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From The Lexington Minuteman

Accepting the award Tuesday were, from left, Betsey Weiss of the Community Preservation Committee, Marilyn Fenollosa of the Historical Commission, Angela DeSimone and Marla Quinones from Cousins Contracting, architectural historian Anne Grady, Susan Bennett and David Wells from the Lexington Historical Society, preservation architect Deane Rykerson, and Joe Michelson, Rex Passion and Lester Savage from the Lexington Historical Society. Photo: Paul Doherty

Hancock-Clarke House receives preservation honor
Wed Oct 28, 2009

Lexington - On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from the Lexington Historical Society visited the Massachusetts Archive Building in Dorchester to receive a 2009 Massachusetts Historical Commission Historic Preservation Award.

The honor was given by Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin, chairman of the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

“I congratulate the Lexington Historical Society for a long history of protecting this structure and for this recent successful restoration project,” said Galvin in a statement.

The Hancock-Clarke House is a significant landmark associated with the beginning of the American Revolution.

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