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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 12 WARREN ST. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 502 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> This house was constructed in 1897 for Mrs. Helen(Gookin)Munroe(b.1862),widow of William R. Munroe(1855- <br /> 1889). William was the son of James S. Munroe,a prominent nearby resident and one of the major shareholders in the <br /> company that developed Munroe Hill. On May 14, 1897 the Lexington Minute-Man reported that"Mrs. Wm. R. Munroe <br /> is soon to erect a residence for her own occupancy on land belonging to the Jas. S. Munroe estate". Mrs.Munroe was <br /> still living here in 1913. <br /> By 1920 the house was owned and occupied by electrical engineer Galt Parsons and his wife Helen. The Parsons were <br /> still in residence in 1942. <br /> No real information has been found concerning the architect of the house,Henry B.Ball. According to the MACRIS data <br /> base,Ball was also the architect of the Riverbank Court Hotel at 305 Memorial Drive in Cambridge,which dates to 1900. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,May 14, 1897. <br /> Massachusetts Historical Commission,MACRIS database. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> January 2009 <br />