In the mid 1800s, the cemetery was known as "Stone's Woods." According to historical documents, the garden was a favorite spot for Harvard students to take walks to escape the stress of academic life.

Just north of the cemetery lies the edge of Fresh Pond, an enormous reservoir which serves as Cambridge's main source of drinking water.

According to Little, in the 1800s Fresh Pond served as an international supplier of ice for refrigeration. Chunks of ice were cut from the Pond and transported all over the Globe, Little says.

Years ago, the Fresh Pond area was composed primarily of swamp land, brick yards and cattle yards. Little says. Today, the lands surrounding Fresh Pond boast many businesses, malls and theaters.

Residents

Today's West Cambridge residents, however, seem more interested in turning a profit than reflecting on the past. Dannecker and his fellow sales staff seem to be more excited about their lemonade stand than the historical commission sign in the driveway.

"I don't really care about [the history]," Dannecker says. "It doesn't really matter."

Dannecker was selling lemonade for the first time, along with his cousins Chris E. Gordon, 13, and Jeff W. Gordon, 11, of Belmont.

The youths were continuing the tradition of Dannecker's mother, Ceci J. Gordon, who also sold lemonade when she was growing up in her father's Brattle St. home.

Today, she still lives in the house with her son and father, William J. Gordon '49 and owns two boutiques. Ceci Gordon says her father bought the house for "Around $50,000."

"Property values has changed," she says, laughing.

Dannecker and his family live in what the historical commission calls the "Worcester House." The sign in the front indicates that the home was built in 1843 for Lexicographer Joseph Worcester, author of Worcester's Unabridged English Dictionary.

According to Ceci Gordon, a great deal more than property values has changed in her neighborhood since her childhood.

"All the neighbors used to party together," She says. "Mothers never worked. They all had maids and gardeners so they had time to cook and plan parties."

Ceci Gordon says many of the neighborhood children became her friends, but her son faces a different situation now.