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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 23 CHARLES STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 2206 The house at 23 Charles Street appears on the 1927 Sanborn map, where it shared a lot with the house immediately uphill (#25); a narrow garage is set between and behind them. By 1935, the parcel was subdivided and the garage (not extant) stood on the property with #23. The first known residents at this address were Walter B. Flewelling, who worked as a stereotyper in Boston, and his wife Blanche E. in 1922. By 1935, the house was occupied by John J. Gandy, a prison guard, and his wife Irene C. Subsequent residents included Roy A. Cook, a fireman and later fire chief, in 1945 and 1955, with his wife Marion G. and two sons in the Army in 1945. They were accompanied in that year by Paul Sullivan, a chiropodist, and his wife Phyllis, a nurse. By 1965 Adam A. Adams, proprietor of an unnamed business, was living here with his wife Alice. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Historic maps and atlases: Walling 1853; Beers 1875; Walker 1889; Stadly 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927, 1935, 1935/1950. Lexington Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey, Period and Area Summaries. http://historicsurvey.lexingtonma.gov/index.htm Accessed Jul 23, 2015. Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1922, 1928, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1942. Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965. Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. . Form A— Liberty Heights, LEX.Q. Prepared by Anne Grady and Nancy Seasholes, 1984 and 2001. U.S. Census: 1930. SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES 1-7 1 J s / South (right side)and east (facade)elevations Continuation sheet 3