Cool Details of All Buildings in Larches Neighborhood, Cambridge, MA

Harvard/Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf

Cambridge Buildings and Architects
by Christopher Hail

Harvard has some great information about the lineage of each house in our neighborhood.

Here are the links:

MAIN SITE: http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/refshelf/cba/l.html

MEADOW WAY: http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/refshelf/cba/m.html#meadowway

FRESH POND LANE: http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/refshelf/cba/f.html#freshpondln

OLD DEE ROAD: http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/refshelf/cba/o.html#olddeerd

LARCHWOOD DRIVE: http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/refshelf/cba/l.html#larchwooddr

Here is the text as of 12/09/2008:

MEADOW WAY through street 1915

.....1915 laid out 11 Larchwood Dr -- 67 Larchwood Dr & named

•3 house 2½-st 1915

.....1915 house 2-st permit 16857 larchwood+meadow way (o) Babcock W W (a & b) McPherson John R.

.....1916 Bromley atlas

..........•garage 1-st permit 17537 meadow way (o) Babcock W W (a & b) McPherson J R

.....1917 house altered 2-st permit 18024 larchwood rd (o) Babcock Wm W (b) Harriman const co

.....1973 house altered permit 71677 3 (b) McGonagle const co

4 see 17 Larchwood dr 1915

•7 house 2-st 1919

.....1919 house 1½-st permit 19316 meadoway 8 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1920 •garage permit 19892 7 (o) Whitney H E (b) Ryan Martin W

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•14 (Fresh pond lane 36) house 2-st 1919

.....1919 house 2½-st permit 19178 meadoway 20 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1920 deed 4378,241 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty to (o) Butler Agnes M / E

.....1925 house altered permit 26516 [& •garage 1930 atlas] 14 (o) Butler Agnes M (b) Brundage & Baker

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•22 house 2-st 1916

.....181- (?) see also 42r Fresh pond lane [possibly incorporated into this house]

.....1916 Bromley atlas

..........house brick [& stucco veneer] 2-st permit 17054 larchwood lot 34 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Ritchie Jas.H.

.....1918 •garage permit 18807 34 (o) Benedict Edward B (b) Ryan Martin W

.....1919 deed 4237,192 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty to (o) Benedict Edward

.....1922 house adds permit 22427 22 (o) Benedict Edward B (b) Hawkins H H & sons

•25 house 2-st 1926

.....1926 house permit 27996 lot 28 (o) Brown T H (a) Frost & Raymond

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•28 house 2-st 1920

.....1920 house permit 20387 28 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Whitten R.B.

.....1923 •garage permit 23386 28 (o) Snow Wm B (b) Brooks, Skinner co

.....1925 house altered permit 26574 78 (o) Snow W B (b) Lavash A

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1936 house altered permit 37035 28 (o) Raymond F E (b) Greenwood Wm

•39 house 2-st 1916

.....1916 Bromley atlas

..........house 2-st permit 17050 larchwood (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Ritchie Jas.H.

.....1919 deed 4250,447 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty to (o) Whittemore W St

..........•garage 1-st permit 19595 meadoway 44 (b) Ryan M W (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1923 deed 4603,245 (o) Whittemore Alice S from (o) Whittemore W St

.....1925 deed 4897,067 (o) Whittemore Alice S from (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty

.....1928 house adds permit 30781 39 (o) Whittemore Alice (b) Fogelin J E

•40 house 2-st 1930

.....1930 Bromley atlas

..........house permit 32877 (b) Guiney Joseph 40 (o) Naumburg Robt F [a] Kaufman Gerald Lynton

.....1931 •garage permit 33461 40 (o) Naumburg Robt E (b) Guiney Joseph

FRESH POND LANE through street 1691; 1915

.....1691- laid out Brattle St -- Fresh Pond

.....1848 Camb directory (name) Fresh Pond Lane [Road: 1850-1861 dirs]

.....1863 see FRESH POND PARKWAY

.....1915 laid out again 241 Brattle St -- 90 Fresh Pond Parkway; route changed

.....1918 Camb directory numbers even on west side

•5 house 2-st 1922

.....1922 house permit 22628; •garage permit 22902 c brattle (o) Moshier S P ms [a] Whitten R.B.

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•8 house 2-st 1928

.....1928 house permit 30768; •garage 31114 8 (o) Murray James H [a] Buckley E.

