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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 28 MERIAM ST. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 385 <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> Like many of our new houses,this one cannot be classified as any particular style of architecture. The strongest <br /> suggestion it makes in this line is that it represents what the"Arts and Crafts"movement stands for. The <br /> contractor was T. H. O'Connor and the house is a compliment to his skill and ingenuity in carrying out the clever <br /> plans of the architect. The fire places(and there are a number of them), are simple,yet dignified in design. <br /> Gruby tiling has been used in part as facings. The leaded glass work is likewise commendable. Space has been <br /> utilized to the best advantage, as is instanced by a finely equipped toilette room, also a room for disposing of <br /> outside wraps,both of which occupy space under the staircase. The entrance to these rooms is reached by two <br /> sunken steps,which gives picturesqueness and yet secures a certain privacy which is desirable. One ought to be <br /> happy and comfortable at"Ogeedankee". <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> The property was still owned by Fred and Sylvia Brown in 1942. It was sold by Lauriston MacKenzie to Kenneth and <br /> Dorothy Bolles in 1950. Kenneth Bolles sold the house to the present owners, Henry and Carol Reiling, in 1977. <br /> In 1982 the carriage house historically associated with this property was renovated and subdivided from the original <br /> property. It is now 32 Edgewood Road(MHC#608). <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,April 30, 1907. <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 />