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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET connur ity: Form No: <br /> MASSAC HME'ITS HI STORI CAL CCt+Q SS ION LEXINGTON <br /> Office of the Secretary, Boston <br /> operty Name• John Plason House <br /> Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. <br /> In the attic , the roof framing is composed of thirteen sawn principal <br /> rafters approximately 3 1/2 inches square , spaced 32 to 35 inches <br /> apart . The rafters are bridle jointed and pegged at the ridge . There <br /> is no ridge piece, and no purlins . The feet of the rafters above the <br /> four tie beams ( two end tie beams and only two intermediate tie beams <br /> flanking the central bay) are framed into the tie beams . How other <br /> rafters are attached to the plates was not determined. <br /> Rafters at the center of the rear slope are slightly different in <br /> character, suggesting that they may have been installed after the <br /> central chimney was removed and replaced by rear chimneys . <br /> HISTORICAL INFORMATION <br /> John Mason owned the site of this house by 1706 , but the deed was not <br /> recorded until 1714 , a likely time , on the basis of style , for this <br /> house to have been built . John Mason was a prominent early citizen of <br /> Lexington, which until 1713 was called Cambridge Farms . He served as <br /> constable , town clerk and selectman at various times in the early <br /> years of the town ' s history. <br /> REFERENCES <br /> Joan Webber, Study of the John Mason House, unpublished paper, <br /> Lexington Historical Society. <br /> -2- <br /> Sta-le to Inventory form at I `ton <br />