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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 69 PLEASANT ST. (11-15-17 LINC COLE LANE) MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 Continuation sheet 3 LEX.2512 The Wellingtons only lived here for a few years. In April 1901 Cornelius Wellington took out an advertisement in the Sunday Herald to sell the property:5 (Note: The dimensions of the house and ell in the ad, exactly match the dimensions in the Lexington assessors records.) Deed records confirm that in November 1901 the Wellingtons sold the six-year old property to Mrs. Rebecca C. Scudder of Boston.6 The Wellingtons moved to 12 Clarke Street (not extant). Rebecca Coit Scudder (1818-1915) was the widow of Boston businessman Marshall Sears Scudder, whom she had married in 1841 and who died in 1875. In 1902 Mrs. Scudder reportedly made “great alterations and improvements” (unspecified) to the Wellington property including having the well deepened.7 In 1904 a new and convenient cottage was also built on the estate.8 In 1906, Rebecca Scudder sold the property including three parcels of land with buildings to Mary Boinay (1839-1927), widow of Vendelin Boinay.9 Mary Boinay’s son, Joseph Vendelin Boinay (1871-1938) lived at 69 Pleasant Street (now renamed 11-15-17 Linc Cole Lane) for many years. He was educated in the Natick, Massachusetts schools and at the age of almost 17 graduated from the Bryant Stratton Business School in Boston. Upon graduation he became a carriage salesman at Ferd F. French & Co. He later owned the company which sold automobiles and manufactured carriages until 1915. In 1917 he went into business selling Moon Touring Cars at 1037 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. J.V. Boinay retired from business in 1925. The Moon Motor Car Company (1905-1930) was founded by carriage maker Joseph W. Moon and was located in St. Louis, Missouri. The company had a venerable reputation among the buying public, as it was known for fully assembled, easily affordable mid-level cars using high-quality parts. Often this meant the manufacturing process required more human intervention, leading to operating losses. Moon Motor's peak production year was 1925 when the company produced 10,271 vehicles. Moon Motor Car went out of business at the start of the Great Depression. Boinay was caught with a considerable inventory of cars which he swore he would not sell for less than the sticker price. After retiring from the car business in 1925, Joseph Boinay became a farmer, raising crops, horses, cattle, goats, chickens and exotic birds. He died in 1938 after a fall from an apple tree while picking apples.10 After his death, the property at 69 Pleasant Street (11-15-17 Linc Cole Lane)was owned by Harry F. Boinay. In 1947 Harry Boinay sold 20 acres of the property to Six 5 Sunday Herald, 14 April 1901, p. 24. 6 Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Book 2933, Page 265. 7 Lexington Minute-Man, 26 July 1902. 8 Lexington Minute-Man, 15 Oct. 1904. 9 Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Book 3266, Page 148. 10 Paul F. Gauvreau, “Ferd. F. French & Co., Limited”, The Carriage Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3, May 2002, pp. 111-112/