Kurt Lewin and his wife Gertrud bought the house from the Patey Family in 1945.
Dr. Lewin was the founder of the field of Social Psychology. There are numerous biographies and summaries of his contributions available.
We discovered Lewin lived in the house when we found this oil burner permit in the basement.
Lewin’s son Daniel graduated from Newton (North?) High School in 1951
Gerturid Lewin sold the home to the Rhodes family in 1951.