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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 40 RINDGE AVENUE
<br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
<br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
<br /> 2260
<br /> Massachusetts Avenue. The Wilson farm remained in existence east of Bow Street (in the area now traversed by South Rindge
<br /> Street) until at least 1950, when it encompassed a substantial farmhouse and greenhouse and two other large outbuildings.
<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. 40-42 Rindge Avenue is first depicted in 1935, with a long, narrow shed (not extant) behind and to the right of
<br /> the house. Although houses were unnumbered then, occupants of this house were identified as early as 1920, when Anthony
<br /> Cataldo, a shoe cutter in a shoe shop (later employed as a rubber worker; born in Italy), lived here with his wife Concetta (the
<br /> child of Italian immigrants), and their infant son. By 1930, Anthony and Concetta had four more children here.
<br /> In 1935, Cataldos were still living in one of the apartments (Ciriaco, no occupation given, and Mary A.), but the other unit was
<br /> vacant. By 1945, both apartments were occupied by Cataldos, including Ralph D., a farmer, and his wife Elizabeth F., and
<br /> Joseph A., a mail clerk for the railway, and his wife Susan E. Subsequent residents included Edward L. Scanlan, a sheet metal
<br /> worker, and his Margaret F., and Patrick F. McHugh, a mechanic, and his wife Alice (1955 and 1965).
<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://historicsurvey.Iexingtonma.gov/index.htm Accessed Jul 23, 2015.
<br /> Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1918, 1922, 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: 1920, 1930.
<br /> SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES
<br /> South and east(fagade)elevations
<br /> Continuation sheet 2
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