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7. Original owner (if known) Brigham <br /> Original use Farmhouse <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 x Exploration/ Science/ <br /> The Arts settlement invention E <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 /> Pos. house moved to site 1834. Lot empty earlier . Has standard vernac. farm house <br /> 5 bay wide, 1 room deep, narrow stair porch 3 turn stair. Windows like P. P. Pierce <br /> house - except 12 over 12 . Screen porch rear. <br /> Note Variation. in window ie narrow side lights on center front. Similar to P. P. Pierce <br /> (E-57) & Butterfield (E-12) . <br /> Not on Hales 1830 map. <br /> This was the home of Deacon William Brigham who came to Lexington in <br /> 1830. The Brigham family lived in one-half of the house and in the other half <br /> lived Deacon Brigham's mother-in-law, Anna Munroe Muzzey, and his sister-in-law, . <br /> Emily Muzzey. Deacon Brigham was a wheelwright and his shop was beside his <br /> house. (He was a deacon in the First Parish Church.) <br /> Source: Reminiscences of Mrs. C.C. Goodwin, Lexington Historical Society. <br /> S. Lawrence Whipple, 1984 <br /> II ' �► ■� -�'���' h�ltilP 0� l'�ISS <br /> ee Ott- <br /> - - = (,� Min 0/t t " alb <br /> e 3o yea <br /> :s, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> ''' �� 3z-33, <br />