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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 1792 Mass. Ave. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (continued) <br /> It would appear that this theater was part of the Viano family of theaters. The Viano family built and owned a number of other <br /> area theaters including the Teele Square Theater and the Broadway Theater in Somerville as well as the Regent Theater in <br /> Arlington. State building inspector records indicate that the building underwent some unspecified alterations in 1941 according <br /> to designs by John Edmund Kelley and was also altered in 1970. <br /> For some time the Lexington Theater functioned as a triplex with separate screens upstairs and down in addition to the rear <br /> theater. The theater was operated by the Sack Theaters/USA Cinemas/Loews chain for some time and more recently was <br /> known as the Lexington Flick. Since January 2009 it has been called the Lexington Venue. Today,the theater has two screens. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Department of Public Safety records,Massachusetts State Archives,Boston. <br /> Lexington Minute-man, October 21, 1916; June 28, 1929. <br /> Massachusetts Historical Commission,MACRIS database. <br /> Sanborn insurance maps <br /> Town Directories <br /> hllp:Hcinematreasures.org/theater/9295/ <br /> - I <br /> Continuation sheet 2 <br />