Laserfiche WebLink
Breadcrumb Navigation:
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 1970 MASS. AVE. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD ® 62 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> On March 12, 18815 the Lexington Minute-man reported that: <br /> Mr. A. M. Tucker has broken ground on his land adjoining the estate of Rev. Henry Wescott, and will erect a <br /> dwelling for himself at once. <br /> Alexander Marcellus Tucker was born at Charlestown in 1844 and came to Lexington in 1878. He and his son Arthur <br /> were dry and fancy goods merchants. <br /> In January 1904 the house was heavily damaged by fire; a detailed account of the fire and its aftermath appeared in the <br /> Lexington Minute-man on January 23, 1904. According to the article,the main part of the interior of the house was <br /> damaged by fire, smoke and water, especially the upper stories and most of the roof was destroyed. The ell was relatively <br /> unscathed. By July of the same year the house had been rebuilt. <br /> A. M. Tucker's daughter, Rose Tucker(b. 1872) owned the house until her death in 1971. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913,vol. 2,p. 707. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man, March 12, 1881; January 23, 1904; July 16, 1904. <br /> Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> July 2009 <br />