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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 32 RINDGE AVENUE <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> 2259 <br /> The area was likely developed in response to the electric street railway, which began service on Mass. Avenue in 1899. Like <br /> Liberty Heights to the south of Massachusetts Avenue (which it resembles, architecturally; LEX.Q), this neighborhood—known <br /> as Massachusetts Avenue Terrace and Arlington Heights Terrace—was laid out by Jacob W. Wilbur, a prolific Brookline <br /> developer. Wilbur typically sited his subdivisions near streetcar lines and appealed to working class residents. <br /> Rindge Avenue was laid out by 1918, and by 1922 seven households were identified on the street, in unnumbered houses. By <br /> 1935, houses stood on only about a third of the lots platted on the west side, and only one house is shown on the unplatted east <br /> side of the street. 32 Rindge Avenue is first depicted in 1935, although occupants were identified much earlier. The first known <br /> residents at this address, in 1918, were Frank A. Caprio, who worked in a candy factory, and his wife Louise. The 1930 census <br /> shows the couple here with five children. The Caprio family remained at this address until at least 1965, always including <br /> between one and four of Frank and Louise's children, and at least two of the children's spouses, during that period. Most of the <br /> family worked in a candy factory at some time; later occupations also included farm work, elevator operator, and mechanic. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Historic maps and atlases: Walling 1853; Beers 1875; Walker 1889; Stadly 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927, <br /> 1935, 1935/1950. <br /> Lexington Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey, Period and Area Summaries. <br /> http://historicsurveV.Iexingtonma.gov/index.htm Accessed Jul 23, 2015. <br /> Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1918, 1922, 1926, 1934, 1936 <br /> Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965. <br /> Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. <br /> . Form A– Liberty Heights. 2001. <br /> U.S. Census: 1930, 1940. <br /> SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES <br /> South and east (fagade) elevations East(fagade) elevation <br /> Continuation sheet 2 <br />