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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 10 WINTHROP RD. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING 468 <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD <br /> BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> On February 7, 1903 the Lexington Minute-man reported that: <br /> Deeds have passed conveying title to the new estate fronting on Winthrop road, Lexington, consisting of a most <br /> attractive modern house of eleven rooms, owned by Mr. F.F. Sherburne,to Frank Watson, of Philadelphia. The <br /> whole property was valued at$7,000, and the lot of land contains 16,000 square feet. <br /> It appears that Sherburne constructed the house on a speculative basis. He lived at 1508 Massachusetts Avenue and was <br /> responsible for laying out Winthrop Road about 1893. <br /> A short time after construction,the house was expanded. On April 23, 1904,the Minute-man noted that"The house on <br /> Winthrop road owned by Mrs. A.E. Watson, is having a second story added to the ell". <br /> In 1910 the Watson household consisted of 39 year old Frank, a mechanical engineer,his wife Ethel, his mother Anna E. <br /> Watson, age 74, his sister Melissa and a servant. Members of the Watson family continued to occupy the house until <br /> about 1926. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington Directories, various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man, Feb. 7, 1903; April 23, 1904. <br /> U.S. Census Records, 1910. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> April 2009 <br />