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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> Lexington 40 Forest St. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 681 <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 0212$ <br /> HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (continued) <br /> When he moved the house, Glenn detached the ell and converted it to a separate residence behind the main house with the <br /> address 40 Forest St. Glenn was a carpenter who had financial difficulties;he lived next door at 38 Forest St. and rented <br /> out the Amos Muzzey House at 42 Forest St. and its ell at 40 Forest St. For many years Glenn's daughter,Bernice <br /> Mulvay, and her husband lived in this house at 40 Forest St. When the house was moved to this location in 1894 it was set <br /> on a fieldstone foundation;the present concrete block foundation is set on top of the fieldstones and was installed by the <br /> present owner when he replaced rotting sills. <br />