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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 416 CONCORD AVE. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 0 2211 important roads. Commercial dairy and produce farms became important in this part of Lexington during the mid 1 9th century. Between 1900 and 1906, a streetcar line was extended down Waltham Street, encouraging new residential development along its route. 416 Concord Avenue represents Lexington's evolution as a residential suburb in the early 20th century. A large parcel of undeveloped land at the southwest quadrant of Concord Avenue and Waltham Street is identified as belonging to S. L. Wright as early as 1875 and through at least 1906; the Wright house is depicted to the south of 416 Concord Avenue, along Waltham Street. Stephen L. Wright, a farmer, is identified in the 1899 directory as having a house on Waltham Street, near Concord Ave. Born in Ireland, Stephen and his wife Catharine were the parents of four children. The occupants of this particular house are somewhat uncertain, as street numbers are not given in many sources and houses appear to have been re-numbered in the late 20th century. It is assumed for this report that the present building is the house numbered 404 in the directories from 1935 through 1965. The first known occupants of this property, then, were Thomas E. Mahoney(no information presently known) and Anthony and Margaret Martos. Anthony Martos, the son of Portuguese immigrants, was employed as a chauffeur for a publisher(1930); Anthony and Margaret lived here with their three young sons. Subsequent occupants included Ervin S. Cruikshank, a superintendent, and his wife Louise (1945); Norman A. Daigle, a factory worker, and his wife Winifred V. (1955); and Norman Daigle, identified as an attendant, and Lodoviana Daigle, a secretary (1965). 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 Directories: 1899, 1906, 1908-09, 1922, 1934, 1936 Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965. Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. U.S. Census: 1920, 1930, 1940. SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES * @fl eMa - Front (facade)elevation Garage: Left side and front (facade)elevations Continuation sheet 2