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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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sent owner George W. Glenn
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4. Map. Draw sketch of building location A e tett W 111;aw len✓, b,t,i l
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric White clapboard
2 connected sheds on
i Outbuildings (describe) back of house
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Other features Queen Anne turned posts on
U 2Ei on porch. Fieldstone foundation. Cross
.-a__-_..z, r— gable extending forward from main block
-r with 3 sided bay.
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Moved Date
- 5. Lot size
18600 f 2
' One acre or less 'ver one acre
Approximate frontage 90'
Approximate distance of building from street
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Anne Grady, Nancy S. Seasholes
USGS Quadrant
MHC Photo no. Organization 1_xiyton Historic Commission
Date - April, 1984
(over)
5M-2-75-R061465
7. Original owner (if known) W(t F Vl
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricultural Education Religion
Architectural Exploration/ Science/
The Arts settlement invention
Commerce . Industry Social/
Communication Military humanitarian
Community development Political Transportation
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
This house, is a typical
Vernacular cross-gable design with bay window and porch with turned posts.
This building remains in the family of the man who lived here in the
1880s. William Fish Glenn was born in -ize+ftnd in 1851. He became a resident
of Lexington in 1871 and was a carpenter by trade, although the 1894 Directory
indicates he also worked as a clerk. HSS grandson, who occupied the house in
the twentieth century, was a meat dealer and the small building at the rear,
now part of the residence, was originally a slaughterhouse.
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to
1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, pp. 242-243. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
Personal communication from S. Lawrence Whipple.
•1875 atlas, 1889 atlas, 1898 atlas, 1906 atlas
1894 Directory
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 38 FOREST STREET
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 443
BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
A brief mention in the Lexington Minute-man on August 17, 1888 noted that"Mr. William F. Glenn is building himself a
house on Forest Street". William Fish Glenn was born in Nova Scotia in 1851 and came to Lexington in 1871. He was a
carpenter and a Free Mason. Glenn died between 1918 and 1922 but his widow Clara continued to occupy the house into
the 1930s.
The house remained in the Glenn family until 1993.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Cambridge: The Riverside Press Co., 1913,vol. 2,p. 242.
Lexington Minute-Man,August 17, 1888; Aug. 10, 1907 (advertisement—see below)
Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
March 2009
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