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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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4. Map. Draw sxetcn of ouiiafng iuciaLiVrr "Architect
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric clapboard
Outbuildings (describe)
Other features left entrance door-projecting
crossable to right side fr.ground level to
roof ridge-3 sided bay w dentil comice trim
Altered Date
Moved Date
5. Lot size:
One acre or less Over one acre
Approximate frontage
Approximate distance of building from street
25'
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USGS Quadrant
Organization
HC Photo no.
Date
(over)
465 (')OM-?=,761
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)
rectangular window panes in entrance - carved brackets in gable - 2x2 fence w. greenery
running at side walk line around house - cross gable on left side - veranda to left front -
back appears to have been extended beyond original - contemporary shutters on windows.
This was Arthur F. Tucker's home in the early 1900s, from c. 1910 to 1927.
He was a clerk in his father's dry goods store in Lexington Center, and later
owned and operated the store as A.F. Tucker. In its last years, the store was
located where Harvard/Bay Bank is now. Arthur Tucker was an amateur vocalist
and was in great demand for social functions; he sang with others, also, with
musical accompaniment.
In the 1930s and 1940s, this was the home of the Hopkins family. A
daughter, Elizabeth Hopkins Corkum, established a medical lab testing service,
which eventually developed into the Lexington Medical Laboratory, now head-
quarters on Clarke Street.
S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Town Property Address
LEXINGTON 15 MERIAM ST.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No.
MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES BUILDING
220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD 3C
BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125
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House at 15 Meriam Street is visible at right in this undated photograph.
Source: Richard Kollen et al.,Images ofAmerica: Lexington. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing,2001,p. 93.
Supplement prepared by:
Lisa Mausolf
March 2009