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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 5 WINTHROP RD. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 466 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> According to Hudson, Walter R. Champney died in 1911 at the age of 76 although he is still listed in the 1915 directory. <br /> From 1916 to 1956 this was the home of Edwin B. Worthen,prominent Lexington historian and president of the <br /> Lexington Savings Bank. Worthen was born in Lexington in 1879 and grew up at 25 Maple Street. He married Lora <br /> Heal of Belfast, Maine in 1906 and purchased 5 Winthrop Road in 1916. He remained here until his death in 1956. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913, vol. 2, p. 99. <br /> Lexington Directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man, August 23, 1956. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> April 2009 <br />