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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 7 BENNINGTON ROAD <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD S 11 <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> This house appears to have been constructed for Ralph Leslie Stevens between 1902 and 1904. Ralph L. Stevens was the <br /> son of Abram W. Stevens and on October 6, 1900 married Maria Cary Clarke. On June 29, 1901 the newspaper reported <br /> that Rev.A.W. Stevens of Bloomfield Street had purchased land on the summit of Mt. Vernon,near Mr. Sias' new <br /> residence, and intends building on the premises in the fall"(Minute Man, June 29, 1901,p. 1). In the 1902 directory,A. <br /> W. Stevens is still living on Bloomfield Street and Ralph is living at the Munroe Estate on Mass.Avenue. The next <br /> available directory, 1906, does show Ralph Stevens in residence at 7 Bennington Road while there is no listing for A.W. <br /> Stevens. In August 1905 a brief mention of the gardens of Thomas Sias(4 Bennington Road), also notes the gardens of <br /> Ralph L. Stevens, opposite the Sias place("picturesque and inviting and also enjoys the same superb view"). Both Ralph <br /> and A.W. Stevens were still living at 7 Bennington Road in 1913. <br /> By 1928 the house was owned and occupied by Sydney Wrightington, a lawyer, and his wife Marian. The property was <br /> later inherited by Ann W. Blackwell who conveyed it to W. Russell and Susan Neuman in 1980. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,June 29, 1901; August 5, 1905. <br /> Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> January 2009 <br />