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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address <br /> LEXINGTON 17 WINTHROP ROAD <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 472 <br /> BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: <br /> On November 29, 1895 the Lexington Minute-man announced the construction of this house: <br /> The frame work has already been put in place for a new house building on the upper rise of the street on the right <br /> hand side,the owner of which is Mr. Walter Rowse, of Chelsea. The estimated value of the hosue is $4,000, and <br /> Hawkins&Mitchell the builders. <br /> The house was apparently being constructed in anticipation of Rowse's upcoming nuptials to Ada Holt which were held <br /> in June 1896. Walter and Ada Holt were still living here in 1942. <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY: <br /> Lexington directories,various dates. <br /> Lexington Minute-Man,November 29, 1895. <br /> Supplement prepared by: <br /> Lisa Mausolf <br /> March 2009 <br />