Collection	Edwin B. Worthen Collection
Description	George O. Smith house, looking down Massachusetts Avenue. "Today nothing but the barn remains and that have been remodeled into a house, number 561. When Massachusetts Avenue was widened in 1889 this curve was cut back so that the new street line ran through the centre of the house, necessitating its removal. You will recall that Massachusetts Avenue was cut through to Concord in 1636. Not a single highway bound on its entire length in Lexington was established until 1888. We got along quite comfortably for 250 years without knowing exactly where the street was!"
Object ID	Worthen.slide120
Object Name	Transparency, Lantern-slide
People	Smith, George O.
Search Terms	Sickle Brook Smith (George) House, Massachusetts Avenue #561
Subjects	Barns Houses
Title	Smith (George O. ) House

Cary Memorial Library 1874 Massachusetts Avenue . Lexington, MA 02420 781-862-6288 . Fax 781-862-7355 www.carylibrary.org   
Last modified on: May 07, 2013