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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address LEXINGTON 19 MERIAM ST. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 3 81 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Several brief notices found in the Lexington Minute-man chronicle the construction of this house. In March 1887 the paper reported that"Mr. McElwee has purchased a lot near the Episcopal Church where he will proceed to erect himself a residence"(Minute-man,March 25, 1887). On June 10, 1887 the paper noted that"The house being built under the direction of Mr. Tuttle next to the Episcopal church is progressing". The house was completed about a month later and the paper reported"The exterior of the house being built by Mr.McElwee, on Merriam street,next to the Church of Our Redeemer, is now completed, and very attractive indeed it is. It has been effectively painted in two colors by A.L. Scott, the painter"(Minute-man, July 22, 1887). In 1900 Andrew McElwin sold the house on Meriam Street to Fred C.Jones. At the time it was occupied by Roger 1. Sherman and family. Mr. Jones purchased the house as an investment and the house was to be continued to be occupied by Sherman(Minute-man,November 10, 1900). It was later owned by Sheldon Robinson of Breck-Robinson Nurseries from at least 1918 to 1932. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington,revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913. Lexington Directories,various dates. Lexington Minute-Man,March 25, 1887; June 10, 1887; July 22, 1887;November 10, 1900. Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. U.S. Census Records, 1900-1930. Supplement prepared by: Lisa Mausolf June 2009