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7. Original owner (if known) Jonathan Harrington <br /> Original use <br /> Subsequent uses (if any) and dates in 1830's - home of Augustus Johns who introduced idea <br /> of parole as prison reform. <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 X Humanitarian _ <br /> Community development x Political Transportation -� <br /> 9. Historical Significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> From this house Harrington's wife watched the Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775, As <br /> her husband faced British fire. Mortally wounded he crawled to the steps of his house <br /> to die in his wife's arms. <br /> In 1820's John Augustus shoemaker, lived here. Augustus took into his home wayward boys <br /> who had been given prison sentences & taught them his trade, thus creating the idea of <br /> a probation system as an alternative to incarceration. <br /> In 1910 the house was'restored' by architect Leroy Brown. The nineteenth century door <br /> apparent in early photographs was changed to preaent overly elaborate modillioned <br /> crossetted & pedimented state. <br /> House altered considerably by owner Leroy Brown and architect Willard D. <br /> Brown in 1910. Central chimney removed; front stairway replaced; two rooms to <br /> the left of the front door converted into one room (also true in bedchambers <br /> above) ; and new, reproduction front doorway installed; porch added to the west. <br /> S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> Chas. Hudson. - History of Lexington <br /> Ed Worthen - Calendar History p. 108 <br /> SPNGA - Photographic files <br /> Lex.Hist. Soc. - Proceedings <br />