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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Commmity: Form No: <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL CMISSION Le.:dngton 428 <br /> Office of the Secretary, Boston <br /> Property Name: 5 Forest Street <br /> Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. <br /> ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE <br /> This building very likely began as a Mansard roof cottage similar to its <br /> neighbors. A reference in the Lexington Minute Man indicates that owner C.T. <br /> West added a second story in the 1890s. Noteworthy features include the vase- <br /> shaped turned porch posts and blusters which repeat on a smaller scale the <br /> shape of the posts. This is one of the few properties in the area to retain <br /> a barn. <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE <br /> Unlike its neighbors, which were built as rental properties, this house <br /> was occupied by its owner, Charles T. West. In the 1887 Directory, West is <br /> listed as having an "insurance office at the coal yards," but from 1894 on he <br /> was also an undertaker with an office on Massachusetts Avenue. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> 1876 map <br /> 1889 map <br /> 1898 map <br /> 1906 map <br /> 1887 Directory <br /> 1894 Directory <br /> 1899 Directory <br /> 1906 Directory <br /> Staple to Inventory form at bottom <br />