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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 4 CHANDLER ST. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 395 <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> The original owner of this house was Charles E. Morey who purchased the house from builder A.C. Washburn in 1896. <br /> According to a listing in the 1899 directory, he was one of the many residents of Meriam Hill who commuted each day by <br /> train to work in Boston. In 1906 the house was sold to Rev.Herman DeForest, a retired Congregational pastor who had <br /> previously worked in Detroit, Westboro and Taunton. Rev. DeForest lived here until at least 1913. <br /> About 1918 the house was purchased by Arthur Howe. He was employed as a financial manager of a dry goods store and <br /> lived here with his wife Marion and two daughters. The Howe family continued to own the house until 1990 when <br /> Elizabeth Howe sold it to Robert Martuza. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,February 2, 1894; June 1, 1894; October 13, 1906. <br /> Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. <br /> U.S. Census Records, 1900-1930. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> June 2009 <br />