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7. original owner (if known) not known <br /> Original use farm house <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 <br /> Commerce Industry Social/ <br /> Communication Military Humanitarian x <br /> Community development x Political Transportation <br /> 9. Historical Significance (include explanation of themes checked above) <br /> Was on, Mass. Ave. CGreat Road in East Lexington before the Revolution. , Station on <br /> the underground railroad during anti-slavery days & Civil War. <br /> Acquired by Stephen Robbins -1781 1847 <br /> Abigail Winship Robbins, widow.--of Stephen Robbins - 1847-1850 <br /> Miss Caira Robbins, daughter of Stephen Robbins - 1850 -1881 <br /> Mrs. Ellen A. Robbins Stone - grandaughter 1881-161)9 <br /> Miss Ellen A Stone, great grandaughter 1810-1444 <br /> (c/also E-14, E-15, E-16 of Lex. inventory, all associated with Robbinsi-Stone <br /> 'families, from Eli Robbins to Ellen Stone) <br /> There also seems to be evidence that in 183.5 E1' Robbins bought property in W. Cambridge, <br /> now Arlington, which included Old Schwamb , mill;,on National Register of Historic <br /> Places � ild map in possession of Pat Eitzmaurice, director of mill) <br /> 9b4,1qdw <br /> 10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records, <br /> early maps, etc.) <br /> Proceedings of Lex. Hist. Soc. <br /> NABS, <br /> 3/73 <br />