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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) later house to rear
(see over)
Other features five bays, wide 1 room deep;
main block; granite foundation, center
entrance, beveled and clapboards
Altered Date
Moved Date
5. Lot size:
f Less than one acre Over one acre
` f Approximate frontage 100'
I Approximate distance of building from street
15'
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by _ Anni:Grady
USGS Quadrant
Organization T.ax_ Hist. Comm.
MHC Photo no.
Date 7/75
(over)
7. Original owner (if known)
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)
(rear lot: in 1940 old dairy barn still stood on property.)
Description: Door ta .fanlight over, no sidelights, pilasters; interesting fluted pieces
over pilaster capitol, (now obscured by Al. hood.) Fine dentil course at cornice; two
chimneys along rear eave line. Left side porch with cut out posts, shed addition to rear.
Note: House in rear (c. 1950's) moved- here in 4 '`> upon widening of Rt. 2.
Formerly stood in vicinit of Watertown St. &-Rt. 2.
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This was the home of Loring S. Pierce and of his daughter, Gertrude
Pierce (see Hudson, Volume II) . Loring Ellsworth Pierce, grandson of the above,
was a letter carrier in the East Village for many years after 1900.
The house, was built in 1802, according to E.B. Worthen.
(See notation on back of Burr Church photo, Lexington Historical Society.)
S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET CaMmamity: Form No:
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL MMSSION Lexington 235
Office of the Secretary, Boston
Property Name:915-917 Mass. Ave.
Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
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Staple to Inventory form at bottom
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 915-917 MASS. AVENUE
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 235
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02125
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
This house was reportedly constructed about 1802 for Solomon Harrington (b.I766/d. 1845).
On the 1853 map the property appears to be labeled as being owned by"Lakin".
According to E.B. Worthen,the upper half of the house was later occupied by George Loring Pierce and his wife, Sarah,
who had two sons, Loring Ellsworth and Frank W. Pierce. The lower half of the house was occupied by George's sister,
Gertrude and her mother, Frances. Gertrude was a teacher in the Lexington schools for many years.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington.
Lexington Directories, various dates.
Middlesex County Register of Deeds, Cambridge, Mass.
Worthen, Edwin B. Tracing the Past in Lexington, Massachusetts. New York: Vantage Press, 1998,p. 45.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
June 2009