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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 4 STEVENS ROAD <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> 2265 <br /> The western stub of Stevens Road, then named Cary Street, was in place by 1927, with buildings on all three of the lots platted <br /> there. The eastern end, off Taft Avenue, was laid out and three lots platted out by 1935, but no houses were yet constructed <br /> there. (The eastern end was also named Cary Street.) As late as 1935, a very long and narrow, undeveloped and unplatted <br /> parcel-200 to 300 feet wide and more than one-third of a mile long—extended south of Massachusetts Avenue between <br /> Charles Street and Taft Avenue. The ends of Stevens Road were finally connected by 1950, when all the land was platted and <br /> all but one of the lots was developed. The name Cary Street was replaced by Stevens Road between 1955 and 1965. <br /> The house at 4 Stevens Road was built between 1935 and 1940. The first known occupants, in 1940, were Bryant W. Patten, a <br /> machinist in an auto parts business, his wife Clare G. Patten, and their two young sons. In 1945, Bryant was serving in the <br /> Navy. The family lived here at least through 1955, when Bryant was employed as a teacher. By 1965, the house was occupied <br /> by nonagenarian Annie MacKenzie and Catherine Robinson, an administrative assistant. <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.lexingtonma.gov/index.htm Accessed Jul 23, 2015. <br /> Lexington Directories: 1899, 1908-09, 1922, 1928, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1942. <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, LEX.Q. Prepared by Anne Grady and Nancy Seasholes, 1984 and 2001. <br /> U.S. Census: 1940. <br /> SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES <br /> East (left side)elevation <br /> Continuation sheet 2 <br />