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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 35 MERIAM ST. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 386 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> This house is quite similar to that at 12 Glen Road(4404)which was also built by A.C. Washburn in 1907. <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> A brief notice found in the Lexington Minute-man on August 4, 1906 provides information on the construction of this <br /> house: <br /> Supt. Chas. H. Miles of the Gas and Electric Lt. Co.,has purchased the last house built by Mr. A. C. Washburn in <br /> the Oakmont district. It is the largest of the three built within the past three months in this locality and is situated <br /> on the corner of Glen road and Merriam street. <br /> Charles and Bertha Miles were still living here in 1942. Later owners included Ralph and Helen Davis who sold the <br /> property to John and Cynthia Butler in 1963. They owned the house until 1977. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,August 4, 1906. <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 />