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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 5 HARRINGTON ROAD <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 55 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br /> According to the present owner(Carla Fortmann),the house was built in 1794. The owners have a copy of the contract to <br /> build the house. The builder was Jonathan Loring. Loring(1749-1849)was a member of Captain Parker's Company and <br /> was with it on the Common on the morning of April 19, 1775. <br /> As originally constructed,the house was a Federal style, clapboarded structure with hip roof and brick ends. The right <br /> front room has an original fireplace with beehive oven,many original floor boards and some hand wood-blocked wall <br /> paper dating to about 1830. <br /> A major addition to the rear was constructed c.1830, at which time this became a two-family residence. The front and <br /> side porches were added in the early 1900s. <br /> The property was conveyed by Carolyn Phelps to Jane Foley in 1949. Howard Foley sold the house to Tom and Carla <br /> Fortmann in 1980. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Fortmann, Carla(present owner). Information on history of house, Sept. 2007. <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913, vol. 2, p. 384. <br /> Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> July 2009 <br />