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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 194 LOWELL ST. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 2242 town line to the south, the railroad to the west, and Maple Street to the north. The Stadly map of 1898 shows a small cluster of houses a short distance east of the intersection of Lowell and Maple streets, as well as the Arlington Reservoir to the east, straddling the town line between Lexington and Arlington. The number of buildings in this vicinity increased slightly by 1906; most of the owners in that year were farmers. It is difficult to confirm if the house at 194 Lowell Street is represented on the 1906 map; it may be the similarly-shaped building at the east end of the cluster, which was owned by William E. Fiske, a farmer who is listed as boarding on Mass. Ave. in that year. The property at 194 Lowell Street has been owned and occupied by members of the Castelli family since 1922, when John B. Castelli, a private chauffeur, and his wife Mary are first listed as living on Lowell Street(no street number; the first time the street number appears is 1940). John (b. ca. 1884) emigrated from Italy in 1903; Mary came from northern Ireland in 1901. John worked as a chauffeur well into his 70s, and was listed here until at least 1965. The couple had three children who lived at the house. Their daughter Mary(b. ca. 1914)was described as "at home"through 1950, but her occupation in 1960 and 1965 is identified as teacher. Their son John (b. ca. 1918) lived here until at least 1950, with his occupation described as salesman for a linen business in 1940 and electrical engineer in 1950. Their second son, Joseph (b. ca. 1920), was identified here in 1930 and 1940; in the latter year he worked as a gardener on a private estate. The house is presently owned and occupied by John and Mary's grandson, Joseph Castelli. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Historic maps and atlases: Stadley 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927, 1927/1930, 1935, 1935/1950 Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Lexington Historical Commission website. "Period Summaries: Suburbanization (1870-1915)" and "Early Modern Period (1915- 1940)". historicsurvey.lexingtonma.gov . Accessed 6 May 2015. Massachusetts Historical Commission. Historic&Archaeological Resources of the Boston Area. 1982. Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report; Lexington." 1980. Town of Lexington directories, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1965. U.S. Census, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940. Continuation sheet 2