INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 30 GRANT STREET
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<br /> the base of Grant Street, near the important intersection with Vine and Woburn streets; two buildings were located north of Vine
<br /> Brook, near Granny's Hill, in 1875. North of Vine Brook, development along Grant Street was extremely sparse through the 19th
<br /> and turn of the 20th centuries.
<br /> In the vicinity of today's 30 Grant Street, lots were subdivided along both sides of the block between Sherman and Sheridan
<br /> streets by 1889; they were owned by David W. Muzzey. Muzzey and Charles G. Fletcher laid out this part of Grant Street as
<br /> well as nearby Sherman, Fletcher, and Sheridan streets and built 25 houses here in the late 1880s and 90s, primarily as rental
<br /> housing for middle class families.
<br /> Most of the parcels along the south (odd numbered) side of Grant Street were developed by 1898. Only one lot on the north
<br /> side of the block had a house at that time, however, and it stood alone until at least 1906. 30 Grant Street appears on its site
<br /> between 1918 and 1927, supporting the construction date of 1920 that the assessors' records show for the house.
<br /> The first known occupants of the house are Frank H. Gerlach, a sales manager, and his wife Hope, who moved here between
<br /> 1932 and 1934, most likely with their two young daughters. By 1940, Dr. Harold Crumb, a physician, was living here with his
<br /> wife Gladys, two young children, and a maid. Crumb was for many years a coach for Lexington High School, which named an
<br /> athletic field after him. (Local historian Sam Doran suggests contacting Dick Michelson for further information.) Subsequent
<br /> residents included Alex Bavelas, a teacher, and his wife Risma (1945), followed by Stanley Scisson, a personnel manager, and
<br /> his wife Margaret(1955 and 1965), their grown son Jonathan, a student, and Caroline B. Pennell, also a student(1965)
<br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
<br /> Historic maps and atlases: Walling 1853; Beers 1875; Walker 1889; Stadly 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927,
<br /> 1935, 1935/1950.
<br /> Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1922, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936.
<br /> Lexington Historical Commission. Form A—Area for Grant/Fletcher/Sheridan/Sherman Streets, LEX.G. Prepared by Anne
<br /> Grady, 1984.
<br /> Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1960, 1965.
<br /> Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980.
<br /> U.S. Census: 1930, 1940.
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