HomeMy WebLinkAboutmassachusetts-avenue_1295 FORM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 125
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
- wn Lexington
Iress 129 5 Mass. Avenue
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_'• _- Stephen Robbins Homestead
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-A sent owner Helen Potter
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;ounce Plaque on house (NABS)
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Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect
in relation to nearest cross streets and white clapboard
.other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric grQP„ gh„rtPrc
Outbuildings (describe) None
Other features Ridge roof, center chimney,
' side iights at door. 6 over 6 panes
Alteredporch on North Date
fes& from /VI,&y 21
Moved East Lexington Date 19 46
( 669 Mass. Ave.)
5. Lot size:
Less than one acre 3/4 Over one acre
Approximate frontage 90
Approximate distance of building from street
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Ruth Beebe
USGS Quadrant
Organization
MHC Photo no.
Date July 22, 1975
(over)
7. original owner (if known) not known
Original use farm house
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricultural Education Religion
Architectural x Exploration/ Science/
- The Arts settlement invention
Commerce Industry Social/
Communication Military Humanitarian x
Community development x Political Transportation
9. Historical Significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
Was on, Mass. Ave. CGreat Road in East Lexington before the Revolution. , Station on
the underground railroad during anti-slavery days & Civil War.
Acquired by Stephen Robbins -1781 1847
Abigail Winship Robbins, widow.--of Stephen Robbins - 1847-1850
Miss Caira Robbins, daughter of Stephen Robbins - 1850 -1881
Mrs. Ellen A. Robbins Stone - grandaughter 1881-161)9
Miss Ellen A Stone, great grandaughter 1810-1444
(c/also E-14, E-15, E-16 of Lex. inventory, all associated with Robbinsi-Stone
'families, from Eli Robbins to Ellen Stone)
There also seems to be evidence that in 183.5 E1' Robbins bought property in W. Cambridge,
now Arlington, which included Old Schwamb , mill;,on National Register of Historic
Places � ild map in possession of Pat Eitzmaurice, director of mill)
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10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
Proceedings of Lex. Hist. Soc.
NABS,
3/73