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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 19 HIBBERT STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 0 2232 The Dexter Hillside development was conceived by Nathan Dexter Canterbury(1837-1912), who in 1895 began development of a large farm previously owned by Micajah Locke. A resident of Weymouth, Canterbury was a shoe and boot manufacturer, founded the East Weymouth Savings Bank and two Weymouth newspapers, and served as a state representative. Streets were given the middle names of Canterbury and his family. As reported by a local newspaper, "'Dexter Hillside' attracted many Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who moved from densely populated areas of Boston to what was then a suburban outpost. In 1916, an Orthodox synagogue, Temple B'nai Jacob, was built on the Lexington section of Sylvia Street. It served members for three decades and closed after younger generations of early residents moved from the neighborhood, ending its unique Jewish identity." (Arlington Advocate, May 2, 2011) The house at 19 Hibbert Street seems to be depicted on the historic maps as early as 1898, and appears originally to have been numbered 33. The first known residents were James Irwin, a policeman, and his wife Kate in 1920. In that year their household included three teenage children and a boarder, Ralph C.Woodman, who worked as a teamster. Kate Irwin was widowed by 1935, when she lived here with George F. Cogswell, a laborer, and his wife Maud H. No residents were identified at this address in 1945, but in 1955 and through at least 1965, the house was occupied by Concetta Aloisio. She was accompanied in 1955 and 1965 by Leo J. Aloisio, a machinist, and in 1955 by Frances Aloisio, a bookkeeper. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Duffy, Richard. "Sylvia and Rublee echo with family connection". Arlington Advocate, May 2, 2011. Historic maps and atlases: Walling 1853; Beers 1875; Walker 1889; Stadly 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927, 1935, 1935/1950. Lexington Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey, Period and Area Summaries. http://historicsurvey.lexingtonma.gov/index.htm Accessed Jul 23, 2015. Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1922, 1934, 1936. Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965. Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. . Form A— Liberty Heights, LEX.Q. Prepared by Anne Grady and Nancy Seasholes, 1984 and 2001. U. S. Census: 1920. SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES ` � l Left side (south) and front (east)elevations Continuation sheet 2