <br /> house. The old house which years ago was known as the Aunt Lucindy Munroe place, is now placed on a rear lot <br /> of land to the east of its former position and is being occupied by Mr. Fitch's family while his new house is <br /> building. The old place just alluded to was also known atone time, before the Griffiths occupied it, as the D. <br /> Cutts Nye place. The old ell of the main structure was moved off the premises on Tuesday and presented a <br /> curious sight as it proceeded up Mass. avenue on wheels. <br /> According to the 1910 Census, Benjamin Fitch,then 70 years old,was living here with his wife Elizabeth and daughter <br /> Mary. By 1924 Fitch had passed away and Elizabeth was living here. Mary Fitch occupied the house in 1926. The <br /> occupant in 1932 was Thomas Keegan and in 1942 it was John Hess. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man, Sept. 29, 1906. <br /> Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass. <br /> U.S. Census <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> February 2009 <br />