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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 4 GRANT STREET <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 603 <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> Although Lexington had electricity in 1893, it was not until 1914 that this station began supplying the power. The <br /> Edison Illuminating Company provided the following description of their new building for the Lexington Minute-man of <br /> November 1, 1913: <br /> This new station is located at 401 Massachusetts avenue, corner of Grant street,with the entrance on Grant street. <br /> It is what is called Station No. 34 by the Boston Edison Company. The building is about 67 '/2 feet front by 111 <br /> '/2 feet deep and sets 40 feet or more back from Massachusetts avenue. Special care has been taken by the <br /> company to preserve the large trees on the street front,and the intervening grounds between the street and the <br /> building will be made attractive by expert landscape gardeners. The basement walls are of concrete,above which <br /> is brick,with steel frames,concrete floors, and roof,with metal sash and trimmings throughout. It is fire-proof of <br /> the very highest class of construction. The general contractors of this building are Messrs. Whidden&Company <br /> of Boston. A small temporary station used during the work on the new station will disappear as soon as the <br /> larger station is entirely available. From this station the company will serve its customers throughout Lexington, <br /> and connecting into the station will be trunk lines leading to the Waltham and Woburn stations,which will make <br /> for increased efficiency and continuity of service. The apparatus,although of high capacity and efficiency, will <br /> be practically noiseless in operation. There is of course no smoke or dust or dirt in connection with the operation <br /> of such a station,which is only used for transforming high tension current down to commercial pressure. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Kelley,Beverley Allison. Lexington: A Century of Photographs. Lexington: Lexington Historical Society, 1980, <br /> p. 117. <br /> Lexington Minute-man,Nov. 1, 1913. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> March 2009 <br />
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