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•11 house 2½-st 1916

.....1916 house & •[attached] garage 2½-st permit 17085 fresh pond ln (o) Trenholm Chas E (a) Grandgent & Elwell

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•12 house 2-st 1928

.....1928 house permit 30837; •garage 31115 12 (o) Murray James H [a] Buckley E.

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•15 house 2-st 1925

.....1925 house permit 27144 15 (o) Crocker Percy G (a) Jackson Robert Fuller

.....1928 •garage permit 30734 15 (o) Crocker Elsie A (b) Sheridan F J

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1966 garage razed permit 65193 [not razed as of 1992] 15

•16 house 2½-st 1916

.....1916 Bromley atlas

..........house 2-st permit 17055 larchwood (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Ritchie Jas.H.

.....1917 •garage permit 18204 fresh pond ln [lot] 90 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1918 deed 4220,261 (o) Fresh pond parkway realty to (o) Schiffmacher Sadie

•22 house 2-st 1929

.....1929 house permit 32163 22 (o) Lynch Hannah (b) Lonergan T.

.....1930 •garage Bromley atlas

•25 (35) house 2-st 1925

.....1925 house permit 27242 c meadow way (o) Rowell Geo B [a] Clark F.Alton

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1995 adds & alts permit 35

•28 house 2-st 1920

.....1920 house permit 19772 larchwood dr+fresh pond parkway (o) Bennink Ethel S mrs (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1929 •garage permit 32236 33 (o) Bennink Ethel (b) Ryan Martin W inc

.....1930 Bromley atlas

36 see 14 Meadow way 1919

•41 house 2-st 1927

.....1920 deed 4339,575 (o) Fresh pond parkway realty to (o) Butler Agnes M

.....1927 house permit 29116 c meadow way; •garage permit 29314 41 (o) Whitney Horace E (a) Brown Chester A (Boston)

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•42 house 2-st 1917

.....1917 house permit 18130 larchwood dr [lot] 27 (o) Fresh Pond realty (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1919 garage permit 18898 42 (o) Coolidge A[lbert] Sprague [1920 dir]

.....1926 •garage permit 28624 42 (o) Goodale Susan B (b) Santini F const co

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1936 house adds permit 37234 42 (o) Goodale Robt L [a] Wetherell D.B.

42r (Mt Auburn st 565) farmhouse 2-st 181-; razed 1916-

.....see also Larchwood dr 36; (?) see also Meadow way 22

.....1823 house tax : farm h+green h+3 stb+b 81>Dee w0 : brattle: 223+fresh pond ln (o) Gray John C.

.....1854 Walling map

.....1882 farmhouse tax & 3 greenhouses [+7: new] 91 ThosW w1 mt auburn [w/ larchwood 36] (o) Dee Sarah H

•45 house 2-st 1929

.....1929 house permit 31632 Fresh pond lane 25 (o & b) Lonergan Thos.D.

.....1930 •garage Bromley atlas

•47 house 2-st 1919

.....1919 house 2½-st permit 19356 fresh pond parkway 24 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1929 •garage permit 32080 47 (o) Wetherell Daniel B (b) D'Orsi N

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•48 house 2-st 1925

.....1925 house permit 27026 48 (o) Davis Catherine F [a] Ramsay H.M.

.....1926 •garage permit 27409 48 (o) Davis Franklin B (b) McLellan J G

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1959 garage permit 58834 [?rebuilt; 1969 atlas: unchanged from earlier atlases] 48 (b) Walsh Thos J

•53 house 2-st 1929

.....1929 house permit 31396 larchwood dr 23 (o & b) Lonergan Thos D (a) Miller & Levi

.....1930 •garage Bromley atlas

•54 house 2-st 1928

.....1928 house permit 30509 [& •attached garage] 54 (o) Rueter John L (a) Kilham Hopkins & Greeley

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•57 house 2-st 1924

.....1924 house permit 24678 lot 22 (o) Preble Helen Elizabeth (a & b) McLellan O.D.

..........•garage permit 25137

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•59 house 2-st 1927

.....1927 house permit 29450 59 (o) Whouley John M (b) Powers Wm T co

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•63 house 2-st 1939

.....1939 house permit 39910 63 (o) Downey Lucy (a & b) Silvester[Silvestri] A. & sons

.....1949 Sanborn atlas v.2

•66 house 2-st 1924

.....1924 house permit 24609 66 (o) Froland Leonard T (a) Springall & co.(Boston)

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1971 house adds & alts permit 69368 fresh pond ln 223 [1972 dir: 66] (o) Bird David (b) Carey John F

•71 house 2-st 1915

.....1915 2-st permit 16625 larch rd (o) Norris F W (a) Greco C.R.

