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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 23 BEDFORD ST. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD �� <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> This house reportedly dates to about 1865. It is shown on the 1889 map as being owned by J.Ryan. Directories indicate <br /> that John Ryan was a farmer. He was born in County Cook,Ireland in 1838. His 1905 obituary states that he had been a <br /> resident of Lexington for fifty years and that he had lived in this house on Bedford Street for forty years. He was one of <br /> the oldest Catholic residents in the town at the time of his death and was a member of St. Bridget's Church(Minute-man, <br /> April 8, 1905). <br /> John Ryan's daughter Mary Ann married John Hinchey in 1896 and the couple continued to live here after John Ryan's <br /> death. Mrs. Hinchey was still living here in 1928. <br /> Joseph and Maude Swan were the owners/occupants by 1932 and the family continued to own the property until 1972. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913, vol. 2, p. 601. <br /> Lexington directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-man,April 8, 1905. <br /> Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. <br /> 1853 & 1889 Lexington maps. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> July 2009 <br />