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INVENTORY FORM B CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 27 YORK STREET MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 2174 The present route of this section of York Street (as a public road) appears to have been established between 1918 and 1927, and possibly as early as 1906-18. The 1922 directory identifies three households on York Street, none of them with street numbers: Wilkinson Riley(no occupation identified)and his wife Martha A. Riley; F. Stetson Humphrey, a vocal teacher in Boston; and Herbert Stephens, who worked in the advertising business in Boston, and his wife Dawn Mills, who lived on York "near Grant." The 1934 and 1936 directories identify the property at 27 York as vacant in those years, but the List of Persons for 1935 identifies Ralph and Ann R. Downs at this address (no occupations listed). Subsequent residents included Norman C. O'Neill, in the Navy, and his wife Dorothy C., who worked at Raytheon, in 1945; James R. Merrill, an engineer, and his wife Anna M. in 1955; and Philip Lieberman, a scientist, and his wife Marcia in 1965. Further research is recommended to determine the early history and evolution of this building, including a possible affiliation with the Hayes estate. If connected with the Hayes estate, this house would be one of only two remaining Hayes estate buildings, the other being the former carriage house at 60 Meriam Street. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Historic maps and atlases: Walling 1853; Beers 1875; Walker 1889; Stadly 1898; Walker 1906; Sanborn 1908, 1918, 1927, 1935, 1935/1950. Lexington Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey, Period Summaries. http://historicsurveV.Iexingtonma.gov/index.htm Accessed Jul 23, 2015. Lexington Directories: 1899, 1906, 1908-09, 1922, 1934, 1936. Lexington List of Persons: 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965. Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Lexington." 1980. Continuation sheet 2