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4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric clapboard
Outbuildings (describe)
Otherfeaturesstick porch, ell with brackete
hooded door right rear - foundation obscured
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probably Date
X ❑ r X x x✓ Moved Date
5. Lot size:
Less than one acre Over one acre
Approximate frontage 75'
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Approximate distance of building from street
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by E. W. Reinhardt
USGS Quadrant
Organization Lex. Hist. Comm.
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Date 7/75
(over)
7. Original owner (if known) 5 ,
Original use
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recr--ation
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)
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 910-912 MASS. AVENUE
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 236
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
On the 1853 map it appears that this property is labeled as being owned by L. Pierce or H. Pierce while the house across
the street is labeled G. Stearns. These houses appear to have been juxtaposed on the map.
According to E.B. Worthen,the house was occupied by George Stearns,the last of the long-prominent Stearns family to
live in Lexington. George A. Stearns was born in 1846 and married Emma Hovey in 1877. He was a milkman. The
couple appeared to be living here by 1880. Stearns is shown as the owner on the 1898 and the 1906 map although there is
no listing for the couple in the directories of that period so it may have been rented out.
By 1915 the property was occupied by Peter Canessa.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington.
Lexington Directories,various dates.
Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge,Mass.
U.S. Census,various dates.
Worthen, Edwin B. Tracing the Past in Lexington, Massachusetts. New York: Vantage Press, 1998, p. 45.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
June 2009