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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON s HIBBERT STREET <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> 2230 <br /> The Dexter Hillside development was conceived by Nathan Dexter Canterbury(1837-1912), who in 1895 began development of <br /> a large farm previously owned by Micajah Locke. A resident of Weymouth, Canterbury was a shoe and boot manufacturer, <br /> founded the East Weymouth Savings Bank and two Weymouth newspapers, and served as a state representative. Streets were <br /> given the middle names of Canterbury and his family. As reported by a local newspaper, <br /> "'Dexter Hillside' attracted many Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who moved from densely populated areas of <br /> Boston to what was then a suburban outpost. In 1916, an Orthodox synagogue, Temple B'nai Jacob, was built on the <br /> Lexington section of Sylvia Street. It served members for three decades and closed after younger generations of early <br /> residents moved from the neighborhood, ending its unique Jewish identity." (Arlington Advocate, May 2, 2011) <br /> The house at 5 Hibbert Street is one of the earliest in the neighborhood, appearing on the 1898 map. By 1906, it was owned by <br /> G. H. S. Driver, about whom no information is presently known. The first known occupants were Harry Bornstein, identified as a <br /> junk dealer, and his wife Annie, who were living here with their five children and a servant by 1910. (In 1900, they lived in <br /> Boston's North End with two children and an Irish servant.) Widowed by 1920, Annie Bornstein continued to reside at this house <br /> at least through 1945. She was accompanied here in 1920, 1935, and 1940 by boarder John E. O'Connell, and in 1935 also by <br /> Edward P. and Mildred M. Hoffman. In 1945, Charles J. Foye, serving in the Army, and Mary E. Pero, employed in defense <br /> work, were living with Mrs. Bornstein. Subsequent residents included Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick, a laborer, and his wife Priscilla, in <br /> 1955 and 1965. They were joined in 1965 by Robert G. Fitzpatrick, who was serving in the Navy. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Duffy, Richard. "Sylvia and Rublee echo with family connection". Arlington Advocate, May 2, 2011. <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 Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey, Period and Area Summaries. <br /> http://historicsurvey.lexingtonma.gov/index.htm Accessed Jul 23, 2015. <br /> Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1922, 1934, 1936. <br /> Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965. <br /> Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. <br /> . Form A— Liberty Heights, LEX.Q. Prepared by Anne Grady and Nancy Seasholes, 1984 and 2001. <br /> U.S. Census: 1910, 1920, 1940. <br /> SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES <br /> tl 111 �� <br /> amucnrrrrr uirt`rriiriiminr <br /> Front fagade (east) elevation <br /> Continuation sheet 2 <br />