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7. Original owner (if known) <br /> Original use <br /> Subsequent uses (if any) and dates <br /> 8. Themes (check as many as applicable) <br /> Aboriginal Conservation Recreation <br /> Agricultural Education Religion <br /> Architectural Exploration/ Science/ <br /> The Arts settlement invention <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military humanitarian <br /> Community development Political Transportation <br /> 9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) R <br /> A large scale slate roofed house. Wide cornice boards around main house & pediment <br /> facing street - Greek revival . At right angle to street. indented corner boards <br /> elongated lst floor windows, porch added later.Portecochere with (remodeled) <br /> leaded d lass windows (Colonial revival) & elaborate cut-work, trellis. Italianate <br /> type plan. ` <br /> 4 chimneys, main house, 3 stories high <br /> Extensive ell, simply treated <br /> Granite wall appx. 14' tall outlines property at sidewalk <br /> 2 story bay on hancock Ave. side. <br /> Outbuildings: Barn: cont'd elaborate, shingle-style, topped <br /> Remodeled into garage. <br /> Historical significance ( 53 <br /> et.� f;- <br /> Lx. i ?Cfr <br /> Built in 1845 by David Ainsworth Tuttle "for myself." On the 1889 map <br /> the owner is J. Frank Turner. Remodeled by Willard Brown in the early twentieth <br /> century. See photos of the house after house was remodeled in Willard Brown's <br /> album, Lexington Historical Society archives. <br /> S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessors records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> 3/73 <br />