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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 2 OAKLAND ST. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD X67 <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> M.H. Merriam only lived at 2 Oakland Street a few years before passing away in January 1898. The house was occupied <br /> briefly by Dr. Edward Rolfe before Edwin C. Stevens purchased the property in 1900. Stevens worked as a buyer and <br /> seller for a Boston molasses company. Edwin and Ida Stevens continued to live here until about 1926. <br /> Later occupants included Edward Fenn(1932),Roger Merryman(1942)and Virginia Murphy(1969-1999). <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man, Jan. 26, 1898; Sept. 21, 1900 <br /> Sanborn Insurance Maps,Lexington,various dates. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> June 2009 <br />