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History of 57 Grove Hill Ave
Phillip Patey died on June 2nd, 1945 and is buried in Newton Cemetery.
He was born in 1874 as one of 9 children of Arthur Patey (1845-1916) and Phillip Charles (1845-1912):
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L2L4-YVY/sidney-g-patey-1878-1961
We discovered that Kurt Lewin lived in the house when Lisa found this permit on a basement column 2 years after we moved in. It has been obstructed by furniture before then.
This was also found. It might have been the previous or new furnace at the time.
The Pateys sold the home to the Lewins on January 5th, 1945. Phillip Patey died in June of that year.
Coined by Leon Fesinger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Festinger
who was a student of Kurt Lewin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Lewin
Leon entered social physcology in 1945 while working with Lewin at MIT. Perhaps they met at the house.