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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address Lexington 2173 Massachusetts Ave. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 687 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (continued) was Rogers who put on the mansard roof between 1869 and 1871. Rogers may also have added the ell, now behind the house at 9-11 Cedar St. (MHC#688). It is not clear when the ell was detached from the house; maps show it still attached to the house in 1898 but separated and moved back by 1935. The present owners have made some further changes to the exterior. In 1967-1968 they removed a porch on the east side of the facade, rebuilt that wall, replaced the east pilaster next to the doorway, and added the pediment,which is copied from the Harrington house at 1 Harrington Rd. (MHC#54). And in 1996 after a truck crashed through the dining room (west)wall, it was repaired/replaced. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES (continued) Stadley, George W. & Co. Atlas of the Towns of Watertown, Belmont, Arlington and Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Boston: George W. Stadley &Co., 1898. Pl. 34. Sanborn Map Company. Lexington,Middlesex County,Massachusetts. New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1935. Pl. 14.