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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 191 WALTHAM ST. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 457 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> On August 3, 1894 the Lexington Minute-man reported that: <br /> An attractive and roomy house is being built by D.A. Tuttle,the veteran carpenter and builder, for the residence <br /> of his son,Mr. Herbert Tuttle, on Waltham street in the vicinity of the Mulliken place. The location chosen is <br /> extremely pleasant and suggests the enquiry why building lots on this street have not found a more ready sale. <br /> The street has a fine road bed, an easy upward grade and there are certain points which are quite high and <br /> command a pleasant outlook. Although it has the effect of being retired and"out of town," locations on the street <br /> are within easy walking distance of the centre. <br /> Herbert Ainsworth Tuttle(1853-1909)was the second son of David A. and Susan Tuttle and like his father and grand- <br /> father,was born in Lexington. He died suddenly in 1909 at the age of 55 and worked in Boston as a wholesale lumber <br /> merchant. It appears his widow Annie moved shortly thereafter. From about 1918 and into the 1930s the house was <br /> owned and occupied by John Gilcreast, a Boston banker, and his wife Florence. <br /> Note: In the early 20th century this house was known as 55 Waltham Street. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913,vol. 2, p. 712. <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,August 3, 1894; Aug. 21, 1909. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> March 2009 <br />