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7. 0:i;;inal owner (if known) Peletiah P. Pierce <br /> Original use Farmhouse <br /> Subsequent uses (if any) and dates <br /> S. Themes (check as many as applicable) <br /> Aboriginal Conservation Recreation <br /> Agricultural Education Religion <br /> Architectural x Exploration/ Science/ <br /> The Arts settlement invention <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military Humanitarian <br /> Community development x Political . Transportation <br /> 9. Historical Significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> Foundation concrete <br /> Porches to left added <br /> Suggest 18s0's alterations to older .5 over 4 farmhouse 6 x 6 windows. P. P. Pierce <br /> married in 1834. <br /> Note- stone walled cow pen set into hill, graite gate posts still standing. P.E. Pierce <br /> was one of Lexington'siggest dairy farmers. <br /> rn Hc2 6b� <br /> Miss Barry (8..38) , also a Pierce house, says house was_expanded in 19th century by <br /> raising roof rather than by adding ells & additions at ground level. <br /> , <br /> d <br /> --I M—` I ppp <br /> 4 3 <br /> } . <br /> i. , I r i <br /> t <br /> 0 0; <br /> FIG. 5, PLATE XXIX, from The Practice of <br /> Architecture, 1833, by Asher Benjamin. <br /> (Courtesy of the Boston Atheneum.) <br /> rt hof fi 3 0. <br /> �.:� P <br />