.....1916 Bromley atlas

..........deed 4106,560 (o) Norris Forris W to (o) Bangs Outram

.....1922 •garage permit 22188 71 (o) Bangs Outram (b) Sherburne & Fogelin

.....1949 house altered permit 49090 fresh pond av 71 (o) Rockland [Rochlin] dr (b) Whynot R C

.....1956 house adds & alts permit 55723 71 (b) Cohen Harry

•72 house 2-st 1928

.....1928 house permit 30162 72 (b) Hebb Lawrence B (o) Murray James H [a] Buckley E.

..........•garage permit 30462 72 (o & b) Murray James H.

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•76 duplex house 2-st 1928

.....1928 two-family house permit 30201 76 (b) Hebb Lawrence B (o) Murray James H [a] Home service co.

.....1930 •garage Bromley atlas

•78 house 2-st 1928

.....1928 house permit 30163 78 (b) Hebb Lawrence B (o) Murray James H (a) Buckley E.

..........•garage permit 30463 78 (o & b) Murray James H.

.....1930 Bromley atlas

OLD DEE ROAD dead-end street 1937

.....1937 laid out 36 Larchwood Dr -- south & named; named for Dee Sarah H

..........deed plan 937,695 (o) Ryan Harold A (surveyor) Selwyn Joseph

.....1940 (permit) numbers even on west side

6 house 2-st 1948; razed 1994?

.....1948 house permit 47852 6 (o & b) Moulton Henry J (a) Sullivan J Donnell

.....1949 Sanborn atlas v.2

•6 house 1½-st 1994

.....1994 permit new 6

•7 house 2-st 1937

.....1937 house permit 38234 Old Dee rd (b) Surette Zacharie (o) Ryan Harold A inc [a] Duguid & Martin

.....1949 Sanborn atlas v.2

•11 house 1-st 1950

.....1950 house permit 50297 11 (o) Skinner B F (a) Brooks Arthur H

.....1959 Sanborn atlas v.2

•12 house 2-st 1948

.....1948 house permit 47853 12 (o & b) Moulton Henry J (a) Sullivan J Donnell

.....1949 Sanborn atlas v.2

•14 house 2-st 1937

.....1937 house permit 38057 old dee 6 (b) Johnson & Tyler (o) Ryan H.A. [a] Duguid & Martin

.....1940 •garage permit 40528 14 (o) Ryan Harold A. (b) Brooks, Skinner co

.....1949 Sanborn atlas v.2

•18 house 1-st 1947

.....1924 •? garage moved permit 25478 mt auburn 581 (o) Ryan Harold A.inc (b) Stewart Daniel

.....1947 house permit 45644 18 (o) Ryan H A jr (a) Architects collaborative

.....1949 Sanborn atlas v.2

•19 house 2-st 1940

.....1940 house & garage permit 40101 lot 4 (o) Sweeney Robt [a] Wills R.B.

.....1949 Sanborn atlas v.2

LARCHWOOD DRIVE through street 1915

.....1915 laid out 54 Fresh Pond Parkway -- 550 Huron Ave & named

..........buildings deed plan 239,8 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway Reaty (surveyor) [& landsc a] Pray Hubbard & White

•2 (Fresh pond parkway 54) house 2-st 1920

.....1920 house permit 20220-1 fresh pond parkway (o) Wisham Mary L E (a) Grandgent & Elwell

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1934 house altered permit 35682 2 (o) Hood H P (b) McPhail R L

•10 house 2-st 1924

.....1924 house permit 25023 10 (o & b) Smith Donald B (a) Maher & Winchester

..........•garage permit 25508 10 (o & b) Sterritt Edith M

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1938 house altered permit 38607 10 (o) Blodgett Geo R (b) Fulton C C & son

•17 (Meadow way 4) house 2-st 1915

.....1915 house brick 2-st permit 16601 brattle+larch rd (o) Norris F W (a) Greco Chas.R.

..........•garage 2-st permit 16655 larch rd (o) Norris F W (a) Greco C.R.

