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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 20 MERIAM ST. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 382 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> A brief notice found in the Lexington Minute-man provides additional information on the construction of this house. On <br /> August 5, 1905 the paper reported that: <br /> The cellar is already under way for a house to built on Merriam street on the site of the coachman's cottage at the <br /> rear entrance of"Edgewood"on that street, owned by Mr.Benj. F. Brown. The house is for Mr. Willard D. <br /> Brown,the architect, and will be occupied by his family. The contract has been awarded to T. H. O'Connor,the <br /> carpenter and builder who, since he has gone into business for himself has steadily been making a reputation for <br /> first class work which now requires the most experienced, skilled labor and practical knowledge of details. The <br /> house is to be even larger than the one building for J. Chester Hutchinson on Winthrop road, for which Mr. <br /> Brown is the architect and Mr. O'Connor the builder. The little cottage that has been moved off the sight to a <br /> location some distance away is to be remodelled and renovated for rental,this work also being in charge of Mr. <br /> O'Connor. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,August 5, 1905. <br /> Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass. <br /> U.S. Census Records, 1900-1930. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> June 2009 <br />