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220 Morrissey Boulevard 

Boston Massachusetts 02125 

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RECORDED BY: Roger G. Green

ORGANIZATION: Hershensohn & Reed

DATE: April 1981

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Place : Centre Av.

ADDRESS:  42 Centre  Av.

HISTORIC NAME:  Burgess House

USES : Residence

PRESENT: Residence / Private organization Nancy R. Derby

ORIGINAL: Residence Baldwin Burgess

DATE OF CONSTRUCTION: 1830,1848

SOURCE: Maps, 1830, 1848

STYLE/FORM:  Greek Revival Period

ARCHITECT/BUILDER:

EXTERIOR MATERIAL: Shingles

FOUNDATION:  

WALL: Shingles

ROOF:

OUTBUILDING/SECONDARY STRUCTURES: Garage

MAJOR ALTERATION: West wing added after 1903

CONDITION:

MOVED  NO

ACREAGE:  .4

SETTING: The house is located on a residential street consisting of nineteenth and twentieth century homes just west of the commercial district.