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ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and <br /> evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) <br /> 2 story gambrel, pedimented dormers in gambrel. <br /> Central one has pilastered double window w/cornice, diamond-light upper sash, <br /> oval window in pediment. Full-width porch w/paired columns; fancy-patterned <br /> leaded glass sidelights around front door. <br /> (See Continuation Sheet) <br /> HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history <br /> and how the building relates to the development of the community) <br /> The house was built for Arthur Cephas Whitney on land which had formerly <br /> been part of the Hayes estate. It must have been one of the first built when <br /> the estate began to be divided up for house lots. Arthur Whitney was, like a <br /> number of his neighbors on Meriam Hill, a trustee of the Lexington Savings <br /> Bank. <br /> LISLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES <br /> Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, revised and continued to <br /> 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Volume II, p. 753. Boston: <br /> Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. <br /> Plans by Samuel D. Kelley in the possession of the current owner. <br /> 20M-2/80 <br />
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