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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON I 1 HAYES LANE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 2228 Prior to Fletcher's acquisition of his large parcel, Mrs. Turner sold a small (1/4 acre) parcel of land on Hayes Lane to Michael Crowley in 1847. Local historian Edwin Worthen states that"[I]n 1849 he built a house and later a barn. These are the two buildings on the east side of Hayes Lane owned by the estate of Bridget Leary" (Worthen: 16). On the 1889 map, this distinctive parcel contained three buildings (including present day#9 and one no longer extant) and is identified as "Crowley Hrs." By 1906, the lot belonged to the C. G. Fletcher estate. The first known 20th century occupants of 11 Hayes Lane were Leo McKenzie, a laborer, and his wife Alice, who rented here in 1920. (James McKenzie, a carpenter, and his wife Margaret, owned and occupied the adjacent#9 Hayes Lane.) In 1935, the house was occupied by G. Lester Wilson, an expressman, his wife Hazel, and Matilda Campbell, a widow. Subsequent residents included Daniel A. Buckley and Cornelius and Annie T. Lyons, all retired (1945); Annie T. Lyons and Richard J. McKenna, both retired, and Charles J. Leonard, a foreman, and his wife Isabel E. (1955); and Manuel J. Sardinha, "Pharm.," and Charles and Isabel Leonard (1965). The house appears to have been a two-family residence from at least 1935. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Historic maps and atlases: Walling 1853; Beers 1875; Walker 1889; Stadly 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927, 1935, 1935/1950. Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1915, 1922, 1926, 1934, 1936. Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1960, 1965. Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. U.S. Census: 1920, 1930, 1940. Worthen, Edwin B. Tracing the Past in Lexington, Massachusetts. New York: Vantage Press, 1998. SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES - i 3 North and west elevations Continuation sheet 2