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BUILDING FORM ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION ❑ see continuation sheet Describe architectural features. Evaluate the characteristics of this building in terms of other buildings within the community. 14 East St. (MHC#707) is one of the few Second Empire cottages in Lexington. The original house is square, 1'/z stories,two- by-two bays, and has a hip-on-mansard roof with a side chimney. It is set on a fieldstone foundation, clad with wood clapboards, and roofed with asphalt shingles. The main entry, on the facade, is flanked by one sidelight. The 6/6 windows have projecting surrounds, one of which, on the first-story facade, is supported by brackets. A full-width porch with turned posts extends across the facade. A rear shed-roofed addition has an exterior chimney and a porch. The 1%2-story side-gabled barn(MHC#708) is clad with clapboards, and the well house next to the driveway shields a well that has been capped with concrete. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE ❑ see continuation sheet Discuss the history of the building. Explain its associations with local(or state) history. Include uses of the building, and the role(s) the owners/occupants played within the community. Lexington assessors' records indicate that this house was built in 1873 by George Washington Wright(b. 1843), for in May of that year he bought the land on which it stands from his father and in 1874 was assessed not only for the land but also for a house and barn. George Wright is listed in the 1887 Directory as a farmer and in subsequent Directory's as a driver for Lexington firms that manufactured carbonated drinks. After his death the house was inherited by his daughter Bertha(b. 1878),and the present owners,the McDonalds, acquired it from her about 1962. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES ❑see continuation sheet Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington. Revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. 2: 781. Lexington Directory. 1887, 1894, 1899, 1906. Lexington Valuation Lists. 1873-1874. Ann McDonald, personal communication 1998. Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Deeds. Cambridge, MA. 1267: 275. ❑ Recommended for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If checked,you must attach a completed National Register Criteria Statement form.