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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 11 WINTHROP RD. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 469 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> Archival research suggests that this house was constructed for Henry D.Piper,not Frank D. Brown, as was suggested in <br /> the 1984 survey form. (There is no evidence that Frank Brown ever lived here. He did live at 15 Winthrop for several <br /> years around 1915.) <br /> On April 8, 1905 the Lexington Minute-man reported that <br /> Mr. Henry D. Piper of Arlington,has purchased a lot of land on Winthrop road adjoining the Walter J. Luke <br /> place[see 9 Winthrop Road]of Mrs. M.E. Downer of Lexington, and proposes erecting a residence for the <br /> occupancy of his family. <br /> A few months later,the house was nearing completion, as reported in the August 26, 1905 paper: <br /> Mr. Henry Piper,recently of Arlington,now of Lexington, is superintending a house for the occupancy of his <br /> family,that is in the process of construction on Winthrop road. The house is in the hands of the plasterers. The <br /> exterior shows a pleasing fagade broken by gables and dormer windows with a broad piazza on the front. A good <br /> sized hall opens on the left into a large living room and an imposing open fire place well placed. To the right is <br /> the dining room with a recessed alcove for the buffet. The domestic department contains the usual model modern <br /> equipment in conjunction with the butler's and kitchen pantries. A dormer window on the stair landing adds to <br /> the picturesque effect of the hall,while four good sized chambers,toilette room,bath, and closets all help to <br /> make it a house replete in all respects. Mr.Piper has built and occupied two houses in the Jason street district, <br /> Arlington,which he has disposed of at advantageous sales,but he thinks this,his latest venture, is more nearly as <br /> his home should be. <br /> Henry Piper occupied the house until about 1913. By 1915 Harold and Dorothy Hall were living here; he worked in <br /> Boston. Mrs. Hall was still living here in 1928. In 1932 the occupant was Enos Harrington. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,April 8, 1905; August 26, 1905. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> April 2009 <br />