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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) <br /> cont'd: addition W side of house has Doric columned porch, .dentil moulding on <br /> cornice; above this appears to be. a remodeled --.op- ng porch with large <br /> screened-in windows. Elongated windows at 1st. floor level by front <br /> entrance. Entrance treatment plain, doors new. <br /> One story bay window on W. side. <br /> Historical significance <br /> Former home of Frank D. Brown (1889 map) , a brother to architect Willard <br /> D. Brown. F.D. Brown was in the insurance business with his father, B.F. Brown.* <br /> This was also the home, prior to the Brown occupancy, of Mrs. Coleman and the <br /> Richards family. In the 1930s it was occupied by the Stucke family. <br /> *The Benjamin F. Brown house and estate encompassed what is now 19 through 27 <br /> Hancock Street, extending all the way back to Meriam Street. It included both <br /> sides of what is now (1984) Edgewood Road. The house was torn down about <br /> 1930-1931 because the owner felt that the valuation and rear estate tax were <br /> excessive, and a prospective buyer could not be found. <br /> (Source: oral history tapes, Mrs. Anita Dale Seymour and E.B. Worthen, Lexington <br /> Historical Society) S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> 3/73 <br />