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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 1628-32 MASS. AVE. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 9 <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> The Lexington Minute-man of April 1, 1887 includes an apparent mention to the construction of this double house as well <br /> as that at 1644 Mass. Ave. (see#14): <br /> We understand Mr. Lewis Hunt is intending to erect two double houses this spring to occupy sites on the Stevens <br /> estate on Main street,recently purchased by him. <br /> Lewis Hunt(1843-1893)was a prosperous local hardware merchant who became a resident of Lexington in 1884. He <br /> owned considerable real estate in town and built the Hunt's Block at 1777-1793 Mass. Ave. in 1892 (razed in 1966). <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington,revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, <br /> Vol. 2,p. 316. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,April 1, 1887. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> March 2009 <br />