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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> Lexington 168 East St. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 717 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (continued) <br /> eventually acquired in 1833 by Hammond A. Hosmer,who had moved to Lexington from Boston in 1827 and was <br /> apparently quite wealthy,for in the early 1830s he held mortgages for many Lexington properties. Hosmer already had a <br /> farm so probably rented this house out;he eventually combined the Blodgett property with some others he acquired south of <br /> East St. into a 55-acre farm,which he sold in 1841 to James Bailey(1792-1865). <br /> James Bailey, a son-in-law of David Simonds in the house now at 42 Adams St. (MHC#704),had lived in Lexington in <br /> the 1820s and 30s but was living in Concord at the time he bought the East St. property. In 1842 James was assessed for a <br /> house, barn, and 65'/, acres of land (he also owned 9'/2 acres of woods that abutted the house lot). After James' death in <br /> 1865,his property was auctioned and his son Edward B. bought all the land on the north (or, as deeds say, east) side of East <br /> St.—four acres with the house. During most of Edward B. Bailey's ownership,he lived in Waltham,Woburn, or Arlington, <br /> apparently renting out this house; in 1870, however, the assessed value of this house increased, suggesting that Edward had <br /> improved it, and he then apparently lived in it in 1873-1874. In 1877 a shop was added and in 1884 Edward B. sold the <br /> property to his nephews Edward C. and George H. Bailey, who were house painters and later formed the firm of Bailey <br /> Bros. In 1889 the Baileys built a new house on their property—the one now at 172 East St. (MHC#718)---perhaps <br /> occasioned by George's marriage in 1888, for that house was apparently designed as two identical domiciles. All of the <br /> Baileys then lived in the new house and this one was used for storage. In 1900, however,after a large elm branch fell on <br /> this house, demolishing the chimney and crushing about a third of the roof, this house was repaired and renovated and then <br /> again became the Bailey brothers' home. This house remained in the Bailey family until 1973, when it was acquired by the <br /> parents of the present owner. <br />
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