.....1916 Bromley atlas

.....1939 apartments adds permit 39788 17 (o) Newbury F Ware (b) Cann Wm A co

•20 house 2-st 1919

.....1919 house permit 18977 larchwood dr [lot] 101 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Mass.engineering co

..........•? garage 1-st permit 19493 larchwood dr lot 101 (o) Browne A (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1973 garage altered to studio permit 71216 20 (o) Peretz Martin (b) Ryan Richard

.....1994 adds & alts permit 20

•24 house 2-st 1925

.....1925 house permit 25890 c fresh pond dr (o) Morton Marcus jr. (a) [Read & Everett]

.....1926 newspaper &c CC Aug 12 ill larchwood dr (o) Morton Marcus jr (a) Read Edward Sears & Everett Chas

..........garage permit 27652 24 (o) Morton Marcus jr. (b) Brooks, Skinner co

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1960 house altered permit 60004-5 : garage razed 24 (b) Brisson N F co

.....1997 permit altered

•27 house 2-st 1924

.....1924 house permit 25321 27 (o) Ammidon Philip R (a) Greco C.R.

.....1928 •garage permit 31145 27 (o) Ammidon Philip R (b) Guerin Israel

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•34 house 2-st 1929

.....1929 house permit 32347 fresh pond lane 34 (o) Duguid W M (b) Duguid & Martin

.....1930 Bromley atlas

..........•garage permit 32613 fresh pond lane 34 (o) Duguid W M (b) Duguid & Martin

•36 house 3-st 1882

.....181- see also 42r Fresh pond lane

.....1882 buildings deed 1592,031 brattle nwc proposed 50' st 316x1156 wMcDonald:1093' n:proposed 0'st:405' (o) Dee Sarah H. from (o) Gray John C.

..........mansion [mansard] tax new 91ThosW [w/ fresh pond ln 42r] w1 mt auburn : nr.fresh pond (o) Dee Sarah H

.....1886 Hopkins atlas

.....1903 stable 1-st permit 10029 brattle 223 [fresh pond ln 42r] (b) Power W H (o) Gearing [Gearan 1903 atlas] Mary D[ee]

.....1924 •garage permit 25598 36 (o) Briggs Walter B (b) Mulcare Thos

•37 house 2-st 1922

.....1922 house permit 22126 37 (o) Gonterman M G mrs (b) Skelton Geo.J.

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•40 house 1½-st 1926

.....1926 house permit 28439 40 (o) Schiffmacher Sadie G [a] Schiffmacher F.M.

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•43 house 2-st 1920

.....1920 house permit 20388 43 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Whitten R.B.

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•44 house 1-st 1928

.....1928 house permit 30680 44 (o) Smith Donald B [a] Maher Ripley & LeBoutillier

..........•garage permit 30762 44 (o) Sterritt Frederick (b) Burns D F & W G co

.....1930 Bromley atlas

.....1936 house altered permit 37526 44 (o) Deutsch Felix mrs (b) Burke & Chambers

•54 house 2-st 1919

.....1919 house permit 19536 larchwood dr [lot] 82 (o) Fresh Pond Parkway realty (a) Mass.engineering co

.....1921 •garage permit 20967 larchwood dr (o) Marvin Frank W [x 1923 dir] (b) Davis Franklin M

.....1922 house adds permit 22175 Larchwood dr 84? (o) Marvin dr (b) Cox J M

.....1930 Bromley atlas 64 (o) Walker Irving J; 1928 deed grantor index Marvin to Walker

.....1972 house ell at back extended permit 70677 54 (b) Peterson Fredk J

•57 (47) house 2-st 1923

.....1923 house permit 24495 57 (o) Reilly R G (b) Powers J.J.

.....1925 •garage permit 27162 57 (o) Mabry Alton W (b) McKenzie Forbes L

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•59 house 2-st 1923

.....1923 house permit 24496 59 (o) Reilly R G (b) Powers J.J.

.....1925 •garage permit 27005 59 (o) Pape Piedad (b) Wester John

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•60 house 2-st 1921

.....1921 house permit 21367 larchwood (o) Mercier A G (b) Gray & Gates

.....1922 •garage permit 22115 larchwood dr 60r (o) Mercer A G (b) Brooks-Skinner co

.....1930 Bromley atlas

•61 house 2-st 1924

.....1924 house permit 24517 (o) Reilly R G (b) Powers J J

.....1926 •garage permit 28549 61 (o) Smith Chas Putnam (b) Wester John

.....1930 Bromley atlas

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